EVALUATION OF KARAKUL LAMB BY PHENOTYPE IN CASE OF A LARGE NUMBER OF BREEDING TRAITS

Methods for assessing krimmer lamb productivity, constitutional and reproductive characteristics used in Karakul sheep breeding have been studied. It has been established that there are several dozens of krimmer breeds, except karakul, as well as crossbreeds with them, from which karakul is also obtained in the world. Sheep selection of these breeds differs significantly from selection of other breeds by the fact that decisions on animal production purpose are made as soon as this animal is born. The selection is carried out according to a large number of characteristics, mainly parameters of krimmer lamb skin quality. Such techniques are numerous and have certain differences in different breeds and different countries, however, there are also common properties. Most of the selection parameters are determined subjectively, and the only decision is made - whether to leave the lamb for breeding or to remove the krimmer. Obviously, a method is needed which includes all the selected traits and it would be expressed in one complex parameter. In the course of this study, a new, suitable for automation method for increasing the objectivity of phenotype assessing of Karakul sheep by a complex of traits was designed and described. Specifically, a special card is proposed and shown in the appendix, which facilitates the collection of individual data from a newborn lamb and their processing using spreadsheet application. From our own observations and production experience, the practicability of obtaining marketable milk from krimmer sheep, free from suckling lambs, is shown. Folk traditions of improving sheep milk yield that exist in sheep-breeding countries are described. Examples of successful use of Romanov sheep on karakul ewes and creation of multiparous karakul on their basis are shown.

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“To Corrupt a Man in the Midst of a Verse”: Ben Jonson and the Prose of the World

Ben Jonson Journal ◽

10.3366/bjj.2017.0179 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 24 (1) ◽

pp. 46-72

Author(s):

Jacob Tootalian

Keyword(s):

Mixed Mode ◽

Ben Jonson ◽

Digital Analysis ◽

Interactive Engagement ◽

Sentence Level ◽

Linguistic Patterns ◽

The World ◽

Selection Of ◽

Bartholomew Fair

Ben Jonson's early plays show a marked interest in prose as a counterpoint to the blank verse norm of the Renaissance stage. This essay presents a digital analysis of Jonson's early mixed-mode plays and his two later full-prose comedies. It examines this selection of the Jonsonian corpus using DocuScope, a piece of software that catalogs sentence-level features of texts according to a series of rhetorical categories, highlighting the distinctive linguistic patterns associated with Jonson's verse and prose. Verse tends to employ abstract, morally and emotionally charged language, while prose is more often characterized by expressions that are socially explicit, interrogative, and interactive. In the satirical economy of these plays, Jonson's characters usually adopt verse when they articulate censorious judgements, descending into prose when they wade into the intractable banter of the vicious world. Surprisingly, the prosaic signature that Jonson fashioned in his earlier drama persisted in the two later full-prose comedies. The essay presents readings of Every Man Out of his Humour and Bartholomew Fair, illustrating how the tension between verse and prose that motivated the satirical dynamics of the mixed-mode plays was released in the full-prose comedies. Jonson's final experiments with theatrical prose dramatize the exhaustion of the satirical impulse by submerging his characters almost entirely in the prosaic world of interactive engagement.

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Presence, Environment, and Sound and the Role of Imagination

The Oxford Handbook of Sound and Imagination, Volume 1 ◽

10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190460167.013.33 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 667-681

Author(s):

Mark Grimshaw-Aagaard

Keyword(s):

Computer Games ◽

Virtual World ◽

Actual World ◽

Sensory Input ◽

The World ◽

Visual Dimension ◽

The Creation ◽

First Person Shooter ◽

Selection Of

Mark Grimshaw-Aagaard addresses the role of sound in the creation of presence in virtual and actual worlds. He argues that imagination is a central part of the generation and selection of perceptual hypotheses—models of the world in which we can act—that emerge from what Grimshaw-Aagaard calls the “exo-environment” (the sensory input) and the “endo-environment” (the cognitive input). Grimshaw-Aagaard further divides the exo-environment into a primarily auditory and a primarily visual dimension and he deals with the actual world of his own apartment and the virtual world of first-person-shooter computer games in order to exemplify how we perceptually construct an environment that allows for the creation of presence.

