Sheaf theoretic notions and methods have entered model theory during recent years and important constructions like reduced powers and products, unions of chains, Boolean valued models and models for non-classical logics appear here in a unified setting. If one looks at a sheaf as a generalized structure, then forcing becomes the genuine extension of the validity relation between models and form...

Sugarcane is an important resource for bioenergy. Fields are usually established by using 15-20 cm pieces of sugarcane stalks as propagation material. An alternative method is to use small chips with nodes from sugarcane stalks. Plants from nodes are often established in plastic pots, but plastic pots could be replaced with biodegradable paper pots. This would be a more sustainable solution, re...

compared to a 5% untreated stalk control (2013 Nebraska Beef Cattle Report, pp. 70-73). Treatment process in all of these university trials included 5% CaO (Mississippi Lime, StoverCalO, granulated quicklime) with 95% corn stalks (DM basis) and then mixed with enough water to produce a final mix that was 50% DM. No data are available using commercial treatment technologies and mixing and storin...

Corn residues (cobs, leaves and stalks) are abundantly available renewable materials that can be used as an energy source in gasification and combustion systems. Proper understanding of the physical properties of these materials is necessary for their use in thermochemical conversion processes. The physical properties (moisture content, particle size, bulk density and porosity) of corn cobs, le...

Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor ( L. ) Moench ) has emerged as a leading candidate for biomass utilization among energy crops due to high yield potential, ease o f culture and wide adaptibility. Previously, enormous diversity present in the germplasm has been manipulated by sorghum breeding programs primarily to produce grain, syrup or forage. Development of sorghums for energy utilization will requir...