Some aspects of energy metabolism of the sow during pregnancy

1971 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 677-683 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. W. A. Verstegen ◽  
A. J. H. van Es ◽  
H. J. Nijkamp
Keyword(s):  
Energy Requirement ◽  
Live Weight ◽  
Negative Energy ◽  
The Other ◽  
Positive Energy ◽  
Dietary Energy ◽  
Respiration Chamber ◽  
Dietary Energy Intake ◽  
Energy Balances ◽  
Balance Trials

SUMMARYSixteen energy and N-balance trials with six sows were performed to study the energy requirement and protein gain of the animals during different stages in the second half of pregnancy. Energy and N-balances were measured during periods of 1 week and gaseous exchange was measured in a respiration chamber. The animals received 2·0,2·5,2·75 or 3 0 kg/day of a normal concentrate ration for sows. In one experiment, one animal had a negative energy balance on the 2 kg ration in the sixth week of pregnancy but in the other experiments the dietary energy intake was sufficient for positive energy balances until a few days before parturition. The N-balances were about 20 to 32 g/day in the second half of the gestation period. With 2·5 and 2·75 kg feed there was a negative deposition of fat at about 2 weeks before parturition. Heat production increased during pregnancy, but at a greater rate during the last 2 weeks. Until 2 to 3 weeks before parturition 2·5 to 2·75 kg of feed seemed to be adequate to meet the energy requirement of a pregnant sow of 180–200 kg live weight. During the last 2 weeks 3 kg was sufficient.

scholarly journals Bargmann–Wigner formulation and superradiance problem of bosons and fermions in Kerr space–time

2015 ◽  
Vol 30 (11) ◽  
pp. 1550052 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masakatsu Kenmoku ◽  
Y. M. Cho
Keyword(s):  
Negative Energy ◽  
Space Time ◽  
The Other ◽  
Positive Energy ◽  
Independent Components ◽  
Consistent Description ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Kerr Space

The superradiance phenomena of massive bosons and fermions in the Kerr space–time are studied in the Bargmann–Wigner formulation. In case of bi-spinor, the four independent components spinors correspond to the four bosonic freedom: one scalar and three vectors uniquely. The consistent description of the Bargmann–Wigner equations between fermions and bosons shows that the superradiance of the type with positive energy (0 < ω) and negative momentum near horizon (p H < 0) is shown not to occur. On the other hand, the superradiance of the type with negative energy (ω < 0) and positive momentum near horizon (0 < p H ) is still possible for both scalar bosons and spinor fermions.

A note on the response of British Friesian steers to trenbolone acetate and hexoestrol, and to alternation in dietary energy intake

1982 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 277-280 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Galbraith ◽  
K. J. Geraghty
Keyword(s):  
Growth Hormone ◽  
Energy Intake ◽  
Live Weight ◽  
Metabolizable Energy ◽  
Dietary Energy ◽  
Plasma Urea ◽  
Trenbolone Acetate ◽  
Blood Constituents ◽  
Dietary Energy Intake ◽  
Main Effects

ABSTRACTFour steers from a group of eight British Friesian steers were implanted with 300 mg trenbolone acetate and 30 mg hexoestrol at the beginning of a 90-day trial period. The remainder were untreated. They were offered diets that varied in estimated content of metabolizable energy as follows (MJ/day): day 0 to 34 (period A), 100; day 35 to 60 (period B), 50; and day 61 to 90 (period C), 75 increasing to 110. Implanted steers gained significantly more live weight in periods A and C, and lost less in period B, than controls. Implanted steers had significantly elevated concentrations of plasma glucose in period A, and lower values for plasma urea and serum albumin throughout. Differences between control and implanted steers for the other blood constituents studied, including growth hormone, insulin and prolactin, were small and not significant. The main effects of changes in dietary energy intake on blood composition included significant increases in both groups of animals in the concentration of free fatty acids and growth hormone during underfeeding (period B). These concentrations decreased in period C, concomitant with significant increases in the concentrations of insulin and prolactin.

scholarly journals Relativistic Brueckner-Hartree-Fock Theory in Infinite Nuclear Matter

