• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제33권5호
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• pp.753-762
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• 2020

Objective: The aim of the present study was to determine the effect of supplementing pasture-finished steers with corn silage on the expression level of the calpain system proteins and beef tenderization. Methods: Thirty Braford steers grazing on summer pasture were used for the study. For 120 days fifteen animals were supplemented with corn silage at 1% of body weight per head per day (Suppl) whereas the remaining 15 steers only received pasture (Contr). Carcass and meat traits were evaluated and compared between groups. Gene expression and activities of proteases (calpain 1 and calpain 2) and inhibitor (calpastatin) were measured using real-time polymerase chain reaction and casein zymography. Results: Carcass and meat traits were significantly different between feeding systems. Supplemented steers showed higher hot carcass weight (p<0.01), fat content (p = 0.02), and Warner-Bratzler shear force (p = 0.03). Furthermore, the control group showed higher protease:inhibitor ratios, at mRNA (p = 0.01) and protein levels (p<0.10). Warner-Bratzler shear force and mRNA calpains:calpastatin ratio were associated in both feeding systems (p<0.01). Conclusion: Based on the results obtained in the study, beef tenderness differences among finishing strategies could be modulated through differential expression of the calpain system proteins.

• 한국정보과학회논문지:시스템및이론
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• 제34권5_6호
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• pp.228-237
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• 2007

역변위 매핑은 기하정보를 증가시키지 않고, 모델에 상세함을 더하는데 사용된다. 우리는 부드럽고 정확한 굴곡을 표현할 수 있는 GPU 기반의 실시간 역변위 매핑 기법을 제안한다. 이를 위하여, 렌더될 각 픽셀에서 광선을 만들고 이를 전진시켜 나가며 변위 맵과의 교차점을 찾는다. 광선 추적을 안전하고 효율적으로 수행하기 위하여, 변위 맵을 쿼드트리 형태의 이미지 피라미드로 만들고, 이 트리를 하향식으로 탐색하며 전진해 나간다. 나아가, 변위 맵이 화면에서 확대되었을 때 선형 보간을, 그리고 화면에서 멀어져 작게 보일때는 때는 밉맵 필터링을 통해 화질을 향상시키고 렌더링을 가속화한다. 실험을 통해, 기존의 GPU 기반의 기법들과는 달리 날카로운 변위 맵에 대해 예각에서도 깨끗한 이미지를 생성하는 것을 확인하였다. 초당 수 백 프레임의 빠른 속도로 렌더링할 수 있었으며, 변위 맵의 해상도가 커져도 렌더링 속도의 저하가 적었다. 우리의 기법은 구현이 간단하고 수행속도가 빠르기 때문에 현존하는 게임이나 가상 현실 시스템 등에 쉽게 적용할 수 있다.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제27권9호
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• pp.1276-1284
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• 2014

In southeastern regions of the US, herbage systems are primarily based on grazing or hay feeding with low nutritive value warm-season perennial grasses. Nutritious herbage such as annual ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum Lam.) may be more suitable for preserving as baleage for winter feeding even with more intensive production inputs. Emerging in-line wrapped baleage storage systems featuring rapid wrapping and low polyethylene film requirements need to be tested for consistency of storing nutritive value of a range of annual ryegrass herbage. A ryegrass storage trial was conducted with 24-h wilted 'Marshall' annual ryegrass harvested at booting, heading and anthesis stages using three replicated in-line wrapped tubes containing ten round bales per tube. After a six-month storage period, nutritive value changes and fermentation end products differed significantly by harvest stage but not by bale location. Although wilted annual ryegrass exhibited a restricted fermentation across harvest stages characterized by high pH and low fermentation end product concentrations, butyric acid concentrations were less than 1 g/kg dry matter, and lactic acid was the major organic acid in the bales. Mold coverage and bale aroma did not differ substantially with harvest stage or bale location. Booting and heading stage-harvested ryegrass baleage were superior in nutritive value to anthesis stage-harvested herbage. Based on the investigated nutritive value and fermentation characteristics, individual bale location within in-line tubes did not significantly affect preservation quality of ryegrass round bale silages.

