Farmers' preferences for adopting on-farm concentration of raw milk: Results from a discrete choice experiment in Germany

Milk concentrates are used in the manufacturing of dairy products such as yogurt and cheese or are processed into milk powder. Processes for the nonthermal separation of water and valuable milk ingredients are becoming increasingly widespread at farm level. The technical barriers to using farm-manufactured milk concentrate in dairies are minimal, hence the suspicion that the practice of on-farm raw milk concentration is still fairly uncommon for economic reasons. This study, therefore, set out to investigate farmers' potential willingness to adopt a raw milk concentration plant. The empirical analysis was based on discrete choice experiments with 75 German dairy farmers to identify preferences and the possible adoption of on-farm raw milk concentration. The results showed that, in particular, farmers who deemed the current milk price to be insufficient viewed on-farm concentration using membrane technology as an option for diversifying their milk sales. We found no indication that adoption would be impeded by a lack of trustworthy information on milk processing technologies or capital.     

An automated patient monitoring using discrete‐time wireless sensor networks

In recent years, Internet of Things (IoT) devices are used for remote health monitoring. For remotely monitoring a patient, only the health information at different time points are not sufficient; predicted values of biomarkers (for some future time points) are also important. In this article, we propose a powerful statistical model for an efficient dynamic patient monitoring using wireless sensor nodes through Bayesian Learning (BL). We consider the setting where a set of correlated biomarkers are measured from a patient through wireless sensors, but the sensors only report the ordinal outcomes (say, good, fair, high, or very high) to the sink based on some prefixed thresholds. The challenge is to use the ordinal outcomes for monitoring and predicting the health status of the patient under consideration. We propose a linear mixed model where interbiomarker correlations and intrabiomarker dependence are modeled simultaneously. The estimated and the predicted values of the biomarkers are transferred over the internet so that health care providers and the family members of the patient can remotely monitor the patient. Extensive simulation studies are performed to assess practical usefulness of our proposed joint model, and the performance of the proposed joint model is compared to that of some other traditional models used in the literature.     

NMDA Receptor Modulation of Incidental Learning in Pavlovian Context Conditioning.

Rats exposed to a footshock show conditional fear when reexposed to the shock context. Immediate presentation of shock after placement in the context significantly reduces this fear. Preexposure to the context in the absence of shock, coupled with a minimum preshock interval during training, overcomes this immediate shock deficit. Because rats learn about the context during preexposure and express that learning after being reinforced, the context preexposure effect is an aversive analogue of latent learning. The authors examined the effect of the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonist D,L-2-amino-5-phosphovalerate (APV) on the facilitatory effect of context preexposure. Rats were preexposed to a chamber after APV administration. The next day they were placed in the same chamber without drug and received shock 35 s later. APV blocked the facilitatory effect of preexposure. Therefore NMDA receptors are important for contextual latent learning. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

复合式水力旋流器油水分离实验研究

复合式水力旋流器将动态与静态旋流分离技术有机地结合在一起 ,具有动态与静态水力旋流器的双重优点。这种旋流器由动力组件 (包括电动机、空心驱动轴、旋转栅及溢流嘴等 )、静态旋流单体、入口腔、底流腔及溢流腔等部分组成。对额定处理量为 8m3/h样机的分离特性测试表明 ,当电动机驱动轴转速低于 30 0 0r/min时 ,入口压力为 0 10～ 0 35MPa ,底流压差为0 0 5～ 0 2 0MPa ,处理量为 3～ 10m3/h ,选用单螺杆泵增压和离心泵增压两种方式 ,分离效率分别为 97%和 84 % ,均取得满意的分离效果。     

抗坏血酸对核乳胶性能的影响

文章介绍抗坏血酸对核乳胶灵敏度、灰雾密度及潜影衰退性能的影响，并与日本富士ＥＴ－７Ｂ型乳胶的潜影稳定性能在不同温度和相对湿度条件下作相应比较。     

企业专网号码的合理编制

号码是一种有限的资源,虽然企业专网的号码资源比较丰富,但也不能毫无规律随意编制,否则会为将来发展带来意想不到的麻烦,本文叙述了号码编制必须遵循的一些原则,希望对专网的管理人员有一些帮助。     

相变换热技术在供暖系统中的开发前景

介绍相变换热原理、相变暖气片特点以及相变取暖系统的经济性,预示相变换热技术在取暧系统的开发前景。     

新型细粒煤分选设备的研究及应用

提出了一种新的细粒煤分选设备,主要介绍了它的结构模型、数学模型、动力学分析以及在贵州老屋基、孝义东兴、山西五阳、黑龙江七台河矿务局等洗煤厂中在煤泥脱水回收作业中的应用,取得了较好的效果。尤其用于简易选煤厂,从煤泥水中回收低灰精煤,既解决了环保污染问题,又取得了较高的经济效益,因而倍受欢迎。