Nitrogen fertilizer is commonly applied to winter wheat in the High Plains to achieve moderate to high yields. Typically, anhydrous N is applied in the summer or early fall with a tillage operation. Some growers apply liquid N in the spring if winter and spring moisture are high to take advantage of higher yielding condition. Phosphate fertilizer is less frequently used on winter wheat than N f...

Mapping of natural and man-made water bodies is a critical component of environmental studies, including climate change, agriculture, flood forecasting and groundwater recharge estimation. Moreover, standing water heavily impacts the ability to accurately estimate soil moisture from satellite, particularly from low resolution passive microwave data using a radiometer. NASA’s soil moisture dedic...

Fire is a key factor controlling global vegetation patterns and carbon cycling. It mostly occurs under warm periods during which fuel builds up with sufficient moisture, whereas such conditions stimulate fire ignition and spread. Biomass burning increased globally with warming periods since the last glacial era. Data confirming periglacial fires during glacial periods are very sparse because su...

the ponseti method is a safe and effective treatment for congenital clubfoot, and radically decreases the need for extensive corrective surgery. but a group of patients will still present with under corrected residual equinovarus deformities despite the proper use of the ponseti method. about 25% of operated clubfeet will develop recurrence or show a marked residual deformity (recurrent clubfoo...

Pulses constitute an important part of the daily diet of vegetarian population as a major source of protein. It is estimated that insects cause the most damage to the pulse grains during storage and pulse bruchids are the major storage pests. The stored pulses are usually fumigated to wade away the insect infestation. The residual effect of these chemicals on public health and growing resistanc...

This paper reports the Ku band (1318GHz) response of thick film equilateral triangle microstrip patch antenna to moisture laden sunflower (Helianthus Annuus) seeds using overlay technique. From the frequency response the moisture dependent microwave permittivity has been reported. The thick film patch antenna is sensitive even to ~ 4.25% moisture content in the overlay material. The actual mois...

Many active and formerly used Federal facilities contain areas where surface and subsurface unsaturated zone soils are contaminated with explosives. Currently there is no in situ treatment for stabilization, isolation, or remediation of soils impacted by military operations or manufacturing in support of military operations. The objective of the present work was to evaluate in situ lime treatme...

The growing use of marine composite materials has led to many technical challenges and one is predicting lifetime durability. This analysis step has a large uncertainty due to the lack of data from in-service composite vessels. Analytical models based on classical lamination theory, finite-element analysis, ship motions, probability and wind and wave mechanics were used in this project to predi...