The data structure at the core of nowadays large-scale search engines, social networks and storage architectures is the inverted index, which can be regarded as being a collection of sorted integer sequences called inverted lists. Because of the many documents indexed by search engines and stringent performance requirements dictated by the heavy load of user queries, the inverted lists often st...

in an eight-week time period, the implications of pediococcus acidilactici, as a probiotic, were examined on growth index and the activity of gastric enzymes of aequidens rivulatus (green terror) (0.388±0.0021) in a completely randomized system. the fishes were input into nine oval-shaped ponds of 120 liters capacity with the density of about 60 pieces per pond, and fed twice a day. this study ...

One hundred sixty crossbred steers (538 ± 36 kg BW) were used in an 84-d experiment with a randomized block design to study the effects of wheat or barley grain processed to 2 different indices on growth performance, feeding behavior, carcass characteristics, stress, and temperament of finishing beef cattle. Treatments were a wheat-based diet (88.4% of diet DM; WH) and a barley-based diet (89% ...

this experiment was conducted to evaluate the effects of vitamin c on laying hens performance, egg characteristics and some blood parameters under normal rearing condition. one hundred and ninety two 24 - weeks - old laying hens diet were used in a completely randomized design with 4 treatments (0, 250, 500 and 750 mg vitamin c/kg diet) and 4 replicates for 105 days. although feed consumption, ...

Lupine seeds are a valuable nutritive source for animal feeding, but poultry nutrition, the content in crude fiber and non-starch polysaccharides (NSP) have an antinutritional factor. The aim of this research was to highlight effect partial soybean meal replacement with L. albus enzyme addition laying quail diets on productive performance, digestion, blood biochemical indices egg quality. A tot...

Backgrounds: Chlorella is used popularly as dietary supplements. Various studies and researches have been done regarding the intervention of microalgae as foods since a long time ago. And, it is found that Chlorella have potential health benefits, in terms of their protein and antioxidant content. Thus, with an objective of formulating nutritional supplements, this algae are being harvested in ...

Body composition traits have potential use in fish breeding programs as indicator traits for selective improvement of feed efficiency. Moreover, feed companies are increasingly replacing traditional fish meal (FM) based ingredients in feeds for carnivorous farmed fish with plant protein ingredients. Therefore, genetic relationships of composition and feed utilization traits need to be quantifie...

Gastro-oesophageal reflux is common in preterm infants, but the role of gastric emptying as a causal factor has not been studied before. Gastric emptying was therefore measured in 19 healthy preterm infants (median gestational age 32 weeks) while concurrently measuring 24 hour lower oesophageal pH, using an antimony pH electrode, positioned manometrically. Real time ultrasonic images of the gas...

—A 6-wk feeding study was conducted to determine the effect of feeding frequency on growth rate of juvenile Norris and NWAC103 channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus, reared under laboratory conditions. Four replicate groups of Norris and NWAC103 catfish (average weight of 4.0 6 0.2 g/fish, SEM) were fed to visual satiety at different feeding frequencies (one, two, or three times daily). The perc...