2021 ◽  
Vol 252 ◽  
pp. 02001
Author(s):  
Peter Ring ◽  
Sibo Wang ◽  
Qiang Zhao ◽  
Jie Meng
Keyword(s):  
Nuclear Matter ◽  
Complete Solution ◽  
Negative Energy ◽  
The Other ◽  
Positive Energy ◽  
Density Functionals ◽  
Matrix Elements ◽  
Hartree Fock ◽  
Microscopic Derivation ◽  
Covariant Density

On the way of a microscopic derivation of covariant density functionals, the first complete solution of the relativistic Brueckner-Hartree-Fock (RBHF) equations is presented for symmetric nuclear matter. In most of the earlier investigations, the G-matrix is calculated only in the space of positive energy solutions. On the other side, for the solution of the relativistic Hartree-Fock (RHF) equations, also the elements of this matrix connecting positive and negative energy solutions are required. So far, in the literature, these matrix elements are derived in various approximations. We discuss solutions of the Thompson equation for the full Dirac space and compare the resulting equation of state with those of earlier attempts in this direction.

Evaluation of NOSCOW

1984 ◽  
Vol 1984 ◽  
pp. 23-23
Author(s):  
P. J. Broadbent ◽  
J. H. Topps ◽  
J. J. Clark ◽  
J. M. Bruce
Keyword(s):  
Dairy Cows ◽  
Energy Intake ◽  
Live Weight ◽  
Energy System ◽  
Feeding Strategies ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Dietary Energy ◽  
Black And White ◽  
Dietary Energy Intake ◽  
Danish Dairy

Two data sets have been used to evaluate NOSCOW, a model of the energy system of cows which allows milk production and live-weight change to be predicted simultaneously from dietary energy intake (Bruce, Broadbent and Topps, 1984).Black and White Danish Dairy Cows (SDM) were used by Østergaard (1979) to study concentrate feeding strategies. There were nine treatments which differed in the level and pattern of concentrates fed over the first 36 weeks of lactation. These treatments caused substantial differences in the levels and patterns of energy intake.

Retention of energy and nitrogen by young sheep on different feeding patterns

1972 ◽  
Vol 78 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Freer ◽  
D. B. Jones ◽  
K. R. Christian
Keyword(s):  
Organic Matter ◽  
Body Fat ◽  
Daily Intake ◽  
Live Weight ◽  
Negative Energy ◽  
The Other ◽  
Feeding Pattern ◽  
Rotational Grazing ◽  
Feeding Patterns ◽  
Cyclic Feeding

SUMMARYIn each of two experiments the comparative slaughter technique was used to compare the retention of energy by young Border Leicester × Merino wethers when the same total amount of food was offered according to two different feeding regimens. These were designed to simulate, in pens with a diet of pelleted lucerne, feeding patterns typical of continuous and intensive rotational grazing.In the first experiment ten 9-month-old sheep that were offered the same amount of food daily (mean intake 367 g digestible organic matter) during each of 14 weeks made mean daily gains of 39 g live weight, 6·3 g body fat and 0·59 MJ (140 kcal) energy compared with a gain of 30 g live weight, a loss of 1·4 g body fat and a gain of 0·28 MJ (67 kcal) energy by a similar group that ate the same total quantity of food but in amounts that ranged, during each week, from 1·8 to 0·1 times the daily intake of the other group. This cyclic feeding pattern caused a small decrease in the digestibility of dietary organic matter.In the second experiment two similar feeding patterns were compared with ten pairs of 3-month-old sheep eating twice as much food each week as in the first experiment. One member of each pair was, in each of 13 weeks, offered food ad lib. for 3 days and then amounts falling to 20% of voluntary intake on the seventh day; the other one ate the same amount of food each week but in seven almost equal feeds. The latter sheep gained, on average, 132 g live weight daily and retained 58 g body fat and 2·96 MJ (707 kcal) energy compared with 124 g live weight, 49 g body fat and 2·61 MJ (624 kcal) energy by the sheep on the cyclic feeding pattern. In neither experiment was wool growth affected by feeding pattern.The greater effect of the cyclic feeding pattern in reducing the efficiency of energy retention in the first experiment is attributed to the higher number of days each week during which these animals were estimated to be in negative energy balance. These results suggest that adverse nutritional effects of a fluctuating feeding pattern in rotational grazing are likely to be most important where sheep are being rationed near their maintenance level and only small where food is ample.

