scholarly journals How to Improve Meat Quality and Welfare in Entire Male Pigs by Genetics

Animals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 699
Author(s):  
Catherine Larzul
Keyword(s):  
Meat Quality ◽  
Sexual Development ◽  
Genomic Data ◽  
Boar Taint ◽  
New Developments ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Near Future ◽  
Entire Male ◽  
Selection Of

Giving up surgical castration is desirable to avoid pain during surgery but breeding entire males raises issues on meat quality, particularly on boar taint, and aggression. It has been known for decades that boar taint is directly related to sexual development in uncastrated male pigs. The proportion of tainted carcasses depends on many factors, including genetics. The selection of lines with a low risk of developing boar taint should be considered as the most desirable solution in the medium to long term. It has been evidenced that selection against boar taint is feasible, and has been set up in a balanced way in some pig populations to counterbalance potential unfavorable effects on reproductive performances. Selection against aggressive behaviors, though theoretically feasible, faces phenotyping challenges that compromise selection in practice. In the near future, new developments in modelization, automatic recording, and genomic data will help define breeding objectives to solve entire male meat quality and welfare issues.

LNG pricing trends and key considerations

2015 ◽  
Vol 55 (2) ◽  
pp. 417
Author(s):  
Jacques van Rhyn ◽  
Janelle Sadri
Keyword(s):  
Transfer Pricing ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Asia Pacific Region ◽  
Trade Patterns ◽  
Market Situation ◽  
Competitive Prices ◽  
Speculative Trading ◽  
Near Future ◽  
Selection Of

Historically, LNG has been sold through long-term contracts with limited flexibility in volume and price. LNG trade patterns have evolved significantly, adding to increased sales of multiple cargoes on the spot market, brokered trades and speculative trading positions being taken up by non-traditional players. Buyers in the Asia-Pacific region are keen to secure supply for local markets, while Australian producers, particularly subsidiaries of foreign headquartered groups, are under pressure to sell at competitive prices. From a transfer pricing perspective, the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has placed increased scrutiny on the commerciality of arrangements, arm’s length outcomes and profit allocations between Australian taxpayers and their international related parties (e.g. marketing and trading hubs). This extended abstract covers: factors that could impact on the selection of a price index and the slope or gradient to be applied in pricing formulae; blended pricing based on an average of different indices, and why pooling and trading may make commercial sense, although revenue authorities may not look favourably upon it; the importance of the contractual terms, the market situation and the other commercial contract conditions on the pricing of related-party LNG sales; and, the value in potentially seeking an advanced pricing agreement in a related party LNG pricing context, given the significance of the transactions. Given the practical and commercial challenges facing the industry and with several projects commencing production in the relatively near future, this is very topical. The authors use case studies to illustrate the key concepts.

scholarly journals Echocardiographic Advances in Dilated Cardiomyopathy

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (23) ◽  
pp. 5518
Author(s):  
Andrea Faggiano ◽  
Carlo Avallone ◽  
Domitilla Gentile ◽  
Giovanni Provenzale ◽  
Filippo Toriello ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dilated Cardiomyopathy ◽  
Imaging Techniques ◽  
Standard Technique ◽  
Research Area ◽  
New Developments ◽  
Long Term Follow Up ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Near Future

Although the overall survival of patients with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) has improved significantly in the last decades, a non-negligible proportion of DCM patients still shows an unfavorable prognosis. DCM patients not only need imaging techniques that are effective in diagnosis, but also suitable for long-term follow-up with frequent re-evaluations. The exponential growth of echocardiography’s technology and performance in recent years has resulted in improved diagnostic accuracy, stratification, management and follow-up of patients with DCM. This review summarizes some new developments in echocardiography and their promising applications in DCM. Although nowadays cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) remains the gold standard technique in DCM, the echocardiographic advances and novelties proposed in the manuscript, if properly integrated into clinical practice, could bring echocardiography closer to CMR in terms of accuracy and may certify ultrasound as the technique of choice in the follow-up of DCM patients. The application in DCM patients of novel echocardiographic techniques represents an interesting emergent research area for scholars in the near future.

scholarly journals The Paradox between Consumerism and Sustainability - How to approach the marketing professionals with this theme

2013 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 29
Author(s):  
Afonso Carlos Braga
Keyword(s):  
Point Of View ◽  
Growth Strategies ◽  
Sustainable Resources ◽  
Present Rate ◽  
One Step ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Develop Market ◽  
Near Future

Much has been said these days about the World’s limited capacity to provide sustainable resources vis a vis the growing population's demand for goods and supplies in a planet of finite resources. According to the Living Planet Report, produced by the NGO World Wildlife Fund (WWF): “At humanity's present rate of consumption, by 2030 we'll need the resources of two Earths just to survive long-term. There are really two options: start building another Earth, or drastically change our lifestyles. Which one is supposed to be easier?”[1]The present article addresses this issue from the point of view of the marketing executives of big companies, responsible to lead the communication and growth strategies of those companies, often encouraging 'consumerism' to meet the profit and revenue growths. The idea was to understand if this topic is relevant to these professionals,hence their companies, and raise some hypotheses of how to approach this problem in order to provoke those companies to practice "conscious marketing". Going one step further, does the type of organizational paradigm in which the executive company acts should influence the way to approach this professional when conducting personal interviews to collect data? An initial analysis on the theory of how to develop market research questions to avoid bias and/or induced responses, will lead to the article conclusion of how to set up a questionnaire that will be taken into consideration in a near future, at the masters’ thesis of the author.[1] Source:http://io9.com/5664078/humanity-will-need-two-earths-to-sustain-itself-in-just-twenty-years, access 02 dec 12

scholarly journals Effect of feeding fermentable fibre-rich feedstuffs on meat quality with emphasis on chemical and sensory boar taint in entire male and female pigs