• 한국초지조사료학회지
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.103-110
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• 1986

본(本) 시험(試驗)은 기상환경(氣象環境) 및 예취관리(刈取管理)가 주요(主要) 북방형(北方型) 목초(牧草)의 물질생산성(物質生産性)과 에너지가치(價値)에 미치는 영향(影響)을 구명(究明)코자 한국(韓國)의 Suweon, Cheju 및 Taekwalyong과 서독(西獨)의 Freising 및 Braunschweing에서 $1975{\sim}$79년간(年間) 동시(同時)에 실시(實施)되었다. 공시초종(供試草種)은 orchardgrassm perennial ryegrass 및 meadow fescue로 예취방법(刈取方法)은 방목기(放牧期)(년(年)$6{\sim}7$회(回)), silage 기(期)(년(年)$4{\sim}5$회(回)) 및 건초기이용(乾草期利用)(년(年) 3회(回))으로 구분(區分), 분할구(分割區) 배치법(配置法) 4반복(反復)으로 시험(試驗)을 실시(實施)하였는바 얻어진 결과(結果)는 다음과 같다. 1. 한국(韓國)에 있어서 orchardgrass, perennial ryegrass 및 meadow fescue의 생산성(生産性)은 예취관리(刈取管理)와 재배기간중(栽培期間中)의 기상환경(氣象環境)에 의(依)해 가장 큰 영향(影響)을 받았다. 환경요인중(環境要因中) 온도(溫度) 및 강수량(降水量)은 수량(收量)을 좌우(左右)하는 가장 중요(重要)한 기상요인(氣象要因)에 속하며 일조시간(日照時間), 일사량(日射量), 재배년도등(栽培年度等)도 요인상호간(要因相互間)의 interactions에 의(依)해 목초생산성(牧草生産性)에 큰 영향(影響)이 미쳤다. 2. 초종별(草種別) 건물수량(乾物收量)은 orchardgrass가 지역평균(地域平均) 875kg/10a을 생산(生産) perennial ryegrass 및 meadow fescue에 비해 각각(各各) 32% 및 27%가 높았다. 한편 orchardgrass는 년차별(年次別) 수량변이(收量變異)가 적은데 반(反)해 perennial ryegrass 및 meadow fescue는 초년도(初年度)(1976)에 비해 1977년(年)에는 각각(各各) 65.5% 및 29%의 수량감소(收量減少)가 있었다. Freising 및 Braunschweig에서는 각(各) 초종(草種) 공(共)히 년도(年度)가 경과(經過)됨에 따라 증가(增加)되는 경향(傾向)이었다. 3. 예취방법별(刈取方法別) 목초생산성(牧草生産性)은 초종(草種)에 따라 차이(差異)가 있어 orchardgrass는 건초기(乾草期)에 년(年)3회(回), perennial ryegrass 및 meadow fescue는 silage 기(期)에 년(年) $4{\sim}5$회(回) 이용(利用)함으로서 가장 높은 수량(收量)을 얻을 수 있었다. Freising 및 Braunschweig 지방(地方)의 예취방법별(刈取方法別) 공시초종(供試草種)의 평균(平均) 건물수량(乾物收量)은 각각(各各) 1326(년(年)3회(回)이용(利用)), 1175(년(年)$4{\sim}$ 5회(回))및 1,098kg/10a(년(年)$6{\sim}$7회(回))이었다. 4. 목초(牧草)의 화학성분(化學成分) 및 energy concentration은 환경요인(環境要因)과 예취관리(刈取管理)에 따라 큰 차이(差異)가 있다. 가소화단백질(可消化蛋白質) 수량(收量)은 각지역(各地域) 공(共)히 방목기(放牧期)의 잦은 예취(刈取)에서 가장 높았다. Net energy 수량(收量)은 Freising(서독(西獨))에서는 건초기이용(乾草期利用)이 각각(各各) 694(orchardgrass), 665(perennial ryegrass) 및 623 kStE(meadow fescue)을 생산(生産) 가장 좋았는데 비해 Cheju, Suweon 및 Taekwalyong 지방(地方)에서는 방목기(放牧期) 및 silage 기(期) 이용(利用)이 건초기이용(乾草期利用)보다 유리(有利)하였다.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.17-37
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• 2011

