Six steers (BW = 436 +/- 15 kg) were assigned randomly to alfalfa, bromegrass, or prairie hay diets in a replicated 3 x 3 Latin square design to evaluate the efficacy of different internal markers for estimating OM digestibility (OMD). Internal markers used to estimate OMD included ADL, alkaline peroxide lignin (APL), AIA, and indigestible ADF (IADF), which consisted of a 144-h in vitro incubat...

BACKGROUND Ethanol (EtOH) exposure in neonate rats during a period comparable to the human third trimester, postnatal days (PD) 4 to 9, leads to persistent deficits in forebrain-dependent cognitive function--modeling the dysfunction seen in individuals diagnosed with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders. EtOH-exposed adult rats are impaired in auditory trace fear conditioning (TFC), a form of Pavlo...

This paper we introduce a torque feedback control (TFC) model to estimate pressure of the hand on a 4-DOF robotic arm of Betty, a humanoid robot. Based on several preliminary experiments of different stroke patterns, we measured and analysed the torque replies of Betty’s servos in order to model the torque feedback. We developed a robust humanoid system to create sketch like drawing with limite...

Internal concentration polarization (ICP) is a major issue in forward osmosis (FO) as it can significantly reduce the water flux in FO operations. It is known that a hydrophilic substrate and a smaller membrane structure parameter (S) are effective against ICP. This paper reports the development of a thin film composite (TFC) FO membrane with a hydrophilic mineral (CaCO3)-coated polyethersulfon...

The performance of thin-film composite (TFC) membranes was related to the properties of support layers. In this study, polysulfone (PSf) membranes formed by the phase inversion process under various concentrations of PSf and polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) additive were used as support layers to prepare polyamide (PA) TFC membranes by the interfacial polymerization (IP). The effects of PSf and PVP c...

Optimization of phenolic extraction from Orthosiphon stamineus was carried out in present study by investigating the effects of ethanol concentration (0-100%, v/v), extraction time (60-300 min) and extraction temperature (25-65oC) on the phenolic recovery using single factor experiment. Total phenolic content (TPC), total flavonoid content (TFC) and condensed tannins content (CTC) were used for...

Objectives—This article reports the initial findings from a randomized trial to enhance Treatment Foster Care (TFC) in “usual care” agencies. The intervention, Together Facing the Challenge, was built upon a combination of practice-based elements from a prior descriptive study of TFC and selected elements from Chamberlain’s evidence-based model (MTFC) to fill conspicuous gaps in usual practice....

The present study was to optimize the phenolic recovery from Centella asiatica by investigating the effects of ethanol concentration (0-100%, v/v), extraction time (60-300 min) and extraction temperature (2565°C) on phenolic extraction using single-factor experiments. Total phenolic content (TPC), total flavonoid content (TFC) and condensed tannin content (CTC) were used for determination of ph...

The measurement of the thrombosis in myocardial infarction (TIMI) frame count is a simple method for evaluating coronary blood flow. Although it is well known that slow coronary flow is present in patients with coronary artery ectasia (CAE), the effects of coexisting stenosis and the severity of ectatic involvement on coronory flow have not been adequately studied. Thus, we examined (1) the eff...

PURPOSE To investigate the effect of a central scotoma on the amplitude, implicit time (IT), and temporal frequency characteristics (TFC) of the visual evoked potentials (VEPs) elicited by a pseudorandom binary sequence (PRBS) stimulus in age-related macular degeneration (AMD) patients. METHODS Twenty-six patients with AMD, 17 eyes with visual acuity of less than 20/100, and 9 eyes with visua...