the objectives of this study were to identify a suitable mathematical model for describing the growth curve of baluchi sheep based on monthly records of live weight from birth to yearling; and to evaluate the efficacies of nonlinear mixed effect model (nlmm) and the nonlinear fixed effect model (nlm) methodologies. growth models were fitted to a total of 16,650 weight–age data belonging to 2071...

After having outlined the essential differences between non-complex systems and complex systems we briefly recall the conceptual approaches considered by the pre-complexity General Systems Theory introduced by Von Bertalanffy in 1968 and those of the science of complexity and post-Bertalanffy General Systems Theory. In this context, after outlining the concept of completeness, we consider cases...

The age and growth of gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata Linnaeus, 1758) were studied in the present study. A total 126 specimens collected from commercial fishmongers during period between January 2015 December northern Aegean coasts Turkey. Fork length weight aged ranged 29.5 to 48.0 cm 425.00 2100.00 g, with a mean 38.5 101.23 respectively. length-weight relationship was estimated as W = 0.00...

Since the introduction of the exfoliative cytological technique in clinical practice, particularly in the diagnosis of malignant disease of the female genital tract, many authors (Friedman, 1950; Mellors and Silver, 1951; von Bertalanffy, Masin, and Masin, 1956; Liu, 1961) have endeavoured to reduce the time required for scanning the smears by the use of fluorescent microscopy. In this new tech...