Crowding as an Agronomic Factor Determining the Development of Plants and the Productivity of Linseed (Linum usitatissimum L.)

ABSTRACT

Nine sowing densities of linseed were compared in a two-year experiment. Self-regulation of the density of a linseed stand resulted in a differentiated branching of the plants. The number of capsules on a linseed shoot, as well as seeds in the capsule, and the number of seeds from the shoot were highly varied from year to year, and there is even a stronger differentiation in the weight of 1000 seeds. Linear relationships were noted between the mass of seeds from the linseed plant and the number of capsules. The yield of linseed was affected by both factors. An increasing sowing rate reduced the seed yield from the shoot and the plant. At lower seeding rates, the lateral shoots contributed in the seeds yield of the plant to a higher degree compared to the main ones.     

Potential of in-field and low temperature drying for reducing chlorophyll contents in canola (Brassica napus L)

The presence of green seeds in canola arises primarily from the common practice of swathing the crop prematurely in order to hasten the harvesting process and reduce the shattering losses. The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of plant maturity, swathing and duration of swathing on moisture and chlorophyll contents of canola seeds (Brassica napus L cv Westar), and to determine the effect of canola conditioning with air at 25·C and 90% RH on chlorophyll content. A standing crop of canola with 50% to 10% (w/w) seed moisture content was sampled at regular intervals in two consecutive harvest years (1989 and 1990). Canola was also swathed at three different stages of maturity, and seeds were checked for chlorophyll at 2-3 day intervals and compared with chlorophyll contents of seed from standing crop. Samples were conditioned in a thin layer with air at 25·C and 90% RH for 24 h, and chlorophyll was determined before and after conditioning. The chlorophyll of seeds decreased exponentially with a decrease in moisture content. Conditioning canola seeds decreased chlorophyll content by an average of 16% (SD = ± 12%).     

A Primal-dual Steepest-edge Method for Even-flow Harvest Scheduling Problems

The even-flow harvest scheduling problem arises when the forestry agency has evolved into a rigid non-declining even-flow policy. In this paper, we investigate model formulation and solution strategies for the even-flow harvest scheduling problem. A multiple-objective linear programming problem is formulated for even-flow harvest scheduling problems with multiple-site classes and multiple periods. The aim of this problem is to simultaneously maximize a desired harvest-volume per hectare for each period of planning horizon and the total economic return. A block diagonal constraint structure, with many sets of network sub-problems and a set of coupling constraints, is identified in this linear programming problem. A longest path method for each of network sub-problems and a primal-dual steepest-edge algorithm for the entire problem are developed. The developed algorithm has been coded in Borland C++ and implemented on a personal computer. An illustrative example is used to display the detailed procedure for the developed algorithm and a real-world case study is used to show the trade-off between desired even-flow harvest volume policy and total economic return. Results show the potential benefits of this approach.     

提高检测数据准确性 促进选钼生产稳定高效

本文从6个方面对选钼2个作业段的取样方式进行了校验,通过对检测数据的比对分析,找出了选钼2个作业段数据存在矛盾的原因,并针对原因采取了有效的措施,保证了检测数据的准确性,促进了选钼生产的稳定高效。     

移动探针测试技术的运用及测试结果剖析

主要讨论印刷电路板(PCB)移动探针测试中软件及检测中遇到特殊情况的处理,并对造成通短路现象的原因进行了分析,以达到保证PCB产品质量的目的。     

彩电机壳结构CAD(Ⅳ) 第四讲 TV-HCCS的表示模型和数据处理

彩色电视机机壳结构CAD系统要处理的数据量是相当大的。本文首先将需要处理的数据分类,然后阐述TV-HCCS表示模型的选取,最后介绍TV-HCCS采用的数据处理方法和相应的数据文件系统。     

电子邮件目录收割攻击的防御

为了更好地解决垃圾邮件的问题,提高对垃圾邮件的防御效果,本文从造成垃圾邮件的其中一个原因———子邮件目录收割攻击(DHA)入手,通过对DHA攻击原理的分析,提出基于黑名单同时以邮件地址阈值和IP地址阈值为锁定条件的防御策略,并在攻击资源有限的条件下对防御策略进行模拟测试。分析结果表明该防御策略能对DHA进行有效的防御,同时得出防御策略中的过滤阈值和锁定时间的设置是防御DHA的关键点。     

Report on a new OED project: A study of the history of new words in the new OED

The study of the history of new words in theNewOED described in this paper was undertaken in 1986-87, and is based on the material then available. Since then, theNewOED has been finished, and PAT, the inquiry system developed at the University of Waterloo for the investigation of theNewOED data base, has been much altered and improved. Nevertheless, this report should prove useful in indicating the potentiality for analyzing the computerizedNewOED and some of the problems. This project is a study of the ways in which new words are created in English at various periods of time. A chronological dictionary 's created listing words introduced into the language over 50 year increments. These words are then classified by the processes used in forming them to show, in proportional terms, if certain processes are more common at some times than at others.H. M. Logan, Associate Professor, Department of English, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, has written The Dialect of the Middle English Life of St. Katherine (Mouton, 1973), making use of the computer in a study of medieval dialectology. He has also written articles on computer stylistics and literary analysis inCHum, ALLC Journal, Language and Style, College Literature, and on the dictionary inDictionaries.     

Investigation into the morphological and mechanical properties of date palm fiber-reinforced epoxy structural composites

This study aims to examine the morphology and mechanical properties (tensile, flexural, and compressive) of epoxy composites reinforced with epoxy date palm leaves (EDPL), epoxy date palm branch (EDPB), and epoxy/hardener date palm core shell (EDPC) fibers (particle size <1 μm depend on the date palm fibers). A three-step technique was used to obtain the composites. The EDPL composites showed a maximum tensile strength of 3.45 MPa, while the EDPB composites showed maximum compressive and flexural rigidity of 9.46 and 5.55 MPa, respectively, owing to the good compatibility of fiber-matrix bonding. In this work, epoxy composites reinforced with date palm fibers (DPF) leaves, branches, and core shell were recycled using a cost-effective and easily reproducible three-step technique. EDPC fibers fabricated with 64.65% weight carbon fibers content demonstrated improved tensile strengths and stiffness properties. The three samples of palm date composites revealed mechanical properties that could be used to trial these fibers for manufacturing purposes, and to exploit their extraordinary mechanical properties shown in current results.     

云计算在建立工程造价信息数据库中的应用

近年来,云计算作为一种高新技术已得到了快速发展,其庞大的存储空间、高效的数据处理分析能力引起各个领域的广泛关注.本文通过讨论国外,尤其是美国、英国先进的信息管理模式,分析造价信息数据的内容、特点,设计出建筑工程造价信息数据库功能模块,最终结合云计算的特点和优势,提出云计算在造价信息数据库中的应用模式.将云计算引入工程造价信息数据库的建立中,借助其先进的技术来提高工程造价信息管理水平.