scholarly journals Mechanisms of Plasma-Seed Treatments as a Potential Seed Processing Technology

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandra Waskow ◽  
Alan Howling ◽  
Ivo Furno
Keyword(s):  
Biological Samples ◽  
Processing Technology ◽  
Experimental Setup ◽  
Seed Processing ◽  
Interdisciplinary Field ◽  
Plasma Treatments ◽  
Genetic Potential ◽  
Plasma Device ◽  
Seed Disinfection ◽  
The Ideal

Plasma treatments are currently being assessed as a seed processing technology for agricultural purposes where seeds are typically subjected to pre-sowing treatments to improve the likelihood of timely and uniform germination. The aim of this review is to summarize the hypotheses and present the evidence to date of how plasma treatments affect seeds, considering that there is difficulty in standardizing the methodology in this interdisciplinary field given the plethora of variables in the experimental setup of the plasma device and handling of biological samples. The ever increasing interest for plasma agriculture drives the need for a review dedicated to seeds, which is understandable to an interdisciplinary audience of biologists and plasma physicists. Seeds are the first step of the agricultural cycle and at this stage, the plant can be given the highest probability of establishment, despite environmental conditions, to exploit the genetic potential of the seed. Furthermore, seedlings seem to be too sensitive to the oxidation of plasma and therefore, seeds seem to be the ideal target. This review intentionally does not include seed disinfection and sterilization due to already existing reviews. Instead, a summary of the mechanisms of how plasma may be affecting the seed and its germination and developmental properties will be provided and discussed.

scholarly journals A beginner’s guide to improving image acquisition in fluorescence microscopy

2020 ◽  
Vol 42 (6) ◽  
pp. 22-27
Author(s):  
Takeo Ogama
Keyword(s):  
Fluorescence Microscopy ◽  
Optical Microscopy ◽  
Biological Samples ◽  
Image Acquisition ◽  
Digital Data ◽  
Ideal Image ◽  
The Ideal

This article presents an overview of optical microscopy and digs into the details of fluorescence microscopy, exploring the link between the signals in biological samples and the digital data from microscope cameras. Understanding this relationship can help you set the ideal image acquisition conditions to achieve the highest quality images and data.

scholarly journals Development and Application of the Intelligent Seed Processing Technology and Equipment

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 24-28
Author(s):  
Sh. Jia ◽  
G. Liu ◽  
J. Jia ◽  
T. Yang
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Damage ◽  
Development Trend ◽  
Processing Technology ◽  
Engineering Technology ◽  
Processing Equipment ◽  
Existing Problems ◽  
Seed Industry ◽  
Seed Processing ◽  
The Stability ◽  
Crop Seed

Seed processing is an important link in the seed industry chain. Crop seed industry is a national strategic and basic core of industry. Drying, cleaning, selecting, grading, coating, packaging and storage of crop seeds are the main measures to realize the precision sowing of crops and the increase of grain yield and income. Continuously improving the intelligence and fi ne level of seed processing equipment is of great signifi cance to ensure the production and supply of excellent seeds and the stability of agricultural production. This paper describes the development status of modern seed processing equipment technology in China, introduces the establishment of seed processing equipment engineering technology research center, taking maize, rice, wheat and cotton seed processing technology and machinery as an example, describes the key technologies and technological process of the breakthrough in the major crop seed processing, analyzes the existing problems of seed processing equipment in China at this stage as well as the development trend in the future, provides a reference for government decision makers in resolving the problem of mechanical damage in the process of seed processing and further improving the intellectualization level of seed processing, promotes the common progress of the global seed processing equipment technology.

Application of Stokes' Theorem to electrically small loop antenna radiation

2016 ◽  
Vol 54 (3) ◽  
pp. 262-272 ◽  
Author(s):  
Minghe Wu ◽  
Baohua Teng ◽  
Chutian Shen ◽  
Esmod Agurgo Balfour ◽  
Hao Fu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electric Field ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Dipole Antenna ◽  
Loop Antenna ◽  
Experimental Setup ◽  
Demonstration Experiment ◽  
Small Loop ◽  
Simulation Results ◽  
Loop Antennas ◽  
The Ideal

Stokes' Theorem is applied to derive the retarded vector potential of loop antennas for the radiation of electric field and magnetic field. Simulations of the ideal and the actual magnetic dipole antenna suggest a satisfactory agreement of the two antennas. The simulation results were further experimentally tested by the demonstration experiment, which indeed confirmed the simulation results. The direction of radiated electric field in the experimental setup is shown in a vivid way. The theoretical simplification and experimental design will significantly provide undergraduate students with an easier but better understanding of the radiation of an electrically small loop antenna.

