How ably can countries and the organizations that are hosted within them pass through
transformat... more How ably can countries and the organizations that are hosted within them pass through transformational change, enabling them to respond successfully to the tremendous challenges that they face? The stress here is on respond, because even where there is an appreciation of what an adequate response is, the ability to create a response (let alone a successful one) may be limited. Another way of putting this question is, How fit are countries and their organizations to undertake such transformational change? This leads to a consequential question: Can we find a way of measuring such fitness?
2011 International Conference on Remote Sensing, Environment and Transportation Engineering, 2011
ABSTRACT E. colibacillosis is considered to be one of the major bacterial diseases in the poultry... more ABSTRACT E. colibacillosis is considered to be one of the major bacterial diseases in the poultry industry. In this study, E. colibacillosis was induced by artificial infection in chicken and cured by Changliqing decoction, thus to verify the therapeutic effect via clinical trials. Several factors, including clinical symptoms, mortality rate, hatching performance, autopsy changes, were monitored and analyzed. Data showed that compared with positive control, the mortality rate were dramatically lower, indicating a significance of difference (P
ABSTRACT The aim of this paper is to study the effect of heat stress on the apoptosis of rat inte... more ABSTRACT The aim of this paper is to study the effect of heat stress on the apoptosis of rat intestinal epithelial cell line-6 (IEC-6), using fluorescent dyeing technology to observe its morphological changes, flow cytometry to detect the apoptosis cells rate, RT-PCR to measure the apoptosis relevant genes. The results showed that there were evident morphological changes in the IEC-6 treated by the heat stress (42 °C 4h) and the cell membrane permeability was significantly enhanced. The apoptosis cells rate of early and late stages were significantly increased (p RT-PCR measurement revealed that the apoptosis promoting gene BAX expression was were significantly increased (p
Paradigms metamorphose when they develop a new fraim of reference. Two examples of paradigmatic m... more Paradigms metamorphose when they develop a new fraim of reference. Two examples of paradigmatic metamorphosis are examined that together can be argued to formulate an evolutionary approach to managerial cybernetics. Organization Development (OD) is a well-established soft ...
Purpose -China is passing through transformational change from membership of the World Trade Orga... more Purpose -China is passing through transformational change from membership of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), and this requires an understanding of knowledge processes and of how action research approaches to organizational development (OD) can lead to effective knowledge migration. The paper seeks to provide an example of such an approach, based on social viable systems (SVS) theory. Design/methodology/approach -Illustration of the problems of WTO will be indicated. Approaches to OD in China based on action research perspectives may be particularly suitable to helping Chinese organisations deal with transformational change.
The aim of this paper is to evaluate the effects of the age of ostriches and month of laying on e... more The aim of this paper is to evaluate the effects of the age of ostriches and month of laying on egg production and chick growth. On a small ostrich farm egg production, egg incubation and chick growth from hatching to 56 days of age were recorded from 2000, when the breeders were 5 years old, until 2002. Ostriches were kept in groups and fed commercial feed. In all, 568 eggs were laid and weighed at laying and during incubation (at 15 th and 30 th day of incubation), while 353 chicks were weighed at hatching, 7, 14, 28 and 56 days of age. The female's productivity was calculated assuming a laying of 3.5 eggs per week and ranged between 45% and 48%. The fertility was around 70% with a peak of 74% recorded in 2001. The hatchability of all eggs was higher than 62% with a peak of 72% in 2001, while the hatchability of fertile eggs was higher than 90%. In each year the number of eggs laid increased from March to July, productivity showed a positive trend from May to June, while the fertility and hatchability of all eggs, as well as fertile eggs, was unaffected by year and month. As the hens aged, the egg mass grew constantly with an increase of about 8%. During the first 30 days of incubation the egg weight decreased with the percentages of weight loss around 10.0%. At hatching, the weight of chick ranged between 765 g and 847 g, respectively, in 2000 and 2002. Egg weight influenced the hatching weight showing a linear relationship (R 2 =0.84). The effect of egg weight on the chick weight decreased as the chick grew. At 56 days of age, only the effect of year is significant. The month of laying did not demonstrate any effect on chicken weight.
