Manganese dioxide (MnO2) is a Mn deposit widely accumulated in the corrosion layer of pipelines, and iodide (I−) halogen ion frequently detected waters. The biofilm dwelling on scales often secretes extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) into drinking water. paper aimed to study I− oxidation by MnO2 iodinated disinfection byproducts (I-DBPs) formation with EPS as precursor. More than 93% form...

Two experiments were conducted to determine the concentration of DE and ME and the standardized ileal digestibility (SID) of AA in chicken meal, poultry byproduct meal, hydrolyzed porcine intestines, a spent hen–soybean meal (SBM) mixture, and conventional SBM fed to weanling pigs. In Exp. 1, 48 barrows (initial BW: 14.6 ± 2.2 kg) were placed in metabolism cages and allotted to 6 diets with 8 r...

Visible-light-mediated photoredox catalysis is a viable method to access highly reactive intermediates from cheap, readily available, and shelf-stable reagents to perform clean chemical transformations. Here, we report the first photoredox-catalyzed Achmatowicz reaction of furfuryl alcohol derivatives to produce functionalized dihydropyranones while only forming easily separable NaHSO4 as a byp...

The Energy Policy Act (EPAct) of 2005 gave the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) regulatory authority over certain naturally occurring and acceleratorproduced radioactive material (NARM). The NRC published its final rule implementing this authority in the Federal Register on October 1, 2007 (72 FR 55863). The final rule expanded the definition of “byproduct material” in NRC regulations a...

This study proposes a computational model for attentional blink or "blink of the mind," a phenomenon where a human subject misses perception of a later expected visual pattern as two expected visual patterns are presented less than 500 ms apart. A neocortical patch modeled as an attractor network is stimulated with a sequence of 14 patterns 100 ms apart, two of which are expected targets. Patte...