Genetic selection for fast growth rate and high breast muscle yield in modern broilers has unintended effects on animal welfare behavior, namely terms of inactivity leg disorders. We hypothesized that exercise stimulated through environmental enrichment could positively stimulate pen-wide activity improve bird welfare. The study objectives were to implement a laser device motivate active feedin...

Glioblastoma cells feature mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) up-regulation which relates to a variety of effects such as: lower survival, higher infiltration, high stemness and radio- and chemo-resistance. Recently, it was demonstrated that mTOR may produce a gene shift leading to altered protein expression. Therefore, in the present study we administered different doses of the mTOR inhibito...

For members of the public, community health fairs are an opportunity to gather information and receive screening for a variety of common medical conditions. For the osteopathic medical community, they can be an opportunity to increase public awareness about osteopathic medicine. The authors conducted a survey at nine community-based health fairs in the Lansing, Mich, metropolitan area to determ...

Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Laboratories, in conjunction with Lockheed Martin Maritime Systems and Sensors and Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Advanced Development Programs, performed a set of experiments in cooperation with the U.S. Navy involving collaborative, unmanned surface and air vehicle mission execution. Our multi-domain, collaborative research focused on increasing the ability of...

The objective of the current study was to compare the changes in a fitness trait when selection is performed for 5, 10, and 20 generations on a production trait that influenced its expression. Responses to single-trait selection for growth based on phenotype or animal model predictions were compared by computer simulation. Two-trait index selection was performed when a trait, related to the fit...

Temporal Fast Downward (TFD) is a successful temporal planning system that is capable of dealing with numerical values. Rather than decoupling action selection from scheduling, it searches directly in the space of time-stamped states, an approach that has shown to produce plans of high quality at the price of coverage. To increase coverage, TFD incorporates deferred evaluation and preferred ope...

The effect of diabetes mellitus on the regulation of urinary bladder smooth muscle contraction was studied. Diabetes was induced in the rabbit by alloxan injection followed by 16 wk of housing. The bladder was harvested and strips of wall devoid of both mucosa and serosa were examined. Intact strips of bladder smooth muscle from diabetic animals produced less stress in response to membrane depo...