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"Feeding and Management Practices of Baby Pigs"
Three studies were conducted to evaluate some sow and litter management practices. In study 1, 35 Large White and seven American Landrace sows and their litters were used to determine the production efficiency of sows and piglets weaned at 35 days... Read more.PhD in Animal Production (University of the Philippines Los Baños)"Fractionation and Characterization of Ipil-ipil (Leucaena Leucocephala (Lam.) de Wit.) Seed Proteins"
Defatted meal from ipil-ipil seeds was found to contain 34.40 ± 0.13 percent crude protein. Total soluble proteins obtained by Osborne fractionation amounted to 79.79 percent, broken down as follows: 51.74 percent albumins, 13.95 percent... Read more.MS in Agricultural Chemistry (University of the Philippines Los Baños)"Ingress, Internal Spread, and Some Factors Affecting Pathogenicity of Diplodia Tubericola (E. & E.) Taub. in Sweet Potato"
Inoculation by placing the fungus in a hole with 5-mm diameter and 8-mm depth was successfully employed in these studies. Mycelial agar disc induced disease development faster than spore suspension. The mycelia could not penetrate through the... Read more.MS in Plant Pathology (University of the Philippines Los Baños)"Morpho-physiological Characteristics and Soil Moisture Relationships in Some Plant Species of Upland Ecosystems"
The soil moisture contents of five upland ecosystems, found at the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) Upland Hydroecology Program Main Site at Puting Lupa, Calamba, Laguna, were monitored daily over a two-month period, covering the... Read more.MS in Botany (University of the Philippines Los Baños)"Nutritional Status of Schoolchildren in Lopez Jaena, Misamis Occidental"
The study sought to: 1) appraise the nutritional status of elementary schoolchildren by height and weight measurement and nutrient deficiencies based on clinical signs and symptoms; 2) determine the relationship of nutritional status of... Read more.MS in Applied Nutrition (University of the Philippines Los Baños)"Optimum Stratification by Non-linear Programming"
Optimum stratification in the case of multivariate surveys was obtained by minimizing sampling cost given fixed error levels. A mathematical model, in which every equation involved was expressed only in terms of the total sample size, n, and the... Read more.MS in Statistics (University of the Philippines Los Baños)"Studies on Sweet Corn as Potential Young Cob Corn (Zea Mays L.)"
Three experiments were conducted to select a potential young cob corn variety and determine the nutritional value of young cob corn, the proper stage for harvesting, and the optimum rate of fertilizer and plant population for maximum yield. The... Read more.PhD in Horticulture (University of the Philippines Los Baños)"The Effect of Prostaglandin F2-alpha (PGF2a) or Norepinephrine on Estrus, Ovulation, and Pregnancy in the Philippine Carabaos and Murrah Buffaloes"
Three studies were conducted at the Department of Animal Science, University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) and at the Department of Animal Science, Central Luzon State University (CLSU), Muñoz, Nueva Ecija to determine the effect... Read more.PhD in Animal Science (University of the Philippines Los Baños)"The Effectiveness of Information Mapping Compared with the Conventional Paragraph in Communicating Technical Information"
An experiment was done to compared the effectiveness of Information Mapping (IM) and the conventional paragraph (CP). Effectiveness was a function of the following characteristics; it required the subjects less time to read; it entailed less time for... Read more.MS in Development Communication (University of the Philippines Los Baños)"The Mosque as a Medium of Development Communication in a Malaysian Mukim"
This study attempted to find out how mosque officials and villiage residents perceived the following: 1) the role of mosque in the community; 2) use of the Friday sermon as a medium for development communication; 3) use of the mosque by the extension... Read more.MS in Development Communication (University of the Philippines Los Baños)