scholarly journals Procedures for cryogenic X-ray ptychographic imaging of biological samples

IUCrJ ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 147-151 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Yusuf ◽  
F. Zhang ◽  
B. Chen ◽  
A. Bhartiya ◽  
K. Cunnea ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sample Preparation ◽  
Light Source ◽  
Biological Samples ◽  
Biological Sample ◽  
Experimental Setup ◽  
X Rays ◽  
Human Chromosomes ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Cryogenic Conditions

Biological sample-preparation procedures have been developed for imaging human chromosomes under cryogenic conditions. A new experimental setup, developed for imaging frozen samples using beamline I13 at Diamond Light Source, is described. This manuscript describes the equipment and experimental procedures as well as the authors' first ptychographic reconstructions using X-rays.

scholarly journals Levels of digestible isoleucine on performance, carcass traits and organs weight of gilts (15 - 30 KG)

2012 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 446-453 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leandro Dalcin Castilha ◽  
Paulo Cesar Pozza ◽  
Ricardo Vianna Nunes ◽  
Doglas Batista Lazzeri ◽  
Marcelo Luiz Somensi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acids ◽  
Carcass Traits ◽  
Carcass Composition ◽  
Experimental Unit ◽  
Genetic Potential ◽  
Synthetic Amino Acids ◽  
Ideal Protein ◽  
Branched Chain ◽  
Unit Performance ◽  
The Ideal

The ideal protein concept for pigs has allowed reducing levels of crude protein in the diet, since synthetic amino acids are included because the branched chain amino acids may be limiting. In order to determine the digestible isoleucine requirement for gilts from 15 to 30 kg, a performance assay was accomplished, using 40 crossbreed gilts of high genetic potential, averaging 15.00 ± 0.52 kg of body weight, alloted in a randomized blocks design, consisting of five treatments (0.45, 0.52, 0.59, 0.66, 0.73% of digestible isoleucine), four replicates and two animals per experimental unit. Performance traits were determined and at the end of the experiment one animal per experimental unit was slaughtered to determine carcass composition and organs weight. Levels from 0.45 to 0.73% of digestible isoleucine did not affect the carcass traits and organs weight of gilts from 15 to 30 kg. A quadratic effect (P<0.05) of digestible isoleucine levels on isoleucine efficiency for weight gain was observed, that increased up to 0.506% digestible isoleucine, which ratio of digestible isoleucine: lysine was 0.51.

scholarly journals Remodeling Capacity of Femoral Bone Defect by POP-CHA Bone Substitute: A Study in Rats’ Osteoclast (First Series of POP-based Bone Graft Improvement)

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 116
Author(s):  
Steven Kumar ◽  
Anne Handrini Dewi ◽  
Dyah Listyarifah ◽  
Ika Dewi Ana
Keyword(s):  
Bone Defects ◽  
Experimental Result ◽  
Femoral Bone ◽  
Sprague Dawley ◽  
Interdisciplinary Field ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Large Bone ◽  
Femur Condyle ◽  
Large Bone Defects ◽  
The Ideal

Reconstruction of large bone defects caused by trauma, excision of tumors, and congenital malformations can be very difficult to perform. Bone engineering offers an option to improve bone reconstruction procedures. This interdisciplinary field applies the principles of biology and engineering to the development of functional substitutes for damaged bone. Our research aimed to find the ideal scaffold for bone regeneration, focusing on Calcium and Phosphate combination. In this study, Plaster of Paris (POP) was combined with CHA and implanted in femoral condyles of rats. According to the experimental result, it can be concluded that there was no significant difference in response to the implantation of POP and POP-CHA in Sprague Dawley rat femur condyle (p<0.05). It can be stated that both POP-CHA and POP shows similar trait in bone healing.

