Animal by-product meals have large variability in crude protein (CP) content and digestibility. In vivo digestibility procedures are precise but laborious, and in vitro methods could be an alternative to evaluate and classify these ingredients. The present study reports prediction equations to estimate the CP digestibility of meat and bone meal (MBM) and poultry by-product meal (PM) using the p...

In this study, zinc oxide (ZnO) thin films with high c-axis (0002) preferential orientation have been successfully and effectively synthesized onto silicon (Si) substrates via different synthesized temperatures by using plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) system. The effects of different synthesized temperatures on the crystal structure, surface morphologies and optical properties...

M. van der Laan1, J.G. Annandale1*, C.C. du Preez2 and S.A. Lorentz3 1 Department of Plant Production and Soil Science, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, South Africa 2Department of Soil, Crop and Climate Sciences, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa 3School of Bioresources Engineering and Environmental Hydrology, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg 3209...

a Institut für Botanik und Pharmazeutische Biologie, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität, Staudtstr. 5, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany b Mrigtrishna B32/605 Plot 214, Varanasi 221005, India c Institute for Computational Earth System Science (ICESS) and Department of Geography, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA d CIESIN, Columbia University, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive (MS-302...

M.N. Bester, J.P. Bloomer, R.J. van Aarde, B.H. Erasmus, P.J.J. van Rensburg, J.D. Skinner, P.G. Howell & T.W. Naude Mammal Research Institute, Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, 0002 South Africa Department of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort, 0110 South Africa Department of Pharmacology and Toxicolo...

The maximum brightness of one of the prothoracic light organs of the West Indian elaterid beetles, Pyrophorus (measured at Princeton, New Jersey) was found to be .045 lambert, or .045 lumen per sq. cm. at 20 degrees C. This corresponds to .0002 candle for one organ, or .0004 candle for the pair of prothoracic organs.

Laboratory of Crop Physiology, Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo-shi, Hokkaido 060–8589, Japan (D.T.); Asian Natural Environmental Science Center, University of Tokyo, Nishitokyo-shi, Tokyo 188–0002, Japan (D.T., T.T.); and Alkali Soil Natural Environmental Science Center, Northeast Forestry University, Xiangfang District, Harbin 150040, People’s Republic of China (S...

1Department of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, South Africa 2College of Computer, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing 210003, China 3Jiangsu High Technology Research Key Laboratory for Wireless Sensor Networks, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province 210003, China 4Key Lab of Broadband Wireless Communication and Sensor Network Te...