Environmental enrichment is a method to increase environmental heterogeneity, which may reduce stress and improve animal welfare.Previous studies have shown that environmental enrichment can increase the growth rate, decrease aggressive and Toy Trains anxiety-like behaviors, improve learning ability and agility, and reduce cortisol levels in animal
We present a hypothesis-driven study on the variation of melody phrases in a collection of Dutch folk songs.We investigate the variation of phrases within the folk songs through a pattern matching method which detects occurrences of these phrases within folk song variants, and ask the question: do the phrases which show less variation have differen
An experimental program was performed to investigate the fundamental fatigue mechanisms of aluminum drill pipes.Initially, the fatigue properties were determined through small-scale tests performed in an Carb Caps optic-mechanical fatigue apparatus.Additionally, full-scale fatigue tests were carried out with three aluminum drill pipe specimens unde
Stormwater runoff is a leading cause of nitrogen (N) transport to water bodies and hence one means of water quality deterioration.Stormwater runoff was monitored in an urban residential catchment (drainage area: 3.89 hectares) in Florida, United States to investigate the concentrations, forms, and sources of N.Runoff samples were collected over 22
In recent years, the flexibility of energy systems has become essential due to the growing penetration of renewable energy sources.The producers and consumers can enhance this flexibility by enabling a given amount of power that they can produce or consume in every condition.This is made available to the grid operator to globally optimize the dispa