Effects of High-Grain Diet on the Quality of Meat and Carcass of Lambs and Economic Indices of Various Diets

The Brazilian sheep farming sector suffers from low productivity, related to the extensive animal production system and low availability of native fodder during most of the year. An alternative to the systems would be the use of a diet without roughage, allowing greater weight gain and better quality carcasses. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of diets containing different proportions of grains on the quality of carcass and meat of lambs as well as the economic indices of various diets. Three diets containing different proportions of concentrate and roughage (100:0, 80:20, and 60:40) were supplied. The concentrate comprised 85% whole-grain corn and 15% commercial pelletized supplement. Twenty-four male lambs (no racial pattern; average body weight, 20.9 ± 1.0 kg; age, 6 months) were randomly allotted to three collective bays for 52 days. Subsequently, the animals were slaughtered, and further analyses were performed. The diet with 100% concentrate achieved overall higher carcass yield, lower weight loss on cooking, and greater lipid oxidation. However, no diet affected weight gain, slaughter weight, carcass length and thorax depth, pH, temperature, color, water-holding capacity, and meat shear force (P > 0.05). The best economic indices were obtained with the diet containing 100% concentrate. Therefore, based on the results obtained, the use of 100% concentrated diet for lambs is the most suitable practice to improve the sheep production from a productive and economic point of view.

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USING THE METHOD OF SEQUENTIAL RESTRICTIONS FOR SOLVING A DUAL-OBJECTIVE PROBLEM OF PRODUCTION PLANNING

Young Scientist ◽

10.32839/2304-5809/2020-11-87-33 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 11 (87) ◽

Author(s):

Nataliia Dovha ◽

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Hryhorii Tsehelyk ◽

Keyword(s):

Optimization Problem ◽

Production Efficiency ◽

Point Of View ◽

Main Task ◽

Production Plan ◽

Optimal Production ◽

Economic Point ◽

Use Of Resources ◽

Maximum Profit

The processes of optimization of the production plan according to certain criteria by modeling were investigated. Achieving effective results directly depends on the optimal production plan. The most important thing in determining the optimal production plan is the choice of modeling criteria. For the most part, the quality of decisions is characterized not by one but by many incomparable criteria. Therefore, it is necessary to make decisions based not on one but on many criteria. This so-called multi-objective optimization problem. For solving such problems is widely used mathematical methods. Mathematical approach can be used to solve problems in any particular activity as mathematics abstracted from specific features characteristic of a particular solution. Therefore, from the point of view of mathematics, the optimal result can be obtained with various established criteria, but from the economic point of view it is important to choose the ones that are of decisive importance. That is, their weight is important for the consumer when making a purchase decision, and for the manufacturer – in terms of production capabilities of certain types and results (production efficiency). The basis of the operation of any enterprise is a production program (production and sales plan). The main task of the production plan is to meet the needs of consumers in high-quality products, which are produced with the best use of resources, on the one hand, and the enterprise to get the maximum profit, on the other. With this in mind, a two-criteria optimization model that allows to make a production plan was proposed. The plan ensures that products are produced with the best use of available resources and at the same time ensures maximum quality of manufactured products and maximum profit from sales of these products. The solution of the problem with two objective functions and linear constraints is achieved by step-by-step solution of the proposed mathematical model of optimization of the production plan using the method of sequential restrictions. The simplex method was also used. An example shows an algorithm for solving the optimization problem.

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Effect of different staking methods and stem pruning on yield and quality of summer tomato

Bangladesh Journal of Agricultural Research ◽

10.3329/bjar.v41i3.29714 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 41 (3) ◽

pp. 419-432

Author(s):

MS Alam ◽

N Islam ◽

S Ahmad ◽

MI Hossen ◽

MR Islam

Keyword(s):

