The livestock industry has used genetic selection to improve phenotypic characteristics for decades.The identification of characteristics in the population, such as adaptation, disease resistance, production capacity, and specific phenotypic characteristics, combined with the use of directed and assisted reproduction techniques, have been the tools
Over recent years, there has been a clear increase in the frequency of reported flooding events around the world.Gabion structures offer one means of flood mitigation in dam spillways.These types of structures provide an additional challenge to the computational modeller in that flow through the porous gabions must be simulated.We have used a compu
Abstract Background Evidence is emerging on the cost-effectiveness, quality and health coverage of social franchises.But little is known about the motivations of providers to join or remain within a social franchise network, or the impact that franchise membership has on client Refill volumes or revenue earnings.Methods (i) Uncontrolled facility ba
Abstract The Lower Miocene Nukhul Formation was deposited during early stages of Gulf of Suez rifting.Outcrop of this formation at Gebel el Zeit, Egypt is up to 100 m (328 ft) in thickness and consists of lower sandstone-dominated and upper carbonate-dominated units.Samples were collected from the Nukhul Formation outcrop in order to describe the l
Abstract Background Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (PANETs) are rare, slow growing cancers that often present with local and distant metastasis upon detection.PANETS contain distinct karyotypes, epigenetic dysregulation, and recurrent mutations in MEN1, ATRX, and DAXX (MAD+); however, the molecular basis of disease progression remains uncharacter