Effects of arginine and phytogenic additive supplementation on performance and health of brown-egg layers by Vitor Barbosa Fascina, Guilherme Aguiar Mateus Pasquali, Daniella Aparecida Berto, Amanda da Lapa Silva, Edivaldo Antônio Garcia, Antonio Celso Pezzato, Elisabeth Gonzales, José Roberto Sartori

“…Dietary supplementation of 968 mg of arginine or 100 mg of a phytogenic additive (40% Baccharis dracunculifolia, 20% Astragalus membranaceus, 20% cinnamon, and 20% grape seed extracts) per kilogram of diet improves the feed conversion ratio and associated inclusion of 1144 mg of arginine and 100 mg of phytogenic additive per kilogram of diet improves immune responses and health status of brown-egg layers.…”
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Growth performance and nutritional impact of Moringa oleifera leaf extract as supplemental diets in the juvenile pacific white shrimp (Penaeus vannamei) by Joko Purnomo Sugeng, Taslihan Arief, Suryati, Soetanti Endah, Arifin Zaenal, Sahidhir Ibnu

“…The highest growth performance, in terms of specific growth rate, weight gain, and final weight, was observed in the groups of shrimps that were fed diets containing either 2.5 g or 5 g of moringa leaf extract per kilogram of the diet (p<0.05). Furthermore, the diet containing 2.5 g of moringa leaf extract per kilogram resulted in the highest survival rate compared to the other treatment groups. …”
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Research on performance of PBT/Bu-NENA low-vulnerability propellant by Miaomiao Li, Zhipeng Zhou, Jingjing Chen, Tingting Zheng, Lianchao Cheng, Sen Xu

“…Large-size program temperature controller was used to carry out the slow cook-off test study of PBT, Bu-NENA, PBT/Bu-NENA mixture and PBT/Bu-NENA propellant in the range of gram and kilogram scale. The comprehensive performance of PBT/Bu-NENA propellant was carried out evaluation, including energy performance, mechanical performance, and low vulnerability performance (including fast cook-off test, slow cook-off test, shaped charge jet impact test and bullet impact test). …”
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Evaluating CO2 emissions, cost, and service quality trade-offs in an urban delivery system case study by Erica Wygonik, Anne Goodchild

“…The results show a stable relationship between monetary cost and kilograms of CO2, with each kilogram of CO2 associated with a $3.50 increase in cost, illustrating the influence of fuel use on both cost and emissions. …”
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Massive Green Hydrogen Production Using Solar and Wind Energy: Comparison between Europe and the Middle East by Marek Jaszczur, Qusay Hassan, Aws Zuhair Sameen, Hayder M. Salman, Olushola Tomilayo Olapade, Szymon Wieteska

“…Hydrogen production costs in Europe are found to range between USD 9.88 and USD 14.31 per kilogram, in contrast to the Middle East, where costs span from USD 6.54 to USD 12.66 per kilogram. …”
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Comportamento da parasitemia avaliada pelo método de Strout modificado em chagásicos agudos em tratamento by Cleudson Castro, Antonio Emanuel

“…The initial dose of drug was 10 to 15 mg per kilogram per day of Nifurtimox for seven patients and 10 to 20 mg per kilogram per day of Benzonidazol for eleven patients. …”
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Effect of N-Fertilizer Rates and Timing on Grain Yield andComponents of Sunflower by M. Sedaghat, J. Razmjo, Y. Emam

“…Significantly highest plant length, leaf area index, total dry weight, chlorophyll content, head diameter, number of grains per head, thousand grain weights, grain yield and dry matter yield were recorded at 200 kilogram N per hectare followed by 150 kilogram N per hectare. …”
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Carbon footprint based on lifetime productivity for future cows selected for resilience to climate-related disturbances by S. Zira, A. Bouquet, L. Rydhmer, M. Kargo, L. Puillet

“…However, with severe drought, cows selected for resilience had higher lifetime lactation efficiency and lower carbon footprint per kilogram of protein in milk and meat than those selected with the current breeding goal. …”
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Assessment of Composted Pelletized Poultry Litter as an Alternative to Chemical Fertilizers Based on the Environmental Impact of Their Production by Nikolett Éva Kiss, János Tamás, Nikolett Szőllősi, Edit Gorliczay, Attila Nagy

“…The production of CPPL per kilogram was smaller than that of the chemical fertilizers; however, the environmental impact of chemical fertilizer production per kilogram of active substance (N, P₂O₅, or K₂O) was lower for most impact categories, because the active substance was available at higher concentrations in said chemical fertilizers. …”
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Chromium and energy restriction as substitutes for ractopamine in finishing gilts diet by Taynah Vieira Aguiar Farias, Charles Kiefer, Karina Marcia Ribeiro de Souza Nascimento, Anderson Corassa, Stephan Alexander da Silva Alencar, Gabriela Puhl Rodrigues, Jéssica Lira da Silva, Alexandre Pereira dos Santos

“…Ractopamine supplementation allowed for a better feed conversion, lower feed cost per kilogram of gain, and a higher economic efficiency index. …”
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MANIFESTATION OF MAXIMAL ISOMETRIC MUSCLE STRENGTH AMONG SELECTED FEMALE HANDBALL PLAYERS OF DIFFERENT AGES by Živojin Maksić, Marko Isaković, Goran Vučković

