Unabsorbed yolk sacs are being investigated as a possible reservoir for internal Campylobacter and salmonellae contamination of processed poultry carcasses. However, it is unknown at what frequency that unabsorbed yolk sacs persist at the time of processing of broilers and spent breeders. Seven sets of 100 broiler carcasses (at 6 or 8 wk of age) were obtained from commercial processing plants. ...

In order to identify drought tolerant chickpea genotypes, an experiment was conducted in the west of Iran, during 2007-2009 cropping seasons. Several selection indices were used to illustrate genotypic differences in response to drought stress. The results of combined analysis of variance showed that year, genotype, stress conditions and their interaction effects were highly significant. Correl...

AIM To perform automatic gastric cancer risk classification using photofluorography for realizing effective mass screening as a preliminary study. METHODS We used data for 2100 subjects including X-ray images, pepsinogen I and II levels, PGI/PGII ratio, Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) antibody, H. pylori eradication history and interview sheets. We performed two-stage classification with our sy...

Gross-output vs value-added production function. With the Cobb-Douglas form used by Sicsic (1994), increasing returns to scale in the value-added production function are equivalent to increasing returns to scale in the gross-output production function. The choice between value-added and gross-output production function is nevertheless not innocuous because returns to scale estimated from the va...

Hz. Ali’nin birçok kerametini barındıran ve onun üstünlüklerini dile getiren Alevî-Bektaşî sahası metinlerinden biri de Derviş Muhammed Yemînî’nin Fazîletnâmesidir. XVI. yüzyılın ilk yarısında kaleme alınan tercüme-telif niteliğindeki bu eserin zeminini Ali oluşturmakla birlikte, incelenen bazı nüshalarında Mühürnâme-yi Caferî başlıklı 73 beyitlik kısa bir mesneviye tesadüf olunmuştur. Vâle adl...

Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) encompasses malignancies that arise in the mucosa of the upper aerodigestive tract. Recent high throughput DNA sequencing revealed HNSCC mutation profiles including genes that control several cancer cell characteristics, including dysregulation of proliferation and death signals, induction of inflammatory responses, and reprogramming of cell metabol...

Supplementary materials to the main paper. 1. Proofs Proof of Proposition 4 Proof. We have E[Sk] = ∑ i∈V Ezi [1{zi=k∧yi=k}] = ∑ i∈V pi(k)1{yi=k}. Likewise we have E[Tk] = ∑ i∈V Ezi [1{zi=k∨yi=k}] = ∑ i∈V Ezi [1{zi=k} + 1{yi=k} − 1{zi=k∧yi=k}] = ∑ i∈V (pi(k) + 1{yi=k} − pi(k) 1{yi=k}) = ∑ i∈V (1{yi=k} + pi(k) 1{yi 6=k}). Proof of Proposition 5 Proof. In (5) the first central moment 〈Tk〉 is alway...

An experiment was conducted to test the effect of dietary levels sun-dried sheep manure (SSM) on egg quality parameters and productive performance Shika-Brown layers. Six isonitrogenous almost isocaloric diets were formulated contain SSM at 0.0, 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0 5.0 % level inclusion. Diet I, which had no manure, served as control. White maize used for formulation diets. Each six replicated f...

This study was conducted to evaluate the effects of various protein sources (soybean meal, SBM; cottonseed protein, CSP; double-zero rapeseed meal, DRM) on the internal quality of refrigerated eggs. A total of 360 laying hens (32 wk of age) were randomly allotted to six treatment groups (five replicates per treatment) and fed diets containing SBM, CSP, or DRM individually or in combination with...