The occurrence of a buried submarine pipeline crossing channel becoming damaged by the impact falling anchor is more common. It important to analyze dynamic response pipelines exposed such and develop effective protection methods ensure safe operation anchors. In this study, different methods, including pure rock, concrete mattress + rock rubber pad, compound flexible pad are physically tested....

A novel method of harvesting whole-plant corn silage, shredlage, may increase kernel processing and physically effective fiber. Improved fiber effectiveness may be especially advantageous when feeding brown midrib (BMR) corn hybrids, which have reduced lignin content. The objective of this study was to determine the effect of feeding TMR containing BMR corn shredlage (SHRD) compared with BMR co...

The histologic features of aging muscle suggest that denervation contributes to atrophy, that immobility accelerates the process, and that routine exercise may protect against loss of motor units and muscle tissue. Here, we compared muscle biopsies from sedentary and physically active seniors and found that seniors with a long history of high-level recreational activity up to the time of muscle...

Twelve early lactation Holstein cows (4 fistulated) were used in replicated 4x4 Latin squares with 4-wk periods to determine the effective neutral detergent fiber (NDF) content of wet corn gluten feed and to measure the effect of forage particle size on ruminal mat consistency and passage rate of wet corn gluten feed. Diets were 1) 23.3% NDF (17.4 percentage units of NDF from alfalfa silage), 2...

Films like Shrek, Madagascar, The Chronicles of Narnia and Charlotte’s web all have something in common: realistic quadruped animations. While the animation of animals has been popular for a long time, the technical challenges associated with creating highly realistic, computer generated creatures have been receiving increasing attention recently. The entertainment, education and medical indust...

In this paperwe investigate themechanical behavior of carbonfiber composites,where the carbonfibers are coated with radially aligned carbon nanotubes. For this purpose we develop a general micromechanics method for fiber composites, where fibers are coated with radially aligned microfibers (‘‘fuzzy fiber’’ composites). The mechanical effective properties are computed with a special extension of...

Despite diet formulation for chemical (15) and physically-effective fiber (12) minimums, nonstructural carbohydrate (NSC) and starch maximums (16), and the use of total mixed rations (TMR), some degree of SARA may be inevitable in high-producing dairy herds because total chewing and rumination times per kg of rumen-fermentable organic matter (RFOM) intake declines as RFOM intake increases (Figu...