... is, therefore, relatively low, and the survival of some of the litter takes precedence over the survival of all offspring Mothers of altricial offspring construct a den or nest in which to give ... effects of heterosis on survival and growth of crossbred calves and on reproduction rate and weaning weight of calves from crossbred cows.[1] More than half of this advantage is due to the use of ... demand side of theslaughter cattle market and the supply side of the boxbeef and beef by-product markets Therefore, a packer’sprofit is derived from the transformation of live cattle intoFig 1 U.S
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... source of moisture for incubated eggs.[2] MILK SECRETION Lactation involves the production of milk by epithelial cells that line the expanded terminal ends, or alveoli, of an intricate system of ... by extracellular routes Differences in the rates of secretion of the different phases, as well as in the rates of synthesis and/or transport of particular constituents, result in wide variation ... large amount of milk to each young,[7]wean them at a high proportion (ca 55 90%) of adult mass, and appear to be sensitive to availability of calcium for milk synthesis.[10]Many species of bats pro-duce
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The Encyclopedia Of Nutrition And Good Health - R pdf
... mg; riboflavin, 0.02 mg; niacin, 0.135 mg radon See CARCINOGEN raisin A dried form of several varieties of grapes Half of the world’s supply of raisins comes from the San Joaquin Valley of California ... levels; excre-tion of surplus doses in urine or feces; maintenance of a balance of intake and body losses; measure-ment of body function or metabolic process; knowledge of the amount of a nutrient ... mg is defined as the equivalent of 22 IU of natural vitamin E or 33 IU of synthetic vitamin E. ## It is recommended that women of childbearing age obtain 400 mcg of synthetic folic acid from fortified
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The Encyclopedia Of Nutrition And Good Health - S pdf
... Soft water contains high levels of sodium The amount depends upon the hardness of natural water A glass of tap water usually contains less than 3 mg of sodium However, salt from the de-icing of ... percent of the RDI or iron Sardines contain significant levels of salt.The same 4 oz serving provides approximately 600 mg of sodium, one-third to one-half of the amountjudged safe Sardines are often ... form of table salt (SODIUM chloride) Sea salt contains low levels of certain minerals found in sea water Using 3.5 g of sea salt would supply 22 percent of the REFERENCE DAILY INTAKE(RDI) of MAGNESIUM;
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Encyclopedia of World Cultures Volume 2 - Oceania - A pdf
... receivedapart of the first yam harvest anda cer-tain portion of all theland animals andfishcaught. Some haveseen theseofferingsas atype oftributebutinfactthe chiefquickly redistributed these offerings ... the last official census in 1979, the island's population of 7,754 resides in 306 separate localities The two halves of the island have roughly equal numbers ofinhabitants,but two-thirds of thepopulation ... time Regardlessofthe actualnumbers, itis clear that every partof the islandswasclaimedoroccupied by the local population In 1989 the total populationof New Caledonia was 164,173, ofwhich 73,598
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Encyclopedia of World Cultures Volume 2 - Oceania - K pdf
... is part of the Mendi-Kewa Subgroup of the Engan (West-Central) Familyoflanguages The EnganFamilyis, inturn,apart of alargegroupof High-landslanguages (morethan60),which are intumasegment of a muchlargerchain ... the northwest tip of the island of New Britain, 5°28'S,148922' E.Theyare partoftheKilenge-LoloDistrict oftheprovinceofWest NewBritain inPapuaNewGuinea A reef about1 kilometer offshorefringesthecoastline,and ... weaving ofutilitarian net bags is a woman's job, while the production ofthe more ornate andcolorfuldecorative bags is the ince of males prov-Land Tenure Aparticular piece of land is the property ofthe
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Encyclopedia of World Cultures Volume III - South Asia - N pdf
... raising ofchildren,the weaving of cloth(andtheteaching ofthisart tofemaleoffspring),the storage and preparation of food,thebrewingofricebeer andrice wine (zam),thedrying oftobacco,thefeedingof pigs,fowl,andcattle,the ... efforts of this organizationandthesegmentof the Naga populace whichitrepresentedresultedintheformation of the state of Nagaland In spiteofthisaction, hostilities continued Under thesponsorship ofthe ... are twoforms of marriage-one ceremonial, the othernonceremo-nial The ceremonial formisdesiredas asymbolofstatusandconsistsofanelaborate ritualinvolvingtheservicesofamar-riagebroker, thetakingof
