To evaluate the effects of balancing total diet degradable intake protein with dietary total digestible nutrients (TDN), we conducted two studies during 2 yr with 100 (302 +/- 8 kg initial BW) mixed-breed yearling steers and 12 ruminally cannulated steers (526 +/- 28 kg). Steers individually received one of four supplements 5 d/wk while grazing dormant native tallgrass prairie. Supplements incl...

Transitions inChinese agriculture resulted in industrial animal production systems, disconnected from crop production.We analyzed side-effects of these transitions on total dissolved nitrogen (TDN) and phosphorus (TDP) inputs to rivers. In 2000, when transitionswere ongoing, 30%–70%of the manurewas directly discharged to rivers (range for sub-basins). Before the transition (1970) this was only ...

Self-assembled DNA nanostructures with precise sizes allow a programmable "soft lithography" approach to engineer the interface of electrochemical DNA sensors. By using millimeter-sized gold electrodes modified with several types of tetrahedral DNA nanostructures (TDNs) of different sizes, both the kinetics and thermodynamics of DNA hybridization were profoundly affected. Because each DNA probe...

Infectious bursal disease virus (IBDV) causes an economically significant disease of chickens worldwide. The emergence of very virulent IBDV (vvIBDV) has brought more challenges for effective prevention of this disease. The molecular basis for the virulence of vvIBDV is not fully understood. In this study, 20 IBDV strains were analysed phylogenically and clustered in three branches based on the...

This paper describes the concept of Time-Expanded Decision Networks (TDN), a new methodology to design and analyze flexibility in large-scale complex systems. This includes a preliminary application of the methodology to the design of Heavy Lift Launch Vehicles for NASA’s space exploration initiative. Synthesizing concepts from Decision Theory, Real Options Analysis, Network Optimization, and S...

Dissolved organic nitrogen (DON) and carbon (DOC) often dominate the dissolved nitrogen and organic carbon fluxes from rivers, yet they are not considered to affect coastal water quality because of their assumed refractory nature. The objective of this study was to quantify DON and DOC bioavailability to bacteria in 9 rivers on the east coast of the United States during a 6 d dark bioassay expe...

A comprehensive cross-biome assessment of major nitrogen (N) species that includes dissolved organic N (DON) is central to understanding interactions between inorganic nutrients and matter in running waters. Here, we synthesize stream water chemistry across biomes find the composition pool shifts from highly heterogeneous primarily comprised N, tandem with (DOM) becoming more N-rich, response n...

Abstract. Darma ING, Jayanegara A, Sofyan Budiartilaconi E, Ridla M, Herdian H. 2023. Evaluation of nutritional values tree-forage legume leaves from Gunungkidul District, Indonesia. Biodiversitas 24: 2733-2744. This study aimed to assess the value tree found in District. A completely randomized design with 19 treatments (legume species) and six replications (nylon bags) was employed. The evalu...

The metabolizable protein (MP) feeding standard for lactating cows represents a balance between animal requirements for metabolizable amino acids (MAAs) and their fulfillment by diets composed of a wide variety of feedstuffs. One additional measurement for feedstuffs, the .urea-fermentation-potential (UFP), is utilized when urea is a part of the diet. Although the MP standard is an amiho kei'd ...