Research was conducted in two phases to determine the optimum beef LM size for retail consumers. In Phase I, 50 USDA Choice beef carcass sides were selected at a commercial packing plant and assigned to five different categories (10 sides per category) based on LM size: 61 to 68 cm2 (A), 70 to 78 cm2 (B), 80 to 90 cm2 (C), 92 to 103 cm2 (D), and 105 to 119 cm2 (E). Ribeye rolls were retrieved f...

In this paper, the e ect of transmitter beam size on the performance of free space optical (FSO) communication has been determined experimentally. Irradiance pro le for varying turbulence strength is obtained using optical turbulence generating (OTG) chamber inside laboratory environment. Based on the results, an optimum beam size is investigated using the semi-analytical method. Moreover, the ...

Under a wide variety of conditions, the addition of condensing agents to dilute solutions of random-coil DNA gives rise to highly compact particles that are toroidal in shape. The size of these condensates is remarkably constant and is largely independent of DNA molecular weight and basepair sequence, and of the nature of condensing agent (e.g., multivalent cation, polymers, or added cosolvent)...

The correct choice of time-step size is of crucial importance in the case of the (2, 4) finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method, as it affects the algorithm’s overall accuracy and convergence rate. A description of the inherent discretisation error is introduced, which is exploited for the derivation of a simple, yet reliable, approximation of the optimum temporal sampling density. As the p...