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Bangshuai Han, Moayad Yacoub, Aihua Li, Kirsten Nicholson, Joshua Gruver, Klaus Neumann and Subodh Sharma
Microplastic pollution is an emerging environmental concern, and has been found in remote regions, including the high Himalaya mountains. However, the abundance and sources of microplastics in the region are not well documented. This research investigate...
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Anni Zhao, Arash Toudeshki, Reza Ehsani, Joshua H. Viers and Jian-Qiao Sun
The Delta robot is an over-actuated parallel robot with highly nonlinear kinematics and dynamics. Designing the control for a Delta robot to carry out various operations is a challenging task. Various advanced control algorithms, such as adaptive control...
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Milton Speer, Joshua Hartigan and Lance M. Leslie
Flash droughts (FDs) are natural disasters that strike suddenly and intensify quickly. They occur almost anywhere, anytime of the year, and can have severe socio-economic, health and environmental impacts. This study focuses on a recent FD that began in ...
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Joshua J. R. Critchley-Marrows, Xiaofeng Wu, Yosuke Kawabata and Shinichi Nakasuka
In recent years, the number of expected missions to the Moon has increased significantly. With limited terrestrial-based infrastructure to support this number of missions, as well as restricted visibility over intended mission areas, there is a need for ...
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Partha S. Biswas, R. Santelices, Rhulyx Mendoza, Vitaliano Lopena, Juan D. Arbelaez, Norvie L. Manigbas, Joshua N. Cobb, Bertrand Collard and Mohammad Rafiqul Islam
The pedigree, bulk, and single-seed descent-based rapid generation advance methods are commonly practiced breeding methods in rice. But the efficiency of these breeding methods in enhancing genetic gain has not been investigated yet. In this study, we co...
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Tiffany Tien Nee Pragasam, John Victor Joshua Thomas, Maria Anu Vensuslaus and Subhashini Radhakrishnan
Cryptocurrencies are rapidly growing and are increasingly accepted by major commercial vendors. However, along with their rising popularity, they have also become the go-to currency for illicit activities driven by the anonymity they provide. Cryptocurre...
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Elias Munapo, Joshua Chukwuere and Trust Tawanda
We present a technique to solve the linear integer model with variable bounding. By using the continuous optimal solution of the linear integer model, the variable bounds for the basic variables are approximated and then used to calculate the optimal int...
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David A. Pintens, Kevin J. Shinners, Joshua C. Friede, Matthew F. Digman and Kenneth F. Kalscheur
An intensive processing mechanism that combined impact and shredding was applied to create physical disruption of whole-plant corn as a means to increase in situ dry matter (DM) digestion in lactating dairy cows. A ratio of treatment leachate conductivit...
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Christopher M. Holmes, Joshua Pritsolas, Randall Pearson, Carolyn Butts-Wilmsmeyer and Thorsten Schad
In cultivated landscapes, grasslands are an important land use type for insect life. Grassland management practices can have a significant impact on insect ecology. For example, intense fertilization and frequent cutting can reduce the diversity and abun...
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Aziz Amoozegar and Joshua L. Heitman
The most common method for in situ measurement of saturated hydraulic conductivity (Ksat) of the vadose zone is the constant head well permeameter method. Our general objective is to provide an empirical method for determining volume of water required fo...
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