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An Encyclopedia of the History of Technology part 7 pdf
... two arms of progress, have combined to leave us on the shore of a vast ocean of possibilities brought about by electronics Before and during the Industrial Revolution the ingenious powers of man ... NEOLITHIC ORIGINS The birth of metallurgy is shrouded in obscurity, although weathered crystals of native copper might well have attracted the attention of ancient man because of their remarkable green ... malleability of copper, which allowed it, unlike wood and stone, to be hammered into a variety of useful shapes The sharp distinction between the brightness, lustre and ductility of the interior of a
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An Encyclopedia of the History of Technology part 13 pdf
... consisted of 100kg (220lb) of the double chloride, 45kg (99lb) of cryolite and 35kg (77lb) of sodium The function of the cryolite was to act as a flux and dissolve the alumina on the surface of the ... authenticated use of aluminium as a roofing material is provided by the dome of the Church of San Gioacchino in Rome which was roofed with Neuhausen aluminium in 1897 When examined by Professor Panseri ... One tonne of aluminium requires two tonnes of alumina and this requires four tonnes of bauxite Approximately 20,000kWh of electrical power are needed for the production of one tonne of aluminium
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An Encyclopedia of the History of Technology part 19 pdf
... operated by two men—a puddler in charge of an underhand or assistant who was often learning the job (see Figure 2.2) A furnace charge of about 250kg (550lb) of pig iron took about two hours to work ... better means of embossing velvet, and found a new way of making bronze powder, which brought him a useful sum of money Machinery for crushing sugar cane came next and then a method of making plate ... in 1854, Bessemer invented a new type of gun, which he offered to the War Office, but got no response His gun, however, showed the need for a better type of iron to withstand the stresses set
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An Encyclopedia of the History of Technology part 44 pdf
... examination of all parts of the manufacturing process through time study of each operation and the application of piece-rate bonus schemes which became known as the Taylor System of Scientific ... the introduction of the individual electric motor drive for machines which was eventually to eliminate the ‘forest of belts’ typical of all early production factories An event of considerable ... 1926 and he is referred to as the ‘Master of Measurement’ The use of gap gauges also became common for the inspection of screw threads based on the idea of William Taylor patented in 1905 which
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An Encyclopedia of the History of Technology part 47 pdf
... spite of the inefficiency of this awkward method of propulsion, a journey from Beaune to Dijon, a distance of 37km (just over 23 miles) could be made by Draisine in 2 1/2 hours, an average speed of ... tricycles Most of the early models kept strictly to the diamond-shaped frame of the ‘safety’ pedal bicycle Coventry was again the centre of the industry which really took off with the repeal of the ‘Red ... were off the ground. Figure 8.5: An early ‘hobby horse’ of 1818. Trang 4ROADS, B RIDGES AN D VEHICLESSoon after 1860 the boneshaker made its appearance, basically a variant of the velocipede of
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An Encyclopedia of the History of Technology part 53 pdf
... 262m by 24m (859ft by 80ft) with 9m (soft) of water over the sills This gave a usable length of 233m (765ft) but the Port Colborne lock was 365m (1200ft) Three of the locks formed a massive staircase ... Peterborough has the maximum Trang 8rise of any lift of this type in the world, with a difference in level of 19.8m (65ft) and was completed in 1904 Kirkfield, with a rise of 15.2m (50ft) was completed ... problem of the Iron Gates gorge has been solved by the construction of a hydro-electric scheme with a bypass canal and this has enabled the river flow to be controlled With the Danube capable of handling
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An Encyclopedia of the History of Technology part 60 pdf
