Mindfulness has been studied as a momentary state and an enduring trait, yet little research reconciled these accounts. We draw from Whole Trait Theory (WTT) to conceptualize (the descriptive side of) trait mindfulness person-specific density distribution of mindful states. In preregistered secondary analyses three samples – daily diaries with adolescents (1,505 observations) experience samplin...

Experiential avoidance (EA) is a regulatory strategy characterised by efforts to control or avoid unpleasant thoughts, feelings and bodily sensations. Most studies of EA have used trait measures without considering the effects of EA on psychological functioning in naturalistic settings. To address this gap, we used daily diary methodology to examine the influence of EA of anxiety on everyday we...

twenty male raini goats with an average live weight of 30 ± 2.5 kg and 18 month of age. ,were used in a completely randomized design with 4 experimental diets and 5 replications to study effect of different levels by-pass(udp) protein(2.75, 4.86, 5.91 and 6.97 percent in dry matter) on growth and carcass characteristics. metabolismable energy (me) level of the all diets were similar (10.04 mj m...

Staying vigorous throughout the day is important for work related behaviour, subjective well being, and for effective functioning in the family domain. This study examined trait vigour (i.e. a person’s general level of vigour), day specific workload (time pressure, work hours), and recovery resulting from unwinding during leisure time as predictors of day specific vigour as experienced at the e...

Average daily gain (ADG) is the most economically important trait in beef cattle industry. Using genome-wide association study (GWAS) approaches, previous studies have identified several causal variants within the PLAG1, NCAPG and LCORL genes for ADG in cattle. Multi-strategy GWASs were implemented in this study to improve detection and to explore the causal genes and regions. In this study, we...

OBJECTIVE Average daily gain (ADG) is an important target trait of pig breeding programs. We aimed to identify single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and genomic regions that are associated with ADG in the Duroc pig population. METHODS We performed a genome-wide association study involving 390 Duroc boars and by using the PorcineSNP60K Beadchip and two linear models. RESULTS After quality c...

A new model was developed to provide Australian pig breeders with an ability to estimate economic values and economic weights of key traits in a way that was more flexible and relevant to pig producers. Economic weights were converted using a genetic standard deviation scalar so that the relative contributions of each trait to the overall maternal breeding objective could be made. Number of pig...