Intoxication Induced by Urea Containing Diets in Broiler Chickens: Effect on Weight Gain, Feed Conversion Ratio, Hematological and Biochemical Profiles

Urea as a source of cheap non-protein nitrogen is used to adulterate fish and meat meals which are basic components of broiler diets. The present study was carried out to elucidate the effects of urea on weight gain, and hematological and biochemical profiles. A total of 48 broiler chicks were randomly allotted into 4 groups, designated Groups 1, 2, 3 and 4 of 12 birds each. Birds in Groups 2, 3 and 4 were fed on diets containing urea at the levels of 1%, 2.5% and 4%, respectively. Birds in Group 1 served as control and were not exposed to urea. Experimentation period was for 3 weeks and experiment was terminated when birds were 42 days of age. Body weight of all intoxicated birds at the various intervals was significantly decreased in comparison with that of the untreated control. Compared with control, all intoxicated broilers manifested significant (P ≤ 0.05) decrease in all hematological parameters involving erythrocytic and total leucocytic counts, Hemoglobin (Hb) and Packed Cell Volume (PCV) on a dose- and time-pattern. In comparison with the control levels, biochemical profile of the intoxicated birds disclosed significant decrease in blood glucose level and significant increase in serum uric acid, urea, Alkaline Phosphatase (ALP) and Lactate Dehydrogenase (LDH) levels. Based upon the present data, it was concluded that the addition of urea to broiler diets bears serious sequences concerning the general health condition, performance, weight gain, and hematological and biochemical profiles.

基于GainRatio降维算法的流量聚类研究

随着网络数据流量的快速增长,需要高效的流量分类技术来实现网络管理、流量控制和安全检测。传统基于端口和有效负载的流量分类方法准确率低,无监督学习方法往往仅采用单一的聚类算法对数据进行聚类分析,且较少研究对数据本身的处理。为了解决上述问题,提出了先运用GainRatio信息增益率方法对原始数据进行降维处理,再将降维后的数据进行聚类的方法。实验结果表明:提出的方法不仅有效地提高了运行效率,而且随着聚类个数的增加,也明显地提高了高准确率的收敛速度。

Analysis of the radiation Resistance and Gain of Full-Wave Dipole Antenna for Different Feeding Design

This paper demonstrates the analysis of antenna pattern and gain for different designs of full-wave dipole antenna feeding techniques. Seven such techniques were studied and analyzed;symmetrical dual feeding in phase, symmetrical dual feeding out of phase, asymmetrical dual feeding in phase, asymmetrical dual feeding out of phase, symmetrical triple feeding in phase and symmetrical triple feeding out of phase. Symmetrical dual feeding in phase produced high gain as compared to the single and center-fed antennas. An improvement of about 3 to 3.5 dB was achieved comparing to center tap fed and off center fed. It was found that an asymmetrical dual feeding in-phase provides good performance, considering the directivity, pattern, and input impedance. A 2.46 dB gain has been attained. It was found that a symmetrical triple feeding provides an overall best performance with respect to gain, radiation pattern, beam width and input impedance.

Effects of Clenbuterol,Genotype,and Feeding Method on Bodyweight Gain of Meat Rabbits

Four-factor and three-level orthogonal experimental design(L9(34))was used in the experiment.The effects of three genotypes:Germany SAB three-bred-cross rabbits(S2),New Zealand purebred(N),and crossbred rabbits(ON);three levels of Clenbuterol treatment: 1 ng.g-1,2 ng.g-1and 3 ng.g-1,and three feeding methods:5-day,7-day and 10-day withdrawal period after two weeks of feeding Clenbuterol(CL)on bodyweight gain were evaluated.CL apparently improved average daily gain(ADG)of rabbits.70-day ADG of 5-day and 10-day withdrawal were higher than that of 7-day withdrawal,70-day ADG of S2 genotype was significantly higher than that of the control and N genotype was significant.Genotype,additive dose and feeding method had significant effects on overall-stage ADG.ON genotype,2 ng.g-1 dose and 5-day withdrawal feeding method was the best.Responses of different genotype to Clenbuterol appeared different at experimental prophase or whole experimental period.