Research on Applying Image Processing Technology to Determine Center of Parts

2010 ◽  
Vol 455 ◽  
pp. 612-615
Author(s):  
You Yi Zheng ◽  
Ji Lai Rao ◽  
Lei Wu
Keyword(s):  
Image Processing ◽  
Logarithmic Spiral ◽  
Processing Technology ◽  
Basic Point ◽  
Testing Method ◽  
Image Processing Technology ◽  
Machine Parts ◽  
Spiral Surface ◽  
The Ideal

The precision detection of machine parts is an important part of manufacturing, which guarantees the quality for products. Image processing technology is a new testing method of precision which opens a new way for the non-contact detection. Its application is more widely with the continuous development of image processing technology. You need a comparative basic point if it needs a comparative analysis with the ideal conditions parts when it’s necessary to detect a part. In this paper, it mainly analyzes the determination of logarithmic spiral surface couplings center points.

scholarly journals Current (2015) Professional Profiles of the Legal Translator in Greece: A Function-oriented Comparison

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 20
Author(s):  
Panagiotis G. Krimpas
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Law ◽  
The Other ◽  
Text Linguistics ◽  
Interdisciplinary Field ◽  
Legal Translation ◽  
General Law ◽  
Technical Translation ◽  
Legal Texts ◽  
The Right ◽  
The Ideal

<p>Like translation in general, and even law itself, legal translation is an interdisciplinary field. Legal linguistics (jurilinguistics), comparative law, general law, terminology, text-linguistics and pragmatics, all have a share in legal translation. The latter is generally viewed as a sort of technical translation (Venuti 1995: 41) and legal language as a technical language (Cao 1997: 18). Those who argue for its special status often claim that legal translation is the antipode of technical translation (Bocquet 2000: 16). On the other hand, there are scholars who argue against this special status of legal translation, claiming there is nothing special about legal translation (Harvey 2002: 180). More moderate views are also found (Herbots 1987: 814). In such questions it takes no true/false answer. Rather, there are many sorts of legal translation. Of course, each view has different implications as far as the legal translator’s skills are concerned. Our discussion starts with a presentation of some key-views about legal translation, with particular emphasis on opposing ones. Then we present the main professional profiles of the legal translator in Greece and the relevant legislation. Who does translate legal texts? What skills do they have? How do they describe their profession and/or services in social media and/or professional websites? Who is the ideal legal translator for the several categories of clients? Which is the right kind of education and/or training for every sort of legal translator? Those are some of the questions that this article tries to give an answer to. After presenting the main functions of translated legal texts, the article closes with a comparison of legal translator’s professional profiles in Greece on the basis of those text functions.</p>

scholarly journals Tailoring Educational Elements for Academic Teaching - The JurMOO

10.28945/2546 ◽  
2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernhard Nett ◽  
Birgit Huber ◽  
Susanne Knirsch ◽  
Léa Meyer ◽  
Bernd Remmele ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Educational Material ◽  
Gender Mainstreaming ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Academic Teaching ◽  
Interdisciplinary Field ◽  
One Step ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Web ◽  
The Ideal

The RION project (financed by BMBF) aims at improving Computer & Law (C&L) teaching in Germany while implementing Web-based media. For the fluid and interdisciplinary field of C&L, educational material is very scarce. Furthermore, educational cultures differ according to the divers affiliations of C&L. Therefore, the RION platform will present a variety of documents online, which have not been accessible on the Web before. However, publishing law collections online can only be one step to improve C&L teaching. Therefore, RION is trying to develop a didactical conception for the new platform, the main focus being on cooperative, practice-oriented learning and gender mainstreaming. Due to the diversity and the constraints given in the project, the RION team does not look for the "ideal platform", but instead tries to tailor promising elements of possible C&L online learning. In this text, the example of JurMOO, which we tested in C&L teaching, is used to demonstrate this.

An Efficient Statistic for Determining the Diameter of Thin Sectioned Uniform Spheres from Measurements of Biological Samples

1974 ◽  
Vol 32 ◽  
pp. 114-115
Author(s):  
W. R. Schucany ◽  
G. H. Kelsoe ◽  
V. F. Allison
Keyword(s):  
Biological Samples ◽  
Traditional Method ◽  
Cell Types ◽  
Accurate Estimation ◽  
Morphological Identification ◽  
Sectioned Material ◽  
Maximal Diameter ◽  
Similar Cell

Accurate estimation of the size of spheroid organelles from thin sectioned material is often necessary, as uniquely homogenous populations of organelles such as vessicles, granules, or nuclei often are critically important in the morphological identification of similar cell types. However, the difficulty in obtaining accurate diameter measurements of thin sectioned organelles is well known. This difficulty is due to the extreme tenuity of the sectioned material as compared to the size of the intact organelle. In populations where low variance is suspected the traditional method of diameter estimation has been to measure literally hundreds of profiles and to describe the “largest” as representative of the “approximate maximal diameter”.

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