A k-container C(u, v) of G between u and v is a set of k internally disjoint paths between u and v. A k-container C(u, v) of G is a k∗-container if it contains all vertices of G. A graph G is k∗connected if there exists a k∗-container between any two distinct vertices. The spanning connectivity of G, κ∗(G), is defined to be the largest integer k such that G is w∗-connected for all 1 ≤ w ≤ k if ...

The in vivo anti-hyperglycemic effect of non-absorbable theaflavins, polyphenolic ingredients black tea, was evaluated spontaneously diabetic Torii (SDT) rats. A mixture theaflavins (25 mg/kg/day) administered to 8-week (wk)-old SDT rats for 20 weeks, showing improve the impaired glucose tolerance 22-wk old pre-diabetic both an oral test and a plasma insulin evaluation. At 28-wk presented with ...

An experiment was conducted to assess how hatchability performance of eggs is affected by line and age female broiler breeders. Response variables analyzed were hatchability, infertility, pipping (i.e., pipped shell but not emerged), embryonic mortality (1st, 2nd, 3rd wk), malposition. The trials involved a total 2,880 fertile from two breeder lines (Ross 308 Cobb 500) at different ages (30 50 ...

objective: walnut (juglans regia) is a domestic fruit of iran. walnut kernel (wk) has many beneficial constituents such as unsaturated fatty acids, antioxidants, and vitamin e. scientific studies have shown that fatty acids and vitamin e can modulate learning and memory processes. the aim of the present work was to study effects of walnut consumption by mothers during pregnancy and lactation on...

Two experiments studied the effects of canola or sunflower seed supplementation on conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) concentration in milk fat of lactating cows. In each experiment, only eight cows in early lactation were available to assign to one of two treatments in a completely randomized design and were fed individually for 12 wk. Experiment 1 compared similar diets with or without the additi...

Abstract Feeding Saccharomyces cerevisiae fermentation product (SCFP) has previously altered fecal microbiota, metabolites, and immune cell function of adult dogs. The objective this study was to further measure circulating numbers activity, antioxidant status, oxidative stress marker concentrations dogs fed SCFP in an extruded diet. Sixteen pointer (8M, 8F; mean age = 8.35 y; BW 27.13 kg) were...

Abstract Previously, a Saccharomyces cerevisiae fermentation product (SCFP) was shown to positively alter fecal microbiota, metabolites, and circulating immune cell function of adult dogs. The objective this study measure the effects SCFP on characteristics, serum oxidative stress biomarkers, whole blood gene expression dogs undergoing transport stress. Sixteen pointer (8M, 8F; mean age = 8.35 ...

artificial neural networks (ann) have shown to be a powerful tool for system modeling in a wide range of applications. the focus of this study is on neural network applications to data analysis in egg production. an ann model with two hidden layers, trained with a back propagation algorithm, successfully learned the relationship between the input (age of hen) and output (egg production) variabl...