Effects of Feeding Time on the Growth Performance and Variation of RNA/DNA Ratio of the Chinese Soft-shelled Turtle, Pelodiscus sinensis

The present study was to investigate the effects of feeding time on growth of the Chinese soft-shelled turtle. The experiment was carried out with a photoperiod of 12L （light）： 12D （dark） with lights on at 06：00 and off at 18：00. Turtles were maintained at a temperature of 32 - 0.2 ℃ in tanks throughout the length of the experiment. The turtles in group 1 to group 6 were fed respectively at 00：00, 04：00, 08：00, 12：00, 16：00 and 20：00 with 60 turtles each （Initial body weight 88.27 - 0.09 g）. Acrophases of postprandial RNA/DNA ratio in liver in each group was shown between 5h and 7h after feeding. A positive linear correlation could be seen between specific growth rate （SGR） and RNA/ DNA：SGR=t.1586RNA/DNA-0.7097 （r = 0.9328, P = 0.0066）. The results indicated that the values at the acrophases of about 6h after feeding might be used as an instantaneous growth index in the Chinese soft-shelled turtle. The turtles in group 1 grew better than group 3, group 4, group 5, group 6, because they ate more, but they ate more and grew slower than group 2, whose feed conversion rate was also higher. Meanwhile, the SGR and feeding rate of turtles fed at 12：00 were the lowest from the six groups （P 〈 0.05）. Turtles fed in group 1, group 2 and group 6 developed more heavy final body weight （FBW）, higher feeding rate and SGR than the other three groups. This probably suggested that turtles fed in scotophase grew better than that fed at photophase in total.

The Effect of Quantitative Feed Restriction Duration on Growth Performance and Carcass Characteristics of Broiler Chickens

The growth productivity of broilers is influenced by improving growth performance through improving body weight, average daily gain, and feed conversion rate. The objective of the study was to determine the effect of quantitative feed restriction duration on growth performance and carcass characteristics of broilers. A total of 144 day-old broiler chicks were reared in a deep litter system until slaughter at 42 days. Chicks were randomly allocated to three treatments which were replicated three times with 16 birds per replicate. The three treatments were the control (T1), one week of feed restriction (T2), and two weeks of feed restriction (T3). Birds were fed with starter, grower and finisher diets. The average daily gain (ADG), average daily feed intake (ADFI), and the feed conversion ratio (FCR) were computed for each week. Carcass weight and internal organs weights were measured. The body weight gained by the birds in T1 was similar to the birds that were restricted for a week. The treatments had a significant effect on the average daily gain in weeks 4, 5, and 6. The ADG for T2 was higher (P < 0.05) at week 5 after 1 week of restriction, than T1 and T3. The feed conversion ratio was significantly higher in T3 after 2 weeks of restriction. In T2 and T3, feed intake was significantly lower than in birds fed ad libitum at week 4 at the start of the treatment. There was no significant effect on the relative weights of heart weights, liver, gizzard, feet, and heads among the treatment groups except for intestine weight which was lower (P < 0.05) in T1 than T2 and T3. It was concluded that broilers that were restricted for one week had a positive result in growth performance. Feed restriction had minimal effect on the organ weights of broiler chickens.

Power Ratio Gain Technique and General Integral Control

In conjunction with general integral control, and synthesizing Singular perturbation and Equal ratio gain techniques, this paper proposes a new control design technique, named Power ratio gain technique, and then by Lyapunov method, theorem to ensure regionally as well as semi-globally asymptotic stability is established in terms of some bounded information. The highlight point is that it not only inherits all the essences of Singular perturbation and Equal ratio gain techniques but also makes up for their shortcomings, and then the conservatism of control input can be improved by compromising the Power ratio coefficients. Theoretical analysis, design example and simulation results show that Power ratio gain technique is a simple, practical and powerful tool to deal with the uncertain nonlinear system.

EFFECT OF FEED ARRAY CONFIGURATION ON THE FIELD-OF-VIEW OF RADIO TELESCOPE ANTENNA

Phased Array Feed (PAF) is a small two-dimensional phased array antenna, playing a role as the multi-beam feed for the reflector antenna. The prominent capability of large continuous Field-of-View (FoV) coverage and fast survey speed makes PAF the promising feed for radio telescopes. In this paper, the effect of feed array of PAF on the gain fluctuations over FoV is analyzed on a sim- plified model of the Five-hundred-meter Spherical Aperture radio Telescope (FAST), including illu- mination pattern edge taper, element spacing, element arrangement and element amount. And the differences between rectangular and hexagonal array arrangements are compared. The relationship between the FoV and array configuration are concluded at last.

