The purpose of the study was to determine the effect of trenbolone acetate (TBA) on performance, plasma lipid metabolites, and carcass characteristics of growing ram and ewe lambs in two separate experiments. Treatments consisted of 1) a control, no implants, and 2) a TBA implant (60 mg of Finaplix; Hoechst-Roussel Agri-Vet). Twelve Rambouillet cross ram lambs (average 19.9 kg BW; Exp. 1) and 1...

Let D be a collection of D documents, which are strings over an alphabet of size σ, of total length n. We describe a data structure that uses linear space and and reports k most relevant documents that contain a query pattern P , which is a string of length p, in time O(p/ log σ n+k), which is optimal in the RAM model in the general case where lgD = Θ(logn), and involves a novel RAM-optimal suf...

We present 3D hydrodynamic simulations of ram pressure stripping in dwarf galaxies. Analogous studies on this subject usually deal with much higher ram pressures, typical of galaxy clusters, or mild ram pressure due to the gas halo of the massive galactic companions. We extend over previous investigations by considering flattened, rotating dwarf galaxies subject to ram pressures typical of poor...

PURPOSE Retinal arterial macroaneurysm (RAM) has been reported in association with branch retinal vein occlusion (BRVO), and usually BRVO precedes RAM. We present a long-term follow-up case report of unilateral multiple RAMs that developed BRVO following ruptured RAM in the same retinal quadrant. CASE PRESENTATION An 80-year-old woman presented with floaters in her right eye in June 2012. Vis...

Let D be a collection of D documents, which are strings over an alphabet of size σ, of total length n. We describe a data structure that uses linear space and and reports k most relevant documents that contain a query pattern P , which is a string of length p packed in p/ logσ n words, in time O(p/ logσ n+k). This is optimal in the RAM model in the general case where logD = Θ(log n), and involv...

Data from Dorper and Rambouillet ram lambs (n = 79) were used to estimate breed means for postweaning growth rate, feed intake, feed conversion efficiency (kilograms of gain divided by kilograms of feed consumed), and residual feed intake on a high concentrate diet during the typical age and weight range for U.S. lamb production. Lambs were progeny of 6 unrelated sires/breed and were born over ...

platelet activating factor (paf) is a novel signaling phospholipids that in addition to platelet activation has many biological properties. the acrosome reaction, as an essential step in mammalian fertilization, can occur in response to several agents such as paf. therefore, the present study aimed to assess the effect of paf on the motility and acrosome reaction of ram spermatozoa. semen was c...

the hypothesis of this experiment was that the various sources of dietary fat with different dietary ratios of polyunsaturated fatty acids (pufas) to saturated fatty acids (sfas) would alter the reproduction parameters of mature rams. twelve mature rams were randomly allotted to one of four dietary treatments in a completely randomized design. dietary treatments were: 1) ration with 4% soybean ...

We consider the problem of d-dimensional searching (d ≥ 3) for four query types: range, partial range, exact match and partial match searching. Let N be the number of points, s be the number of keys specified in a partial match and partial range query and t be the number of points retrieved. We present a data structure with worst case time complexities O(t + logd−2 N), O(t + (d − s) + log N), O...