Energy Balance and Luteal Phase Progesterone Levels in Elite Adolescent Aesthetic Athletes

2002 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 93-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen J. Reading ◽  
Linda J. McCargar ◽  
Vicki J. Harber
Keyword(s):  
Body Composition ◽  
Energy Balance ◽  
Energy Expenditure ◽  
Energy Intake ◽  
Luteal Phase ◽  
Negative Energy ◽  
Dietary Energy ◽  
Pubertal Maturation ◽  
Dietary Energy Intake ◽  
Age Of Menarche

Menstrual abnormalities are associated with negative energy balance and reduced energy expenditure (REE). To examine this relationship in elite adolescent aesthetic athletes, 3 groups of females (aged 15-18 years) were studied: 10 oligo/amenorrheic athletes (OA), 11 eumenorrheic athletes (EA), and 8 non-athlete controls (C). Components of energy balance, body composition, dietary restraint, pubertal maturation, and luteal phase salivary progesterone were assessed in all groups. Both groups of athletes had a later age of menarche and lowerpubertal development score compared to the non-athletes (p < .05). With the exception of salivary progesterone (ng/ml; OA = 0.15±0.01 <EA = 0.29± 0.1 and C = 0.30 ± 0.13, /p = .007), there were no differences between the athlete groups. Energy balance (kcal/d) in the OA group was lower (−290 ± 677) compared to either EA (−5±461) or C (179 ± 592) but did not reach significance (p = .24). Dietary energy intake and absolute REE (kcal/d) were not different among groups, despite detectable differences in reproductive status, and thus could not be attributed to differences in energy balance or REE.

scholarly journals Polymer quantization, stability and higher-order time derivative terms

2016 ◽  
Vol 31 (09) ◽  
pp. 1650040 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricio Cumsille ◽  
Carlos M. Reyes ◽  
Sebastian Ossandon ◽  
Camilo Reyes
Keyword(s):  
Field Theory ◽  
Stability Problem ◽  
Time Derivative ◽  
Negative Energy ◽  
Higher Order ◽  
The Other ◽  
Harmonic Oscillators ◽  
Positive Energy ◽  
Quantum Field ◽  
The Stability

The possibility that fundamental discreteness implicit in a quantum gravity theory may act as a natural regulator for ultraviolet singularities arising in quantum field theory has been intensively studied. Here, along the same expectations, we investigate whether a nonstandard representation called polymer representation can smooth away the large amount of negative energy that afflicts the Hamiltonians of higher-order time derivative theories, rendering the theory unstable when interactions come into play. We focus on the fourth-order Pais–Uhlenbeck model which can be reexpressed as the sum of two decoupled harmonic oscillators one producing positive energy and the other negative energy. As expected, the Schrödinger quantization of such model leads to the stability problem or to negative norm states called ghosts. Within the framework of polymer quantization we show the existence of new regions where the Hamiltonian can be defined well bounded from below.

Effect of exogenous porcine somatotropin administration on nitrogen and energy metabolism in three genotypes of pigs

1990 ◽  
Vol 68 (4) ◽  
pp. 1008-1016 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. W. Verstegen ◽  
W. van der Hel ◽  
A. M. Henken ◽  
J. Huisman ◽  
E. Kanis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Metabolic Rate ◽  
Energy Requirement ◽  
Experimental Period ◽  
Test Period ◽  
Respiration Chamber ◽  
Porcine Somatotropin ◽  
Treatment Interaction ◽  
Maintenance Energy Requirement ◽  
Energy Balances ◽  
To Receive