The microcantilever (MCL) sensor is one of the most promising platforms for next-generation label-free biosensing applications. It outperforms conventional label-free detection methods in terms of portability and parallelization. In this paper, an overview of recent advances in our understanding of the coupling between biomolecular interactions and MCL responses is given. A dual compact optical MCL sensing platform was built to enable biosensing experiments both in gas-phase environments and in solutions. The thermal bimorph effect was found to be an effective nanomanipulator for the MCL platform calibration. The study of the alkanethiol self-assembly monolayer (SAM) chain length effect revealed that 1-octanethiol ($C_8H_{17}SH$) induced a larger deflection than that from 1-dodecanethiol ($C_{12}H_{25}SH$) in solutions. Using the clinically relevant biomarker C-reactive protein (CRP), we revealed that the analytical sensitivity of the MCL reached a diagnostic level of $1{\sim}500{\mu}g/ml$ within a 7% coefficient of variation. Using grazing incident x-ray diffractometer (GIXRD) analysis, we found that the gold surface was dominated by the (111) crystalline plane. Moreover, using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) analysis, we confirmed that the Au-S covalent bonds occurred in SAM adsorption whereas CRP molecular bindings occurred in protein analysis. First principles density functional theory (DFT) simulations were also used to examine biomolecular adsorption mechanisms. Multiscale modeling was then developed to connect the interactions at the molecular level with the MCL mechanical response. The alkanethiol SAM chain length effect in air was successfully predicted using the multiscale scheme.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제23권12호
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• pp.1587-1593
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• 2010

Pastures of the Apennines of Central Italy contribute to feed resources of high altitude (above 1,300 m sea level) grazing systems. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of faecal extract from the yak (Bos grunnienes) as an alternative microbial inoculum to rumen fluid for estimation of digestibility of several forage species. Forage samples produced at high altitude were tested in this study: four legumes (Lathyrus sativus L., Lotus corniculatus L., Onobrychis viciaefolia L. and Trifolium pratense L.), three forbs (Achillea millefolium L., Potentilla reptans L. and Teucrium flavum L.) and one grass (Brachipodyum pinnatum L.) were incubated with yak rumen fluid or faecal extract. A large variability in chemical composition was observed among the species collected. Rumen liquor and faecal samples were collected from adult healthy yak. The $Daisy^{II}$ incubator was used to evaluate the nutrient digestibility of forages using rumen liquor as control and faecal extract as alternative microbial inoculum sources. Filter bags containing samples of browse species were added to the four digestion vessels along with their respective inoculum and then incubated for 48 h and dry matter (DM), organic matter (OM), crude protein (CP), neutral and detergent fiber (NDF) digestibility was determined. There was a significant relationship between estimates, indicating that faecal liquor has the potential to be used instead of rumen fluid for estimation of in vitro digestibility of plants. It is concluded that the $Daisy^{II}$ incubator results are appropriate for the determination of in vitro digestibility of nutrients using faecal liquor to define the potential for adaptation of yak to new pastures.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.422-430
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• 2014

Pasture-based automatic milking systems (AMS) require cow traffic to enable cows to be milked. The interval between milkings can be manipulated by strategically allocating pasture. The current experiment investigated the effect of replacing an allocation of grazed pasture with grazed soybean (Glycine max) with the hypothesis that incorporating soybean would increase voluntary cow traffic and milk production. One hundred and eighty mixed age, primiparous and multiparous Holstein-Friesian/Illawarra cows were randomly assigned to two treatment groups (n = 90/group) with a $2{\times}2$ Latin square design. Each group was either offered treatments of kikuyu grass (Pennisetum clandestinum Hoach ex Chiov.) pasture (pasture) or soybean from 0900 h to 1500 h during the experimental period which consisted of 2 periods of 3 days following 5 days of training and adaptation in each period with groups crossing over treatments after the first period. The number of cows trafficking to each treatment was similar together with milk yield (mean ${\approx}18$ L/cow/d) in this experiment. For the cows that arrived at soybean or pasture there were significant differences in their behaviour and consequently the number of cows exiting each treatment paddock. There was greater cow traffic (more cows and sooner) exiting pasture allocations. Cows that arrived at soybean stayed on the allocation for 25% more time and ate more forage (8.5 kg/cow/d/allocation) relative to pasture (4.7 kg/cow/d/allocation). Pasture cows predominantly replaced eating time with rumination. These findings suggest that replacing pasture with alternative grazeable forages provides no additional incentive to increase voluntary cow traffic to an allocation of feed in AMS. This work highlights the opportunity to increase forage intakes in AMS through the incorporation of alternative forages.