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Collective Decision-making: FIFA from the Perspective of Public Choice

The Economists Voice ◽

10.1515/ev-2019-0031 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 0 (0) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Florian Follert ◽

Lukas Richau ◽

Eike Emrich ◽

Christian Pierdzioch

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Public Choice ◽

Choice Theory ◽

Collective Decision ◽

Public Confidence ◽

Collective Decision Making ◽

Public Choice Theory ◽

World Cup ◽

The World ◽

Selection Of

AbstractVarious scandals have shaken public confidence in football's global governing body, Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). It is evident that decision-making within such a collective provides incentives for corruption. We apply the Buchanan-Tullock model that is known from Public Choice theory to study collective decision-making within FIFA. On the basis of this theoretical model, we develop specific proposals that can contribute to combating corruption. Three core aspects are discussed: the selection of the World Cup host, transparency in the allocation of budgets, and clear guidelines for FIFA officials and bodies with regard to their rights and accountability. Our insights can contribute to a better understanding of collective decision making in heterogenous groups.

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Theoretical and Empirical Characterization of Water as a Factor: Examples and Related Issues with the World Trade Model

Water ◽

10.3390/w13040459 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (4) ◽

pp. 459

Author(s):

Ignacio Cazcarro ◽

Albert E. Steenge

Keyword(s):

World Trade ◽

Low Cost ◽

Virtual Water ◽

Considerable Change ◽

Water Research ◽

Trade Model ◽

The World ◽

Main Model ◽

Selection Of

This article originates from the theoretical and empirical characterization of factors in the World Trade Model (WTM). It first illustrates the usefulness of this type of model for water research to address policy questions related to virtual water trade, water constraints and water scarcity. It also illustrates the importance of certain key decisions regarding the heterogeneity of water and its relation to the technologies being employed and the prices obtained. With regard to WTM, the global economic input–output model in which multiple technologies can produce a “homogeneous output”, it was recently shown that two different mechanisms should be distinguished by which multiple technologies can arise, i.e., from “technology-specific” or from “shared” factors, which implies a mechanism-specific set of prices, quantities and rents. We discuss and extend these characterizations, notably in relation to the real-world characterization of water as a factor (for which we use the terms technology specific, fully shared and “mixed”). We propose that the presence of these separate mechanisms results in the models being sensitive to relatively small variations in specific numerical values. To address this sensitivity, we suggest a specific role for specific (sub)models or key choices to counter unrealistic model outcomes. To support our proposal we present a selection of simulations for aggregated world regions, and show how key results concerning quantities, prices and rents can be subject to considerable change depending on the precise definitions of resource endowments and the technology-specificity of the factors. For instance, depending on the adopted water heterogeneity level, outcomes can vary from relatively low-cost solutions to higher cost ones and can even reach infeasibility. In the main model discussed here (WTM) factor prices are exogenous, which also contributes to the overall numerical sensitivity of the model. All this affects to a large extent our interpretation of the water challenges, which preferably need to be assessed in integrated frameworks, to account for the main socioeconomic variables, technologies and resources.

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Patterns of Searching for Information on the World Wide Web: A Pilot Study

Psychological Reports ◽

10.2466/pr0.2003.92.3c.1091 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 92 (3_suppl) ◽

pp. 1091-1096 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Nobuhiko Fujihara ◽

Asako Miura

Keyword(s):

World Wide Web ◽

Undergraduate Students ◽

Search Engines ◽

World Wide ◽

Information Sources ◽

Task Type ◽

The Other ◽

The World ◽

Selection Of ◽

Search Domain

The influences of task type on search of the World Wide Web using search engines without limitation of search domain were investigated. 9 graduate and undergraduate students studying psychology (1 woman and 8 men, M age = 25.0 yr., SD = 2.1) participated. Their performance to manipulate the search engines on a closed task with only one answer were compared with their performance on an open task with several possible answers. Analysis showed that the number of actions was larger for the closed task ( M = 91) than for the open task ( M = 46.1). Behaviors such as selection of keywords (averages were 7.9% of all actions for the closed task and 16.7% for the open task) and pressing of the browser's back button (averages were 40.3% of all actions for the closed task and 29.6% for the open task) were also different. On the other hand, behaviors such as selection of hyperlinks, pressing of the home button, and number of browsed pages were similar for both tasks. Search behaviors were influenced by task type when the students searched for information without limitation placed on the information sources.

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“Hints to Travellers”, Volume II

Polar Record ◽

10.1017/s0032247400037086 ◽

1938 ◽

Vol 2 (16) ◽

pp. 131-133

Author(s):

A.S.

Keyword(s):

The World ◽

Selection Of ◽

General Standard

In the 1938 edition of Hints to Travellers, vol. ii, the editor has produced a handbook on travel rather than a collection of hints, and the general standard is now more comparable with vol. i. The work is the result of the editor's tireless energy and passion for details, combined with a selection of opinions from those who have travelled and explored in most of the relatively unknown parts of the world.

