Weight Development and Growth Curves of Grazing Santa Inês Sheep Supplemented with Concentrate in the Pre-Weaning Phase.

Monitoring weight development is essential for decision-making and assessing the effectiveness of management strategies. However, this practice is often hindered by the lack of scales on farms. This study aimed to characterize the weight development and growth curves of male and female Santa Inês lambs from birth to weaning, managed on pasture with creep-fed concentrate supplementation.

Nutrient Intake, Performance, Carcass Characteristics, Meat Quality, and Cost Analysis of Sheep Submitted to Intermittent Supplementation on Masai Grass Pastures.

This study aimed to assess nutrient intake, performance, intake behavior, carcass characteristics, and meat quality of sheep managed on Masai grass pastures along with intermittent concentrate supplementation, in addition to the economic impacts of applying that strategy. A sample of 24 Santa Inês sheep (12 males and 12 females) was kept for 80 days on cv. Massai pastures and was supplemented daily or every other day.

Catalytic combustion of soot over ceria-zinc mixed oxides catalysts supported onto cordierite.

Modified substrates as outer heterogeneous catalysts was employed to reduce the soot generated from incomplete combustion of diesel or diesel/biodiesel blends, a process that harms the environment and public health. The unique storage properties of ceria (CeO2) makes it one of the most efficient catalysts available to date. Here, we proposed that ceria-based catalysts can lower the temperature at which soot combustion occurs; more specifically, from 610°C to values included in the diesel exhausts operation range (300-450°C).

Effect of different cleansers on the surface of removable partial denture.

Removable partial dentures (RPD) demand specific hygienic cleaning and the combination of brushing with immersion in chemical solutions has been the most recommended method for control of biofilm. However, the effect of the cleansers on metallic components has not been widely investigated. This study evaluated the effect of different cleansers on the surface of RPD.

Luminescence in colorless, transparent, thermally stable thin films of Eu3+ and Tb3+ beta-diketonates in hybrid inorganic-organic zinc-based sol-gel matrix.

Luminescent zinc-based hybrid inorganic-organic films with rare-earth (RE) complexes have been prepared using a non-alkoxide sol-gel process. The films were fabricated by the dip-coating method starting from zinc acetate dihydrate, rare earth chloride, lactic acid as hydrolytic catalyst, and anhydrous ethanol. The beta-diketones thenoylltrifluoroacetone (Httfa) and dibenzoylmethane (Hdbm) were used as ligands to Eu(3+) and Tb(3+), respectively.