The aim of this study was to estimate genetic and phenotypic parameters of growth traits consisting of birth weight (BW), weaning weight (WW), 6 mo body weight (6WM), 12 mo body weight (12WM), and 18 mo body weight (18WM) of Ettawa Grade goats. The number of goat used to determine growth traits of BW, WW, 6WM, 12WM, and 18WM were 316; 316; 259; 259 and 165 heads, respectively. Data were analyzed using General Linear Model (GLM) to identify non-genetic effect. Estimation of genetic and phenotypic parameters including heritability, repeatability, genetic and phenotypic correlation were calculated using Restricted Maximum Likelihood and GLM. Genetic trends were calculated using the regression of mean breeding values on birth year. The results showed that parity and type of birth had significant (P<0.05) influence on all growth traits. Estimated heritability of birth,

Micro Air Vehicles (MAVs) are a new type of aircraft maturing day by day and have reached unprecedented levels of growth recently. Similarly to larger Unmanned Air Vehicles (UAVs), MAVs have enormous potential in applications, both military and civilian, like reconnaissance over battlefields and surveillance of urban areas, data relay, air sampling etc. This article describes the development and selection of a fixed wing MAV with the analysis of simulated results. High wing theory with NACA 4412 aerofoil's analytical data has been used to practically predict the performance of the MAV.

Since InSAR technique has a capability to detect a small surface elevation changes over large area, InSAR system has been used widely for good resolution mapping and other applications on various applied sciences. InSAR imagery is applied to investigate surface change and result detailed maps of contour, which help to detect disaster areas. This research is aimed to estimate the land subsidence using the differential interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR). The research object is located in the west part of Japan, Kanto Plain area, where ground water actively is being extracted in quite large scale and produces centimeters of subsidence every year. Over the analyzed area, the surface deformation was detected and it was only related to subsidence process. In other words, there is no surface arising or uplift of surface. It signed by color phase changes correspond from zero to minus values.

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