Growth Performance, Feed Conversion Ratio and Economics of Production of Native and Crossbred （Local x Holstein Friesian） Bulls for Fattening under Different Improved Feeding

An experiment was conducted to evaluate the growth performance and cost per gain of indigenous and crossbred （local x Holstein Friesian （L x HF）） bulls under four different improved feed treatments to determine the appropriate ration for economic organic beef production in Bangladesh. Twenty indigenous bulls （average body weight 208.08 ± 13.98 kg） and 20 crossbred （L x l-IF） bulls （average body weight 256.26 ± 26.85 kg） of 24 months age were divided into four equal groups and fed on four diets （T0, T1, T2 and T3） up to 120 d, where To referred to the conventional diet, and T1, T2 and T3 referred as improved organic diets. Required dry matter for individual animal was supplied by roughage and concentrate sources of the ration in the ratio of 2：1. Local grass and paddy straw were supplied to group T0 and T1, Napier grass and straw to group T2, and Napier grass （Pennisetum purpureum）, straw and Ipil-ipil leaf （Leuceana leucucephala） to group Ts as roughage; whereas, the concentrate was supplied as 1.5% of live weight. The results revealed that total dry matter intake （DMI）, total DMI as percent live weight （%LW）, feed conversion ratio （FCR） and average daily gain （ADG） varied significantly （P 〈 0.01） among different treatment groups. Breed also had significant （P 〈 0.01） effect on total DMI, FCR and ADG, but total DMI （%LW） was not affected by breed type. Feed cost expressed as per kg live weight gain （LWG） （BDT/kg LWG; 1USD = 78.95 BDT）, were also affected （P 〈 0.01） by feed treatments and breed type. Indigenous and crossbred bulls fed diet T3 had higher ADG （0.49 kg and 1.17 kg, respectively） and comparatively lower feed costs （156 BDT/kg LWG and 96.78 BDT/kg LWG, respectively）. But crossbred （L × HF） bulls showed the highest ADG （1.17 kg） and the lowest feed cost （96.78 BDT/kg LWG）. Therefore, considering the growth performance and cost per kg gain of the experimental animals, it may be concluded that the crossbred （Lx HF） bulls treated with T3 diet may be used for economic organic beef production in Bangladesh.

Equal Ratio Gain Technique and Its Application in Linear General Integral Control

In conjunction with linear general integral control, this paper proposes a fire-new control design technique, named Equal ratio gain technique, and then develops two kinds of control design methods, that is, Decomposition and Synthetic methods, for a class of uncertain nonlinear system. By Routh’s stability criterion, we demonstrate that a canonical system matrix can be designed to be always Hurwitz as any row controller gains, or controller and its integrator gains increase with the same ratio. By solving Lyapunov equation, we demonstrate that as any row controller gains, or controller and its integrator gains of a canonical system matrix tend to infinity with the same ratio, if it is always Hurwitz, and then the same row solutions of Lyapunov equation all tend to zero. By Equal ratio gain technique and Lyapunov method, theorems to ensure semi-globally asymptotic stability are established in terms of some bounded information. Moreover, the striking robustness of linear general integral control and PID control is clearly illustrated by Equal ratio gain technique. Theoretical analysis, design example and simulation results showed that Equal ratio gain technique is a powerful tool to solve the control design problem of uncertain nonlinear system.

Nonlinear General Integral Control Design via Equal Ratio Gain Technique

This paper proposes two kinds of nonlinear general integral controllers, that is, one is generic and another is practical, for a class of uncertain nonlinear system. By extending equal ratio gain technique to a canonical interval system matrix and using Lyapunov method, theorems to ensure regionally as well as semi-globally asymptotic stability are established in terms of some bounded information. Moreover, for the practical nonlinear integral controller, a real time method to evaluate the equal ratio coefficient is proposed such that its value can be chosen moderately. Theoretical analysis and simulation results demonstrated that not only nonlinear general integral control can effectively deal with the uncertain nonlinear system but also equal ratio gain technique is a powerful and practical tool to solve the control design problem of dynamics with the nonlinear and uncertain actions.

Design of a High-Gain 2 × 1 Array Antenna for S-Band Applications

Antennas are an indispensable element in wireless networks. For long-distance wireless communication, antenna gains need to be very strong (highly directive) because the signal from the antenna loses a lot of strength as it travels over long distances. This is true in the military with missile, radar, and satellite systems, etc. Antenna arrays are commonly employed to focus electromagnetic waves in a certain direction that cannot be achieved perfectly with a single-element antenna. The goal of this study is to design a rectangular microstrip high-gain 2 × 1 array antenna using ADS Momentum. This microstrip patch array design makes use of the RT-DUROID 5880 as a substrate with a dielectric constant of 2.2, substrate height of 1.588 mm, and tangent loss of 0.001. To achieve efficient gain and return loss characteristics for the proposed array antenna, RT-Duroid is a good choice of dielectric material. The designed array antenna is made up of two rectangular patches, which have a resonance frequency of 3.3 GHz. These rectangular patches are excited by microstrip feed lines with 13 mm lengths and 4.8 mm widths. The impedance of the patches is perfectly matched by these transmission lines, which helps to get better antenna characteristics. At a resonance frequency of 3.3 GHz, the suggested antenna array has a directivity of 10.50 dB and a maximum gain of 9.90 dB in the S-band. The S parameters, 3D radiation pattern, directivity, gain, and efficiency of the constructed array antenna are all available in ADS Momentum.

