background: laparoscopy or minimally invasive surgery is a surgical procedure in which laparoscope and other surgical instruments are inserted inside body via a few small incisions. laparoscope is used to look inside the patient's body and records displayed images. temporal segmentation of laparoscopic videos has many applications like detecting laparoscopic anomalies and interrupts. it is prer...

Fruit-eating animals play a key role in spreading non-native environmental weeds, via seed ingestion and subsequent dispersal. We reviewed available information on dispersal of fleshy-fruited environmental weeds in New Zealand. We found almost a third (32.9%) of 295 environmental weed species in New Zealand have fleshy fruits adapted for internal dispersal by animals. Fruiting phenology differs...

Abstract The U.S. Department of Agriculture–Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS) has been a leader in weed science research covering topics ranging from the development and use integrated management (IWM) tactics to basic mechanistic studies, including biotic resistance desirable plant communities herbicide resistance. ARS scientists have worked agricultural natural ecosystems, agronomic ho...

Forecasting the distribution patterns of invasive weed species under changing climate conditions is critical for early identification especially vulnerable regions and implementation effective preventive measures. In this study, current potential range stranglewort (Cynanchum acutum L.)—an alien (IAS) in certain regions—are predicted various scenarios, using maximum entropy algorithm. Species o...