Genetic Studies on Faecal Egg Counts and Packed Cell Volume Following Natural Haemonchus contortus Infection and Their Relationships with Liveweight in Muzaffarnagari Sheep

Yadav, N.K.,Mandal, Ajoy,Sharma, D.K.,Rout, P.K.,Roy, R. Asian Australasian Association of Animal Productio 2006 Animal Bioscience Vol.19 No.11

A total of 437 animals, comprising lambs aged between 3 and 12 months and adults of either sex of Muzaffarnagari sheep maintained at the Central Institute for Research on Goats, Makhdoom, Farah, Mathura, India were screened to assess the prevalence of Haemonchus contortus infection following natural infection and to identify the various factors affecting faecal egg count (FEC) and packed cell volume (PCV) of ewes and their genetic control. The relationships between FEC, PCV and body weight were also estimated. The prevalence rate for H. contortus infection in the flock under study was 15.7% indicating much lower occurrence of worm infection in lambs up to one year of age. On the other hand, a large proportion i.e., 67.7% of sheep was refractive to natural H. contortus infection. The random effect of sire significantly contributed (p<0.01) variation in log-transformed FEC (LFEC) of ewes. The season of birth had a significant (p<0.01) effect on LFEC of ewes. The lactating ewes had significantly (p<0.01) higher faecal egg counts compared to dry and pregnant ewes. The linear regression effects of the age of ewes on LFEC of animals were significant (p<0.01) in the present study. The heritabilities of LFEC, PCV and body weights of ewes during the course of infection were moderate to high in magnitude and ranged from 0.24 to 0.47. The LFEC of ewes was significantly (p<0.05) and negatively correlated with PCV at both genetic and phenotypic level. The genetic and phenotypic relationships between LFEC and body weights of ewes were -0.26 and -0.06 for this breed. The genetic correlation of PCV and body weight of ewes was positive and high (0.58) and statistically significant (p<0.05) but it was negatively correlated (-0.01) with body weight at the phenotypic level.

Effects of Inbreeding on Lamb Survival in a Flock of Muzaffarnagari Sheep

Mandal, Ajoy,Pant, K.P.,Rout, P.K.,Roy, R. Asian Australasian Association of Animal Productio 2004 Animal Bioscience Vol.17 No.5

A pedigree file of 4,628 records of Muzaffarnagari sheep, maintained at Central Institute for Research on Goats (CIRG), Makhdoom, was used to calculate the inbreeding coefficient of the flock. The flock had been closed for about 25 years (1978 to 2002). The investigation was aimed to study the effects of inbreeding on survivability of lambs. The cumulative survivability of lambs i.e., lambs survived up to 3, 7 and 15 days, 1, 2, 3, 6, 9 and 12 months after birth was considered for the study. The average level of inbreeding of lambs was 1.60%, ranging from 0 to 26.4%. The average inbreeding coefficient of dam over the periods was 1.00% and it ranged from 0 to 25.0%. Significant (p<0.05) adverse effect of lamb's inbreeding was observed on survivability of lambs at all ages except up to 3 and 7 days after birth. On an average, 1% increase in individual inbreeding coefficient should reduce the 0.31, 0.34, 0.32, 0.31, 0.33, 0.44 and 0.49 percent lamb survival up to the age of 15 day and 1, 2, 3, 6, 9 and 12 months, respectively. Ewes inbreeding had non-significant effects on lamb survival at all ages.

Studies on Inbreeding and Its Effects on Growth and Fleece Traits of Muzaffarnagari Sheep

Mandal, Ajoy,Pant, K.P.,Notter, D.R.,Rout, P.K.,Roy, R.,Sinha, N.K.,Sharma, N. Asian Australasian Association of Animal Productio 2005 Animal Bioscience Vol.18 No.10

A pedigree file of 4,738 records of a purebred flock of Muzaffarnagari sheep, maintained at Central Institute for Research on Goats (CIRG), Makhdoom, for a period of 24 years (1978 to 2001) was used to calculate inbreeding coefficients. The lambtraits studied were birth, 3, 6, 9 and 12 months weights as well as 6 and 12 months fleece yields. The lambs' and ewes' inbreeding coefficients ranged from 0 to 26.4% and 0 to 25%, respectively. The average inbreeding coefficient of lambs was higher than that of ewes in all periods as expected in a closed flock. Fluctuations in lamb and ewe inbreeding were observed in the periods under study. The percentages of animals in the higher inbred categories varied somewhat but generally were relatively constant. The mean rate of inbreeding was 0.63% per generation. The effective population size of the flock was 79.1. On average, an increase of 1% individual inbreeding significantly (p<0.05) reduced weights at birth by 0.010 kg, at 3 month by 0.048 kg, at 6 month by 0.075 kg, at 9 month by 0.129 kg and at 12 month by 0.112 kg. Ewes' inbreeding had non-significant effects on body weight at all ages. Effects of both lambs' and ewes' inbreeding had negative but non-significant effects on fleece weights at 6 and 12 months of age. Thus, inbreeding depression in lambs significantly reduced body weights from birth to 12 months of age but had a negligible effect on fleece yields.

