38 Lactating dairy cows (n=1,538) were enrolled in a randomized complete block 39 design study to evaluate protocols to synchronize estrus and ovulation. Within each 40 herd (n=8), cows were divided into three calving groups: EARLY, MID and LATE 41 based on days in milk (DIM) at mating start date (MSD). EARLY calving cows 42 (n=1,244) were  42 DIM at MSD, MID calving cows (n=179) were 21 to 41...

In this paper, we document the development of a learning algorithm that rates the popularity of a song on a scale of 0 to 5, using a carefully chosen set of musical features. Along with personal interest, the main motivation is to be able to help both the artists and label/advertisement companies in the music industry. We considered two different datasets (MP3 and MSD) and we tried to mitigate ...

We study the influence of grafted polymers on the diffusive behaviour of a colloidal particle. Our work demonstrates how such additional degrees of freedom influence the Brownian motion of the particle, focusing on internal viscoelastic coupling between the polymer and colloid. Specifically, we study the mean-squared displacements (MSDs) of λ-DNA grafted colloids using Brownian dynamics simulat...

The midsummer drought (MSD) is a diminution in rainfall experienced during the middle of the rainy season in southern Mexico and Central America, as well as in the adjacent Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and eastern Pacific seas. The aim of this paper is to describe the regional characteristics of the MSD and to propose some possible forcing mechanisms. Satellite and in situ data are used to form a...

The average costs of Musculoskeletal Disorder (MSD) and odds ratios for filing medical claims related to MSD were examined. The medical claims were identified by ICD 9 codes for four US Census regions within retail trade. Large private firms’ medical claims data from Thomson Reuters Inc. MarketScan databases for the years 2003 through 2006 were used. Average costs were highest for claims relate...

Certain techniques characterizing diffusive processes, such as single-particle tracking or molecular dynamics simulation, provide time averages rather than ensemble averages. Whereas the ensemble-averaged mean-squared displacement (MSD) of an unbounded continuous time random walk (CTRW) with a broad distribution of waiting times exhibits subdiffusion, the time-averaged MSD, delta2, does not. We...

Carpet weaving is a high risk occupation for developing musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs). The objectives of the present study, which was carried out in the Iranian hand-woven carpet industry, were determination of the prevalence of MSD symptoms, identification of major factors associated with MSD symptoms and development of guidelines for workstation design. 1,439 randomly selected weavers part...

Single particle tracking is an essential tool in the study of complex systems and biophysics and it is commonly analyzed by the time-averaged mean square displacement (MSD) of the diffusive trajectories. However, past work has shown that MSDs are susceptible to significant errors and biases, preventing the comparison and assessment of experimental studies. Here, we attempt to extract practical ...

We discuss the inverse problem associated with the propagation of the field autocorrelation of light through a highly scattering object like tissue. In the first part of the work, we reconstruct the optical absorption coefficient mu(a) and particle diffusion coefficient D(B) from simulated measurements which are integrals of a quantity computed from the measured intensity and intensity autocorr...