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...

Zinc (Zn) is involved in regulating mental and motor functions of the brain. Previous approaches have determined Zn content in the brain using semi-quantitative histological methods. We present here an alternative approach to map and quantify Zn levels in the synapses from mossy fibers to CA3 region of the hippocampus. Based on the use of nuclear microscopy, which is a combination of imaging an...

The aims of this study were to determine hatching performance, body and yolk weight at hatching, the growth rate during the yolk absorption and yolk conversion efficiency of Black Sea trout, brook trout and their hybrid larvae, and to compare the relationships between length, total wet weight, dry yolk body weights of alevins and degree-days. The Black Sea trout egg has shorter incubation durat...

PURPOSE To examine the accumulation of wet and/or dry weight in the ocular lens as a function of age in different species. METHODS Wet weights and/or fixed dry weights were obtained from measurements in the author's laboratory and from the literature for over 14,000 lenses of known-ages, representing 130 different species. Various algorithms were tested to determine the most suitable for desc...

the effect  of  economical and manure eiements on the mentha piperita growth and function.to study the effect of economical and manure elements on the mentha piperita growth and function experimentally compeletly accidentaly performed with four amount of manure and 3 levels of iron little nutritious and zinc by 3 replication the replications involved the manure in 4 levels (0, 15, 25, 35) tonne...

115 samples of Labeo calbasu ranged 8.0-17.9cm length with mean11.90±1.96 and 4.9-68.5g weight with mean 22.25±12.54 from the River Chenab, Southern Punjab, Pakistan were analyzed to investigate length-weight relationships (LWR) of fish in relation to condition factor (K). Standard length (SL), fork length (FL), head length (HL) head width (HW), body girth (BG), dorsal fin length (DFL), dorsal ...

A feeding trial evaluated the hypothesis that wet corn gluten feed would improve growth performance of cattle fed steam-flaked corn-based finishing diets and supply required degradable intake protein (DIP). The trial used 360 steer calves (initial BW = 288 +/- 11 kg) housed in 36 pens for 166 d in an incomplete 4 x 3 factorial arrangement of treatments. Pens of steers were assigned to treatment...

The phenomenon of hypertrophy of the hemidiaphragm following denervation was found to occur in the mouse, rabbit and in the right hemidiaphragm of the rat. The peak of the hypertrophy occurred between 5 and 8 days in the mouse, at which time increases of 2437% in wet weight of the hemidiaphragm were observed. In the rabbit the maximum hypertrophy observed was 29.5% at IO days after denervation....

Here we report accumulation patterns of polychlorinated naphthalenes (PCNs), polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs), polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and pesticides (HCB, p,p'DDE) in polar organisms (polar bear from Alaskan Arctic and krill, sharp-spined notothen, crocodile icefish, Antarctic silverfish, Adélie penguin, South polar skua, and Weddell se...

We used the immature rat uterotrophic assay to determine the estrogenicity of bisphenol A (BPA). We administered BPA (in sesame oil) to rats subcutaneously (sc; 0, 8, 40, and 160 mg/kg/day) or orally (0, 40, 160, and 800 mg/kg/day) for 3 days beginning on postnatal day (PND) 18; rats were sacrificed 24 hr after the last administration. Uterine wet, blotted, and relative weights increased in all...