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Life cycle assessment of various alternative management strategies in the swine industry was performed to evaluate their impact on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, cumulative energy use, and cumulative water use. The management strategies included the use of immunocastration (IC), production without ractopamine (NoRAC), production without antimicrobials used for either growth promotion (NoAGP) or disease prevention (NoPREV), production of entire males (boars) (EM), and use of gestation pens (PENS). A common baseline scenario representing standard management practices in the swine industry was created against which all alternative management practices were compared pairwise. The study scope was from cradle-to-farm gate with a functional unit of 1 kg live weight at the farm gate. The baseline and each alternative management scenario was simulated in Pig Production Environmental Footprint Calculator (PPEC) model by varying key variables to populate life cycle inventory inputs for SimaPro V7.3 (Pre' Consultant, the Netherlands), a life cycle assessment modeling program. Increase in GHG emissions, energy use, and water use were observed

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We had invented a glass railing system, in which we had design a Oval shape base shoe that use a simple nylon fixture; that makes installation and un-installation of this system in a very simple process. Stainless steel anchors are used to mount in a horizontal base of a shoe and at some distance from each other for mounting on ground. Nylon fixture applies force on glass panel due to which opposite side of the glass panel settles against PVC compressive sheet which is on another side of glass panel; that makes installation and un installation of this system a very simple process. Due to Oval in shape dirt and water while cleaning or in monsoon doesn't settle on it.