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  • About
  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Predicting forage nutritive value from height and maturity of alfalfa in Saskatchewan, Canada

Olfert, Korvin Arthur Grant 17 September 2003
Several authors have shown that fiber levels can be predicted from plant height and maximum maturity in alfalfa (<i>Medicago satvia</i> L.). These estimates have been used to predict animal performance without any reference to error terms. This study evaluates the equations for predicting chemical characteristics from field measurements of plant morphology, and some equations for predicting animal performance from chemical characteristics. Finally, predicting forage utilization directly from field measurements of plant morphology was evaluated. Six sites were chosen from irrigated alfalfa fields in southwestern Saskatchewan. The chemical characteristics measured were neutral detergent fiber (NDF), acid detergent fiber (ADF), crude protein (CP), acid detergent lignin (ADL), ash, acid detergent insoluble nitrogen (ADIN), neutral detergent insoluble nitrogen (NDIN), and ether extract (EE). Only ADF and NDF showed predictive value from height and maximum maturity (R2 = 0.86, and R2 = 0.90, respectively). Weiss developed a theoretical model for estimating net energy based on summing the true digestibility of each of the components. This model did not predict digestibility well (R2 = 0.23). A model was developed to predict in-vitro dry matter digestibility directly from height and maximum maturity, however this model only performed moderately well (R2 = 0.61). This shows that in-vitro digestibility is predictable directly from height and maturity, although not without significant increases in error compared to prediction of ADF and NDF. Caution would be advised when using these estimates for further prediction.
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Predicting forage nutritive value from height and maturity of alfalfa in Saskatchewan, Canada

Olfert, Korvin Arthur Grant 17 September 2003 (has links)
Several authors have shown that fiber levels can be predicted from plant height and maximum maturity in alfalfa (<i>Medicago satvia</i> L.). These estimates have been used to predict animal performance without any reference to error terms. This study evaluates the equations for predicting chemical characteristics from field measurements of plant morphology, and some equations for predicting animal performance from chemical characteristics. Finally, predicting forage utilization directly from field measurements of plant morphology was evaluated. Six sites were chosen from irrigated alfalfa fields in southwestern Saskatchewan. The chemical characteristics measured were neutral detergent fiber (NDF), acid detergent fiber (ADF), crude protein (CP), acid detergent lignin (ADL), ash, acid detergent insoluble nitrogen (ADIN), neutral detergent insoluble nitrogen (NDIN), and ether extract (EE). Only ADF and NDF showed predictive value from height and maximum maturity (R2 = 0.86, and R2 = 0.90, respectively). Weiss developed a theoretical model for estimating net energy based on summing the true digestibility of each of the components. This model did not predict digestibility well (R2 = 0.23). A model was developed to predict in-vitro dry matter digestibility directly from height and maximum maturity, however this model only performed moderately well (R2 = 0.61). This shows that in-vitro digestibility is predictable directly from height and maturity, although not without significant increases in error compared to prediction of ADF and NDF. Caution would be advised when using these estimates for further prediction.
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Tatouage informé de signaux audio numériques

Baras, Cléo 12 1900 (has links) (PDF)
Le tatouage des signaux audio numériques, outre ses applications de protection de la propriété intellectuelle, révèle la possibilité d'utiliser le signal audio numérique comme un support de communication: une information peut être insérée imperceptiblement dans un signal audio et être ainsi diffusée en suivant le même canal de transmission que celui emprunté par le signal audio. Concevoir un système de tatouage performant est l'objectif de ces travaux de thèse. Cette performance relève de contraintes et d'enjeux spécifiques: l'insertion du tatouage doit (1) être transparente (inaudible), (2) offrir un débit de transmission le plus élevé possible pour une fiabilité de transmission la meilleure possible tout en étant robuste à un ensemble de perturbations (traitements licites qui peuvent être effectués sur un signal audio lors de son parcours dans un réseau de diffusion) et (3) être peu coûteux en temps de calcul pour permettre une implémentation temps réel. Pour satisfaire au mieux la contrainte de transparence, un module de contrôle d'inaudibilité innovant, adjacent au modèle psychoacoustique utilisé pour la mise en forme spectrale du tatouage, est proposé. Ce module, basé sur l'algorithme de mesure objective de la qualité sonore PEAQ, établit de façon adaptative les conditions de transparence locale du tatouage en fonction du signal audio. Atteindre une fiabilité de transmission élevée et garantir la robustesse aux perturbations (telles que la compression MPEG, les changements de format, les filtrages, etc.) constituent la majeure partie de ce travail. La prise en compte, ces dernières années, de la connaissance du bruit audio pour la construction du tatouage a permis de très nettes avancées dans ce domaine tant sur la formalisation du problème de tatouage que sur les performances à escompter des systèmes, dit informés, qui en découlent. La majorité des systèmes de l'État de l'Art s'est concentrée sur la recherche d'un tatouage robuste souvent au détriment de la contrainte d'inaudibilité. A l'inverse, nous proposons différentes stratégies d'insertion du tatouage qui établissent en premier lieu l'inaudibilité locale du tatouage et maximisent ensuite la robustesse de sa transmission aux perturbations. Les performances du système et l'efficacité des stratégies d'insertion proposées sont établies sur des signaux audio réels et comparées à des systèmes de la littérature: une transmission "audible mais non gênante" avec un TEB de 0,001 peut être obtenue pour un débit de 170 bit/s en l'absence de perturbations (contre 80 bit/s pour une insertion non informée); le débit devra être fixé à 75 bit/s pour garantir la robustesse aux perturbations non désynchronisantes et à 125 bit/s pour résister à une opération désynchronisante.
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Programová implementace subjektivnich testů zvukové kvality / Software implementation of the subjective assessments of sound quality

Špeta, Marek January 2011 (has links)
The focus of this diploma thesis is on methods for the subjective assessment of sound quality according to recommandations given by International Telecommunication Union ITU. The thesis is thematically divided into four parts. The first part is an interpretation of methods based on internationally accepted standards (method of small impairments, MUSHRA, general methods). The second part describes the functional blocks of application developed for this thesis in LabVIEW enviroment. Next part explains its practical application, especially its running possibilities. The last part describes a listening experiment, aim of which was to verify the application's features and to compare the results of the subjective method used in the experiment with the results of the objective method PEAQ.

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