Tissue Expanders in Staged Calvarial Reconstruction: A Systematic Review

Andrea Y. Lo,Roy P. Yu,Anjali C. Raghuram,Michael N. Cooper,Holly J. Thompson,Charles Y. Liu,Alex K. Wong 대한성형외과학회 2022 Archives of Plastic Surgery Vol.49 No.6

Cranioplasties are common procedures in plastic surgery. The use of tissue expansion (TE) in staged cranioplasties is less common. We present two cases of cranioplasties with TE and systematically review literature describing the use of TE in staged cranioplasties and postoperative outcomes. A systematic review was performed by querying multiple databases. Eligible articles include published case series, retrospective reviews, and systematic reviews that described use of TE for staged bony cranioplasty. Data regarding study size, patient demographics, preoperative characteristics, staged procedure characteristics, and postoperative outcomes were collected. Of 755 identified publications, 26 met inclusion criteria. 85 patients underwent a staged cranioplasty with TE. Average defect size was 122 cm2, and 30.9% of patients received a previous reconstruction. Average expansion period was 14.2 weeks. The most common soft tissue closures were performed with skin expansion only (75.3%), free/pedicled flap (20.1%), and skin graft (4.7%). The mean postoperative follow-up time was 23.9 months. Overall infection and local complication rates were 3.53 and 9.41%, respectively. The most common complications were cerebrospinal fluid leak (7.1%), hematoma (7.1%), implant exposure (3.5%), and infection (3.5%). Factors associated with higher complication rates include the following: use of alloplastic calvarial implants and defects of congenital etiology (p¼0.023 and 0.035, respectively). This is the first comprehensive review to describe current practices and outcomes in staged cranioplasty with TE. Adequate soft tissue coverage contributes to successful cranioplasties and TE can play a safe and effective role in selected cases.

지속시간이 긴 저주파 발파진동과 주거 구조물에 미치는 영향

Roy M. P.,Sirveiya A. K.,Singh P. K. 대한화약발파공학회 2005 화약발파 Vol.23 No.2

A major concern with blasting at surface mines is generation of ground vibration, air blast, flyrock, dust & fume and their impact on nearby structures and environment. A study was conducted at a coal mine in India which produces 10 million tonne of coal and 27 million cubic meter of overburden per annum. Draglines and shovels with dumpers carry out the removal of overburden. Detonation of 100 tonnes of explosives in a blasting round is a common practice of the mine. These large sized blasts often led to complaints from the nearby inhabitants regarding ground vibrations and their affects on their houses. Eighteen dragline blasts were conducted and their impacts on nearby structures were investigated. Extended seismic arrays were used to identify the vibration characteristics within a few tens meters of the blasts and also as modified by the media at distances over 5 km. 10 to 12 seismographs were deployed in an array to gather the time histories of vibrations. A signature blast was conducted to know the fundamental frequency of the particular transmitting media between the blast face and the structures. The faster decay of high frequency components was observed. It was also observed that at distances of 5km, the persistence of vibrations in the structures was substantially increased by more 10 seconds. The proximity of the frequency of the ground vibration to the structure's fundamental frequencies produced the resonance in the structures. On the basis of the fundamental frequency of the structures, the delay interval was optimized, which resulted into lower amplitude and reduced persistence of vibration in the structures.

First Measurements of the Double-Polarization Observables F , P , and H in ω Photoproduction off Transversely Polarized Protons in the N* Resonance Region

Roy, P.,Park, S.,Crede, V.,Anisovich, A. V.,Klempt, E.,Nikonov, V. A.,Sarantsev, A. V.,Wei, N. C.,Huang, F.,Nakayama, K.,Adhikari, K. P.,Adhikari, S.,Angelini, G.,Avakian, H.,Barion, L.,Battaglieri, M American Physical Society 2019 Physical Review Letters Vol.122 No.16

IMPROVED THEORETICAL MODELING OF A CYCLONE SEPARATOR AS A DIESEL SOOT PARTICULATE EMISSION ARRESTER

P. K. BOSE,K. ROY,N. MUKHOPADHYA,R. K. CHAKRABORTY 한국자동차공학회 2010 International journal of automotive technology Vol.11 No.1

