By using a technique that previously demonstrated improved efficiency of intact crop removal for broilers, experiments were conducted to determine the effectiveness of the technique in 40and 41-wk-old broiler breeder roosters and hens. The technique involved (after scalding, defeathering, and head removal) separating (breaking) the neck from the carcass parallel with the shoulders and leaving t...

We discuss this problem through fiber bundle model (FBM) -where a bundle of fibers is subjected to external load and fibers have distributed thresholds. External load is increased quasi-statically -which produces 'bursts' (number of failing fibers) of diffrent sizes. The burst statistics shows a robust crossover behavior near the failure point which can be treated as a signature of imminent fai...

BACKGROUND Biomechanical testing is an essential component of bone research. In order to test the metaphyseal region of long bones, a typical location for the nowadays increasing field of osteoporotic bone changes, three-point bending and breaking test devices are suitable and widely used. The aim of our study was to increase the effectiveness of this method by using a newly developed ball-moun...

crust breaking of saffron is an important operation at the first stage of growth that should be accuratly operated as in this period sprouts of saffron rise up to near the soil surface. after primary irrigation, farmers soften the soil surface by means of different cultivation implements, which enables saffron flowers arise from subsurfarce. this research was conducted to compare tillage implem...

the aim of the present study was to investigate the physicochemical performances at three sites on skin, namely the diagonal, neck and leg based on different age groups. eighteen skins pieces in 6 m, 6 m to 1 yr and 1 yr to 1.5 yr of age were selected to represent means of the respective age groups with regard to skin area. the skin area were7.4±1.41, 13.5±1.4 and 18.2±1.1 ft2 for the ostriches...

Breaking waves have ability to transport large quantities of sediment and significant impact on coastal structures morphology. Hence, modeling of wave breaking is an important subject in coastal and marine engineering. In this research, the periodic wave breaking process on a plane slope is studied experimentally and numerically. Laboratory experiments were conducted to record water surface ele...

purpose: to evaluate the effects of diurnal fasting during ramadan on intraocular pressure (iop) in healthy subjects. methods: the study was conducted on healthy male volunteer less than 40 years of age without ocular or systemic diseases who were on religious fasting during ramadan, 2004. intraocular pressure were measured at 9 am and 1, 5, and 7 pm in 2nd and 4th weeks of ramadan and also one...