• Journal of Forest and Environmental Science
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.93-99
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• 2011

In this study, a total of 350 households contained 700 individuals in Iganzo village were surveyed to study their literate and poverty levels and their impacts to conservation of the Mbeya Range Forest Reserve. The study included 350 women and 350 men. The majority of respondents were between the ages of 31-40 years old (53%), while the rest were between 41-50 years old (25%) and 21-30 years old (22%). The total income per day per household was calculated and averaged to 4,570 Tanzanian shillings that is equal to about 3 U.S. dollars. The average number of members per household was seven. It was reported that, there is a tremendous decrease in biodiversity composition of the reserve mainly due to poverty (80%) and ignorance (76%) of the people on the importance of the reserve. Other causes for this decrease were reported to be grazing of livestock in the reserve (23%), poor farming systems (68%), which resulted in soil erosion, encroachment (64%) through expansion of farms towards the reserve boundary and charcoal burning (34%). Respondents from Mbeya Urban Water Supply Authority and District Forest Office mentioned lack of funds (49%) and lack of experts (56%) as challenges that face the conservation of the reserve. It was revealed that 25% of respondents had never gone to school, 53% had primary level of education as their highest level of education, 20% had secondary education and 2% had first degree. The null hypothesis that poverty and illiteracy have a positive correlation to forest degradation was accepted based on these findings at a probability of p>0.85. Thus, it was concluded that poverty and illiteracy among Iganzo village residents are the main causes for the degradation of biodiversity in Mbeya Range Forest Reserve.

• ALGAE
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• 제37권2호
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• pp.105-121
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• 2022

Modern seaweed farming relies heavily on seedlings from natural beds or vegetative cuttings from previous harvests. However, this farming method has some disadvantages, such as physiological variation in the seed stock and decreased genetic variability, which reduces the growth rate, carrageenan yield, and gel strength of the seaweeds. A new method of seedling production that is sustainable, scalable, and produces a large number of high-quality plantlets is needed to support the seaweed farming industry. Recent use of tissue culture and micropropagation techniques in eucheumatoid seaweed production has yielded promising results in increasing seed supply and growing uniform seedlings in large numbers in a shorter time. Several seaweed species have been successfully cultured and regenerated into new plantlets in laboratories using direct regeneration, callus culture, and protoplast culture. The use of biostimulants and plant growth regulators in culture media increases the seedling quality even further. Seedlings produced by micropropagation grew faster and had better biochemical properties than conventionally cultivated seedlings. Before being transferred to a land-based grow-out system or ocean nets for farming, tissue-cultured seedlings were recommended to undergo an acclimatization process to increase their survival rate. Regular monitoring is needed to prevent disease and pest infestations and grazing by herbivorous fish and turtles during the farming process. The current review discusses recent techniques for producing eucheumatoid and other valuable seaweed farming materials, emphasizing the efficiency of micropropagation and the transition from laboratory culture to cultivation in land-based or open-sea grow-out systems to elucidate optimal conditions for sustainable seaweed production.

• Animal Bioscience
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• 제36권7호
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• pp.1143-1149
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• 2023

Objective: We investigated the effects of outdoor access for 1 h per day on the animal welfare (AW) of tethered cows, in terms of lying and sleeping postures, and immune function. Methods: A total of five dry cows were tethered all day indoors (tethering) for 30 days and then tethered indoors with 1 h daily outdoor access (ODA-1h) for 30 days. To analyze the effects of ODA-1h, we calculated the total duration and bout frequency per day, and bout duration of lying and sleeping postures during the last five days of each treatment period. We also analyzed the populations of T cells, B cells, and NK cells in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) by fluorescence-activated cell sorting and determined the concanavalin A (Con A) -induced proliferation rate of T cells. Results: The mean total time per day of lying during the ODA-1h treatment was significantly shorter than that during the tethering treatment (p<0.001). The Con A-induced proliferation rate of T cells during the ODA-1h treatment was significantly higher than that during the tethering treatment (p = 0.007). The proportion of NK cells in PBMC during the ODA-1h treatment tended to be higher than that during the tethering treatment (p = 0.062). Conclusion: Although ODA-1h may decrease lying time, it increases the available space for tethered cows towards that typically found in grazing and free barn feeding systems. This increased available space promotes the expression of normal behaviors such as walking and social behaviors except lying and may also improve the immune function of tethered dry cows, thereby improving their overall welfare.