The objective of the present study was to estimate genetic parameters for stayability at 60 months of age (STAY60) and its association with first lactation cumulative milk yield (P305), age at first calving (AFC), and first calving interval (FCI), in order to adopt these traits as selection criteria for longevity in Gir dairy cattle. Records for 2770 cows born between 1982 and 2008 from six her...

IL-6 and APRIL influence the growth, differentiation, and survival of normal and neoplastic Ab-forming cells (AFC). In this study, we identify two subsets of myeloid cells that associate with the AFC and are the main producers of these factors during a T-dependent Ab response to alum-precipitated protein in mouse lymph nodes. First CD11c(+)CD8alpha(-) dendritic cells located in the perivascular...

Tidal volume reduction during mechanical ventilation reduces mortality in patients with acute lung injury and the acute respiratory distress syndrome. To determine the mechanisms underlying the protective effect of low tidal volume ventilation, we studied the time course and reversibility of ventilator-induced changes in permeability and distal air space edema fluid clearance in a rat model of ...

3D anatomical feature curves (AFC) on bone models reconstructed from CT/MRI images are important in some fields, such as preoperative planning, intra-operative navigation, patient-specific prosthesis design, etc. Interactive extraction of feature curves on patient-specific bone models is time-consuming, has low repeatability and accuracy. This paper presents a computer graphics method to automa...

-Adrenergic receptors ( AR) regulate active Na transport in the alveolar epithelium and accelerate clearance of excess airspace fluid. Accumulating data indicates that the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) is important for upregulation of the active ion transport that is needed to maintain alveolar fluid homeostasis during pulmonary edema. We hypothesized that AR regula...

The objective of the study was to assess the dimensionality of seven linear traits (body condition score, body stature, body length, heart girth, navel height, body depth and flank circumference) in Nguni cows using factor analysis and indicate the relationship between the extracted latent variables and calving interval (CI) and age at first calving (AFC). The traits were measured between Decem...

We experimentally study a broadband implementation of the atomic frequency comb (AFC) rephasing protocol with cryogenically cooled Pr$^{3+}$:Y$_2$SiO$_5$ crystal. To allow for storage pulses, we explore novel regime where input photonic bandwidth closely matches inhomogeneous broadening material $(\sim5\,\textrm{GHz})$, thereby significantly exceeding hyperfine ground and excited state splittin...

It remains controversial whether anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) concentration is influenced by hormonal contraception. This study quantified the effect of hormonal contraception on both endocrine and sonographic ovarian reserve markers in 228 users and 504 non-users of hormonal contraception. On day 2-5 of the menstrual cycle or during withdrawal bleeding, blood sampling and transvaginal sonograp...

FuNe I Adaptive Feedback Controller (FuNe I AFC) has been successfully implemented as a regulator controller. The design of FuNe I AFC is independent of plant dynamics and it is online adaptive. The adaptive feature of this controller is the result of a Weight Matrix updated by rule based reinforcement learning. The Weight Matrix updates the connection weights between rule nodes and the output ...