Fruit Quality ◽

Fruit Set ◽

Block Design ◽

Total Yield ◽

Point Of View ◽

Fruit Firmness ◽

Economic Point ◽

Yield And Quality ◽

Agriculture Research Institute

The study was carried out during summer of 2012 with BARI hybrid tomato 4, planted in the Olericulture farm of Bangladesh Agriculture Research Institute, Joydebpur, Gazipur, Bangladesh to find out the response of plants to some staking and pruning treatments on yield, fruit quality and cost of production. A two factor experiment consisting of three staking methods and four level of pruning, laid out in complete block design with three repetitions. Plants were staked on inverted V? shaped staking, high platform and string. The plants were pruned to two stem, three stem, four stem and no pruning as control. Results showed that significantly the highest total number of fruits per plant (37.1), marketable fruits per plant (33.7), yield per plant (1.68 kg) and total yield (44.6 t/ha) were produced by the plants having the treatment string staking with four stem. The highest fruit set (43.50%) was found in the plants staking with string having three stems. Plants grown on string staking allowing two stem gave the maximum length (4.71 cm), diameter (4.83 cm) and weight (53.4g) of single fruit as well as maximum fruit firmness (3.43 kg-f cm-2). From the economic point of view, it was apparent that summer tomato produced by string staking with four stem pruning exhibited better performance compared to other treatment combinations in relation to net return and BCR (2.10).Bangladesh J. Agril. Res. 41(3): 419-432, September 2016

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On BRT Spread around the World: Analysis of Some Particular Cities

Infrastructures ◽

10.3390/infrastructures5100088 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 5 (10) ◽

pp. 88

Author(s):

Salvatore Trubia ◽

Alessandro Severino ◽

Salvatore Curto ◽

Fabio Arena ◽

Giovanni Pau

Keyword(s):

Public Transport ◽

Autonomous Vehicles ◽

Social Impact ◽

High Efficiency ◽

Civil Engineering ◽

Road Transport ◽

Point Of View ◽

Transport Systems ◽

Economic Point

The goal of civil engineering has always been the research and implementation of methods, technologies, and infrastructures to improve the community’s quality of life. One of the branches of civil engineering that has the strongest effect on progress is transport. The quality of transport has a profound economic and social impact on our communities regarding trade (freight transport) and city livability (public transport systems). However, innovation is not the only way to improve the features above-mentioned, especially public transport, considering that it is usually beneficial to enhance and repurpose vehicles with appropriate adjustments to offer more efficient services. Other perspectives that influence public transport systems are the costs and times of design and construction, maintenance, operating costs, and environmental impact, especially concerning CO2 emissions. Considering these issues, among the various types of existing public transport systems, those of the so-called Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) offer worthwhile results. The BRT system is a type of public road transport operated by bus on reserved lanes, and it is significantly profitable, especially from an economic point of view, in areas where there are existing bus routes. Nonetheless, for the construction of works minimization, it is closely linked to other features that improve its usefulness, depending on the vehicles’ quality such as capacity, but above all, the propulsion or driving autonomy that would guarantee high efficiency. This paper introduces an analysis of some BRT systems operating worldwide, presenting the background, general technical features, and the correlation with autonomous vehicles.

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Comparison of a Plantain-Chicory Mixture with a Grass Permanent Sward on the Live Weight Gain and Meat Quality of Lambs

Animals ◽

10.3390/ani10122275 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 10 (12) ◽

pp. 2275

Author(s):

Romina Rodríguez ◽

Oscar Balocchi ◽

Daniel Alomar ◽

Rodrigo Morales

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Weight Gain ◽

Meat Quality ◽

Production Systems ◽

Live Weight ◽

Temperate Grasslands ◽

Live Weight Gain ◽

Final Weight ◽

Sheep Production

Under the predicted conditions of climate change, the productivity of temperate grasslands may be affected by drought stress, especially in spring and summer. In this scenario, water-deficit-tolerant species such as plantain and chicory are interesting alternatives for use in sheep production systems. In this study, we compared a mixture of plantain and chicory herbage (PCH) with a grass-based permanent sward (GBS) on the weight gain and meat quality of lambs finished on these grasslands. Fifteen weaned lambs (31.3 kg and 4 months of age) were assigned to each treatment for seven weeks in late spring and live weight gain (LWG), carcass and meat quality were evaluated. There was a tendency (p = 0.09) in final weight (40.3 ± 0.8 kg) and live weight gain (173 ± 10 g/d) to be higher in PCH compared to GBS. Carcass weight, dressing percentage and meat quality in terms of pH, color and tenderness did not differ (p > 0.05) and were considered to be of good quality. We concluded that both swards result in comparable lamb performance and good meat quality.

