T-joint fillet welds are a very common occurrence found in industry today. Localized heating and cooling from the welding process lead to the rise of distortion and residual stresses. Weld fixturing is a common practice in industry used to address the problems associated with welding, however fixturing also creates problems of residual stresses being locked into the weldment. This research invo...

Gamma tocopherol (gT) exhibits beneficial cardiovascular effects partly due to its anti-inflammatory activity. Important sources of gT are vegetable oils. However, little is known to what extent gT can be transferred into marine animal species such as Atlantic salmon by feeding. Therefore, in this study we have investigated the transfer of dietary gT into salmon. To this end, fish were fed a di...

This study aims to examine the nutritional composition (amino acid and fatty acid) fillet color of commercially produced cultured fish Black Sea. All species [(sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax), sea bream (Sparus aurata), turbot (Scophthalmus maximus), large rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)] were collected from Sea’s aquaculture sites in 2020. Total amino values fillets listed as bream>...

A feeding trial was conducted to investigate effects of Bacillus licheniformis on growth performance and meat quality of broilers. Nine hundred one-d-old broiler chicks were randomly assigned to 3 experimental groups with three replicate pens of 100 broiler chicks. Three treatments were i) control, ii) basal diets supplemented with 1 ml of B. licheniformis for each in feed water per day iii) ba...

This study examined the effects of stocking density on live performance, physiological stress level indicators, and processing yields of male broilers grown to 1.8 kg. A total of 3,120 Ross x Ross 708 male chicks was placed into 32 floor pens (5.57 m2/pen). Stocking density treatments were 25, (75 birds/pen), 30 (90 birds/ pen), 35 (105 birds/pen), and 40 (120 birds/pen) kg of BW/m2. The BW gai...

OBJECTIVE Multiple large decubitus ulcers present a reconstructive challenge to the plastic surgeon. When stage IV pressure sores become recurrent or extensive, traditional flaps either have already been exhausted or would not be sufficient to cover the defect. METHODS A retrospective review was performed on all paraplegic patients who had chronic, extensive, and stage IV decubitus ulcers, an...