At Crati Scrl an operational version of RAMS 4.3 (Regional Atmospheric Modeling System) was implemented in January 2001. This paper aims to give a first assessment of model performances for quantitative precipitation forecast (QPF). In essence, the effects of enhanced horizontal grid resolution over Calabria, using a 6 km spacing domain nested in a 30 km resolution parent grid, is studied. To c...

Recent theoretical work suggests that personality is a component of life history, but links between personality and either age-dependent reproductive success or life-history strategy are yet to be established. Using quantitative genetic analyses on a long-term pedigree we estimated indices of boldness and docility for 105 bighorn sheep rams (Ovis canadensis), born between 1983 and 1999, and com...

Methods Annual prevalence of the IAS-USA 2009 DRV RAMs (V11I, V32I, L33F, I47V, I50V, I54L/M, T74P, L76V, I84V, and L89V) was studied in approximately 232,000 routine clinical samples submitted to Virco for resistance testing between Jan 2003 and Dec 2009. Prevalence was assessed over time for individual DRV RAMs, DRV RAM combinations and presence of 0, 1, 2, or ≥3 DRV RAMs. Results for DRV RAM...

The effect of ram percentage on the fertility of maiden ewes joined in autumn was examined on ten properties in New South Wales. On four of these properties a group of maiden ewes was joined to one per cent of rams and another group to three per cent. On another two properties the design was similar, but a third group containing maiden and mature ewes was also joined to one per cent of rams. On...

Cattle are a primary reservoir of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC), and contaminated beef products are a source of human infections. The U.S. Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service declared seven EHEC serogroups (O26, O45, O103, O111, O121, O145, and O157) as adulterants in raw ground beef. Sampling a large number of animals for EHEC surveillance or evaluations of...

The bio-stimulation technique offers a potentially useful and practical way for reproductive performance in rams. Reports on how bio-stimulation affects sexual potency rams are scarce: Knowledge of how rams respond to bio-stimulation is useful for persons who involved in semen collection; "hand" (controlled) mating, and the administration of sexual performance evaluations. The reduction of the ...

The Multiple On-chip Signature Checking architecture proposed in [l] is an effective BIST architecture for testing the finctional units in modern VLSI circuits. It is characterized by low aliasing, low area overhead and low test ing time. However, a straight forward application of this architecture in testing the embedded RAMs will result in excessive area overheads. In this paper we propose a ...

The bio-stimulation technique offers a potentially useful and practical way for reproductive performance in rams. Reports on how bio-stimulation affects sexual potency rams are scarce: Knowledge of how rams respond to bio-stimulation is useful for persons who involved in semen collection; "hand" (controlled) mating, and the administration of sexual performance evaluations. The reduction of the ...

BACKGROUND In haematology/oncology units, the frequent and heavy use of broad-spectrum antimicrobials can lead to outbreaks of antimicrobial resistance. Increasing antimicrobial heterogeneity might be a useful strategy for preventing such resistance. METHODS A real-time antimicrobial use density (AUD) monitoring system (RAMS) was developed to precisely assess antimicrobial heterogeneity. This...

Thirty-five zeranol-implanted (I) and nonimplanted (NI) ram and wether lambs representing four treatments (implanted rams [IR], nonimplanted rams [NIR], implanted wethers [IW], and nonimplanted wethers [NIW]) were evaluated for meat palatability and muscle collagen characteristics. Rib (longissimus muscle, LM) chops from I lambs were juicier (P less than .05) than rib chops from NI lambs. Chops...