Production of and demand for Canadian canola meal have been increased yearly. In order to improve the competitiveness of canola meal domestically and internationally, as well as to develop potential markets for canola meal, it is necessary to develop canola meal-based products that have high feed values and can be easily transported. The objectives of this research were: 1) to investigate the effects of temperature and time of conditioning during pelleting process on the nutritive values of canola meal in terms of chemical profiles, protein and carbohydrate subfractions, and energy values, using the AOAC procedures, CNCPS v6.1 and NRC (2001), respectively; 2) to detect the effects of temperature and time of conditioning during the pelleting process on rumen degradation and intestinal digestion characteristics and predicted protein supply of canola meal, using the in situ procedure, the three-step in vitro procedure, and the NRC 2001 model; and 3) to determine pelleting-induced changes in spectral characteristics of molecular structures of canola meal using Attenuated Total Reflectance Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR) with univariate and multivariate analysis, and reveal the relationship between molecular structures of protein and carbohydrate and nutrient values, rumen degradation and intestinal digestion characteristics, and predicted protein supply of canola meal. Three different conditioning temperatures (70, 80 and 90ºC) and two different conditioning time (50 and 75 sec) were applied in this research. Two different batches of canola meal from a commercial feed company were selected. A randomized complete block design (RCBD) with 3 × 2 factorial arrangement was employed in this research. Molecular spectral functional groups related to protein, cellulosic compounds, and carbohydrates were used in the spectral study. This research indicated: 1) soluble crude protein (SCP) was decreased and neutral detergent insoluble CP (NDICP) was increased with increasing temperature; 2) the lowest protein rumen degradation of pellets was observed at conditioning temperature of 90 ºC and protein rumen degradation was increased by pelleting; 3) the amount of protein digested in the small intestine tended to increase with increasing conditioning temperature; 4) pelleting under different temperatures and time in the current study shifted the protein digestion site to the rumen, rather than to the small intestine; 5) with respect to predicted protein supply, based on the NRC 2001 model, increasing conditioning temperature tended to increase the metabolizable protein supply of canola meal pellets to dairy cattle; 6) changes in the molecular structure of canola meal induced by pelleting can be detected by ATR-FTIR; 7) not only protein molecular structure characteristics but also carbohydrate molecular structure characteristics play important roles in determining nutrient values, rumen degradation and intestinal digestion characteristics, and the predicted protein supply of canola meal.

The potential of hyperspectral proximal sensing to quantify sward characteristics important in making critical decisions on the management of sheep and dairy pastures in New Zealand has been investigated. Hyperspectral data were acquired using an ASD FieldSpec® Pro FR spectroradiometer attached to the Canopy Pasture Probe (CAPP). The CAPP was developed to enable the collection of in situ reflectance data from New Zealand pasture canopies independent of ambient light conditions. A matt white ceramic tile was selected as a reflectance standard to be used with the CAPP, after testing a variety of materials. Pasture reflectance factor spectra between 350-2500 nm (with spectral resolutions of 3 nm between 350-1000 nm and 10 nm between 1000-2500 nm) and pasture samples were collected from six hill country and lowland areas, across all seasons (August 2006 to September 2007) in a number of regions in the North Island of New Zealand. After pre-processing (e.g. spectral averaging, de-stepping, elimination of noisy wavelengths, smoothing) the spectral data collected from sites were correlated against pasture botanical composition (expressed as proportions of grass, legume and weed) and pasture nutrients (nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, calcium, magnesium, sodium and sulphur) expressed in percentage of dry matter (%) and amount (kg ha-1) using partial least squares regressions (PLSR). The accuracy and precision of the calibrations were tested using either the full cross-validation leave-one-out method or testing datasets. Regressions were carried out using the reflectance factor data per se and after mathematical transformation, including first derivative, absorbance and continuum-removed spectra. Overall best results were obtained using the first derivative data. The quality of predictions varied greatly with the pasture attribute, site and season. Some reasonable results were achieved for the prediction of pasture grass and legume proportions when analysing samples collected during autumn (grass: R2 > 0.81 and SD/RMSEP 2.3 and legume: R2 > 0.80 and SD/RMSEP 2.2), but predicting pasture weed content was poor for all sites and seasons (R2 = 0.44 and SD/RMSEP = 1.2). The inaccurate predictions might be explained by the fact that the diversity found in the field and observed in the pasture spectral data was not taken into account in the pasture botanical separation. The potential for using proximal sensing techniques to predict pasture nutrients in situ was confirmed, with the sensing of pasture N, P and K increased by the procedure of separating the data according to the season of the year. The full potential of the technology will only be realised if a substantial dataset representing all the variability found in the field is gathered. The importance of obtaining representative datasets that embrace all the biophysical factors (e.g. pasture type, canopy structure) likely to affect the relat ionship, when building prediction calibrations, was highlighted in this research by the variance in the predictions for the same nutrient using different datasets, and by the inconsistency in the number of common wavelengths when examining the wavelengths contributing to the relationship. The ability to use a single model to predict multiple nutrients, or indeed individual nutrients, will only come through a good understanding of the factors likely to influence any calibration function. It has been demonstrated in this research that reasonably accurate and precise pasture nutrient predictions (R2 > 0.74 and SD/RMSEP 2.0) can be made from fresh in situ canopy measurements. This still falls short of the quality of the predictions reported for near infrared reflectance spectroscopy (NIRS) for dried, ground samples analysed under controlled laboratory conditions

Thesis (MSc Food Sc)--University of Stellenbosch, 2011. / Please refer to full text to view abstract.

