As government mandates and public perceptions encourage the adoption of group housing, appropriate management strategies must be evaluated to determine their effect on sow well being and performance. To evaluate the effects of floor space allowance (FSA) and dietary fiber, a 10 mo study was conducted involving 6 trials (n = 40 sows/trial). Pregnant, mixed parity sows were housed 10 per pen with...

Recently Logvinenko introduced a new objectcolor space, establishing a complete color atlas that is invariant to illumination [2]. However, the existing implementation for calculating the proposed color descriptors is computationally expensive and does not work for all types of illuminants. A new algorithm is presented that allows for an efficient calculation of Logvinenko’s color descriptors f...

In this research, the spray combustion, soot formation and exhaust emissions of diesel, biodiesel, gasoline fuels their mixtures are analysed in a constant volume chamber. A multicomponent kinetic mechanism (CDBG) suitable for diesel-biodiesel-gasoline developed by our research group is utilised, associated physicochemical properties thoroughly calculated. Adaptive mesh refinement scheme with a...

The study objectives were to determine how different instrumental settings and measurement environments affect the means variability of muscle color in pork loins Boston butts (serratus ventralis). Three studies conducted testing variables; 1 tested aperture type (closed vs. open), 2 illuminant (D65 C), 3 environment (commercial facility university; only). Within each set butts, 100 grea...