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Perspectives and actions to improve water quality in European Union Member States

elni Review ◽

10.46850/elni.2015.002 ◽

2015 ◽

pp. 10-16

Author(s):

Guiseppe Sgorbati ◽

Nicoletta Dotti

Keyword(s):

European Union ◽

Point Of View ◽

Member States ◽

Economic Point ◽

Healthy Environment ◽

Playing Field ◽

Quality Of Waters ◽

Water Issues ◽

European Union Member States

Although the European rules on water, which are mainly based on the Water Framework Directive (WFD 2000/60/EC), have been in force for many years, the quality of waters in Europe still have huge room for improvement before they can fulfil the objectives set by the WFD and by its “daughters Directive”. Two questions are key here: Are the European rules adequate for this challenging goal? If yes, are the rules applied homogeneously and correctly in European Union Countries or do many issues remain which prevent their full implementation? This article provides a broad overview of water issues in Europe, focusing on the level of fulfillment of requisites from EU legislation and the level of its implementation in Member States. This point of view has been adopted because an uneven implementation of EU laws prevents several European citizens from fulfillment of their right to a healthy environment and a good water resource quality and, furthermore, endangers the level playing field across Europe, from a social and economic point of view.

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Quality of pre-sprouted sugarcane seedlings grown on substrates with decomposed babassu palm stem

Pesquisa Agropecuária Tropical ◽

10.1590/1983-40632021v5166587 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 51 ◽

Author(s):

Romário Martins Costa ◽

Marcos Renan Lima Leite ◽

Sâmia dos Santos Matos ◽

Rayssa Carolinne Mouzinho de Sousa ◽

Raissa Rachel Salustriano da Silva-Matos ◽

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Keyword(s):

Growth And Development ◽

Dry Mass ◽

Quality Parameters ◽

Point Of View ◽

Production Costs ◽

Economic Point ◽

Babassu Palm ◽

Number Of Leaves ◽

The Cost

ABSTRACT The use of pre-sprouted seedlings in the implantation of sugarcane crops not only reduces the establishment period and production costs, but also has other advantages, such as a lesser requirement of propagules (stems) and greater phytosanitary control of the seedlings, when compared to conventional planting. Commercial substrates are also expensive and their use increases the cost of seedlings. This study aimed to evaluate the quality of sugarcane pre-sprouted seedlings grown on substrates with different proportions of decomposed babassu palm stem (DBPS), as well as to recommend the substrate formulation that provides the most favorable environment for the growth and development of sugarcane pre-sprouted seedlings. For preparation of the substrate (S), DBPS and soil were used in the following proportions: S1: 0 % of DBPS + 100 % of soil; S2: 20 % of DBPS + 80 % of soil; S3: 40 % of DBPS + 60 % of soil; S4: 60 % of DBPS + 40 % of soil; S5: 80 % of DBPS + 20 % of soil; S6: 100 % of DBPS + 0 % of soil. The use of S2 and S3 considerably improved the seedling quality parameters, such as sprout diameter and length, number of leaves and total, shoot and root dry mass. However, from an economic point of view, S2 is recommended for use.

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Taxonomy of Payment Structures and Economic Incentive Schemes in Internet

Journal of Information Technology Research ◽

10.4018/jitr.2020010110 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 13 (1) ◽

pp. 150-166 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Brij B. Gupta ◽

Prachi Gulihar

Keyword(s):

Economic Incentive ◽

Point Of View ◽

Pricing Strategy ◽

Economic Point ◽

Collective Interest ◽

Framework Design ◽

Self Interest ◽

The One ◽

Security Standards

Recently the study of economics of internet has emerged as an emerging field of study. The workstations being distributed across the network along with the users having varied interests has made this study very important from an information security and policy designing point of view. The main purpose of any framework design is to keep up with the security standards of confidentiality, integrity and availability without being an overburden on the deployer. The same goes for the users, the Quality of Service (QoS) should be in accordance with what they pay for. The concept of “tragedy of commons” plays an important role in distributing the limited resources of the internet. In this, the users because of their own self-interest destroy the collective interest of a community sharing the resource. A sustainable pricing strategy is the one which is able to cater to the competitive advantage of different network providers offering the same set of services but on varied prices. A pricing mechanism will help in differentiating the services offered to the users, but another important task is of fixing the incentives. The pricing strategy plays a very important role in facilitating varied kinds of QoS requirements. Security professionals have realized that while designing any security mechanism it is vital to keep in consideration the “theory of mind” which explains the way the attackers and benign users take decision to deceive of remain loyal to the system. So, studying the incentive and payment structure from economic point of view is important.