Particulate matter is considered to be the most harmful pollutant emitted into air from diesel engine exhaust, and its reduction is one of the most challenging problems in modern society. Several after-treatment retrofit programs have been proposed to control such emission, but to date, they suffer from high engineering complexity, high cost, thermal cracking,and increased back pressure, which in turn deteriorates diesel engine combustion performance. This paper proposes a solution for controlling diesel soot particulate emissions by an improved theoretical model for calculating the overall collection efficiency of a cyclone. The model considers the combined effect of collection efficiencies of both outer and inner vortices by introducing a particle distribution function to account for the non-uniform distribution of soot particles across the turbulent vortex section and by including the Cunningham correction factor for molecular slip of the particles. The cut size diameter model has also been modified and proposed by introducing the Cunningham correction factor for molecular slip of the separated soot particles under investigation. The results show good agreements with the existing theoretical and experimental studies of cyclones and diesel particulate filter flow characteristics of other applications.

Binder burnout and sintering kinetic study of alumina ceramics shaped using methylcellulose

K. Rajeswari,S. Chaitanya,P. Biswas,M. Buchi Suresh,Y.S. Rao,Roy Johnson 한양대학교 세라믹연구소 2015 Journal of Ceramic Processing Research Vol.16 No.1

Ceramic components are generally processed by the techniques such as compaction, extrusion, injection molding, casting etc., and the selection of forming method is generally based on the complexity of the shapes. Additives such as binders, plasticizers, surfactants and lubricants, which are generally organic in nature, play a significant role to ensure the flowability of the mass which is critical in shaping of ceramics. Alumina (α-Al2O3) powder was subjected to torque rheometric studies to identify Critical Volume Binder Concentrations (CBVC) corresponding to specific processing regimes. An initial torque value of 3-4Nm for compaction followed by 6-7N-m for extrusion and 2-3N-m for casting regimes were observed. Viscosities of the pre-mixes prepared by the addition of methyl cellulose (C6H7O2 (OH)x(OCH3)y, (where x = 1.0-1.5 and y = 2-1.45) as a binder were also found to exhibit a similar trend in viscosity, corresponding to CBVC torque values and are shaped into green specimens. Green strength of the standard specimens (45 × 4 × 3 mm) was estimated through 3-point bend tests and exhibited a good correlation with the binder content. Binder burnout characteristics were also elucidated by TG/DSC technique and activation energy estimated is 75-110 kJ/mol for the thermal degradation of methylcellulose binder. Activation energy of 883 ± 45 kJ/mol was estimated through kinetic analysis of sintering by the construction of the Master Sintering Curves (MSC).

Bias dependent relaxation in different phases of an orthoconic antiferroelectric liquid crystal mixture (W-182)

P. Nayek,S. Ghosh,S. Kundu,T. Pal Majumder,S.K. Roy,N. Bennis,J.M. Otón,R. Dabrowski 한국물리학회 2010 Current Applied Physics Vol.10 No.2

The electro-optical behavior of the orthoconic antiferroelectric liquid crystal mixture W-182 has been studied. Surface-stabilized, low thickness cells of this mixture give a perfect double hysteresis loop with 1 Hz triangular signal, reaching different transmission levels for different voltages amplitudes. These levels can be stabilized with a single holding voltage, making it possible for the material to be passively multiplexed at video rate. With the application of bias field at three different temperatures, we have observed the field-induced Fréedericksz transition from SmI*A–SmC*A, antiferroelectric to ferroelectric, and ferroelectric to paraelectric transition. Such Fréedericksz transition point is decreased with the increase of temperature.

Dynamics of multilayered viscoelastic beams

Roy, H.,Dutt, J.K.,Datta, P.K. Techno-Press 2009 Structural Engineering and Mechanics, An Int'l Jou Vol.33 No.4

Viscoelastic materials store as well as dissipate energy to the thermal domain under deformation. Two efficient modelling techniques reported in literature use coupled (thermo-mechanical) ATF (Augmenting Thermodynamic Fields) displacements and ADF (Anelastic Displacement Fields) displacements, to represent the constitutive relationship in time domain by using certain viscoelastic parameters. Viscoelastic parameters are first extracted from the storage modulus and loss factor normally reported in hand books with the help of Genetic Algorithm and then constitutive relationships are used to obtain the equations of motion of the continuum after discretizing it with finite beam elements. The equations of motion are solved to get the frequency response function and modal damping ratio. The process may be applied to study the dynamic behaviour of composite beams and rotors comprising of several viscoelastic layers. Dynamic behaviour of a composite beam, formed by concentric layers of steel and aluminium is studied as an example.