The present study was initiated to determine whether walking ability (WA) could be markedly improved without seriously compromising growth rate and body conformation by crossing a relatively unimproved commercial sire line (UC) with a line (FL) selected for increased shank width and backcrossing F1 females to UC line males. Body weights at 8, 16, and 20 wk of age were generally similar for both...

The k-power graph of a graph G is a graphwith the same vertex set as G, in that two vertices are adjacent if and only if, there is a path between them in G of length at most k. A k-treepower graph is the k-power graph of a tree, a k-leaf-power graph is the subgraph of some k-tree-power graph induced by the leaves of the tree. We show that (1) every k-tree-power graph has NLC-width at most k + 2...

The objective was to analyze variations in dental arch width in relation to oral habits. Maxillary and mandibular intercanine and intermolar distance were determined in relation to certain oral habits in 1297 children (ages 3 to 6 years). After an oral examination, the parents of each child completed a questionnaire about oral habits, including the use of a dummy or a bottle (or both), finger s...