Grain boundaries are effective sinks for radiation-induced defects, ultimately impacting the radiation tolerance of nanocrystalline materials (dense materials with nanosized grains) against net defect accumulation. However, irradiation-induced grain growth leads to grain boundary area decrease, shortening potential benefits of nanostructures. A possible approach to mitigate this is the introduc...

Response of near-isogenic sorghum lines, differing at the P locus for plant colour, to grain mould and head smut fungi" (2013). Abstract Leaves and stalks of many sorghum genotypes accumulate dark red or purple pigments upon wounding while some plants, called 'tan,' do not. Grains with unpigmented 'white' pericarps grown on tan plants are more desirable for food. The hypothesis tested was that ...

Deformation twinning from grain boundaries is often observed in face-centered cubic metals with low stacking fault energy. One of the possible factors that contribute to twinning origination from grain boundaries is the intergranular interactions during deformation. Nonetheless, the influence of mechanical interaction among grains on twin evolution has not been fully understood. In spite of ext...

Assessing the disruption and resilience of the agricultural grain supply chain is critical to ensure grain supply and stabilize grain price in the final market. This research proposes a quantitative model to analyze how a grain processor regains robustness when supply is disrupted by a natural disaster upstream, and how this disruption affects grain retailers downstream. Two supply chain recove...

This paper presents a data hiding technique based on a new compression enhancement called Film Grain Technology. Film grain is a midfrequency noise-like pattern naturally appearing in imagery captured on film. The Film Grain Technology is a method for modeling and removing the film grain, thus enhancing the compression efficiency, and then using the model parameters to create synthetic film gra...

Fine-grain and coarse-grain computing architectures are evaluated with regard to a hardware implementation with optoelectronic interconnects. Three examples for fine-grain optoelectronic VLSI architectures are presented and their hardware requirements are specified. Furthermore technological aspects of a realisation of an optical interface with high density for fine-grain optoelectronic VLSI ar...

Desirable grain quality attributes vary depending upon the intended end use of grain. Environment, production practices and genetics are all of importance. Nutritional value of grain is most important for animal feed. Dry mill and alkaline cooked products require hard kernels with low breakage susceptibility and high protein concentration. Grain for these uses would best be produced under dryla...

Prior studies at Purdue University have shown that PTO entanglements occur most frequently on portable grain augers. A research project was conducted to measure operator exposure to PTO components and document work patterns during the use of grain augers. Information on the methodologies used to measure operator exposure is presented along with data on exposure to conventional grain augers whil...

Grain weight, which is controlled by quantitative trait loci (QTLs), is one of the most important determinants of rice yield. Although many QTLs for grain weight have been identified, little is known about how different alleles in different QTLs coordinate to determine grain weight. In the present study, six grain-weight-QTLs were detected in seven mapping populations (two F2, one F3, and four ...

BACKGROUND Drying is currently the most frequently used conservation method for cereal grain, which in temperate climates consumes a major part of process energy. Airtight storage of moist feed grain using the biocontrol yeast Pichia anomala as biopreservation agent can substantially reduce the process energy for grain storage. In this study we tested the potential of moist stored grain for bio...