Abstract Rabbits are a potential livestock commodity to supply quality meat with higher protein and lower fat cholesterol content than other meat. Helminthiasis is parasitic worm infection that has imposed economic loss involving some risk factors. This study aimed investigate the helminthiasis cases in both upland lowland areas, as well their factors on of rabbit farming. A total 192 samples w...

Serious floor heave in gob-side entry retaining (GER) with fully-mechanized gangue backfilling mining affects the transportation and ventilation safety of the mine. A theoretical mechanical model for the floor of gob-backfilled GER was established. The effects of the mechanical properties of floor strata, the granular compaction of backfilling area (BFA), the vertical support of roadside suppor...

The crown density is related with the hierarchical structure of the trees and one of the most important factors considering the biological diversity. This study focuses on the advantage of the LiDAR data, and we tried to estimate the crown density of conifers using the 3-dimensional distribution of the LiDAR pulses. The targets were selected from 13 areas of Hinoki and 10 areas of Cedar tree sp...

Over the past two decades, the emergence of mature associative geometry modeling tools and the related sophistication in associated manufacturing processes has enabled the design and realization of complex, nonlinear structures. To demonstrate the use of intelligent associative models, the design team developed an iterative method for refining the shell and interior design of surface endoskelet...

River corridors are important potential wind path in cities. This paper took the river core area of Tianjin as research object. By using two ventilation indicators frontal index (FAI) and density (FAD), overall pedestrian level riverfront were quantitatively analyzed. The result showed that contrary to common belief, due high FAI area, corridor Tianjin’s did not play role but obstructed flow. A...

objective: oral mucosal epithelia of smokers and waterpipe users are more susceptible to malignant alterations. the aim of this study was morphometric evaluation of the effects of using waterpipe on normal oral mucosa. materials and methods: in a cross sectional study, cytologic smear samples from the following three different areas: buccal mucosa, lateral surface of the tongue, and floor of th...

In this letter, we propose a multi-stage decoding scheme with post-processing for low-density parity-check (LDPC) codes, which remedies the rapid performance degradation in the high signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) range known as error floor. In the proposed scheme, the unsuccessfully decoded words of the previous decoding stage are re-decoded by manipulating the received log-likelihood ratios (LLRs...

A preference testing apparatus was used to provide sows with continuous access to three identical farrowing crates, each with a different floor temperature. The concrete floor under each crate contained copper pipe through which temperature-controlled water was circulated to achieve unoccupied floor temperatures of 22 degrees C (+/-3.5), 29 degrees C (+/-1) and 35 degrees C (+/-1). Eighteen sow...