Cette thèse présente quelques avancées sur la représentation efficace de l’apparence matérielle dans une simulation de l’éclairage. Nous présentons deux contributions : un algorithme pratique de simulation interactive pour rendre la réflectance mesurée avec une géométrie dynamique en utilisant une analyse fréquentielle du transport de l’énergie lumineuse et le shading hiérarchique et sur-échantillonnage dans un contexte deferred shading, et une nouvelle fonction de distribution pour le modèle de BRDF de Cook-Torrance. Dans la première partie, nous présentons une analyse fréquentielle de transport de l’éclairage en temps réel. La bande passante et la variance sont fonction de l’éclairage incident, de la distance parcourue par la lumière, de la BRDF et de la texture, et de la configuration de la géométrie (la courbure). Nous utilisons ces informations pour sous-échantillonner l’image en utilisant un nombre adaptatif d’échantillons. Nous calculons l’éclairage de façon hiérarchique, en un seul passage. Notre algorithme est implémenté dans un cadre de deferred shading, et fonctionne avec des fonctions de réflectance quelconques, y compris mesurées. Nous proposons deux extensions : pré-convolution de l’éclairage incident pour plus d’efficacité, et anti-aliasing utilisant l’information de fréquence. Dans la deuxième partie, nous nous intéressons aux fonction de réflectance a base de micro-facette, comme le modèle de Cook-Torrance. En nous basant sur les réflectances mesurées, nous proposons une nouvelle distribution des micro-facettes. Cette distribution, Shifted Gamma Distribution, s’adapte aux donnée avec plus de précision. Nous montrons également comment calculer la fonction d’ombrage et de masquage pour cette distribution. Dans un deuxième temps, nous observons que pour certains matériaux, le coefficient de Fresnel ne suit pas l’approximation de Schlick. Nous proposons une généralisation de cette approximation qui correspond mieux aux données mesurées. Nous proposons par ailleurs une nouvelle technique d’optimisation, canal par canal, en deux étapes. Notre modèle est plus précis que les modèles existants, du diffus au spéculaire. / This thesis presents some advances in efficient representation of material appearance in a lighting simulation. The scope of this thesis is two-fold: an interactive shading algorithm to render measured reflectance with dynamic geometry using frequency analysis of light transport and hierarchical shading and up-sampling in deferred shading context, and a new normal distribution function for the Cook-Torrance micro-facet BRDF model, along with a new shadowing and masking function and a generalization of Schlick’s approximation of the Fresnel term. In the first part, we introduce a real-time frequency analysis of light transport framework that allows us to estimate the bandwidth and variance of the shading integrand. The bandwidth and variance are a function of frequencies in the illumination, distance traveled by light, BRDF and texture, and the geometry configuration (curvature). We use this information to under-sample the image, and also use an adaptive number of samples for shading. We devise a single-pass hierarchical shading and up-sampling scheme to assemble an image out of the sparsely shaded image pixels. We extend our interactive technique to use pre-convolved shading for real-time performance. We also take advantage of the bandwidth information to perform multi-sample anti-aliasing in deferred shading by subsampling only a small portion of image pixels whose bandwidth is smaller than 1 pixel^-1. In the second part, we propose a new distribution function for the Cook-Torrance micro-facet BRDF, based on our observations on the reflectance measurements. We isolate the distribution components of the reflectance data and directly observe that existing distribution functions are insufficient. Then we devise the Shifted Gamma Distribution (SGD) fitting more accurately to the data. We derive the shadowing and masking function from the distribution. We observe that not all materials have the Fresnel behavior expected by Schlick’s approximation. Hence, we generalize the Schlick’s approximation to more accurately fit the model to the measurements. We introduce a two-step fitting approach, that fits each RGB channel separately — accounting for wave-length dependent effects. We show that our shading model outperforms existing models and accurately represents a wider range of materials from diffuse to glossy and highly specular materials.