“…The main morphological parameters of the 14-year old subjects were the following: BH±SD = 1.719±0.065 meter; BM±SD = 64.36±6.36 kilogram; BMI±SD = 21.78±1.93 (kg/m2), and for the 13-year olds they were: BH±SD = 1.667±0.056 meter; BM±SD = 58.71±9.87 kilogram; BMI±SD = 21.01±2.58 (kg/m2). …”
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Impact of ivermectin administered for scabies treatment on the prevalence of head lice in Atoifi, Solomon Islands. by Suny Coscione, Tommy Esau, Esau Kekeubata, Jason Diau, Rowena Asugeni, David MacLaren, Andrew C Steer, Christian Kositz, Michael Marks

“…METHODOLOGY:Head lice prevalence was assessed before and after MDA with oral ivermectin (at a dose of 200 micrograms per kilogram of body weight) administered on day 1 and day 8. …”
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The growth performance and nutrient digestibility of pigs fed rain tree (Albizia saman) pods as a replacement for maize by Irekhore Oluwakemi T., Akinsoyinu Akintunde O., Bello Kazeem O.

“…Data were collected on initial weight, final weight (FW), daily feed intake (DFI), daily weight gain (DWG), feed conversion ratio (FCR), cost per kilogram feed (CKF), and feed cost per kilogram weight gain. …”
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Sodium levels in the diets of semi-heavy laying hens reared in a hot climate after peak lay by A. S. A. Assunção, R. A. Martins, H. J. D. Lima, A. C. S. Martins, L. A. Z. Souza

“…A quadratic effect (P<0.05) was found for egg production, egg weight, feed conversion per kilogram of eggs and dozen eggs, albumin and shell weight, specific gravity, shell thickness, and percentage of shell and egg yolk. …”
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Supplementation of grazing beef cattle with narasin by Luiz Guilherme Mezzena Gobato, Daniel Montanher Polizel, Marcos Vinícius de Castro Ferraz Júnior, Alexandre Arantes Miszura, José Paulo Roman Barroso, André Storti Martins, José Renato Silva Gonçalves, Evandro Maia Ferreira, Alexandre Vaz Pires

“…The assessed treatments were: control mineral supplement (CON); CON + 1,800 (N1800) or 2,750 (N2750) mg narasin per kilogram of supplement; and protein mineral supplement (PROT) or PROT + 360 mg narasin per kilogram of supplement (PROT 360). …”
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Factors affecting the relative abundance in an overfished stock: red grouper (Epinephelus morio) in the Southeastern Gulf of Mexico by Iván Oribe-Pérez, Iván Velázquez-Abunader, Carmen Monroy-García

“…We employed the catch per unit effort (CPUE) as an index of relative abundance recorded by the semi-industrial fleet (kilogram per effective fishing day) and the small-scale fleet (kilogram per effective fishing hour) during the overexploitation phase (from 1996 to 2019). …”
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Methane Production From Industrial Hemp by Aleksandrs M. Adamovics, Semjons A. Ivanovs, Vilis S. Dubrovskis

“…Ten industrial varieties of hemp – 'Bialobrzeskie', 'Futura 75', 'Fedora 17', 'Santhica 27', 'Beniko', 'Ferimon', 'Epsilon 68', 'Tygra', 'Wojko', and 'Uso 31' – were sown with a seeding rate of 50 kilogram per hectare at the background of fertilizers: nitrogen – 120, phosphoric oxide – 90, potassium oxide – 150 kilogram per hectare. …”
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Research Note: Jejunum phosphatases and systemic myo-inositol in broiler chickens fed without or with supplemented phytase by Fernando Gonzalez-Uarquin, Edwin Molano, Franziska Heinrich, Vera Sommerfeld, Markus Rodehutscord, Korinna Huber

“…The supplementation of 1500 FTU of phytase per kilogram of feed resulted in increase of plasma (P < 0.001) and kidney (P < 0.05) but not liver MI concentrations. …”
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Determinants of Nepalese hog plum (Choerospondias axillaris Roxb.) production in Sindhupalchok, Nepal by Santosh Adhikari, Subodh Raj Pandey, Padam Lal Bhandari, Rishi Ram Kattel, Shiva Chandra Dhakal

“…The average variable cost involved in Lapsi production was 4.93 Nepalese Rupees (NRs.) (0.042 United States Dollar (USD)) per kilogram whereas the total cost for producing fresh Lapsi fruits was NRs. 5 (0.042 USD) per kilogram. …”
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A within-trial cost-effectiveness analysis of primary care referral to a commercial provider for weight loss treatment, relative to standard care-an international randomised contro... by Fuller, N, Colagiuri, S, Schofield, D, Olson, A, Shrestha, R, Holzapfel, C, Wolfenstetter, S, Holle, R, Ahern, A, Hauner, H, Jebb, SA, Caterson, I

“…Both a health sector and societal perspective were adopted to calculate the cost per kilogram of weight loss and the ICER, expressed as the cost per quality adjusted life year (QALY).Results:The cost per kilogram of weight loss was USD122, 90 and 180 for the CP in Australia, the United Kingdom and Germany, respectively. …”