Meal patterns of weaned dairy calves are affected by previous dietary experience and associated with competition surrounding individual feed bins

The objective of this study was to evaluate how meal patterns of recently weaned and group-housed dairy calves are subject to effects of previous dietary experience and associated with competition for feed. During the preweaning period, Holstein heifer and bull calves were provided diets differing in provision and presentation of forage as follows: (1) pelleted starter only (n = 12), (2) starter and chopped coastal bermudagrass provided in separate buckets (n = 13), (3) starter and chopped coastal bermudagrass mixed together in the same bucket (n = 15), or (4) starter, chopped coastal bermudagrass, and liquid molasses mixed together in 1 bucket (n = 13). At 58 ± 2 (mean ± standard deviation) days of age, following weaning, calves were mingled between treatments and moved into group housing in weekly age-based cohorts (7 ± 2 calves/group; 8 groups total), and all were provided the mixed diet (without molasses). Within group pens, calves were fed individually using the Calan Broadbent feeding system (American Calan Inc.). Calves were monitored for 1 wk following introduction to the group pen. Feed intake was measured daily. Behavioral data, describing feeding times and competition for feed, were recorded continuously for 48 h beginning after a 5-d adaptation to the group pen. Calves previously provided starter only had longer, less frequent meals than calves previously provided forage in any form, and they tended to consume less feed compared with those previously provided starter and hay separately, with calves previously provided mixed diets having intermediate intakes. We observed occurrences of displacements at bins, which were followed by replacements and feed stealing on some occasions, where 34% of calves consumed feed from a bin assigned to another calf on at least 1 occurrence, and 64% of calves were stolen from at least once. Competition at feed bins was not affected by previous dietary treatments, but was associated with meal patterns. Actor displacement rate was negatively associated with meal frequency and duration, but calves that were displaced more often were those that spent more time feeding. These results suggested a possible carryover effect of previous exposure to forage on postweaning meal patterns following a dietary change. Further, we found that competitive behavior varied considerably between individuals, occurring frequently despite feeding calves using individually-assigned feeding bins, and was associated with meal characteristics. These results highlighted the importance of considering both previous dietary experience and social factors when evaluating feeding behavior.     

基于LBT-SA的LoRaWAN信道接入方法研究

标准LoRaWAN协议中定义的纯ALOHA信道接入方法在网络负载较大时会造成大量碰撞，使LoRa网络的可扩展性和可靠性受到极大挑战。为此提出了一种将先听后说与模拟退火相结合（Listen Before Talk combined with Simulated Annealing，LBT-SA）的LoRa信道接入方法。该方法通过在设备发送之前先监听信道，降低信道被同时接入的概率，并以成功传输所需退避时间为初始值，搜索更小的退避时间。仿真结果表明，LBT-SA和基于二元指数退避算法的先听后说（Listen Before Talk，LBT）方法在包成功传输率方面保持了高度的一致，并且LBT-SA在周期传输过程中逐渐减少了不必要的退避时间，从而减少了时延。在多达10 000个终端接入单个网关的场景中，该算法的平均退避时间至少降低了16.38%。     

实物地质资料展览展示研究——以国土资源实物地质资料中心为例

为了让国家馆藏实物地质资料资源“看得见、可获取、用得起、盘得活”,服务于拥有不同需求的专业人员和社会公众用户群体,在展览展示内容、展示方法和结构上有所创新,经过深入、系统地科学研究,理清了实物地质资料展览展示的特色,准确把握和定位了展览大纲,使实物展品、辅助展品、展示方式与展厅所在建筑物融为一体,全面科学地落实和确定了实物地质资料展品和布展方案,创新了实物地质资料展览展示技术方法,提出了以国家馆藏实物地质资料为基础的典型实物展示与多媒体全面展示相结合、模块化展览设计的技术思路,为实物地质资料展览展示的进一步研究提供了技术储备。     

