We have examined some of the characteristics of moisture advection and its relation to precipitation over Australia. Seasonal extremes of moisture advection have changed considerably during the latter part of the 20th century. Analysis of its skewness reveals that the relative occurrence of these events has increased. A kurtosis analysis shows that there has been a geographical shift of where t...

Data collected from 690 purebred Duroc pigs from 2009 to 2012 were used to estimate the heritability, and genetic and phenotypic correlations between production and meat quality traits. Variance components were obtained through the restricted maximum likelihood procedure using Wombat and SAS version 9.0. Animals were raised under the same management in five different breeding farms. The average...

One medium-grain rice variety, six long-grain varieties, and two long-grain hybrids, harvested from 13.4% to 26.0% moisture content (MC) from Keiser, Arkansas, Stuttgart, Arkansas, and Alvin, Texas, were used to determine the influence of harvest location and MC on kernel-to-kernel breaking force distributions (BFDs). Harvest moisture content (HMC) affected BFDs, however, a greater influence wa...

Wood products are required high degrees of structural performance and reliability in case of construction material. However, mechanical properties and moisture content of wood vary widely because of its highly anisotropic characteristics. Therefore, accurate nondestructive grading systems are desirable for wood industries. We developed a fast online grading apparatus for sawn lumber based on ne...

Moisture content (MC) is one of the most important factors that can affect many physical and mechanical properties of wood and veneers. MC strongly affects the final strength and durability of joints, development of surface checks in the wood and dimensional stability of the bonded assembly. In this study, plywood panels made from Alnus glutinosa (Alder), Fagus orientalis (Beech) and Picea orie...

Moisture content (MC), thickness swelling (TS), and bending properties of five commercial oriente 1 strandboards (OSBs) made of two wood species were measured. The measurements were made after specimens were conditioned to equilibrium at 35, 55, 75, 85, 95% relative humidity (RH) and 24°C'. It was shown that bending modulus of elasticity (MOE) and modulus of rupture (MOR) decreasej with increas...

Nacrtak Wood fuel quality attributes have to be considered by logistics planners if fuel procurement from forests and energy production at the plant are considered simultaneously. The single most important quality attribute is the moisture content (MC) of chips or raw material delivered to energy plants. It affects heating value, storage properties, chipping and transport costs of the fuel. To ...

Bamboo is a type of biomass materials that has great potential as a bioenergy resource in China. The thermal-mechanical behavior of bamboo plays an important role in the formation process of pellets. To investigate the effect of moisture content (MC) on thermal-mechanical behavior of bamboo, the storage modulus and loss factor of moso bamboo was determined using dynamic mechanical thermal analy...

Moisture content (MC) is one of the most important quality parameters of green coffee beans. Therefore, its fast and reliable measurement is necessary. This study evaluated the feasibility of near infrared (NIR) spectroscopy and chemometrics for rapid and non-destructive prediction of MC in intact green coffee beans of both Coffeaarabica (Arabica) and Coffeacanephora (Robusta) species. Diffuse ...