Between these extremes are machines such as the McConnel, The evolution of the Sasex cutter for the whole stalk sugarwhich leaves the cane in a sausage for subsequent manhandling cane is discussed. The original concept was a very simple into windrows (with up to eight rows goinginto one windrow), machine known as the "cane sny7-. F~~~ this was developed or for building into stacks. There are al...

We developed a technology (capturing activated neuronal ensembles [CANE]) to label, manipulate, and transsynaptically trace neural circuits that are transiently activated in behavioral contexts with high efficiency and temporal precision. CANE consists of a knockin mouse and engineered viruses designed to specifically infect activated neurons. Using CANE, we selectively labeled neurons that wer...

A simple but viable whole stalk harvester for operating under local field conditions, which is compatible with existing manual and mechanical loading and hauling systems, is described. The efficiency and output of the cutter which has been tested over a number of harvesting seasons, and the operating costs are estimated. Various systems of handling both green and burnt cane by the Midway are co...

The results of these studies showed that mechanical loader and combine harvester performance varied considerably depending on the type of machine, cane yield, and crop and field conditions. Instantaneous loading rates and mechanical harvesting pour rates varied between 60 and 100 tons per hour. Infield cane losses were significantly lower where the cane was manually cut and mechanically loaded ...

OBJECTIVES To determine which, if any, of three inexpensive interventions improve gait regularity in patients with peripheral neuropathy (PN) while walking on an irregular surface under low-light conditions. DESIGN Observational. SETTING University of Michigan Biomechanics Research Laboratory. PARTICIPANTS Forty-two patients with PN (20 women), mean age+/-standard deviation=64.5+/-9.7. ...

A five year Joint Project between SASEX and the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Agriculture and Environmental Affairs was initiated in 1996, aimed at improving the crop production capabilities of small scale cane growers. As part of this Project, research trials were conducted to investigate the economics and practicalities of intercropping cane with food crops. Results from the first two years of ...

Sugar cane plantations have been expanding over a large area of the world for many centuries. During that time, sugar and several types of liquor, particularly rum, have been manufactured in huge quantities. In Brazil, about 300 million L of aguardente de cana are produced annually (Anon., 1953) by distilling fermented cane juice. Although the natural yeast flora of sugar cane juice may contrib...

The trashing versus burning debate has been raging for many years, where trashing is defined as the physical separation of leaf material from the cane ‘stick’ prior to transporting the cane stick to the mill. This paper steers away from the environmental debate and focuses on the economics of trashing versus burning. Trashed cane can generally be supplied quicker than burnt cane, reducing sucro...

From Jan 12th to Feb 12th 2008, the most severity cold chilling and freeze injury weather took place during the last 50 years in the southern of China. Sugar-cane was suffered injury severity. However, the losing of sugar-cane which it was aroused by this weather disaster had not been exactitude evaluated till on Apr 1st, 2008. It was not only affected the sugar-cane ordinary harvesting and cru...

This experiment was conducted to evaluate the intake, nutrient apparent digestibility and the effect of total collection days (two and four days) on apparent digestibility estimates for lambs fed diets containing sugar cane treated with calcium oxide (CaO). Eight Santa Inês castrated male lambs with a 16.6±1.8 kg body weight were used. The lambs were distributed in two 4×4 Latin squares, with f...