偶极子对激发的宽带平面端射高增益天线

文中提出了一款单向辐射特性的微带缝隙结构双偶极子宽带天线。该天线由阶梯型缝隙结构、共面双偶极子和5组引向器构成。阶梯型缝隙结构用于改善阻抗匹配,拓展了天线的带宽;共面双偶极子改善了天线的辐射特性;引向器提高了天线的增益。仿真和实测表明,该天线的相对带宽为66.4%(5.78 GHz~11.53 GHz),带内前后比为15.7 dB~27.4 dB、增益为8.4 dBi~11.9 dBi,并且天线的交叉极化低、辐射方向图稳定。该天线的良好性能使其在无线通信和雷达领域的应用具有极强的吸引力。

进水分配比对分段进水PN/A工艺脱氮性能影响

以预脱碳污水和市政污水作为目标污水,建立了好氧段分段进水的新模式,通过调整进水分配比来优化好氧段C/N,以期实现短程硝化-厌氧氨氧化(PN/A)工艺在实际工况下的稳定运行.采用4组以好氧/缺氧/好氧/缺氧(O/A/O/A)模式运行的序批式反应器(SBR),R1、R2、R3及R4以进水分配比(预脱碳污水:市政污水)分别为1:0、2:1、1:1及1:2的分段进水模式运行.结果表明,R1未能实现PN/A工艺,总氮去除率(NRE)仅为60.2%.随着进水分配比不断下降,R2、R3、R4分别在第34,30及36d实现PN/A工艺,NRE分别达到71.8%、80.3%及74.1%.其中R3系统处理性能最好且最稳定,厌氧氨氧化贡献率达到83.9%.污泥沉降性与粒径最佳.此外,高通量结果显示氨氧化菌(Nitrosomonas)和厌氧氨氧化菌(Candidatus_Kuenenia)丰度分别为2.74%和12.17%,且与好氧异养菌(AHB)形成了良好的协同作用.因此,分段进水模式在进水分配比为1:1时有利于实现稳定的PN/A工艺,此时各功能微生物可得到较好富集与平衡.

一种软开关推挽变换器最优谐振电感设计方法

针对储能系统应用,基于推挽DC/DC谐振变换器,提出了一种新型谐振电感设计方法,解决了采用低压电池供电的推挽升压变换器存在输入输出增益比和效率不能兼顾的问题,提高了推挽变换器的整机效率。介绍了软开关推挽变换器基本原理,分析了变换器的正反向增益特性,计算了变换器的各部分损耗,给出了损耗与死区时间的约束曲线,寻找到了最优电感量设计值,并通过仿真数据得到了验证。最后搭建了600W软开关推挽变换器实验样机,验证了该设计方法的有效性和实用性。

汽车线控转向系统自适应变增益传动比设计

转向传动比是影响车辆主动安全性及操纵稳定性的重要因素。为改善线控转向车辆在低附着系数路面下的转向特性,设计了随路面附着系数和车速变化而自适应调整的变增益传动比。建立汽车二自由度模型,分析影响横摆角速度增益的因素,并通过仿真得到影响因素与增益之间的数据关系。采用Min-Max归一化方法,将影响因素与横摆角速度增益之间的数据进行预处理,构建神经网络数据集;设计蛇算法优化的BP神经网络(SO-BP),利用预处理后的数据集对SO-BP神经网络进行训练,由此动态获取变横摆角速度增益。采用变横摆角速度增益与侧向加速度增益按比例综合的策略,设计线控转向变增益传动比。利用Simulink-CarSim搭建线控转向整车模型,分别在高附着系数路面双移线工况和低附着系数路面角阶跃工况下,将所设计的变增益传动比与传统定增益传动比进行对比分析。结果表明:高附着系数路面条件下,两种传动比车辆的行驶轨迹误差保持在3%以内,而变增益传动比车辆的转向盘转角峰值降低了9.1%;低附着系数路面条件下,变增益传动比车辆在中低车速下的横摆角速度稳态值降低了22.3%、峰值降低了24.6%,中高车速下的横摆角速度稳态值降低了6.6%、峰值降低了10.8%。变增益传动比不仅可以提高车辆在高附着系数路面上的转向灵敏度,也改善了在低附着系数路面上行驶的安全性与操纵性。

