We are developing a novel framework, PRIDE (PRediction In Dynamic Environments), to perform moving object prediction for unmanned ground vehicles. The underlying concept is based upon a multi-resolutional, hierarchical approach that incorporates multiple prediction algorithms into a single, unifying framework. The lower levels of the framework utilize estimation-theoretic short-term predictions...

Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) is not a recent phenomenon. However, it increased visibility in Portugal 2002, when news piece raised suspicions about numerous public figures. Since then, there has been an upward trend complaints and stabilized years. Nevertheless, even though the research emerging, presents gaps characteristics modus operandi of child sex offenders Portuguese context.This article exp...

Intercropping plays an indispensable role in sustainable agriculture. The response of bandwidth row ratio configuration to crop interspecific relationships and land productivity the maize–soybean intercropping system (MSI) is still unclear. A 2-year field experiment was conducted with sole maize (SM) soybean (SS), two different bandwidths (2.4 m (B1), 2.8 (B2)), ratios (2:3 (R1), 2:4 (R2)) for ...

In semiarid environments of the Mediterranean region, intercropping is a sustainable agricultural system long standing. this area, pea (Pisum sativum L.) one most commonly grown legume crops. Little information available on quality silages to be obtained from forage mixtures intercropped with cereals or annual grasses. study, two experiments were conducted over course growing seasons in Sicily ...

introduction evaluating yield in intercropping systems is based on selecting compatible plants with appropriate characteristics to establish minimum competition and maximum cooperation, and the application of suitable agricultural practices (crop density and intercropping ratio). the use of plant species with different morphological characteristics in terms of nutrient uptake and utilization of...

Recent analyses have established that 4WD vehicles are aggressive in crashes, causing comparatively more harm than other passenger vehicles when in collision with other road users, and have a high risk of rollover crashes. To assess the safety of these vehicles more completely, this study produced two analyses of risk: firstly, estimates of crash risk and injury rates using NZ data; and, second...

Background: Prostate cancer, which is the second most frequent cancer diagnosis made in men, more commonly occurs elderly. This disease often diagnosed late resource-limited settings, results people having advanced forms of and a poor prognosis. study aimed to identify factors indicative prostate aggressivity prognosis patients with at single center Douala, Cameroon. Methods: We performed retro...

in order to investigate the competition indices of intercropping wheat and chickpea under nitrogen consumption, an experiment was arranged as factorial based on randomized complete block design with three replications during 2009 – 2010 in gonbad kavous university farm. planting patterns factor included four levels of sole cropping wheat (w), two rows of wheat with one row of chickpea (w2c1) on...

Intercropping that involves coffee (Coffee arabica L.) and macadamia (Macadamia integrifolia Maiden & Betche) can achieve the complementarity between component crops aiming at better use of natural resources, hence resulting in optimum crop production. However, there is no detailed information scientific literature about biological economic efficiency coffee–macadamia intercropping. In this wor...

T cell receptor (TCR) antagonism is being considered for inactivation of aggressive T cells and reversal of T cell-mediated autoimmune diseases. TCR antagonist peptides silence aggressive T cells and reverse experimental allergic encephalomyelitis induced with free peptides. However, it is not clear whether free antagonist peptides could reverse natural disease where the antigen is presumably a...