Two experiments were conducted to investigate the potential for Forsythia suspensa extract (FSE) to substitute for antibiotic in broiler chicken. First, a well-diffusion assay procedure and a 2-fold dilution method were used to determine the bacteriostatic activity of FSE on Escherichia coli K88, staphylococcus aureus, and salmonella was assayed. An inhibitory effect of FSE was observed on the ...

In the Small Island Developing States (SIDS), public sector infrastructure projects (PSIPs) fail to both meet targeted performance metrics and deliver on intended benefits society. terms of cost metric, overruns (COs) beyond initial contract value are more a norm than unique occurrence. Therefore, ensure economic sustainability for SIDS, money PSIPs, there is need investigate evaluate risk impa...

The coordination of dynamic neural activity within and between neural networks is believed to underlie normal cognitive processes. Conversely, cognitive deficits that occur following neurological insults may result from network discoordination. We hypothesized that cognitive outcome following febrile status epilepticus (FSE) depends on network efficacy within and between fields CA1 and CA3 to d...

BACKGROUND Four constructs are encompassed by the term "falls-related psychological concerns" (FrPC); "fear of falling" (FOF), "falls-related self-efficacy" (FSe), "balance confidence" (BC) and "outcome expectancy" (OE). FrPC are associated with negative consequences including physical, psychological, and social. Identifying factors associated with FrPC could inform interventions to reduce thes...

In this study, a new modeling method based on trapezoidal fuzzy number FAHP has been proposed to solve the problem of risk element transmission in enterprise project evaluation chain. We firstly put forward enterprise project chain risk element transmission and constructs enterprise project chain risk element transmission tetrahedron model and then proposed the theory of enterprise project eval...

By fuzzifying the number of occurrences of an element of a multiset, we obtain a new fuzzy structure; similarly, by fuzzifying the number of occurrences of an element of a hybrid set, we obtain another new fuzzy structure. The aim of the present work is twofold: to provide a concise definition of these new fuzzy structures and their properties and to apply them in natural computing. More specif...

This paper describes the fuzzy modeling of permanent magnet generator for studying its mechanical dynamic analysis. Firstly electromagnetic torque analysis of the generator is carried out using finite element based package. Then fuzzy model of the generator is developed. Performance was evaluated by comparing, integrated fuzzy model, individual fuzzy model and finite element model for the gener...

Fuzzy finite element analysis for static displacements of beam structures with fuzzy forces is considered in this paper. The material properties of the beams are taken as crisp. Fuzzy finite element analysis of static problem for the above structures converts the problem into fuzzy system of linear equations. As such the coefficient matrix and the right hand side vector become crisp and fuzzy r...

A significant proportion of temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE), a common, intractable brain disorder, arises in children with febrile status epilepticus (FSE). Preventative therapy development is hampered by our inability to identify early the FSE individuals who will develop TLE. In a naturalistic rat model of FSE, we used high-magnetic-field MRI and long-term video EEG to seek clinically relevant n...

This work investigates existing metal-graphite joining methods with friction stir extrusion (FSE) proposed as a viable alternative process. Current for these materials, including adhesives, mechanical fastening, and brazing, all have shortcomings that are desired to be avoided. Aluminum AA6061-T6 is used isostatically molded graphite establish proof-of-concept FSE. Empirically determined operat...