ABSTRACT The objective of this study was to estimate genetic parameters and trends different conformation management traits regularly measured within the context National Dairy Gir Breeding Program (PNMGL). estimation residual variances for each trait performed using average information restricted maximum likelihood (AI-REML) procedure in AIREMLF90 program software. population divided into thre...

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Modern software systems build on a significant number of external libraries to deliver feature-rich and high-quality software in a cost-efficient and timely manner. As a consequence, these systems contain a considerable amount of third-party code. External libraries thus have a significant impact on maintenance activities in the project. However, most approaches that assess the maintainability ...

Information seeking is an important behavior for cancer prevention and control, but inequalities in the communication of information about the disease persist. Conceptual models have suggested that low health literacy is a barrier to information seeking, and that fatalistic beliefs about cancer may be a mediator of this relationship. Cancer fatalism can be described as deterministic thoughts ab...

Automatic Library Tracking Database infrastructure is a lightweight tool that can automatically track the libraries that are linked into the applications. It can also track the applications that are launched on the Cray systems (on other systems as well). It was previously developed by Fahey, et al. [1], and was further developed at NERSC to be used at computing centers like NERSC, which has mo...

BACKGROUND Effective health communication is important for informed decision-making, yet little is known about the range of information sources used by persons with multiple sclerosis (MS), the perceived trust in those information sources, or how this might vary according to patient characteristics. OBJECTIVE We aimed to investigate the sources of health information used by persons with MS, t...

Records on 65,536 Landrace pigs collected between 1985 and 1999 in herds on the National Swine Registry STAGES program were used to estimate genetic change in lean growth rate, days to 250 lb, backfat, and loin eye area. Genetic change was measured as the change in average estimated breeding value (EBV) over years. Analysis was by a multitrait best linear unbiased prediction (BLUP) animal model...