Abstract Effects of exogenous administration of porcine recombinant somatotropin (rpST) on protein gain and metabolic rate were measured in three genotypes (castrated males) of pigs (Pietrain, Duroc and a crossbreed between Dutch Yorkshire and Dutch Landrace). Six pigs of each genotype were assigned at approximately 60 kg to receive pST doses of either 0 (C) or 14 mg (T) administered i.m. twice weekly over 10 wk. Pigs were housed in individual metabolism cages at a room temperature of 20 to 22 ° C and received feed at 2.6 times maintenance. Protein gain (N × 6.25) was measured over the final 6 wk of the 10-wk test period. For 2 wk in the test period (wk 2 and wk 5), six pigs of each treatment × genotype group were placed in a large respiration chamber and energy balances (in protein and fat) and metabolic rate were measured. Rate of weight gain measured over the final 6 wk of the experimental period increased by 105 g/d (13%) with rpST administration (P < .01). Daily protein gain over 6 wk was increased by 48 g/animal with application of rpST (P < .001). There was a genotype × treatment interaction (P < .01) for protein gain. Daily protein gain in Durocs with pST treatment was increased (39%) more than in crossbreds (31%). Daily fat gain was decreased by 42 g/animal (P< .001) by T. Daily heat production with rpST was increased by 12 kcal/kg.75, which is comparable to a 12% increase in the maintenance energy requirement.

scholarly journals Quasi-Static and Steady-State Pictures for Collapsing Core of Type II Supernova

1988 ◽  
Vol 108 ◽  
pp. 420-421
Author(s):  
D. Sugimoto ◽  
A. Sasaki ◽  
T. Ebisuzaki
Keyword(s):  
Shock Wave ◽  
Steady State ◽  
Bound State ◽  
Negative Energy ◽  
Gravitational Energy ◽  
The Other ◽  
Positive Energy ◽  
Core Collapse ◽  
Type Ii ◽  
The Core

Explosion of type II supernova is, in principle, a difficult process: The presupernova star was in gravitationally bound state with negative energy but it has to be divided into two parts, the collapsed core of still lower (negative) energy and the ejected envelope of positive energy. This process is against nature in the sense most of the phenomena in nature proceed towards equipartition of energies. Thus, some finely tuned mechanism should be necessary for successful explosion. Two different mechanisms have been proposed; one is the prompt explosion where the gravitational energy release by the core collapse is transferred to the mantle by a shock wave, and the other is delayed explosion where it is transferred slowly by neutrinos diffusing out of the core. In what follows we shall concentrate in the case of the delayed explosion.

Caffeine and carbohydrate supplementation during exercise when in negative energy balance: effects on performance, metabolism, and salivary cortisol

2008 ◽  
Vol 33 (6) ◽  
pp. 1079-1085 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dustin Slivka ◽  
Walter Hailes ◽  
John Cuddy ◽  
Brent Ruby
Keyword(s):  
Energy Balance ◽  
Salivary Cortisol ◽  
Vastus Lateralis ◽  
Saliva Sample ◽  
Time Trial ◽  
Random Order ◽  
Negative Energy ◽  
The Other ◽  
Negative Energy Balance ◽  
Positive Energy

The ingestion of carbohydrate (+CHO) and caffeine (+CAF) during exercise is a commonly used ergogenic practice. Investigations are typically conducted with subjects who are in a rested state after an overnight fast. However, this state of positive energy balance is not achieved during many work and exercise circumstances. The aim of this study was to evaluate the substrate use and performance effects of caffeine and carbohydrate consumed alone and in combination while participants were in negative energy balance. Male participants (n = 9; 23 ± 3 years; 74.1 ± 10.6 kg) completed 4 trials in random order: –CAF/–CHO, –CAF/+CHO, +CAF/–CHO, and +CAF/+CHO. Diet and exercise were prescribed for 2 days before each trial to ensure negative energy balance. For each trial, before and after 2 h of cycling at 50% of maximal watts, a saliva sample and a muscle biopsy (vastus lateralis) were obtained. A simulated 20 km time trial was then performed. The respiratory exchange ratio was higher (p < 0.05) in +CHO trials and lower (p < 0.05) in the +CAF/+CHO trial than in the –CAF/+CHO trial. Salivary cortisol response was higher (p < 0.05) in the +CAF/–CHO trial than in any of the other trials. Muscle glycogen and heart rates were similar in all trials. Performance in the 20 km time trial was better in the –CAF/+CHO trial than in the –CAF/–CHO trial (p < 0.05), but the +CAF/+CHO trial was no better than the +CAF/–CHO trial (p > 0.05), or any of the other trials. When co-ingested with carbohydrate, caffeine increased fat use and decreased nonmuscle glycogen carbohydrate use over carbohydrate alone when participants are in negative energy balance; however, caffeine had no effect on the 20 km cycling time trial performance.

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