Appreciated for their versatile nutritive value and functional properties, eggs are considered as an important item in human diet. Eggs are one of the most common foods available worldwide as they play an important role in human diet by providing humans with protein, lipids, minerals and vitamins in an adequate amount. Chicken breeds differ in physical and biochemical contents in terms of eggs ...

This paper presents a high quality Enhanced Waveform Interpolative (EWI) speech coder at 2.8 kbps. The system incorporates novel features such as: dual-predictive analysis-bysynthesis (AbS) quantization of the slowly-evolving waveform (SEW), efficient parametrization of the rapidly-evolving waveform (REW) magnitude, and AbS vector quantization (VQ) of the REW parameter. Subjective tests indicat...

Aim: In the present study, egg quality traits of endangered Nicobari fowl and its crosses (Nicorock and Nishibari) were evaluated under intensive (deep litter) as well as backyard system, in the regions of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Materials and Methods: Fresh eggs (15) of all the three genetic groups of birds were collected randomly from institute farm (intensive system) and from far...

The morphometrics of the Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) reared on tomato, potato and brinjal were analysed at Insectary, Department Entomology, S V Agricultural College, Tirupati. results showed that mean length width egg, I, II, III IV instar larvae, pupa adult was maximum when tomato. head capsule all instars also more. These findings clearly indicated preference T. for to...

Due to the need of good thermal performance, external wall insulation (EWI) is usually made materials that are not fire resistant and sometimes flammable. That restricts its application a particular circumstance such as limited building height. Hence, material with resistance performance would allow EWI be more widely applied. This paper introduces novel material: silica-based aerogel porous bo...

Advanced production methods utilize complex fluid iteration mechanisms to provide benefits in their implementation. However, modeling these effects with efficiency or accuracy is always a challenge. Machine Learning (ML) applications, which are fundamentally data-driven, can play crucial role this context. Therefore, study, we applied Hybrid (HML) solution predict petrophysical behaviors during...

BACKGROUND In Tanzania, routine individual-level testing for HIV drug resistance (HIVDR) using laboratory genotyping and phenotyping is not feasible due to resource constraints. To monitor the prevention or emergence of HIVDR at a population level, WHO developed generic strategies to be adapted by countries, which include a set of early warning indicators (EWIs). METHODS To establish a baseli...

Public concern about the welfare of hens kept in conventional cages has become an important issue worldwide. This study examined the effects of conventional cages (CC) and floor pens (FP) on hens’ health and egg production. A total of 84 19-wk-old Bovan Brown hens were randomly assigned into 2-bird cage (n = 12), providing 968 cm2 floor space per hen or 10-bird floor pens (n = 6), providing 371...