This study investigated the effects of a mixture of steam-flaked corn and extruded soybeans on performance, ruminal development, ruminal fermentation variables, and intestinal absorptive capability in Holstein male calves (n = 39). Calves were assigned to 1 of 3 treatments (13 calves per treatment): 1) milk replacer (MR), 2) one-half of the amount of MR in treatment 1, plus a mixture of 62.1% s...

BACKGROUND Ashwagandharishtha is a liquid polyherbal formulation traditionally prepared by fermentation process using the flowers of Woodfordia fruticosa. It contains roots of Withania somnifera as a major crude drug. Alcohol generated during the fermentation causes the extraction of water insoluble phytoconstituents. Yeasts present on the flowers are responsible for this fermentation. METHOD...

In the light of carbon-neutral society and circular economy, attempts were made in this study to utilize waste foundry sand (WFS) high volume as a pavement construction material. A series laboratory tests, including but not limited particle size distribution, Proctor, pH values, shear box compressive strength test performed investigate technical soundness Insufficient stabilized WFS has promote...

In the food-energy-water (FEW) nexus, livestock has a dominant place. It is generally considered as water, energy and land-intensive. Aquaculture could provide additional animal protein contribute to meeting food demand. However, aquaculture requires natural resources causes freshwater pollution due aquafeed, fertilizer, hormone use. This study assesses sustainability of using indicators water ...

The objective of the experiment was to evaluate effects of increased milk replacer feeding on growth, intake, feed efficiency, and health parameters in stressed calves. Holstein bull calves (n = 120; approximately 3 to 8 d of age) were purchased from sale barns and dairy farms and housed in fiberglass hutches. In addition, wood shavings contaminated with coronavirus were mixed with clean shavin...

Male Holstein calves (n = 120) purchased from local dairy farms were fed one of three calf milk replacers for 42 d. Experimental milk replacers were formulated to contain whey protein concentrate (WPC) as the primary protein source or WPC plus 5% spray-dried bovine plasma (SDBP) or spray-dried porcine plasma (SDPP). The SDPP was heated to remove heat-insoluble materials and provide products wit...

A distributed active and reactive power control (DARPC) strategy based on the alternating direction method of multipliers (ADMM) is proposed for regional AC transmission system (TS) with wind farms (WFs). The DARPC optimizes distribution among WFs to minimize losses TS while tracking reference from operator (TSO), minimizes voltage deviation buses inside WF rated as well collection system. opti...

We introduce a new type of Wannier functions (WFs) obtained by minimizing the conventional spread functional with penalty term proportional to variance distribution. This modified Wannierisation scheme is less prone produce ineffective solutions featuring one or several poorly localized orbitals, making it well suited for complex systems high-throughput applications. Furthermore, we propose an ...

We summarize the foundations and applications of the new semantics called p-stable and we show that it holds the important property of extending the WFS semantics.