... marked effect on the thinking of railway engineers This was emphasized by the absence of other railways of less than standard gauge, a consequence of the Gauge of Railways Act passed in 1846 ... introduction of railways to Japan is of particular interest The Americans had completed a railway across the isthmus of Panama in 1855 and among its passengers, in 1860, was a party of samurai, members of ... was any sort of railway in China itself The Union Pacific, headed by shady Eastern financiers spurred on by land grants per mile of track and aided by the tracklaying abilities of Irish navvies,
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An Encyclopedia of the History of Technology part 64 pdf
... airship Varying the amount of air in the ballonet compensated for changes in the volume of hydrogen as the altitude of the ship changed, while maintaining the external shape of the envelope Although ... embodied many of the features of later designs As long as manual effort was the only available power source to propel an airship, little progress was possible The idea of using a pair of horses working ... class of 1917, with two 250hp (166kW) engines and a crew of ten; these were 80m (262ft) long with a capacity of 10,000m3 (360,000ft3) During and after the Second World War much larger airships of
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An Encyclopedia of the History of Technology part 78 pdf
... practices of the past The state of preservation of this literature, and the range of its content, has affected the quality of knowledge available The most complete material in terms of subject ... capable of much higher recording densities, providing users with from 20 to more than 100 Mbytes of on-line data access Optical Media The dominance of magnetic media for the storage of all types of ... although little of social or economic interest Middle Eastern sources have provided tantalizing glimpses of laws of property and husbandry, and also volumes of account books and records of palace or
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An Encyclopedia of the History of Technology part 86 pdf
... to take the fibres off the doffer In 1861 the tape condenser was invented by C.Martin of Verviers in Belgium, in which the fibres were taken off the whole surface of the doffer and then split ... This 7–5kw (10hp) engine was a much more efficient way of using steam power and was the forerunner of many thousands of mill engines Some of the later ones generated 2250kw (3000hp) to drive spinning ... production of all-cotton cloth rose dramatically in the 1780s after the successful development of the Arkwright spinning system and the introduction of the spinning mule Soon the value of cotton
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An Encyclopedia of the History of Technology part 87 pdf
... position A number of bullets enable high weaving speeds to be maintained, often at the rate of over 300 picks per minute compared with the 120 of a Lancashire loom The ends of the weft are tucked ... development of the powerloom For example, Austin of Glasgow used cams in 1789 to work the picking stick to throw the shuttle and some of his looms were built in Scotland in 1800 Robert Millar of Dumbartonshire ... that, instead of 2–300 being necessary for each loom on the old system, the Unifil needed only twelve, and only half a dozen of these were full of yarn The empty ones were stripped of any remaining
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An Encyclopedia of the History of Technology part 97 pdf
... conditions of life in the towns of Britain. The appalling squalor reported in dozens of official statements by doctors and administrators, and described so vividly by Friedrich Engels in his account of ... incentives were then offered by the gas companies which tipped the scales in favour of gas cooking. The first was the introduction in the 1870s of facilities for hiring cookers instead of insisting on ... introduced to Britain in 1959. Whatever the means of cooking the effect of the heat is to raise the temperature of the food, by increasing the agitation of its constituent molecules. In traditional
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An Encyclopedia of the History of Technology part 105 pdf
... Kahlmeter, Henric 85 Kaiser, Henry 121 Kaovenhofer, Andreas 236 Kaplan, Victor 245 Kapp, Gisbert 361 Karavodine, M 332 Kay, John (of Bury) 821–2 Kay, John (of Warrington) 828 Kay, Robert 822, 830 Kekulé, ... Longbotham, John 478 Louis 894 Louis XV, King of France 193 Lovelace, Ada Augusta, Countess of 701 Lowrey, Grosvenor P 368 Lucretius 212, 350 Ludwig I, King of Bavaria 498 Lukin, Lionel 539 Lumière, ... Goliath of Gath 388 Gooch, Daniel 568 Goodyear, Charles 216, 849, 853 Gordon, James P 737 Gorton, Richard and Thomas 821 Goucher, John 784 Gould, Gordon 737 Goulding, J 836 Gowland, Professor
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