The effect of cooked wheat bran on the excretion of
fecal nutrients, fecal weight, and transit time was investigated
in 10 men, aged 20 to 35 years. The study was
divided into three 18-day periods. The subjects were
divided into two groups; one received the basal diet supplemented
with 15...
In this dissertation, the structure and electronic properties of multiple metal oxide thin films are characterized and presented. Prompt inorganic condensation (PIC) of metal-oxo and –hydroxo clusters was evaluated as a technique for making metal oxide clusters in two separate studies. The first focuses on the synthesis of lithium niobate...
In 2005, Beijing acted to court the farmers of Taiwan through a series of unilateral
agricultural tariff reductions. This move was deliberately formulated to weaken the incumbent
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) by targeting the party's strong rural base. This paper seeks
to investigate the effectiveness of China's use of interest...
China suffered its biggest food-safety crisis in 2008 when it was discovered that melamine had been illegally added to the milk formula. More than 290,000 children were poisoned and at least six infants were dead. Chinese citizens and the governments around the world gave the Chinese government a lot of...
In the context of expanding global food trade in which we import and consume a variety of foods from across the world, insuring food safety, an essential public health issue, has become a major concern in our food supply system. Over the past several years, food related scandals of Chinese...
The ever-increasing environmental degradation in China is leading people to pay more attention to environmental protection. Although Chinese government has made progress in dealing with environmental problems, the environment still gets worse. Thus, ordinary people began to take part in environmental issues, and make contributions to environmental protection. With increased...
Bullying prevents its targets from enjoying a safe, stress-free living, learning, and working environment. For most children, bullying experiences will be merely unpleasant childhood memories. This remains the same in adult's working environment. During the past decade, the concept of workplace abuse has had an increasing resonance within western countries....
In this is paper, an implementation of a microprocessor
based distributed control system (DCS) is investigated. This
system consists of a digital PID controller and a high
level operator interface. A temperature control system
was designed to experimentally verify the system operation.
Experimental results compare closely with theoretical
prediction. The...
Brucella canis is a zoonotic proteobacterium causing brucellosis in dogs and other wild canidae. It is primarily spread to the fetus through the placenta, to other dogs through fetal fluids and vaginal discharge after abortion, and to mating partners through vaginal and seminal fluids. Transmission to other dogs can also...
Transcriptome gene expression studies of sperm RNA have been utilized in a variety of different species to investigate causes of male infertility. Previous research investigators have optimized cell separation and RNA isolation techniques for each species of interest. To date, no study has been completed for dogs. The objective of...