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THE CONCEPT OF WORK ETHIC IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF WORK IN ISLAMIC ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE

AL-ULUM : Jurnal Ilmu Sosial dan Humaniora ◽

10.31602/alsh.v4i1.1455 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Akhmad Hulaify ◽

Syahrani Syahrani

Keyword(s):

Work Ethic ◽

Islamic Law ◽

Descriptive Analysis ◽

Point Of View ◽

Analysis Model ◽

Economic Point ◽

Quality Of Work ◽

New Perspective ◽

Islamic Economic

This research entitled the concept of work in improving the quality of work in perspective of Islamic economics. The orientation of ethic in the study of Islamic economics perspective is to discover work ethic of the essence of a work that expected to increase the quality of work. Based on the intention of this research, the author used sociology approach and normative approach. The aim of this research is to analyze how the study of wok ethics in Islamic economics perspective, it is expected that with those approach, this study can reveal the ethics values from Islamic law side. Beside of that, this study also discusses the result of research using qualitative descriptive analysis model. The analysis is meant to describe the meaning of work ethic not only in one economic point of view but from the perspective of Islamic Economics. Besides, the analysis is intended to get a new perspective to work ethics concept oriented to the essence of faith. The conclusion of this research is manifestation of faith that implemented in the quality of work then work orientation will lack the sincere and good pleasure of Allah SWT. Therefore, the orientation of work is not only because material but ridha Allah SWT. If it has become a spirit in work the meaning of falah in the concept of Islamic Economy is realized and fulfilled. Keywords:Ethis, Works, Quality, Islamic Economics.

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Effective Technological Schemes for the Cultivation of Industrial Open-Earth Vineyards in the Don Area

KnE Life Sciences ◽

10.18502/kls.v0i0.8948 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Huseynov Shamil ◽

Mayborodin Sergey

Keyword(s):

Point Of View ◽

Optimal Parameters ◽

Economic Point ◽

Active Radiation ◽

Rostov Region ◽

The Russian Federation ◽

Management Method ◽

Grape Varieties ◽

Technological Methods

Over the long years of the development of agro-technological approaches to the methods of grape growing, researchers paid special attention to the issues of pruning grape bushes, the methods of their formation and maintenance and planting plans. In the environmental conditions of the Lower Don of the Russian Federation, many years of research were conducted in order to establish the optimal parameters of various agro-technological methods used in the vineyard (the methods of maintaining, forming, pruning and the rates of bush loading) through the example of a promising variety of Crystal grapes of interspecific origin. At the same time, a prerequisite for this research was the link with the scheme of planting vines and its effect on the productivity of uncultivated vineyards, as well as the quality of the crop. In this study, we proposed the technological and economic advantages of industrial and intensive methods of maintaining and forming vineyards on an industrial basis. These methods were new for the Don conditions. We conducted research and studied various ways of maintaining, forming, pruning and loading grape bushes in the Rostov Region, in the conditions of the experimental field, which increased the use of photosynthetic active radiation (PAR) in the production process on standard open-earth vineyards of industrial and intensive type, when cultivating Crystal grape varieties of interspecific origin. Processing and analysis of the results of the application of various agricultural methods in the experimental areas will reveal the most optimal ones from an economic point of view. Keywords: grapes, architectonics, management method, productivity, biomass

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Geographic clustering of elderly people with above-norm anthropometric measurements and blood chemistry

Geospatial health ◽

10.4081/gh.2017.523 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 12 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Carlos Mena ◽

Eduardo Fuentes ◽

Yony Ormazábal ◽

Iván Palomo

Keyword(s):

Elderly People ◽

Blood Chemistry ◽

Point Of View ◽

Anthropometric Measurements ◽

Economic Point ◽

Pathological Conditions ◽

Geographic Clustering ◽

Aging People ◽

The Impact

The global percentage of people over 60 is strongly increasing and estimated to exceed 20% by 20,150, which means that there will be an increase in many pathological conditions related to aging. Mapping of the location of aging people and identification of their needs can be extremely valuable from a social-economic point of view. Participants in this study were 148 randomly selected adults from Talca City, Chile aged 60-74 at baseline. Geographic information systems (GIS) analyses were performed using ArcGIS software through its module <em>Spatial Autocorrelation</em>. In this study, we demonstrated that elderly people show geographic clustering according to above-norm results of anthropometric measurements and blood chemistry. The spatial identifications found would facilitate exploring the impact of treatment programmes in communities where many aging people live, thereby improving their quality of life as well as reducing overall costs.

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