Animal healthcare services (AHS) are crucial for the profitability and sustainability of smallholder dairy production systems. The deteriorating AHS under the control of public sector has oriented towards privatization of these services. Therefore, any study analyzing the potential impact of privatization in terms of willingness to pay for such services by the rural households and access to pri...

Alkaline-heat-treated titanium self-forms an apatite surface layer in vivo. The aim of the present study was to materialistically characterize the surface of alkaline-heat-treated titanium immersed in simulated body fluid (AHS-TI) and to examine the differentiation behavior of osteoblasts on AHS-TI. SEM, thin-film XRD, FTIR, and XPS analyses revealed that AHS-TI contained a 1.0- micro m-thick, ...

Carbohydrate malabsorption such as in lactose intolerance or enteric infection causes symptoms that include abdominal pain. Because this digestive disorder increases intracolonic osmolarity and acidity by accumulation of undigested carbohydrates and fermented products, we tested whether these two factors (hypertonicity and acidity) would modulate colorectal afferents in association with colorec...

This research seeks to provide an understanding of the functioning of a fully automated highway system (AHS). In order to do that, several detailed questions of AHS design need to be answered with a level of detail sufficient to permit the development of mathematical and computer models of the AHS. This is the modeling stage. The next stage of research is the simulation stage. Its objective is ...

The Adult Dispositional Hope Scale (AHS) is the first and primary measure that evaluates hope construct. However, instrument’s factorial structure still debatable. present study aims to validate evaluate psychometric properties of Indonesian version AHS. Participants were 221 adults recruited via an online survey. Confirmatory Factor Analysis results showed two-factor model best represents AHS ...

The Automated Highway Systems ahs project at UC Berkeley is part of a comprehensive program initiated by the U S government under the Intermodal Surface Transportation E ciency Act of to improve safety and reduce congestion in the surface transportation system UC Berkeley s path Laboratory is part of a nine member consortium along with General Motors Bechtel Parsons Brinckerho Martin Marietta D...

Confirmed outbreaks of African horse sickness (AHS) occurred in the surveillance zone of the Western Cape in 1999 and 2004, both of which led to a two-year suspension on the export of horses. Light trap surveys in the outbreak areas showed that known vector competent Culicoides species, notably C. imicola, were abundant and present in numbers equal to those in the traditional AHS endemic areas....

Bluetongue (BT) and African horse sickness (AHS) are considered the most important orbiviral diseases in Southern Africans countries. The general endemic status makes these diseases challenging to be quanti ed in terms of their economic impact. Using country reported data from BT and AHS outbreaks and cases, as well as international trade data, the economic impact of BT and AHS is evaluated on ...

African horse sickness (AHS) and equine encephalosis (EE) viruses are endemic to southern Africa. AHS virus causes severe epidemics when introduced to naive equine populations, resulting in severe restrictions on the movement of equines between AHS-positive and negative countries. Recent zoning of South Africa has created an AHS-free zone to facilitate equine movement, but the transmission dyna...