C. R. Henderson: the unfinished legacy.

Ideas and methods developed by Henderson have been applied widely to BLUP of additive genetic merit of animals and estimation of components of variance. However, a number of other contributions of Henderson to theory and application of animal breeding and statistics have not been as fully examined and exploited. Some of these contributions are complete in their own right and others lay the groundwork to help resolve remaining problems. Henderson had insight and made contributions to the areas of analysis of line and breed cross data, hypothesis testing under mixed linear models, prediction of breeding values with unknown variances, and selection models. The general flexibility of Henderson's mixed model methods to quantify a large variety of biological effects is also illustrated and discussed in light of new technologies in genetics and biology.     

C. R. Henderson: contributions to the dairy industry.

Through C. R. Henderson's position and the application of his knowledge, he had a major influence on genetic improvement in dairy cattle beginning in the 1950s. He developed herdmate comparisons in the United States. The first extensive program using pedigree selection and progeny testing of sires for use in AI was because of his suggestion. This program established the direction of dairy cattle improvement that still continues. He developed BLUP and discovered how to write the inverse of an additive genetic relationship matrix, A-1, without inverting the matrix. These accomplishments had a major impact on evaluation methods of dairy cattle and other livestock species. Use of BLUP and A-1 are standards for evaluation of breeding values all over the world. His pioneering work in estimation of components of variance and analyses of unbalanced data were also of primary importance for animal evaluation and many other applications. Henderson made a major contribution to mankind.     

Proteases of the soyabean. II. Specificity of the active fractions

Six proteolytic fractions of the soyabean differed in specificity on synthetic substrates. Their Michaelis constants on poly (L-glutamic acid) differed one from the other. The optimum pH values of proteolytic action were slightly lower than that of the crude extract. The fractions did not autolyse, nor did one fraction hydrolyse any other. Finally, none of the fractions exhibited trypsin-like activity, as characterised by ability to hydrolyse benzoylarginine ethyl ester, either at their optimum pH or at the pH optimum of trypsin.     

A modified hydroxamic acid method for the estimation of the activity of lipase (E.C. 3. 1. 1. 3)]

Optimal conditions for a modified hydroxymic acid method have been worked out with respect to the stability of the substrate emulsion; by systematically varying the ratios of the components of the solutions it was possible to develop a homogeneous reaction system which could be directly measured by spectrophotometry.     

美国引领在线葡萄酒消费

据OIV预计，世界葡萄酒消费量正缓慢增长，2005—2010年将上升8％。 但这种增长各地市场表现不一，葡萄酒品种间的增长也有差异。高端葡萄酒市场增长的较快，并且以卢森堡的人均消费增长的最快，美国市场也对这个增长起了很大作用。     

功能性红曲醋的研究

在进一步挖掘红曲保健功能的基础上,结合我国传统的保健调味品食醋,研制功能性红曲醋。在确定工艺路线后,首先进行醋酸菌的筛选工作,采用斜面分离纯化的方法得到所需的高纯度醋酸菌种子液,这其中历经两级种子的筛选方可将最终所得的醋酸菌接入发酵罐,得到所需产品。经检测,本产品呈棕红色,有光泽,具有发酵醋特有的香气,且无异味。醋液澄清无沉淀,其中酸度达4．9g／dL,还原糖2.30g／dL,盐分0．27g／dL,固形物11．88％。     

苔干水溶性粗多糖提取工艺及理化性质的研究

本文采用热水浸提、醇沉法提取苔干多糖,对苔干多糖提取工艺和一般理化性质进行了研究。选择浸提固液比、温度和时间作为单因素进行梯度实验,确定其条件范围,再通过正交实验L9(34)进一步确定苔干水溶性粗多糖最佳提取工艺条件。结果表明最佳提取工艺为:固液比1:40、浸提温度90℃、浸提时间3h、反复浸提2次。理化性质结果表明提取的苔干多糖中含有多肽或氨基酸,为蛋白质复合多糖。