In many computational fluid dynamics (CFD) studies of stented vessel haemodynamics, the geometry of the stented vessel is described using non-deformed (NDF) geometrical models. These NDF models neglect complex physical features, such as stent and vessel deformation, which may have a major impact on the haemodynamic environment in stented coronary arteries. In this study, CFD analyses were carri...

 Carbohydrates, NDF and NFC, comprise about 70% of DM in diets for lactating cows.  While diets containing 21% forage-NDF are common, depending on forage availability, price and quality, diets can be found within a normal range of 16% 24% forage-NDF (DM basis).  Maximum NFC guidelines are positively related to forage-NDF content in diets for lactating cows.  Starch is the major component of...

Two receptor tyrosine kinases, ErB-3 and ErbB-4, mediate signaling by Neu di€erentiation factors (NDFs, also called neuregulins), while ErbB-1 and ErbB-2 serve as co-receptors. We show that the two NDF/neuregulin receptors di€er in spatial and temporal expression patterns: The kinase-defective receptor, ErbB-3, is expressed primarily in epithelial layers of various organs, in the peripheral ner...

During 2006 and 2007, forages from 3 individual hay harvests were utilized to assess the effects of spontaneous heating on concentrations of fiber components, 48-h neutral detergent fiber (NDF) digestibility (NDFD), and in situ disappearance kinetics of NDF for large-round bales of mixed alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) and orchardgrass (Dactylis glomerata L.). Over the 3 harvests, 96 large-round b...

We evaluated the effects of cellulase (from Trichoderma longibrachiatum) application rates on neutral detergent fiber (NDF) concentration and fermentation products of orchardgrass (Dactylis glomerata L.) and alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) silages harvested with decreasing dry matter (DM) digestibility. Additionally, the impacts of inoculant (Lactobacillus plantarum and Pediococcus cerevisiae), pe...

OBJECTIVE Several national and international scoring systems are used to diagnose diabetic polyneuropathy (PNP). The variety in these scores and the lack of data on validity and predictive value has led to a comparison and validation of the scores with clinical standards for PNP to determine the most powerful measurement for screening. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Three matched groups were sel...

The objective of the present study was to predict scaled feed intake (SFI) using the physico-chemical measurements of feed bulk, such that gut capacity can be estimated in weaner pigs. A basal feed with 13·7 MJ digestible energy and 180 g crude protein per kg DM was diluted to six inclusion levels (0, 80, 160, 240, 320 and 400 g/kg DM) using lucerne hay, maize cob, maize stover, sawdust, sunflo...

Solving inverse scattering problems by numerical methods requires investigating the number of independent pieces information that can be reconstructed stably. To this end, we address evaluation Number Degrees Freedom (NDF) far-zone scattered fields for some strip geometries under first-order Born approximation. The analysis is performed employing Singular Value Decomposition (SVD) operator in t...

mine which selection criteria will have the greatest impact on animal performance without detrimental effects Voluntary intake is often the greatest limitation to animal perforon agronomic traits. Plant breeders must evaluate large mance. Two different laboratory measures of intake potential were used as selection criteria in four smooth bromegrass (Bromus inermis numbers of individual plants, ...

We propose Neural Deformable Fields (NDF), a new representation for dynamic human digitization from multi-view video. Recent works proposed to represent body with shared canonical neural radiance fields which links the observation space deformation estimations. However, learned is static and current design of not able large movements or detailed geometry changes. In this paper, we learn deforma...