分段螺旋式甘草茎秆揉切装置设计与试验

针对全混合日粮饲草料揉切需求,该研究设计了一种分段螺旋式甘草茎秆揉切装置,对分段螺旋叶片的主体结构和搅龙结构参数进行设计,建立了刃口曲线方程,分析了装置揉切机理,并试制了分段螺旋式甘草茎秆揉切装置试验台。以搅龙转速、加工时间、填充系数、刀片与底壳间隙为因素,以粒度、破节率、单位质量能耗为指标,开展四因素三水平Box-Behnken试验,对试验结果进行方差分析和二次回归拟合,得出各因素对粒度影响显著性由大到小为加工时间、搅龙转速、填充系数、刀片与底壳间隙;对破节率的影响显著性由大到小为加工时间、填充系数、搅龙转速、刀片与底壳间隙;对单位质量能耗的影响显著性由大到小为填充系数、加工时间、搅龙转速、刀片与底壳间隙。对交互影响因素进行响应曲面分析并进行参数优化验证试验,结果表明:当搅龙转速为25 r/min、加工时间为12 min、填充系数为0.46、刀片与底壳间隙为15 mm时,甘草茎秆的揉切粉碎粒度为11.76 mm,破节率为83.27%,此时单位质量能耗为9 959.82 J/kg,试验值与模型理论值误差不超过7%,参数优化模型合理,满足作业要求。研究结果可为全混合日粮搅拌机的研发提供理...     

Simulating forest cover change in the northeastern U.S.: decreasing forest area and increasing fragmentation

Landscape Ecology - Understanding how the Northern Forest landscape has changed and is likely to change, both in terms of forest extent and forest configuration, has important implications for...     

Aquatic dissipation of the herbicide triclopyr in Lake Minnetonka,Minnesota

A study of the aquatic fate of the triethylamine salt of triclopyr (3,5,6‐trichloro‐2‐pyridinyloxyacetic acid) was conducted in three bays of Lake Minnetonka, Minnesota. Triclopyr is under review by the US Environmental Protection Agency as a selective aquatic herbicide. The primary purpose of this study was to determine dissipation rates of the parent active ingredient, triclopyr, and its major metabolites, 3,5,6‐trichloropyridinol (TCP) and 3,5,6‐trichloro‐2‐methoxypyridine (TMP) in selected matrices including water, sediment, plants, finfish and shellfish. Two 6.5‐ha plots dominated by the weedy species Eurasian watermilfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum L) were treated with triclopyr‐triethylammonum at a rate of 2.5 mg AE liter⁻¹ (2.5 ppm) on 21–23 June 1994. A third 6.5‐ha plot was established as an untreated reference. Water and sediment samples were collected from within the plots and at selected locations up to 1600 m outside of the plots through six weeks post‐treatment for chemical residue analysis. In addition, residue samples were collected from the target and non‐target plants and other non‐target matrices, including game and rough fish, clams and crayfish. All test animals were sequestered in cages located in the center of each plot and samples were collected through four weeks post‐treatment. Half‐lives for dissipation of triclopyr and TCP in water ranged from 3.7 to 4.7 days and from 4.2 to 7.9 days, respectively, with trace amounts of TMP found. Peak triclopyr sediment values ranged from 257 to 335 ng gram⁻¹, with a mean half‐life of 5.4 days, while peak TCP sediment levels ranged from 27 to 65 ng gram⁻¹ (mean half−life = 11.0 days). Trace levels of TMP were detected at one treatment site at one sampling event. Triclopyr and TCP accumulated and cleared from animal tissues proportionately to concentrations in the water (triclopyr dissipation half‐lives <11 days, TCP < 14 days). TMP levels were two to three times higher than those of the other compounds, particularly in visceral tissue. In all cases, residues of these compounds were higher in the inedible portions of the animals, and were usually higher in bottom‐feeding fish species. © 2000 Society of Chemical Industry     

Non-lethal strategies to reduce browse damage in eucalypt plantations

Browsing by mammalian herbivores is a major problem in plantation forestry worldwide. This has traditionally been controlled through a reduction in herbivore numbers achieved by lethal means, namely shooting and poisoning. In recent years, however, there has been increasing social and political pressure to reduce reliance on such lethal controls, and consequently research into non-lethal controls is becoming increasingly important. In order for non-lethal methods to be efficiently incorporated into management, however, we must first identify those that are most effective under operational conditions. Different methods are rarely tested concurrently, and many have only been proven effective with captive animals or in small scale field trials. This study therefore sought to consolidate past research by combining non-lethal methods, which were known to significantly reduce browsing damage, into a single trial to enable their relative effectiveness to be compared under operational conditions.     