鄂尔多斯盆地延长油气区延长组长7段陆相页岩含气性分析

通过气测录井、地化分析、现场解吸测试等手段,证实了气测录井资料定性判断页岩含气性特征具有较强的可行性,并针对延长油气区长7段陆相页岩选取了东西和南北两个方向进行了含气性定性分析;重新分析和确定了页岩现场解吸实验中的损失时间,对USBM法中提钻过程中的损失时间进行了修正,提出了改进的USBM法来恢复损失气量。通过现场解吸实验,定量刻画了长7段页岩含气量,总含气量为1.87～5.23 m~3/t,平均含气量为3.51m~3/t,其中解吸气含量为0.28～2.14m~3/t,损失气含量为0.49～4.34m~3/t,残余气含量为0.17～0.61m~3/t。延长组页岩整体含气量不高、含气丰度低,总含气量随着深度具有明显增加的趋势,与定性分析结果一致。     

基于学科竞赛的中医药类院校程序设计课程教学模式的探索

高素质人才培养是我国可持续发展战略、科教兴国战略以及人才强国战略等多项发展战略的一项基础性工程。本文针对中医药类院校程序设计类课程实践教学模式单一等教学实际，以“学科竞赛”为平台，“赛教结合”为理念，以《C语言程序设计》为例，从现存问题、赛教结合模式的引入、建立实施及其评价机制4个方面展开阐述，旨在提高学生学习积极性和能力。     

首届全国大学生化工实验大赛总决赛的实践与思考

本文介绍了首届全国大学生化工实验大赛总决赛的组织、实施过程，重点介绍了为保证总决赛的公平公正所采取的措施；统计了参赛者的化工原理理论和化工原理实验成绩，分析了理论和实验教学中可能存在的问题，总结了理论教学和实验教学需要改进的地方，探讨了化工实验大赛对培养学生实践能力和创新精神的推动作用。     

赛教结合在《建筑工程预算软件应用》课程中的实践研究

本文从职业技能竞赛的角度探讨了如何将"赛教结合"的理念应用到工程造价专业《建筑工程预算软件应用》核心课程中,构建基于"赛教结合"的《建筑工程预算软件应用》课程的教学体系和教学保障体系,以大赛带动教学,促进赛教一体化,实现毕业生零距离上岗,提高工程造价行业技术技能型人才培养水准。同时对培养学生的动手能力和工程素质,以及提升教师教学水平有着十分重要的实践意义。     

Sperm metabolism is altered during storage by female insects: evidence from two-photon autofluorescence lifetime measurements in bedbugs

We explore the possibility of characterizing sperm cells without the need to stain them using spectral and fluorescence lifetime analyses after multi-photon excitation in an insect model. The autofluorescence emission spectrum of sperm of the common bedbug, Cimex lectularius, was consistent with the presence of flavins and NAD(P)H. The mean fluorescence lifetimes showed smaller variation in sperm extracted from the male (tau m, τ_m = 1.54–1.84 ns) than in that extracted from the female sperm storage organ (tau m, τ_m = 1.26–2.00 ns). The fluorescence lifetime histograms revealed four peaks. These peaks (0.18, 0.92, 2.50 and 3.80 ns) suggest the presence of NAD(P)H and flavins and show that sperm metabolism can be characterized using fluorescence lifetime imaging. The difference in fluorescence lifetime variation between the sexes is consistent with the notion that female animals alter the metabolism of sperm cells during storage. It is not consistent, however, with the idea that sperm metabolism represents a sexually selected character that provides females with information about the male genotype.     

Nash equilibrium cooperative transmission strategy considering competition

In cooperative communications, employing the idle relay node for forwarding data can effectively improve the transmission rate and performance of the wireless networks. Therefore, various relay node selection algorithms are proposed. However, most of the existing algorithms just focus on the benefit caused by relay nodes, while ignoring the negative effect of the backoff duration time which does not exist in direct transmission, when more than one flow compete for the same relay node. To this end, considering both advantage and adverse impact caused by the relay node, we adopt the game-theoretic approach and propose a cooperative transmission strategy based on the Nash equilibrium, named the Nash Equilibrium Cooperative Transmission Strategy (NECTS). The NECTS can not only guarantee the gain of each flow, but also maximize the system performance, and improve the system throughput effectively. Simulation results show that the NECTS can take the advantage of cooperative communications. Meanwhile, it can avoid the unnecessary competition, and its performance outperforms that of the existing methods.