We investigate the electronic band structure of device relevant GaInNAs/GaAs multiple quantum wells (MQWs) and veitical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) structures. We report photo-modulated reflectance (PR) studies under applied pressure and variable temperature that probe the influence of N-related states on the electronic structure of dilute nitrogen (N) III-V MQWs. The pressure and temperature dependence of the intersubband transitions within the MQWs is reduced by addition of N. By matching our experimental results with a theoretical model important predictions for the ground-state electron effective mass and conduction band offset as a function of N and pressure are made. We present results of angle- and temperature-dependent electro-reflectance (ER) measurements on a dilute-N GaInNAs VCSEL and show that these explain how the corresponding VCSEL device can operate over a such a wide range of temperatures. We argue that intrinsic properties of dilute-N QWs provide novel ways to design laser devices, especially in the crucial telecommunication range of wavelengths. We show how non-destructive ER and PR measurements can be used, in order to estimate the QW transition energy when it is coupled with the cavity mode (CM). The energy of the main exciton is determined by monitoring the amplitude and the phase of the PR spectra. The ER measurements are presented on the GaInNAs VCSEL described in the previous paragraph. Furthermore we present a growth characterisation study on a representative InGaAs/GaAs/AlAs/AlGaAs as-grown VCSEL structure, using PR spectroscopy as a function of position on a non-uniform wafer. We also show how temperature dependent PR and the appropriate lineshape model can be used to obtain a full picture of the relative movements between the gain and the CM over the full range of temperature. This information allows calculating the material gain in the temperature range of interest, independent from the effect of the CM and also provides an alternative method for characterising the growth, which can be applied to uniform wafers. PR and non-destructive ER can be used to identify regions suitable for fabrication into devices. For this reason modulation spectroscopy can be very useful for industry to reject wafers where good alignment between the CM and the QW does not occur and can thus save on the time consuming and expensive fabrication procedures.

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O presente estudo teve como objetivo avaliar o teor de Cu, Cr, Ni, Zn, Pb, Mn, Al e Fe e sua partição geoquímica em sedimentos da bacia hidrográfica do rio dos Sinos, Sul do Brasil. Esta bacia apresenta elevada densidade populacional e industrial, especialmente dos setores de metalurgia, galvanoplastia, siderurgia, petroquímica e curtumes. As concentrações totais de metais, determinadas por espectroscopia de fluorescência de raios X, e as concentrações nas fases dos sedimentos, determinadas através da aplicação do esquema de extração sequencial BCR-701 proposto pelo Community Bureau of Reference, da Comunidade Europeia, utilizando ICP/OES, foram avaliadas nos sedimentos com granulometria <63 μm. Também foram considerados os teores extraídos através de uma solução de HCl 0,5 mol/L nesta fração dos sedimentos. Os resultados na região industrializada e com alta densidade populacional mostraram um aumento nas concentrações totais, para Cu, Cr, Zn e Pb, e nas frações potencialmente móveis para os metais Cu, Cr, Zn e Ni extraídos sequencialmente. O Cr destacou-se especialmente no arroio Portão, apresentando uma concentração total de 1286 mg/kg, devido à influência de curtumes localizados nesta região. Os sedimentos também foram caracterizados através de espectroscopia de reflectância, método rápido e não destrutivo de caracterização dos diferentes materiais, na região entre 400 e 2500 nm. Nos espectros de reflectância das amostras avaliadas observou-se que as principais feições espectrais são resultantes das absorções decorrentes da água, das ligações Al-OH e dos teores de ferro presentes. Ainda ficou evidenciada a influência da granulometria, dos teores de ferro e matéria orgânica sobre os espectros de reflectância resultantes. Não foi possível observar as feições espectrais decorrentes dos metais pesados, provavelmente devido às altas concentrações de ferro observadas nas amostras e devido ao fato destes metais apresentarem as suas feições espectrais nas mesmas regiões de comprimento de onda onde ocorrem as feições do ferro. / The present study aimed to evaluate the content of Cu, Cr, Ni, Zn, Pb, Mn, Al, and Fe as well as their geochemical partitioning in sediments of the Sinos river basin in southern Brazil. This basin has a high population density and a great number of industries, especially metallurgy, electroplating works, steel