Wheat, oats, barley, rye, rice, and millet are all considered small grains. These small grains are carbohydrate and vitamin rich and have become food staples for humans and animals worldwide. Small grains have been cultivated by man for thousands of years and through selective breeding, they have become one of the most productive crops grown by man. Small grains have been adapted to grow in nea...

Wet vs. Dried Distillers Grains The nutrient content of the dry matter is similar for both WDG and DDG. Thus, cost, availability, feed handling, Feeding distillers grains is nothing new; such products have been fed to cattle for more than a century. What is new, however, are the many ethanol plants now in the upper Midwest and the increased interest in feeding their co-product, distillers grain...

Aims. We put theoretical constraints on the presence and survival of icy grains in debris discs. Particular attention is paid to UV sputtering of water ice, which has so far not been studied in detail in this context. Methods. We present a photosputtering model based on available experimental and theoretical studies. We quantitatively estimate the erosion rate of icy and ice-silicate grains, un...

Introduction: Presolar dust grains found in meteorites are widely considered to originate from areas beyond the solar system, an assumption mainly based on their unique isotope composition [1]. Of special interest among these grains are those consisting of silicone carbide (SiC), which represent the second most abundant type of presolar grains found in meteorites. SiC grains are usually larger ...

We report the discovery of five SiC grains and one graphite grain isolated from the Murchison carbonaceous meteorite whose major-element isotopic compositions indicate an origin in nova explosions. The grains are characterized by low C/C (4-9) and N/N (5-20) ratios, large excesses in Si (Si/Si ratios range to 2.1 times solar) and high Al/Al ratios. These isotopic signatures are theoretically pr...

We study the thermodynamics of ultrasmall metallic grains with level spacing δ comparable or smaller than the pairing correlation energy, at finite temperatures, T> ∼ δ. We describe a method which allows to find quantum corrections to the effect of classical fluctuations. We present results for thermodynamic quantities in ordered grains and for the reentrant odd susceptibility in disordered gra...

The Premium Grains for Livestock Program (PGLP) represents a coordinated national effort to: (i) understand the factors determining nutritional value of grains for animals; (ii) improve nutritional value through processing, breeding and storage; (iii) develop rapid methods for measuring determinants of grain quality; and (iv) develop computer programs to predict animal performance and economic ...

Polyribocytidylate-(3)H-polyriboinosinate (rC-(3)H:rI) enters cultured rabbit kidney cells from the surrounding medium within (1/2) hr after exposure. Grains are found in the cytoplasm, nucleus, and nucleolus. At 2 hr, grains are localized predominantly over the nucleolar regions. Subsequently, the grains in the nucleus become dispersed. A specific receptor site for the initiation of interferon...

The gut microbiota plays important roles in proper gut function and can contribute to or help prevent disease. Whole grains, including oats, constitute important sources of nutrients for the gut microbiota and contribute to a healthy gut microbiome. In particular, whole grains provide NSP and resistant starch, unsaturated TAG and complex lipids, and phenolics. The composition of these constitue...

In this study, grains of two buckwheat species: Fagopyrum esculentum (IC37309) and Fagopyrum tataricum (var. himpriya) were phytochemically investigated for their nutritional, and antioxidant potential for their use as functional foods. Methanolic extracts of grains of two Fagopyrum species showed higher phenolic content and antioxidant activity. Inductively coupled plasma optical emission spec...