Effects of genetic variation in porcine adipocyte and heart fatty acid-binding protein genes, A-FABP and H-FABP, respectively, on intramuscular fat (IMF) content and backfat thickness (BFT) were examined in F2 crossbreds of Meishan and Western pigs. The involvement of each FABP gene in IMF accretion was studied to confirm previous results for Duroc pigs. The F2 crossbred pigs were genotyped for...

One of the key observations regarding the stellar initial mass function (IMF) is its nearuniversality in the Milky Way (MW), which provides a powerful way to constrain different star formation models that predict the IMF. However, those models are almost universally ‘cloud-scale’ or smaller – they take as input or simulate single molecular clouds (GMCs), clumps or cores, and predict the resulti...

[1] A sudden southward turning of interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) is simulated by the University of Michigan’s BATS-R-US model. The main goal of this study is to determine the time delay as well as physical processes between when an IMF discontinuity reaches the bow shock, when reconnection is initiated at the magnetopause, and when the ionosphere starts to react. While observations or empi...

[1] Using line‐of‐sight measurements of horizontal plasma drift from the Super Dual Auroral Radar Network (SuperDARN) located in the Northern and Southern hemispheres over a period extending from 1998 to 2002, statistical models of the high‐latitude convection electric field are derived for various ranges of interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) magnitude and orientation and for several ranges of...

Intermediate mass fragment (IMF) multiplicity has been investigated for Au+Au reactions at incident energies of 100, 250 and 400MeV/A. From the analysis of the impact-parameter-dependence of the IMF multiplicity using our QMD plus statistical evaporation model, we found that 1) statistical decay process modifies the results greatly, and 2) the Fermi motion plays a role to increase the IMF multi...

The following is a summary of the accompanying paper, A High Price to Pay: IMF Governance, Management of Developing Country Financial Crises, and Health Impacts, to which readers are referred for full details and supporting argumentation. The paper also includes discussion of possible counter-arguments to democratic reform of the IMF, and the historical context of IMF governance, which are omit...

There is both theoretical and empirical evidence that the initial mass function (IMF) may be a function of the local star formation conditions. In particular, the IMF is predicted to flatten with increasing local luminosity density ρl, with the formation of massive stars being preferentially enhanced in brighter regions. In R136, the bright stellar cluster in 30 Doradus, the IMF gradient is ∂Γ/...

The effects of Spirulina supplementation, sire breed, sex and basal diet on intramuscular fat percentage (IMF) and fat melting point (FMP) in crossbred and purebred Merino lambs were investigated. Over two consecutive years, a total of 48 lambs was randomly allocated into feeding trials that utilised either ryegrass or Lucerne hay basal diets. Each treatment group had 8 lambs balanced by sire b...

Inspiratory-muscle fatigue (IMF) may occur after long-duration or continuous short-duration exercise and may limit exercise performance. Daily athletics training is often intermittent, but it is unclear if intermittent running induces IMF. We investigated IMF after a maximal anaerobic running test (MART) and maximal intermittent graded exercise test. Nine female middle-distance (400 or 800 m) r...

The objective of this study was to estimate genetic parameters for real-time ultrasound measurements of longissimus muscle area (LMA), 12th rib backfat thickness (FT), percent intramuscular fat (IMF), and yearling weight (YW) for 1,299 yearling Brangus bulls and heifers. A single ultrasound technician performed all measurements. The number of observations was 1,298, 1,298, 1,215, and 1,170 for ...