mills, petrochemicals, and tanneries. The total metal concentrations, determined by X-ray fluorescence, and the concentrations in the sediment phases, determined by applying the BCR-701 sequential extraction method proposed by the Community Bureau of Reference of the European Community, using ICP/OES, were evaluated in the sediment fraction <63 μm. The contents extracted by a solution of 0.5 mol/L HCl were also considered in this fraction. Results in the industrialized and densely populated region showed an increase in the total concentrations for Cu, Cr, Zn, and Pb, and in the potentially mobile fractions for the sequentially extracted metals Cu, Cr, Zn and Ni. Cr stood out particularly in the Portão stream, showing a total concentration of 1,286 mg/kg, due to the influence of tanneries in this region. The sediments were also characterized by reflectance spectroscopy, a rapid and nondestructive method for characterization of different materials, in the region between 400 and 2500 nm. The reflectance spectra of the samples showed that the main spectral features are the result of the absorptions due to water, Al-OH bonds and contents of iron. The influences of particle size, organic matter and mineral composition on the absorption features and on the reflection coefficient of the spectra were also evidenced. It was not possible to observe the spectral features resulting from metals, probably due to high iron concentrations observed in the samples, and because these metals make their spectral features on the same wavelength regions where there are the iron spectral features.

Light is one of the most important elements for seizure of the architectural space and can be considered the most valuable resource by the architect, responsible for biological effects, psychological and human visual system. You can also reduce the use of artificial lighting systems, contributing to the growing global awareness of the depletion of natural resources of the planet. However, its use in architecture should be made based on criteria in order to optimize its benefits. Thus, the light shelf can be used as a daylighting control element, which reduces the direct incidence of sunlight, can more evenly distribute light within the room. Using computer simulation software TropLux proceeded to the simulation of a basic room with no light shelf and weather data for the city of Maceio. From there, nine other rooms were created with light shelf and each received a different reflectance configuration of 0.9, 0.7 and 0.5, ranging from diffuse, specular and mixed. the values were compared between the standard room and the other as well as between the points of the same depth between the different rooms in order to establish which setting has allowed a better light performance. As a result, we arrived at the conclusion that the use of light shelf to fully diffuse surface, provided a greater uniformity in the distribution of natural lighting within the environment in comparison to the use of mixed or specular surfaces. The light shelves with reflectance of 0.5 in comparison to others, showed better uniformity of illuminance. / A luz é um dos mais importantes elementos para apreensão do espaço arquitetônico e pode ser considerado o recurso mais valioso pelo arquiteto, sendo responsável por efeitos biológicos, psicológicos e visual do homem. Pode ainda reduzir o uso de sistemas artificiais de iluminação, contribuindo com a crescente conscientização mundial do esgotamento de recursos naturais do planeta. Entretanto, seu uso na arquitetura deve ser feito a partir de critérios, de modo a otimizar seus benefícios. Nesse sentido, a prateleira de luz pode ser usada como um elemento de controle da iluminação natural que permite reduzir a incidência de radiação solar direta, podendo distribuir mais uniformemente a luz dentro do ambiente. Utilizando o software de simulação computacional TropLux, procedeu‐se a simulação de uma sala base sem prateleira de luz e com dados climáticos para a cidade de Maceió. A partir daí, foram criadas outras nove salas com prateleira de luz e cada uma delas recebeu uma configuração diferente com refletância de 0,9, 0,7 e 0,5, variando entre difusa, especular e mista. Foram comparados os valores entre a sala padrão e as demais, bem como entre os pontos de mesma profundidade entre as diferentes salas a fim de estabelecer qual configuração permitiu um melhor desempenho luminoso. Como resultados, chegou‐se à conclusão que a utilização da prateleira de luz com superfície totalmente difusa, proporcionou uma maior uniformidade na distribuição da iluminação natural no interior do ambiente em comparação à utilização de superfícies especulares ou mistas. As prateleiras de luz com refletância de 0,5 em comparação as demais, foram as que melhor distribuíram e uniformizaram a luz natural.

