Enzymic and in sacco methods to estimate rumen degradation of food protein in cattle

BACKGROUND: Two factorial studies compared enzymic and in sacco methods to estimate degradation of ruminant foods. Enzyme degradation (in vitro = enzyme) was determined from the release of leucine‐equivalent amino acid (LA) crude protein (CP) from sunflower meal (SF), maize gluten meal (MG), distillers' dark grain (DG) and field beans (FB) after their separate incubations with Streptomyces griseus enzyme for 0–24 h. In sacco crude protein (CP) degradation of these foods was estimated during washing (0 h) and rumen incubations in fistulated cows for 2–24 h. The LA data were expressed as g LA per either kg of CP (LACP) or acid‐hydrolysable LA (HLA) of each food and compared with in sacco data. RESULTS: These methods showed comparable degradation with time (P < 0.01). The in sacco and HLA were greater than LACP for all foods except MG where in sacco value was either lower or equal to LACP depending upon the incubation time (P > 0.05 or P < 0.05). Conversely, HLA was significantly (P < 0.01) greater than LACP from 2 h onwards. At 0 h, in sacco values were significantly greater than those of enzyme for SF, DG and FB (P < 0.05) but not for MG. The foods differed significantly for degradation constants (a, b, c) in each method (P < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: Despite variations between in sacco and enzyme estimates for different foods, the relationships between these estimates suggest that the HLA enzyme method has the potential to estimate food degradation. Copyright © 2007 Society of Chemical Industry     

Germanium islands embedded in strained silicon quantum wells grown on patterned substrates

Germanium islands were embedded in strained silicon quantum wells in order to provide an improved electron confinement in vicinity of the islands. Growth was performed on relaxed SiGe layers. Patterned substrates were used, favouring lattice relaxation as well permitting the fabrication of small Ge islands at deposition temperatures above 500 °C. Photoluminescence analysis reveals a strongly reduced dislocation related signal. The low temperature spectra are dominated by intense signals from the germanium islands. The origin of these signals were investigated by removing the islands by etching, analysing reference samples without a silicon quantum well, varying the germanium deposition and the growth temperature.     

Efficient Reflectance and Visibility Approximations for Environment Map Rendering

We present a technique for approximating isotropic BRDFs and precomputed self-occlusion that enables accurate and efficient prefiltered environment map rendering. Our approach uses a nonlinear approximation of the BRDF as a weighted sum of isotropic Gaussian functions. Our representation requires a minimal amount of storage, can accurately represent BRDFs of arbitrary sharpness, and is above all, efficient to render. We precompute visibility due to self-occlusion and store a low-frequency approximation suitable for glossy reflections. We demonstrate our method by fitting our representation to measured BRDF data, yielding high visual quality at real-time frame rates.     

高速连续数据记录系统中双页缓存的设计和实现

在高速连续数据记录系统中，存储设备需要速度匹配单元来实现高速连续数据记录，文章讨论了双页缓存在高速连续记录系统中的作用，并以实际开发的记录系统为例，详细介绍了双页缓存的设计和实现。     

依缓冲库调速CIMS可靠性分析的位相结构方法

本文提出了依缓冲库调速ＣＩＭＳ可靠性分析的位相结构方法，从闭环排队网络出发，利用准生灭过程理论，给出了系统的各种可靠性指标和生产指标，讨论了系统局部运行期的们相特征，最后给出了两个数据算例。     

Accurate Depth of Field Simulation in Real Time

We present a new post processing method of simulating depth of field based on accurate calculations of circles of confusion. Compared to previous work, our method derives actual scene depth information directly from the existing depth buffer, requires no specialized rendering passes, and allows easy integration into existing rendering applications. Our implementation uses an adaptive, two‐pass filter, producing a high quality depth of field effect that can be executed entirely on the GPU, taking advantage of the parallelism of modern graphics cards and permitting real time performance when applied to large numbers of pixels.     

Binary rewriting and call interception for efficient runtime protection against buffer overflows

Buffer overflow vulnerabilities are one of the most commonly and widely exploited security vulnerabilities in programs. Most existing solutions for avoiding buffer overflows are either inadequate, inefficient or incompatible with existing code. In this paper, we present a novel approach for transparent and efficient runtime protection against buffer overflows. The approach is implemented by two tools: Type Information Extractor and Depositor (TIED) and LibsafePlus. TIED is first used on a binary executable or shared library file to extract type information from the debugging information inserted in the file by the compiler and reinsert it in the file as a data structure available at runtime. LibsafePlus is a shared library that is preloaded when the program is run. LibsafePlus intercepts unsafe C library calls such as strcpy and uses the type information made available by TIED at runtime to determine whether it would be ‘safe’ to carry out the operation. With our simple design we are able to protect most applications with a performance overhead of less than 10%. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

喷墨印花用液态活性染料稳定性研究

通过对液态染料溶解性、稳定性、耐水解程度等的测试,综合考察了添加剂的种类及用量对高浓度液态活性艳蓝P-3R性能的影响,结果表明:在所考察的四种有机共溶剂中,N-甲基吡咯烷酮(NMP)的效果最好,且其最佳用量为10%;缓冲溶液中Na2HPO4/NaH2PO4的效果较好,最佳用量为3%.     

Platyphylloside: Metabolism and digestibility reductionin vitro

The metabolism of platyphylloside [(5S)-5-hydroxy-1,7-bis-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-3-heptanone-5-O--d-glucopyranosidel]—known to reduce digestibility—was studiedin vitro in sheep rumen liquor. Platyphylloside is hydrolyzed to 5-hydroxy-3-platyphyllone [(5S)-5-hydroxy-1,7-bis-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-3-heptanone], which is reduced to centrolobol [1,7-bis-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-3-heptanol], via 3-platyphyllone [7-bis-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-3-heptanone]. The digestibility-reducing effect was shown to be correlated with the concentration of centrolobol.     

鲁棒性项目调度中缓冲设置方法

研究应对不确定因素的鲁棒性项目调度, 针对其所用时间缓冲区技术中的两种重要方法——集中缓冲和STC (starting time criticality) 分散缓冲, 采用仿真模拟实验, 以项目管理库中的帕特森例1 为对象, 进行详细的比较研究. 研究结果表明, 分散缓冲法具有更好的解鲁棒性; 当活动时间的不确定性程度较大时, 集中缓冲法的质量鲁棒性较好; 当项目工期较紧时, 分散缓冲法具有更好的鲁棒性. 这些研究结论为管理者在特定的项目环境下选择合适的缓冲方法提供了决策依据.