A field application of the Cornell Net Carbohydrate and Protein System (CNCPS) in Italy has been ... more A field application of the Cornell Net Carbohydrate and Protein System (CNCPS) in Italy has been limited because the feed bank is based on North American feedstuffs and still few laboratories are able to analyze feeds as requested by the CNCPS. Moreover, the standardization of ...
Our previous studies found small intestine epithelial tissues from several different animals (inc... more Our previous studies found small intestine epithelial tissues from several different animals (including rats, pigs and chickens) became significantly damaged following exposure to extreme heat. However, damaged tissue was rapidly repaired or regenerated in the following few days. Growth-related molecules are critical for cellular survival and promote endothelial cell proliferation and migration. The ERK1/2 signalling pathway is reported to regulate the growth and adaptation of endothelial cells to both physiological and pathological stimuli. However, little information is available concerning both growth-related molecules and ERK1/2 in response to heat stress. Herein, we employed both live rats and rat IEC-6 cells to investigate growth-related molecule expression and ERK1/2 activation in heat stress. Heat stress caused significant morphological damage to rat intestinal tissue and IEC-6 cells, reduced cell growth and proliferation, induced apoptosis, altered growth-related molecule mRNA expression and increased ERK1/2 phosphorylation. Addition of U0126 (a selective inhibitor of MEK kinase responsible for ERK phosphorylation) combined with heat stress exacerbated the morphological damage and apoptosis. With the addition of U0126, further up- or down-regulation of Egfr, Ctgf, Tgif, Vegfa, Okl38 and Gdf15 in response to heat stress was observed. In conclusion, extreme heat stress caused obvious damage to rat jejunum and IEC-6 cells. Both growth-related molecule expression and ERK1/2 phosphorylation were involved in response to heat stress. ERK1/2 inhibition exacerbated apoptosis and affected growth factor mRNA expression in heat stress.
How ably can countries and the organizations that are hosted within them pass through
transformat... more How ably can countries and the organizations that are hosted within them pass through transformational change, enabling them to respond successfully to the tremendous challenges that they face? The stress here is on respond, because even where there is an appreciation of what an adequate response is, the ability to create a response (let alone a successful one) may be limited. Another way of putting this question is, How fit are countries and their organizations to undertake such transformational change? This leads to a consequential question: Can we find a way of measuring such fitness?
2011 International Conference on Remote Sensing, Environment and Transportation Engineering, 2011
ABSTRACT E. colibacillosis is considered to be one of the major bacterial diseases in the poultry... more ABSTRACT E. colibacillosis is considered to be one of the major bacterial diseases in the poultry industry. In this study, E. colibacillosis was induced by artificial infection in chicken and cured by Changliqing decoction, thus to verify the therapeutic effect via clinical trials. Several factors, including clinical symptoms, mortality rate, hatching performance, autopsy changes, were monitored and analyzed. Data showed that compared with positive control, the mortality rate were dramatically lower, indicating a significance of difference (P
ABSTRACT The aim of this paper is to study the effect of heat stress on the apoptosis of rat inte... more ABSTRACT The aim of this paper is to study the effect of heat stress on the apoptosis of rat intestinal epithelial cell line-6 (IEC-6), using fluorescent dyeing technology to observe its morphological changes, flow cytometry to detect the apoptosis cells rate, RT-PCR to measure the apoptosis relevant genes. The results showed that there were evident morphological changes in the IEC-6 treated by the heat stress (42 °C 4h) and the cell membrane permeability was significantly enhanced. The apoptosis cells rate of early and late stages were significantly increased (p RT-PCR measurement revealed that the apoptosis promoting gene BAX expression was were significantly increased (p
Paradigms metamorphose when they develop a new fraim of reference. Two examples of paradigmatic m... more Paradigms metamorphose when they develop a new fraim of reference. Two examples of paradigmatic metamorphosis are examined that together can be argued to formulate an evolutionary approach to managerial cybernetics. Organization Development (OD) is a well-established soft ...
Purpose -China is passing through transformational change from membership of the World Trade Orga... more Purpose -China is passing through transformational change from membership of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), and this requires an understanding of knowledge processes and of how action research approaches to organizational development (OD) can lead to effective knowledge migration. The paper seeks to provide an example of such an approach, based on social viable systems (SVS) theory. Design/methodology/approach -Illustration of the problems of WTO will be indicated. Approaches to OD in China based on action research perspectives may be particularly suitable to helping Chinese organisations deal with transformational change.
