Monitoring vegetation recovery typically requires ground measurements of vegetation height, which is labor-intensive and time-consuming. Recently, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have shown great promise for characterizing vegetation in a cost-efficient way, but the literature on specific methods and cost savings is scant. In this study, we surveyed vegetation height on seismic lines in Alberta...

In this thesis, a new approach for the reconstruction of height maps from scanning white light interferometry is presented. This method unifies the conventional steps of preand postprocessing within Bayesian inference. An adept formulation of the prior allows for the exact computation of the height estimate, obviating the need for stochastic sampling or simulation methods. In conventional surfa...

PURPOSE To investigate the relationship between maximum strength and differences in jump height during weighted and unweighted (body weight) static (SJ) and countermovement jumps (CMJ). METHODS Sixty-three collegiate athletes (mean +/- SD; age= 19.9 +/- 1.3 y; body mass = 72.9 +/- 19.6 kg; height = 172.8 +/- 7.7 cm) performed two trials of the SJ and CMJ with 0 kg and 20 kg on a force plate; ...

Photosynthetic photon flux density (PPFD) regimes within vegetation canopies are intrinsically heterogeneous in time and space. Photosynthesis responds to changes in the intensity and temporal variability of PPFD in a non-linear way. Therefore, it is important to quantify PPFD heterogeneity at short time scales in order to better understand and assess plant–atmosphere carbon exchange from the s...

mainly on the corrective mechano-therapeutics that he advocated and the various mechanical appliances that he devised. It is not possible to determine from this book how much ofthe clinic's reputation actually hinged on Schulthess's social stature, and on the fact that he co-founded and helped to edit the Zeitschrift fur orthopadische Chirurgie. Much of this book is devoted to recalling the nam...

Nonlinear constrained optimization algorithms are widely utilized in artifact design. Certain algorithms also lend themselves well to design of experiments (DOE). Adaptive design refers to experimental design where determining where to sample next is influenced by information from previous experiments. We present a constrained optimization algorithm known as superEGO (a variant of the EGO algor...

This research examines the interdependence in time series wind speed data measured in the same location at four different heights. A multiple-equation system known as a vector autoregression is proposed for characterizing the time series dynamics of wind. Additionally, the recently developed method of generalized impulse response analysis provides insight into the cross-effects of the wind seri...

A pulley-block system for elevating sentinel chicken coops was designed to conduct mosquito-borne virus surveillance in the forest canopy. This modified design allows traditional captive sentinel bird cages to be hoisted easily to the desired height and lowered at regular intervals for routine maintenance and sampling of the flocks. The design specifications of this canopy system are modificati...