Meat Science ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 80 (4) ◽  
pp. 1165-1173 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laurits Lydehøj Hansen ◽  
Sandra Stolzenbach ◽  
Jens Askov Jensen ◽  
Poul Henckel ◽  
Jens Hansen-Møller ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Meat Quality ◽  
Boar Taint ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Effect Of Feeding ◽  
Entire Male

Selection of External Coatings for Northern Pipelines: Laboratory Methodologies for Evaluation and Qualification of Coatings

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sankara Papavinasam ◽  
R. Winston Revie ◽  
Michael Attard
Keyword(s):  
Standardized Tests ◽  
Protective Coatings ◽  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
Operational Conditions ◽  
The North ◽  
Long Term Performance ◽  
Term Performance ◽  
Near Future ◽  
Selection Of

In the near future, the construction of northern pipelines for transmission of natural gas will begin in North America. Construction in the harsh northern climate, with temperatures as low as −45°C, and remote location will impose unique challenges with respect to protective coatings. It is critical that the design of coatings be adequate to protect the pipelines under long-term, severe environmental conditions, including the extreme climatic conditions that will apply in the North before the pipe is installed and operation begins. There are many quality coatings from which to choose for application on new pipelines. The main issue is in understanding how to select and use coatings on pipelines in new regimes (e.g. Northern pipelines), which may operate in a different environment than do existing pipelines. Uniform, standardized tests that would simulate the conditions during construction and operation of Northern pipelines will allow external pipeline coatings to be selected with confidence regarding anticipated long-term performance under operational conditions. Selection of mainline coatings is important, but there is also a need to focus on field-applied coatings for both repairs and joints. Methodologies and standards that are available to evaluate coatings are reviewed in this paper.

scholarly journals Characterisation of 3-beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase from pig liver and testis in relation to boar taint

2005 ◽  
Vol 2005 ◽  
pp. 106-106
Author(s):  
S. I. Nicolau-Solano ◽  
F. M. Whittington ◽  
J. D. Wood ◽  
E. Doran
Keyword(s):  
Adipose Tissue ◽  
Meat Quality ◽  
Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase ◽  
Boar Taint ◽  
Pig Liver ◽  
Entire Male ◽  
Low Rate ◽  
Excessive Accumulation

Boar taint is a major meat quality defect, which affects about 10% of entire male pigs. It is due to an excessive accumulation of skatole and androstenone in adipose tissue. One of the reasons for accumulation of these compounds is a low rate of their metabolism. Androstenone is metabolised in liver via the enzyme 3-beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (HSD). This enzyme is well characterised in the testis, where it participates in the synthesis of steroids, while its properties in liver are unknown. The aim of the present study was to characterise and compare properties of HSD from pig liver versus pig testis when metabolising androstenone.

scholarly journals Low-moisture food matrices as probiotic carriers

2019 ◽  
Vol 366 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. i49-i59
Author(s):  
Martín Sebastián Marcial-Coba ◽  
Susanne Knøchel ◽  
Dennis Sandris Nielsen
Keyword(s):  
Storage Conditions ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Desiccation Process ◽  
The Matrix ◽  
Food Matrices ◽  
Near Future ◽  
And Storage ◽  
Upper Gastrointestinal ◽  
Selection Of

ABSTRACT To exert a beneficial effect on the host, adequate doses of probiotics must be administered and maintaining their viability until consumption is thus essential. Dehydrated probiotics exhibit enhanced long-term viability and can be incorporated into low-moisture food matrices, which also possess high stability at refrigeration and ambient temperature. However, several factors associated with the desiccation process, the physicochemical properties of the matrix and the storage conditions can affect probiotic survival. In the near future, an increased demand for probiotics based on functionally dominant members of the gut microbiome (‘next-generation probiotics’, NGP) is expected. NGPs are very sensitive to oxygen and efficient encapsulation protocols are needed. Strategies to improve the viability of traditional probiotics and particularly of NGPs involve the selection of a suitable carrier as well as proper desiccation and protection techniques. Dehydrated probiotic microcapsules may constitute an alternative to improve the microbial viability during not only storage but also upper gastrointestinal tract passage. Here we review the main dehydration techniques that are applied in the industry as well as the potential stresses associated with the desiccation process and storage. Finally, low- or intermediate-moisture food matrices suitable as carriers of traditional as well as NGPs will be discussed.

Council for Economic Mutual Assistance

1962 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 638-638
Keyword(s):  
Soviet Union ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
Capital Investments ◽  
Mutual Assistance ◽  
The Soviet Union ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Main Activity ◽  
Near Future ◽  
Maximum Development

Communist Party and government delegates from Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Mongolia, Poland, Romania, and the Soviet Union attended a meeting in Moscow of the Council for Economic Mutual Assistance (COMECON) on June 7 and 8, 1962. It was reported that the delegations had decided to support the proposal for an international trade conference which would embrace all countries without discrimination. The delegations also expressed their desire for the further expansion of foreign trade with capitalist countries. A communiqué issued at the end of the meeting said that the Council agreed that its main activity in the immediate future would be coordination of the long-term and current economic plans of the COMECON countries. The meeting deemed it necessary that special attention be paid to: the speeding up of specialization and cooperation of production, the maximum development of raw material, fuel, and power supplies, the necessity of beginning in the near future the coordination of principal capital investments in the extracting and processing branches of industry, and the further widening and deepening of coordination of scientific and technical research. It was agreed that, whenever necessary, the members would set up joint enterprises, joint scientific research centers, and joint projecting and designing offices. During the course of the meeting the Mongolian government was admitted as a member of COMECON.

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