Irrigation channels around paddy fields have been drastically improved over the past several decades in Japan. This has been accomplished exclusively by covering all the sides of channels with concrete. Although it is conventionally accepted that channel improvement has deteriorated quality of spawning and nursery sites for fish, to date, there is little evidence to support this claim. We exami...

Over 10 million children in the U.S. have an incarcerated parent. Consequences related to incarceration may be more acutely experienced by children with an incarcerated mother since women are often sole care givers prior to confinement. Moreover, approximately 25% of women are either pregnant or postpartum when they enter prison. Reunification post incarceration, as well as maternal/child attac...

In visually complex environments, numerous items compete for attention. Infants may exhibit attentional efficiency-privileged detection, attention capture, and holding-for face-like stimuli. However, it remains unknown when these biases develop and what role, if any, experience plays in this emerging skill. Here, nursery-reared infant macaques' (Macaca mulatta; n = 10) attention to faces in 10-...

A four-trial experiment utilizing 3- to 4-wk-old newly weaned pigs was conducted to evaluate the effect of a modified reduced nocturnal (MRNT) nursery temperature regimen on weaned pig and subsequent grower-finisher performance. Nursery treatments were 1) a control temperature (CT) regimen of 30 degrees C constant air temperature lowered 2 degrees C/wk and 2) a regimen beginning 1 wk after wean...

The objective of this study was to examine the effect of including steamed rolled oats in the nursery diet on pig performance. Pigs were fed diets with 10% oats in the phase 1 diet (day 0-10 post-weaning) and 5% in the phase 2 diet (day 10-28 post weaning). There were 5 pens of 7-8 pigs each on the control and oat diets. Pigs fed the oat diets had greater gain from day 0-10 and overall. Feed in...

Performance data of two modified-open-front non-mechanically ventilated swine nurseries have shown that solar energy can be effectively utilized to maintain a productive environment within the animal space during cold weather (temperatures as low as —26°C ( — 15 °F). The nurseries feature a monoslope roof design and passive collector panels that also function as warm weather ventilation panels....