Investigations with ram semen were conducted to develop procedures
of cyrogenic preservation that would provide long-term
retention of fertilizing capacity in ram spermatozoa.
An isotonic extender consisting of egg yolk, sodium citrate,
lactose, glycerol, and a broad spectrum antibiotic was selected from
among several extenders tested in pilot studies. Using...
The effect of 2-aminoethyl-2-thiopseudourea[superscript .]Br[superscript .]HBr (AET),
2-mercaptoethylamine[superscript .]HC1 (MEA) and trisodium calcium chelate of
diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid (CaNa₃DTPA) on the radiosensitivity
of rat fetus was investigated. A total of 1256 fetuses were
critically examined.
Exposure of rats to 200 r whole-body X-irradiation at 9.5 days
of gestation resulted in a...
There is an increasing body of evidence that the pineal gland acts
as a neuroendocrine transducer, translating neural information about
environmental lighting condition into hormonal information. In the
rat, light controls the production of melatonin which acts via the
hypothalamic-hypophyseal pathway to control the function of the gonads,
A similar...
The ultrastructure of the oviduct and the hormonal induced
alterations in the cellular organelles of prepubertal and ovariectomized
rabbits have been studied with electron-microscopic histochemical
methods.
The pseudostratified epithelium of the oviduct in prepubertal
rabbits contained both ciliated and secretory cells. The secretory
cells showed apocrine projections filled with electron-dense...
This study was conducted to investigate the distribution
of glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) and selenium in
semen of the boar, bull, ram and stallion, and in the reproductive
tissues of the boar, bull and ram. The effect
of repeated noncryoprotective freeze-thawing on GSH-Px
activity was also studied. Both hydrogen peroxide (H₂0₂)...
In the year 2007, the worldwide energy consumption accumulated to a total of 16.5 billion MWh. While the resources of conventional energy production cause environmental damage, renewable energy sources like solar or wind power offer a solution to substitute for coal or nuclear generated power. Countries like Denmark and Spain...
The demand for improved controllers creates the need for synthesis techniques which emphasize optimality. Optimality automatically infers stability. This thesis presents one such technique which is not limited to linear systems. The theory of dynamic programming is applied to the synthesis of optimal controllers with emphasis on missile flight control...
The detection of limit cycles may be accomplished in several
ways. This thesis presents a numerical method for detection when
the system is described by the Van der Pol equation.
Two numerical integration methods are used to increase the
accuracy of the detection. The concept of a transversal is utilized...
Most technological problems associated with man-machine conversations
have been solved and are well documented in both the
contemporary technical and lay literature. The major remaining
technological problem is the real time conversion of a human's vocal
uterances into a "written" phoneme sequence representing the information
content of speech. The work...
Employing compensators which adapt to errors in system components
is one way of meeting the increasingly tight specifications of
modern control systems. Indeed this is often the only way that such
specifications can be met in systems with unchangeable or best available
parts. One type of error found in components...