阻垢剂在低温多效海水淡化装置中的工业化应用

目前我国低温多效海水淡化水处理药剂基本为国外公司垄断,价格昂贵。国产海水淡化阻垢缓蚀剂也正在突破瓶颈,质量、性能日渐成熟,但是缺乏统一、完善系统的方法验证,同时缺乏大型海水淡化工程考核验收平台,导致海水淡化水处理药剂价格居高不下。为打破国外垄断,提升我国海水淡化药剂自主创新能力和核心竞争力,并降低药剂使用成本,采用2.5万t/d低温多效海水淡化装置,开展了SD210阻垢剂在工业化试验装置中应用研究。试验结果表明:在为期2个月的试验期内,在SD210投加质量浓度为4~8 mg/L条件下,装置运行安全、平稳,无明显结垢和腐蚀现象;且海水淡化装置产品水水质优于《生活饮用水卫生标准》(GB 5749—2006)所规定的指标要求。综上,SD210阻垢性能良好,能满足低温多效海水淡化装置使用要求。

零鱼粉饲料与高鱼粉饲料饲喂下凡纳对虾饲料利用效率相关性状的遗传评估

为探讨选育零鱼粉需求凡纳对虾(Penaeus vannamei)品种的可能性,解决目前鱼粉短缺、饲料成本居高不下的问题,本研究在零鱼粉饲料(蛋白含量占38%)和高鱼粉饲料(鱼粉含量占25%,蛋白含量占42%)饲喂条件下进行凡纳对虾饲料利用效率相关性状的遗传评估。选择30个家系进行40 d的单尾饲养实验,结果显示,饲喂高鱼粉饲料对虾的平均增重率(62.00%)和平均饲料效率比(124.00%)明显高于饲喂零鱼粉饲料(23.50%和49.40%)。对虾摄食量和增重率在零鱼粉饲料和高鱼粉饲料饲喂下的遗传力在0.458±0.140到0.699±0.155之间,饲料效率比在零鱼粉饲料和高鱼粉饲料饲喂下的遗传力分别为0.186±0.098和0.341±0.110。由于没有剖分出共同环境效应,遗传力都存在一定程度高估,因此,零鱼粉饲料饲喂下的饲料效率比的遗传变异并不高。摄食量和增重率在2种饲料间的遗传相关分别为0.580±0.171和0.676±0.155,表示这2个性状存在中等的基因型与饲料互作效应。饲料效率比在2种饲料间的遗传相关仅为0.299±0.304,表示该性状存在严重的基因型与饲料互作效应。综上结果来看,使用零鱼粉饲料不利于凡纳对虾的养殖及选育工作的开展。

基于工程应用的CW-GMAW熔滴过渡形态表征

综述了涉及工程应用的冷丝熔化极气体保护焊(Cold wire gas metal arc welding,CW-GMAW)熔滴过渡形态特征。结果表明,在大电流、强规范、富氩混合气体保护下,CW-GMAW工艺的熔滴过渡形态呈喷射过渡;当电流较小、电弧电压较低时,可能为滴状过渡,甚至在弧压很低时,呈现短路过渡形态。该工艺电弧发生偏向冷丝的位移,弧长变短甚至发生短路,与冷丝送进速率比增高及冷丝在电弧中产生大量金属蒸气时弧柱电阻下降有关。在具有富氩混合保护气体的相同工艺参数下,CWGMAW转变电流比GMAW降低了4%~7%。焊接工艺参数对CW-GMAW和GMAW工艺熔滴过渡形态的影响规律大致相近,但前者因涉及冷丝送进速率比和电极焊丝送进速度,以及它们的匹配等,使焊接电流的影响更为复杂。

畜禽饲料效率性状遗传研究进展

饲料效率是评价畜牧生产效率高低的一项重要指标,它是畜禽育种研究的重要性状之一。在过去几十年里,肉蛋奶产量等畜禽生产性状已经取得显著遗传进展。随着饲料成本的逐年提高,近几年饲料效率性状逐渐受到育种工作者的高度关注。欧美国家已陆续将饲料效率作为育种目标纳入综合选择指数,我国也开始相关研究并取得了研究进展。本文介绍了饲料效率的概念、常用衡量指标、遗传参数估计,并综述了国内外常见畜禽饲料效率性状的研究进展,为进一步解析畜禽饲料效率性状遗传机制和优化育种方案提供参考。