To investigate the potential of using Landsat imagery to detect grassland biophysical conditions, in particular biomass and biodiversity, harvested aboveground biomass and biodiversity were recorded along an ecological gradient in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (IMAR), China. Simultaneously vegetation spectral signatures were recorded by an analytical spectral device (ASD) Fieldspec 3 spectro...

In the field of precision agriculture research, it is very important to monitor crop growth in time so as effectively conduct diagnosis and management accurately predict yield quality. this experiment, relationship between vegetation index Zhengdan 958 Suyu 41 their quality when reducing N application (25 50% reduction compared local conventional rate) under low, medium high planting densities ...

extended abstract 1. introduction currently the study of urban exhausted tissues is one of the major issues in urban policies as well as the contemporary urban planning in iran. lack of attention to exhausted tissues results in the growth of these tissues and the remove of local residents from these areas over time. therefore, the problem of identifying the type of exhausted tissues based on ap...

We examined a combined approach of manipulating reinforcer dimensions and delay fading to promote the development of self-control with 3 students diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. First, we administered a brief computer-based assessment to determine the relative influence of reinforcer rate (R), reinforcer quality (Q), reinforcer immediacy (I), and effort (E) on the stude...

For the majority of common workloads, performance in a virtualized environment is close to that in a native environment. Virtualization does create some overheads, however. These come from the virtualization of the CPU, the MMU (Memory Management Unit), and the I/O devices. In some of their recent x86 processors AMD and Intel have begun to provide hardware extensions to help bridge this perform...

Closed-form solutions were developed to optimize kinematics design of a 2-degree-of-freedom (2DOF) planar parallel manipulator. The optimum design based on the workspace was presented. Meanwhile, a global, comprehensive conditioning index was introduced to evaluate the kinematic designs. The optimal parallel manipulator is incorporated into a 5-DOF hybrid machine tool which includes a 2-DOF rot...

BACKGROUND Assessing the clinical effectiveness of measuring grip strength as a prognostic tool in recovering ambulation in bed-confined frail elderly patients. METHODS A prospective study was carried out with 50 elderly inpatients (mean age: 81.6 years old). Manual muscle test was used for checking strength of hip flexor muscles, hip abductor muscles and knee extensor muscles. Grip strength ...