Mechanisms of cuticular uptake of xenobiotics into living plants: evaluation of a logistic-kinetic penetration model

The objective of this study was to determine whether a logistic-kinetic penetration model could be applied to whole plant uptake. Uptake over 24 h was determined for three model compounds, applied in the presence and absence of surfactants, into the leaves of two plant species. Data for two time intervals were used in the model to predict uptake at intermediate intervals and compared with experimental results. Overall, the model fit the whole plant uptake data well. The study confirmed that an increase (or decrease) in active ingredient (ai) concentration or an increase in contact area will have no effect on the penetration rate factor, q, within the normal working concentration range. This enabled uptake to be predicted at different times for concentrations of ai not already studied, having first derived q for one concentration of the formulation of interest and having 24 h (maximum) uptake results for all formulations and concentrations of interest. The advantages of the models and equations described are that few variables are required, and they are simple to measure.     

腾冲红花油茶籽油主要理化成分分析

对云南9个代表性种群的腾冲红花油茶籽油的主要理化成分进行分析。结果表明：比重、折光指数、酸值和过氧化值的变化幅度依次为0.903 2～0.915 9 d40/40、1.470 0～1.473 6 n40、0.345 0～0.750 5 mg/g、11.905 1～33.629 9 meq/kg;通过气相色谱法分析,腾冲红花油茶籽油富含不饱和脂肪酸,含量为82.11%～84.04%;并且富含钙、磷、钾等矿质元素。     

基于LabVIEW的果园开沟深度监测系统的设计与试验

针对开沟作业过程中存在作业深度依靠人工监测准确性低、人工工作量大等问题,研制了一种基于LabVIEW的开沟深度监测系统,配套搭建了单片机下位机系统,实现了开沟深度等参数的实时监测、计算、显示与保存。为了降低作业环境、机具抖动对数据造成的影响,分别采用中值滤波、卡尔曼滤波、小波降噪-卡尔曼滤波3种滤波方法对数据进行滤波修正处理。试验验证表明:系统能够实时监测开沟作业过程中的开沟深度,并实时计算开沟深度平均值、开沟深度标准差、开沟深度稳定、作业时间等参数;对比3种滤波算法,小波降噪-卡尔曼滤波降噪效果最好,能够实现对数据的滤波修正处理,修正后系统准确性较好,能够满足系统设计需求。     

Effect of dipeptide on intestinal peptide transporter 1 gene expression: An evaluation using primary cultured chicken intestinal epithelial cells

Peptide transporter 1 (PepT1) is a transporter responsible for absorbing dipeptide and tripeptide in enterocytes and is upregulated by dipeptide in mammals. It has not been certain whether intestinal PepT1 expression is responsive to dipeptides in chickens because of the lack of in vitro study using the cultured enterocytes. This study established a primary culture model of chicken intestinal epithelial cells (IECs) in two-dimensional monolayer culture using collagen gel by which the response of chicken PepT1 gene expression to dipeptide stimuli was evaluated. The cultured chicken IECs showed the epithelial-like morphology attached in a patch-manner and exhibited positive expression of cytokeratin and epithelial cadherin, specific marker proteins of epithelial cells. Moreover, the chicken IECs exhibited the gene expression of intestinal cell type-specific marker, villin1, mucin 2, and chromogranin A, suggesting that the cultured IECs were composed of enterocytes as well as goblet and enteroendocrine cells. PepT1 gene expression was significantly upregulated by synthetic dipeptide, glycyl-l-glutamine, in the cultured IECs. From the results, we herein suggested that dipeptide is a factor upregulating PepT1 gene expression in chicken IECs.