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A Native Pastoral Plant in North-WestTunisia Boosts Spring, Out-of-Season Reproduction in Queue-Fine de l’Ouest Ewes
No full textPoster to display the effects of the local wild plant Scabiosa atropurpurea var. maritima, with a specific focus on the Queue Fine de l’Ouest sheep breed
National Workshop Training: Integrated Approach to Reproductive Management within Sheep and Goat Breeding Programmes
No full textTo support national efforts for rebuilding a breeding program for Tunisian sheep and goat breeds, experts in small ruminant reproduction and physiology at ICARDA and national Tunisian universities facilitated a training module on an “integrated approach to reproductive management within sheep and goat breeding programs”. The training focused on basic concepts of small ruminant reproductive management and recommended innovative practices and techniques for the implementation of a national breeding programme for sheep and goats in Tunisia
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Differential estradiol requirement for the induction of estrous behaviour and the LH surge in two breeds of sheep : comparison between Ile de France and Romanov ewes
No full textEn utilisant un modèle de phase folliculaire artificielle, la quantité minimale d’œstradiol (E) nécessaire pour induire le pic préovulatoire de LH et le comportement sexuel a été comparée chez des brebis de prolificité différentes : Ile de France (IF) vs Romanov (ROM). Un signal œstrogénique très faible induit le comportement sexuel chez la brebis ROM mais pas chez l’IF. L’induction du pic préovulatoire de LH nécessite des quantités d’E très supérieures chez la ROM par comparaison à l’IF. Le pic de LH apparaît plus tard chez la ROM. L’étude de la sensibilité hypophysaire et hypothalamique à l’E a montré que le moment du pic préovulatoire de LH est essentiellement contrôlé par l’hypothalamus. Chez la ROM, des doses modérées d’E stimulent une faible libération de GnRH dans le liquide céphalorachidien, sans qu’elle ne soit traduite au niveau hypophysaire par une augmentation de libération parallèle de LH. Ce peptide, participerait au contrôle du comportement sexuel induit par l’E. La grande différence de sensibilité à l’E entre les deux races semble être liée à un seuil de « lecture » différent du signal œstrogénique pour induire le pic de LH et le comportement sexuel.Using an artificial follicular phase model, the minimum estradiol (E) requirement to induce the preovulatory LH surge and estrous behaviour, was compared between two breeds of ewes having either single (Ile de France= IF) or multiple (Romanov= ROM) ovulations. While a small E signal is sufficient to induce estrous behaviour, in ROM ewe, the same treatment has no effect on IF ewe. A much larger amount of E is required to induce the LH surge in the ROM compared to the IF. The onset of the LH surge occurred earlier in IF. Pituitary and hypothalamic sensitivity to E were studied in vivo and in vitro. The timing of the LH surge is essentially under the control of the hypothalamus. The latency to the onset of the LH surge is timed by a negative feedback effect of E at the hypothalamic level which is longer in ROM ewes. A moderate E signal stimulates a light GnRH secretion into the cerebrospinal fluid, which was not accompanied by a parallel pituitary LH discharge. GnRH appears involved in the control of estrous behaviour. The difference in sensitivity to E between IF and ROM ewes to induce LH surge and estrous behaviour is more than likely due to a different threshold in the lecture of the E signal
Substitution of soyabean meal by faba bean improves body weight, sperm production and testosterone concentration in mature Queue Fine de l’Ouest rams
No full textThe current study aimed at investigating the effects of partial or total substitution of soybean meal with faba bean on reproductive parameters of Queue Fine de l’Ouest rams. Eighteen adult rams (49.8 ± 3.7 kg and 2.4 ± 1.5 years old) were divided into three homogenous groups. Rams received oat hay ad libitum and 3 types of concentrate (33 g/BW0.75) where soybean meal was the main protein source (SBM diet, n = 6), partially (50%, SBMFB diet, n = 6) or totally (100% FB diet, n = 6) substituted in nitrogen basis by local faba bean. The volume of ejaculate, sperm concentration and sperm mortality rate were measured weekly by collecting semen using an artificial vagina. Serial blood samples were collected 30 days and 120 days after the beginning of the experiment in order to assess plasma testosterone concentrations. The results showed that hay intake was affected (P < 0.05) by the nature of the nitrogen source incorporated (1032.3 ± 12.2; 1026.8 ± 56.6 and 972.8 ± 39.05 g DM/d for SBM, FB and SBMFB respectively. The average live weight of the rams increased from 49.8 ± 0.4 (week 1) to 57.3 ± 0.9 kg (week 17) without effect of the diet. A positive effect of faba bean incorporation in the concentrate was observed on ejaculate volume, concentration and spermatozoa production. All these parameters were significantly higher in SBMFB and FB groups than in SBM group (P < 0.05). The protein source did not affect the percentage of dead spermatozoa and the total abnormalities which were similar for the three diets (38.7; 35.8 and 38.1% for SBM; SBMFB and FB, respectively). The mean testosterone concentration was higher (P < 0.05) in rams fed with faba bean (1.7 ± 0.7 to 1.9 ± 0.7 ng/ml for the SBMFB and the FB groups respectively) than in rams fed SBM diet (1.06 ± 0.5 ng/ml). It was concluded that the substitution of soybean meal by faba bean improved the reproductive performance and did not affect sperm quality in Queue Fine de l’Ouest rams
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Get PDFWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
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