This work compared the effect of ensiling technique and application of urea or a cellulase± hemicellulase enzyme mixture (FSO2) on the conservation of whole crop wheat. Awheat crop harvested at 600 g dry matter (DM) kgÿ1 was conserved with or without the application of urea (40 g kgÿ1 DM) and four levels of FSO2 (0, 1750, 3500 and 15 503 ml tÿ1 DM). Each forage (5 kg DM) was conserved in polyth...

Two trials were conducted to evaluate the effects of microbial inoculation for preservation of high-moisture corn (HMC). In Trial 1, three concrete, upright silos were filled with 83 t of HMC that was treated with either a dry microbial inoculant (DI), reconstituted liquid microbial inoculant (RLI), or an untreated control (CON). The CON or RLI-treated HMC were placed in two silos in Trial 2. B...

When designers set out to create a mathematics learning activity, they have a fair sense of its objectives: students will understand a concept and master relevant procedural skills. In reform-oriented activities, students first engage in concrete situations, wherein they achieve situated, intermediary learning objectives (SILOs), and only then they rearticulate their solutions formally. We defi...

Introduction In the business management theory of constraints, throughput is the rate at which a system achieves its purpose. For a hospital the purpose or “aim of the system”, as W. Edward Deming refers to it, is to deliver quality patient care as efficiently as possible. Unfortunately, the fragmentation of a hospital’s activities across departmental operational silos propagates waste, comprom...

■ Compressor for dust collection in silos The automated stimulation delivery platform automates and streamlines surface operations, resulting in a smaller footprint, increased efficiencies, and reduced NPT. A combination of bulk material delivery and storage systems, equipment designed for continuous operations, automated processes, and accurate inventory management enables more-efficient, reli...