Dietary forage NDF (fNDF) offers the potential of combining fiber and its particle size influences in a common index. For this reason, it may be more precise than dietary NDF or proportion of concentrate to predict dairy cow responses. To evaluate this hypothesis a database was compiled from 116 published experiments (n = 289 treatments) where dietary NDF or concentrate varied. Forages were lon...

Accurate digital terrain models (DTMs) are necessary for a wide variety applications. National-scale mediumresolution elevation data have been acquired for the conterminous United States under the USGS National Elevation Data (NED; 10 m and 30 m), the Shuttle Radar Topographic Mapping (SRTM; 30 m), and the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER; 30 m) programs. In...

What we have learned from urinary bladder cancer models Carina Bernardo1,2, Céu Costa1,4, Carlos Palmeira1,3,4, Rosário Pinto-Leite1,5, Paula Oliveira6, Rui Freitas7, Francisco Amado2, Lúcio L. Santos1,4,8 1Experimental Pathology and Therapeutics Group-Research Center, Portuguese Oncology Institute-Porto (IPO-Porto), Rua Dr. António Bernardino de Almeida, 4200-072 Porto, Portugal. 2Mass Spectro...

To assess the usefulness of the population pharmacokinetic parameters of vancomycin (VCM) based on a two-compartment model in Japanese adult patients, predictability by a Bayesian method was evaluated using a concentration time course after single dosing to 22 patients with various degrees of renal function. Using one or two points from the observed data for each patient, the concentrations pre...

Pulp properties are key factors to assessing the performance of a refining process, evaluating operational conditions, and optimizing the process of stock preparation. This paper presents a data-driven approach to estimate the beating degree and wet weight of pulp after refining using case-based reasoning (CBR). Historical data generated in a refining process at a paper mill was used to evaluat...

JAN SIPMA,1,2 M. BEGOÑA OSUNA,1,3 MARIA A. E. EMANUELSSON,1 and PAULA M. L. CASTRO1 1Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Universidade Catolica Portuguesa, Rua Dr. Antonio Bernardino de Almeida, 4200-072 Porto, Portugal 2Laboratorium for chemical and environmental engineering (LEQUIA), Faculty of Sciences, University of Girona, Campus de Montilivi 17071 Girona, Spain 3CSIC-CEAB, Cala St Francesc 1...

V Girijashankar1*, KK Sharma2, P Balakrishna and N Seetharama 1. Centre for Biotechnology, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU), Kukatpally, Hyderabad 500 072, Andhra Pradesh, India 2. International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Patancheru 502 324, Andhra Pradesh, India 3. National Research Centre for Sorghum (NRCS), Rajendranagar, Hyderabad 500 030, ...