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Showing 1 to 20 of 70 for “"FCM"”.
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Grouping and feeding policies for lactating dairy cows
… in Holstein dairy cows. Equations predicting 4% FCM and dry matter intake were derived from this data using ordinary least squares. Days in milk, available nutrients, calving date, and previous period 4% FCM accounted for 90% of the variation in 4% FCM for heifers and 93% of the variation in 4% …
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Improvisation of fuzzy c-means method and fuzzy linear regression model in predicting manufacturing income
… manufacturing income by using fuzzy c-means (FCM) method, apply existing methods such as multiple linear regression (MLR) and fuzzy linear regression (FLR) as proposed by Tanaka and Ni in predicting manufacturing income, improvise of FCM method and FLR model proposed by Zolfaghari in …
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Towards formalisation of situation-specific computationsin pervasive computing environments
… proposed a formalised computational model, the FCM, for knowledge representation and reasoning in PCEs which, secures the delivery of situation and domain specific services to their users. The proposed model is a user centric model, materialised as a software engineering solution, which uses the …
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From conceptual diagrams to semi-quantitative models of social-ecological systems: exploring fuzzy cognitive mapping for a coastal fisheries system in the Southern Cape, South Africa
… particularly fuzzy-logic cognitive mapping (FCM), offers a promising toolset in support of strategic decision-making. This study builds on causal maps co-created with small-scale fishers from South Africa's southern Cape, integrating expert views and local knowledge through the use of FCM and …
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FECAL CORTISOL METABOLITES: A NON-INVASIVE METHOD FOR MONITORING THE LONG-TERM HEALTH OF FREE RANGING BROWN BEARS
… increasingly using fecal cortisol metabolites (FCMs) to index stress associated with ecotourism. In this study, I sought to (1) quantify the relationship between blood cortisol levels and FCM concentrations in brown bears (<em>Ursus arctos</em>), and (2) evaluate whether ecotourism elicits a …
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Amino acid digestibility and concentration of energy in processed soybean and rapeseed products fed to pigs
… (RSE), and in a fermented co-product mixture (FCM) that contained rapeseed meal, wheat, soy molasses, and potato peel fed to pigs. In Exp. 1, the objectives were to determine the standardized ileal digestibility (SID) of CP and AA in ESBM-1, ESBM-2, SBM-EX, SPC, SBM-CV, RSE, and FCM fed to …
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As vozes do professor da Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Universidade de Pernambuco sobre o processo curricular
… Ciências Médicas da Universidade de Pernambuco (FCM-UPE), implantada em 2002, buscando analisá-la desde a sua implantação até o ano de 2010, focando o reconhecimento dos conteúdos programáticos inseridos no currículo e os elementos constitutivos da sua integralidade. Buscou-se centrar o estudo …
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Multispectral segmentation of whole-brain MRI
… This technique is based on the fuzzy c-means (FCM) clustering algorithm. The MR data sets are used to form five-dimensional feature vectors. These vectors are segmented by FCM into six tissue classes for normal brains and nine tissue classes for human brains with tumors. The segmented images …
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Development of an advanced deep learning and neural network method for automatic early detection of mastitis in dairy cattle : A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy at Lincoln University
… the mastitis spectrum. Then, Fuzzy C-Means (FCM) clustering was applied to the SOM map, identifying five health states—healthy, early subclinical, subclinical, late subclinical and clinical—despite the absence of specific labels for the subclinical stages. Building on the insights gained from …
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Evaluation of techniques for ABO isoagglutinin titer
… test, column agglutination and flow cytometry(FCM). Serum specimens from apparently healthy adults who underwent a medical examination and donor RBC for laboratory test were used. ABO isoagglutinin titers of each blood group specimen were measured at the different conditions consisted of the …
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A PHASE III PROSPECTIVE RANDOMIZED TRIAL TO EVALUATE THE IMPACT OF AUGMENTED REALITY DURING ROBOT-ASSISTED RADICAL PROSTATECTOMY ON THE RATES OF POSTOPERATIVE SURGICAL MARGINS
… use of ex-vivo fluorescence confocal microscopy (FCM) as a valid alternative to intraoperative frozen section analysis (IFS) for real-time margin evaluation. Methods This is a Phase III, monocentric, prospective and randomized trial that compares augmented reality (AR) RARP with standard approach …
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Algoritmo de agrupamiento genético borroso basado en el algoritmo de las c-medias borroso
El algoritmo de las c-medias borroso (FCM) es una herramienta matemática ampliamente utilizada en muchos problemas prácticos tales como el reconocimiento de patrones, el análisis de datos y el procesamiento de imágenes. Sin embargo, tiene varios inconvenientes en su aplicación para todo tipo de …
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Design Space Exploration for Salt Cooled Reactor Systems
… (UC), and Fully Ceramic Microencapsulated (FCM) fuel. A package of thermal-hydraulic operating domain search and design optimisation codes was created that can identify the optimum primary and secondary loop operating condition and the corresponding maximum power and Levelised Cost of …
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Effects of Prepartum Energy and Protein Density on Productivity and Influence of Dietary Iron on Copper Status of Holstein and Jersey Cattle
… and were greater for Holsteins. Milk and 4% FCM increased linearly as dietary energy density increased, although postpartum DMI was quadratic for energy density. Fat yield increased linearly with energy density and protein yield did not differ. Increasing prepartum diet energy density …
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Protein Nutrition of Dairy Cows During the Transition Period
… = 0.10) to produce more 4% fat-corrected milk (FCM) than SB-fed cows (33.8 vs 31.8 kg/d). Gross efficiency (FCM/DMI) was greater (P < 0.05) for the cows fed AMP postpartum than for cows fed SB (1.88 vs 1.70). An interaction of postpartum diet by week (P < 0.05) indicated that cows fed AMP …
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Wettability of solid particles in relation to particle-stabilised foams and emulsions
… size of the particles. The Film Calliper Method (FCM) has been proposed as a simple technique for the direct measurement of the contact angles of micrometer and submicrometer particles in their natural environment. One of the main aims of this work was to develop the Film Calliper Method for …
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Analysis and optimization of a new accident tolerant fuel called fuel-in-fibers
… operations. Fully Ceramic Microencapsulated (FCM) fuel is an ATF concept aimed at significantly increasing the fission product retention capability of nuclear fuel at high temperatures. The FCM concept is made up of fuel particles surrounded by multilayers of ceramic material similar to the …
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A new hybrid model of dengue incidence rate using negative binomial generalised additive model and fuzzy C means model a case study in Selangor
… clustered by district and Fuzzy C-Means Model (FCM). Thirdly, the development of models using the existing dataset and the new datasets which clustered by the two different clustering categories. Then, to assess the models developed by using three measurement methods which are deviance (D), …
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Efficient Mixed -Domain Analysis of Electrostatic Microelectromechanical Systems (Mems)
… implemented by combining a finite cloud method (FCM) based interior mechanical analysis with a boundary cloud method (BCM) based exterior electrostatic analysis. Lagrangian descriptions are used for both mechanical and electrostatic analysis. Meshless finite cloud and boundary cloud methods …
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The characterisation of the lead flotation circuit at Black Mountain Mining (Pty) Ltd. using the floatability component model approach
… was to adapt the Floatability Component Model (FCM) as a simplified proof-of-concept model for the Lead flotation circuit of the BMM Concentrator based on plant- and laboratory-scale data. The model obtained, using the FCM approach in conjunction with the Woodburn and Wallin (1984) methodology, …
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