Telezhenko E. 2007. Effect of flooring system on locomotion comfort in dairy cows: aspects of gait, preference and claw condition. Doctor’s dissertation. ISSN 1652-6880, ISBN 978-91-576-7375-6 The aim of the thesis was to study influence of different flooring systems on several aspects of locomotion of dairy cows. To assess the gait on different floors, trackway analysis was used. Cows walking ...

background: owing to increased complexity in the evolution of society, stress has become an important public health problem, and is responsible for more than 30 types of diseases. most of the research on stress conducted to date has focused on physical and psychological aspects; however, there are very few reports about the association between psychological stress and elements within the reside...

A joint research group was formed to evaluate the effects of flooring and ceiling choices on controlling “corridor activity noise” in an occupied hospital. Beside noise control within the corridors, the sound absorption also played an important role in isolating sound from room to room and from nurses‟ station to patient rooms. In the present study, noise levels (recorded as percentile level Ln...

This technical document considers a number of test methods for assessing floor slip resistance and describes those used by HSE/HSL in more detail. It is intended for organisations which need to perform accurate measurements of floor slipperiness, such as manufacturers and research and testing bodies. It will also help employers and other dutyholders with assessing slip risks in workplaces by he...

Triadimefon (TDF) is a fungicide with effects similar to cocaine, suggesting potential for abuse. Mice were trained in an apparatus with two distinctive flooring cues. In the experimental group, one of these was paired with administration of TDF and the other with vehicle; in the control group, both flooring types were paired with vehicle. The experimental group showed a significant preference ...

OBJECTIVE Falls cause significant morbidity and mortality in long term care facilities. Dual-stiffness flooring (DSF) has previously shown promise in reducing such morbidity in experimental models. This study set out to measure the impact of SmartCell flooring on falls-related morbidity in a nursing home. METHODS All falls occurring at an Arizona nursing home between July 1, 2008, and Decembe...

The problem of how to estimate variance parameters in client models from scarce data is addressed in the context of textdependent, HMM-based, automatic speaker verification. Variance flooring and variance scaling are investigated as two alternative estimation techniques and are used with or without variance tying on the state level to reduce the number of parameters to estimate. The best result...

Bacterial chondronecrosis with osteomyelitis (BCO) is the most common cause of lameness in commercial broilers. Bacteria entering the blood via translocation from the respiratory system or gastrointestinal tract spread hematogenously to the proximal epiphyseal-physeal cartilage of rapidly growing femora and tibiae, causing BCO. We tested the hypothesis that rearing broilers on wire flooring sho...

Broiler transport coops soiled with Campylobacter-positive feces have been shown to facilitate cross-contamination of broilers. Washing and sanitizing coop surfaces do not always effectively eliminate bacteria. The objective of this study was to examine drying as a means of lowering bacterial numbers on transport coop flooring. Small squares (5 x 5 cm) of fiberglass flooring from transport coop...