MD Articles
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Concordance correlation for model performance assessment: An example with reference evapotranspiration observations
The assessment procedures for agronomic model performance are often arbitrary and unhelpful. An omnibus analysis, the concordance correlation coefficient (rc), is widely used in many other sciences. This work illustrates model assessment with two rc measures accompanied with a mean-difference (MD) plot and a distribution comparison. Each rc is an adjusted value of the usual Pearson correlation ...
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Biomethanol From Sugar Beet Pulp
According to Atlantic Biomass Conversions, sugar beet pulp, currently of low value to sugar beet growers and processors, could become a significant source of renewable fuel methanol. Nearly 700 million liters of fuel cell quality methanol could be produced annually from sugar beet pulp produced by existing EU and US sugar beet refineries. Atlantic Biomass Conversions, a company based in ...
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Purification, characterization, and gene cloning of ceriporiopsis sp. Strain md-1 peroxidases that decolorize human hair melanin
Ceriporiopsis sp. strain MD-1, isolated from forest soil, produced several extracellular enzymes that decolorized human hair melanin. Among them, three enzymes (E1, E2-1, and E2-2) were purified to homogeneity and characterized. The enzymes required hydrogen peroxide in their enzyme reactions and, typical of other fungal peroxidases, oxidized various phenol compounds such as guaiacol, but not ...
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Genetic assessment of a mini-core subset developed from the USDA rice genebank
Development of core collections is an effective tool to extensively characterize large germplasm collections, and the use of a mini-core subsampling strategy further increases the effectiveness of genetic diversity analysis at detailed phenotype and molecular levels. We report the formation of a mini-core subset containing 217 entries derived from 1794 core entries representing the genetic ...
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Mold/Mildew in My office – A musty smell where i work
Are you smelling a musty smell in your office? It is not unusual to have a musty/moldy odor in an office—even when there is no visible evidence of mold (those black/green/white circular colonies growing on a flat surface). The Source The source can be in a carpet, behind a wall, or in the heating/AC system. Another problem is that the HVAC system is cycled down at night and weekends ...
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Black Gold Farm Case Study
Black Gold Farms is a multi-generation, family owned farming organization that began in North Dakota’s Red River Valley more than 80 years ago. It evolved into a global potato production, sales and service company and industry leader. In combination with its own farms and a network of contracted growers across the USA, Black Gold has 20,000 acres in production and is the nation’s ...
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