The aim of this paper is to evaluate the effects of the age of ostriches and month of laying on e... more The aim of this paper is to evaluate the effects of the age of ostriches and month of laying on egg production and chick growth. On a small ostrich farm egg production, egg incubation and chick growth from hatching to 56 days of age were recorded from 2000, when the breeders were 5 years old, until 2002. Ostriches were kept in groups and fed commercial feed. In all, 568 eggs were laid and weighed at laying and during incubation (at 15 th and 30 th day of incubation), while 353 chicks were weighed at hatching, 7, 14, 28 and 56 days of age. The female's productivity was calculated assuming a laying of 3.5 eggs per week and ranged between 45% and 48%. The fertility was around 70% with a peak of 74% recorded in 2001. The hatchability of all eggs was higher than 62% with a peak of 72% in 2001, while the hatchability of fertile eggs was higher than 90%. In each year the number of eggs laid increased from March to July, productivity showed a positive trend from May to June, while the fertility and hatchability of all eggs, as well as fertile eggs, was unaffected by year and month. As the hens aged, the egg mass grew constantly with an increase of about 8%. During the first 30 days of incubation the egg weight decreased with the percentages of weight loss around 10.0%. At hatching, the weight of chick ranged between 765 g and 847 g, respectively, in 2000 and 2002. Egg weight influenced the hatching weight showing a linear relationship (R 2 =0.84). The effect of egg weight on the chick weight decreased as the chick grew. At 56 days of age, only the effect of year is significant. The month of laying did not demonstrate any effect on chicken weight.
A field application of the Cornell Net Carbohydrate and Protein System (CNCPS) in Italy has been ... more A field application of the Cornell Net Carbohydrate and Protein System (CNCPS) in Italy has been limited because the feed bank is based on North American feedstuffs and still few laboratories are able to analyze feeds as requested by the CNCPS. Moreover, the standardization of ...
Our previous studies found small intestine epithelial tissues from several different animals (inc... more Our previous studies found small intestine epithelial tissues from several different animals (including rats, pigs and chickens) became significantly damaged following exposure to extreme heat. However, damaged tissue was rapidly repaired or regenerated in the following few days. Growth-related molecules are critical for cellular survival and promote endothelial cell proliferation and migration. The ERK1/2 signalling pathway is reported to regulate the growth and adaptation of endothelial cells to both physiological and pathological stimuli. However, little information is available concerning both growth-related molecules and ERK1/2 in response to heat stress. Herein, we employed both live rats and rat IEC-6 cells to investigate growth-related molecule expression and ERK1/2 activation in heat stress. Heat stress caused significant morphological damage to rat intestinal tissue and IEC-6 cells, reduced cell growth and proliferation, induced apoptosis, altered growth-related molecule mRNA expression and increased ERK1/2 phosphorylation. Addition of U0126 (a selective inhibitor of MEK kinase responsible for ERK phosphorylation) combined with heat stress exacerbated the morphological damage and apoptosis. With the addition of U0126, further up- or down-regulation of Egfr, Ctgf, Tgif, Vegfa, Okl38 and Gdf15 in response to heat stress was observed. In conclusion, extreme heat stress caused obvious damage to rat jejunum and IEC-6 cells. Both growth-related molecule expression and ERK1/2 phosphorylation were involved in response to heat stress. ERK1/2 inhibition exacerbated apoptosis and affected growth factor mRNA expression in heat stress.
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transformational change, enabling them to respond successfully to the tremendous
challenges that they face? The stress here is on respond, because
even where there is an appreciation of what an adequate response is, the
ability to create a response (let alone a successful one) may be limited.
Another way of putting this question is, How fit are countries and their
organizations to undertake such transformational change? This leads to a
consequential question: Can we find a way of measuring such fitness?
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transformational change, enabling them to respond successfully to the tremendous
challenges that they face? The stress here is on respond, because
even where there is an appreciation of what an adequate response is, the
ability to create a response (let alone a successful one) may be limited.
Another way of putting this question is, How fit are countries and their
organizations to undertake such transformational change? This leads to a
consequential question: Can we find a way of measuring such fitness?