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KINETIC INDICATORS OF TRAINING METHODS AND SELECTION OF YOUNG ROWERS

sportlogia ◽

10.5550/sgia.211701.en.rmms ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 17 (1) ◽

pp. 13-24

Author(s):

Željko M. Rajković ◽

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Darko N. Mitrović ◽

Vladimir K. Miletić ◽

Petar M. Spaić ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Average Power ◽

The Other ◽

Training Methods ◽

Average Force ◽

Other Hand ◽

The World ◽

Strict Selection ◽

Selection Of

Modern diagnostics in rowing enables more and more possibilities for recording, and comparing numerous stroke variables. At the same time, many coaches fall into the trap of strict respect for the prescribed norms, ratios, and temporarily results, which the athlete must achieve if he wants to stay in the world of competitive rowing. On the example of the comparison of rowing schools RC "Danubius" and RC "Partizan", descriptive indicators are on the side of RC "Danubius" at a time of 2000m, average force and average power. No significant differences were found in average force (sig = 0,167) between rowers of RC "Danubius" and RC "Partizan", while statistically significant differences were recorded in time at 2000m (sig = 0,036) and power (sig = 0,02) in favor of rowers of RC “Danubius”. On the other hand, a higher correlation of average force (-0,955) and power (-0,928) with time on 2000m was achieved by RC "Partizan" than RC "Danubius" (-0,931) and (-0,896). The correlation between the average force, and the average power within one team shows a higher correlation for RC “Partizan" (0,95) compared to RC "Danubius" (0,755). The obtained results are not enough for single rower or crew elimination from competition to recreational section in the process of too frequent and strict selection of rowers, considering different possible ways of building rowing techniques and numerous parasitic factors that may affect measured variables, specialy at the age under 14 and novice rowers in general.

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Transnational Protest and The Public Sphere

Mobilization An International Quarterly ◽

10.17813/maiq.10.1.dq013h7nh027u126 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 10 (1) ◽

pp. 95-109 ◽

Cited By ~ 14

Author(s):

Michelle Beyeler ◽

Hanspeter Kriesi

Keyword(s):

Public Sphere ◽

Media Coverage ◽

Public Support ◽

Economic Globalization ◽

The Public ◽

The World ◽

World Economic ◽

The Public Sphere ◽

The Impact ◽

Selection Of

This article explores the impact of protests against economic globalization in the public sphere. The focus is on two periodical events targeted by transnational protests: the ministerial conferences of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the annual meetings of the World Economic Forum (WEF). Based on a selection of seven quality newspapers published in different parts of the world, we trace media attention, support of the activists, as well as the broader public debate on economic globalization. We find that starting with Seattle, protest events received extensive media coverage. Media support of the street activists, especially in the case of the anti-WEF protests, is however rather low. Nevertheless, despite the low levels of support that street protesters received, many of their issues obtain wide public support.

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Interrogating the Founding Gestures of the New Materialism

Cultural Studies Review ◽

10.5130/csr.v22i2.4461 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 22 (2) ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Dennis Bruining

Keyword(s):

New Materialism ◽

The Past ◽

The World ◽

Further Development ◽

Selection Of ◽

The Way

In this article, I aim to further thinking in the broadly ‘new materialist’ field by insisting it attends to some ubiquitous assumptions. More specifically, I critically interrogate what Sara Ahmed has termed ‘the founding gestures of the “new materialism”’. These founding rhetorical gestures revolve around a perceived neglect of the matter of materiality in ‘postmodernism’ and ‘poststructuralism’ and are meant to pave the way for new materialism’s own conception of matter-in/of-the-world. I argue in this article that an engagement with the postmodern critique of language as constitutive, as well as the poststructuralist critique of pure self-presence, does not warrant these founding gestures to be so uncritically rehearsed. Moreover, I demonstrate that texts which rely on these gestures, or at least the ones I discuss in this article, are not only founded on a misrepresentation of postmodern and poststructuralist thought, but are also guilty of repeating the perceived mistakes of which they are critical, such as upholding the language/matter dichotomy. I discuss a small selection of texts that make use of those popular rhetorical gestures to juxtapose the past that is invoked with a more nuanced reading of that past. My contention is that if ‘the founding gestures of the “new materialism”’ are not addressed, the complexity of the postmodern and poststructuralist positions continues to be obscured, with damaging consequences for the further development of the emerging field of new materialism, as well as our understanding of cultural theory’s past.

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