In the dynamic modeling of dairy cow performance over a full lactation, the difference between net energy intake and net energy used for maintenance, growth, and output in milk accumulates in body reserves. A simple dynamic model of net energy balance was constructed to select, out of some common dry matter intake (DMI) prediction equations, the one that resulted in a minimum cumulative bias in...

We present measurements of net charge fluctuations in Au + Au collisions at √ sNN = 19.6, 62.4, 130, and 200 GeV, Cu + Cu collisions at √ sNN = 62.4, 200 GeV, and p + p collisions at √ s = 200 GeV using the net charge dynamical fluctuations measure ν+−,dyn. The dynamical fluctuations are non-zero at all energies and exhibit a rather modest dependence on beam energy. We find that at a given ener...

We study the rapidity losses in central heavy-ion collisions from AGS to RHIC energies with the mean rapidity determined from the projectile net-baryon distribution after collisions. The projectile net-baryon distribution in the full rapidity range was obtained by removing the target contribution phenomenologically at forward rapidity region from the experimental net-baryon measurements and tak...

because of high speed, efficiency, robustness and flexibility of multi-agent systems, in recent years there has been an increasing interest in the art of these systems. in competitive multi agent systems, a mechanism is required via which the agents can come to reach an agreement.  contract net protocols are one of the well-known negotiation protocols in multi-agent systems. in contract net pro...

BACKGROUND Humans normally dissipate significant energy during walking, largely at the transitions between steps. The ankle then acts to restore energy during push-off, which may be the reason that ankle impairment nearly always leads to poorer walking economy. The replacement of lost energy is necessary for steady gait, in which mechanical energy is constant on average, external dissipation is...