The presence of ultraviolet patterns on body, as well as perception of ultraviolet spectrum by special photoreceptors, is part of sensory ecology of many animal species, including reptiles. Most current research discusses the importance of ultraviolet signs in coloration of diurnal species. The aim of our study was to find out what character have the reflective signs in ultraviolet spectrum in overall coloration of common leopard gecko (Eubplepharis macularius) through a digital photography. The reflective pattern is present in both adults and juveniles and passes as well as the rest of the coloration by significant ontogenetic changes. Another aim was to evaluate the role of ultraviolet reflecting signs in the biology of this crepuscular-nocturnal species. We expect that the pattern contributes to their antipredatory strategies during their first few months of life, and also a white reflecting surface is preserved in adulthood, especially on their tail, which is differently coloured than the rest of the body.

O dióxido de titânio, TiO2, é o pigmento branco mais importante na indústria de tintas devido à sua capacidade de refletir o espectro da radiação solar nas regiões do visível e do infravermelho. Ao refletir os comprimentos de onda da região do visível, o observador percebe a cor branca. A região do infravermelho é percebida pelo ser humano na forma de calor e a radiação ao ser refletida pelo pigmento diminui o aquecimento da superfície pintada. Neste trabalho foram investigados os aspectos morfológicos do TiO2 e avaliado o seu impacto nas propriedades ópticas de tintas base água. Quatro tipos de TiO2 foram utilizados, um de tamanho nanométrico, dois pigmentos comercias com diferentes tamanhos de partículas e o quarto obtido da calcinação do pigmento nanométrico. A calcinação objetivou a alteração da estrutura cristalina da fase anatase para rutilo do TiO2 nanométrico. Os pigmentos e carga (CaCO3) utilizados foram caracterizados através de análises morfológicas (tamanho e formato das partículas, estrutura cristalina, área superficial), absorção de óleo e espectroscopia de refletância difusa (regiões do ultravioleta, visível e infravermelho próximo). Foram produzidas tintas com diferentes teores de pigmentos (5%, 10%, 15% e 20%) As tintas foram caracterizadas através dos seguintes ensaios: viscosidade, espessura do filme seco, determinação de cor e brilho e espectroscopia de refletância difusa. Constatou-se que as propriedades ópticas das tintas são fortemente dependentes do tamanho de partícula do pigmento TiO2. A refletância da região do visível (400 a 700 nm) apresentou valores ótimos nas tintas produzidas com 15 e 20% dos pigmentos comerciais com tamanho médio de partícula entre 140 e 600 nm, produzindo um filme branco com elevada opacidade. A tinta com TiO2 nanométrico (15 a 60 nm para as partículas unitárias) apresentou baixos valores de refletância difusa nas regiões do visível e do infravermelho. As tintas produzidas com TiO2 calcinado, com elevado tamanho de partícula, refletiram mais eficientemente a região do infravermelho (700 – 2500 nm). O tratamento térmico do TiO2 nanométrico resultou num pigmento com tamanho de partícula adequado para aplicação de tintas reflexivas ao calor. / Titanium dioxide, TiO2, is the most important white pigment in coating industry due to its ability to reflect solar radiation spectrum in visible and infrared regions. When TiO2 reflects the light wavelengths in the visible region, the observer perceives the white color. The infrared region is perceived by human being in the form of heat and when the radiation is reflected by pigment decreases the heating of painted surface. In this work, the morphological aspects of TiO2 were investigated and evaluated their impact on optical properties of waterborne paints. Four types of TiO2 were used; one nanosized pigment, two commercial pigments with different particle sizes and the last one was obtained from the calcination of nanoparticles pigments. The main objective of calcination was to alter the crystalline structure of anatase phase to rutile phase of nanometric TiO2. The pigments and filler used (CaCO3) were characterized by morphological analysis (particle size distribution and shape analysis, crystalline structure, surface area), oil absorption and diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (ultraviolet, visible and near-infrared regions) Paints were prepared using different pigments concentrations (5%, 10%, 15% and 20%). The followings tests were carried out to characterize the paints: viscosity, dry film thickness, color and brightness determination and diffuse reflectance spectroscopy. It was observed that the optical properties of the paints are strongly dependent on TiO2 pigment particle size. The reflectance of the visible region (400 to 700 nm) showed better results in the paints produced with 15% and 20% of commercial pigment whose average particle size ranges were between 140 and 600 nm, producing a white film with high opacity. The paint with nanosized TiO2 showed lowest values of diffuse reflectance in visible and infrared regions. The paints formulated with calcined TiO2, pigment showing higher particle sizes, reflected more efficiently the infrared region (700 to 2500 nm). Thermal treatment of nanometric TiO2 resulted in a pigment with particle size suitable for application of heat reflective paints.