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ABSTRACT: Autonomous vehicles lack a standardized mechanism for seamless cross-platform sharing of testing frameworks and evaluations of basic tasks. The ability to execute common tests on various hardware platforms is essential in order to be able to e

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The rapid development of the Internet, combined with the increasing power of microcomputers,provides an opportunity to improve greatly the quality of information available to the managers of dairyfarms. Internet technology provides a framework upon which information can be distributed quickly,with great flexibility, and at low cost, but existing information tools for dairy management are largelyo ...

RURAL COMMUNITIES CURRENTLY EXPERIENCE PRESSURE FOR EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC RESOURCES. LAND INFORMATION IS, HOWEVER, OFTEN DISTRIBUTED AMONG A VARIETY OF AGENCIES, DATA FORMATS AND SCALES, MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO INTEGRATE FOR LOCAL MANAGEMENT AND PLANNING WITHIN FISCAL AND TIME CONSTRAINTS. ALTHOUGH LAND AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM HAVE PROLIFERATED IN RECE ...

GENETIC PROGRESS FOR ECONOMICALLY IMPORTANT PRODUCTION TRAITS IN DAIRY CATTLE IS DEPENDENT ON THE ACCURATE SELECTION OF GENETICALLY SUPERIOR INDIVIDUALS TO SERVE AS PARENTS OF THE SUBSEQUENT GENERATION. PROGENY TESTING PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED BY THE ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION INDUSTRY TO IDENTIFY SUPERIOR SIRES, AND HAVE PROVEN TO BE VERY EFFECTIVE SINCE THEIR INCEPTION, BUT ARE QUITE COSTLY. ...

THIS PROJECT WILL INVESTIGATE THE FEASIBILITY OF DEVELOPING SHEEP DAIRYING AS AN EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY FOR RURAL AREAS, AND AS AN ALTERNATIVE REVENUE GENERATING OPTION FOR SMALL COW FARMERS BESET BY DETERIORATING INDUSTRY ECONOMICS. THE PROPOSED FEASIBILITY STUDY EMBRACES THREE AREAS: COST/BENEFIT ANALYSIS OF SHEEP DAIRYING; COMPILATION ON SHEEP'S MILK; AND, INVESTIGATION OF INFORMATIONAL AND ORG ...

An objective Canopy Weather Forecast System (CWFS) will be developed and tested. The system willbe based on a site-specific one-dimensional (1-D) soil-canopy-atmospheric boundary layer numericalmodel which is coupled to a three-dimensional (3-D) mesoscale atmospheric numerical model. Theoutput from the CWFS will be designed for input into a variety of models that provide directinformation for cr ...

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ADVANCED STRUCTURAL MATERIALS USED IN THE FABRICATION OF SUBMARINES CAN SUSTAIN LARGE STRAINS DURING THE FORMATION PROCESS CAUSED BY EXPLOSIVE LOADINGS. THE COMPUTATIONAL SOLID MECHANICS COMMUNITY HAS RECENTRLY RECOGNIZED SERIOUS SHORTCOMINGS IN CALCULATIONS USING MATERIAL MODELS IN THIS LARGE STRAIN REGION. BECAUSE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF CALCULATIONS IN UNDERSTANDING THE SHOCK RESPONSE OF SUBMARINE ...

Hydroponic vegetable production in the U.S. has experienced steady substantial growth due to its ability to produce fresh produce, year round close to the source(s) of consumption. A major obstacle to hydroponic production is the gap in effective conventional fungicides and sustainable/organic nutrient sources to protect edible raw food crop against significant root diseases such as Pythium. Fresh ...