A new maize (Zea mays L.) simulation model, Hybrid-Maize, was developed by combining the strengths of two modeling approaches: the growth and development functions in maize-specific models represented by CERES-Maize, and the mechanistic formulation of photosynthesis and respiration in generic crop models such as INTERCOM and WOFOST. It features temperature-driven maize phenological development,...

OBJECTIVE A prospective study was designed to analyze risk factors and clinical features in children with global developmental delay (GDD) at our hospital. No previous data is available on GDD from Oman. METHODS This study was conducted at Sultan Qaboos University Hospital from January 2008 until June 2009. All the children aged 5 years or less, referred with suspected GDD were included in th...

In this paper, utilization of clustering algorithms for data fusion in decision level is proposed. The results of automatic isolated word recognition, which are derived from speech spectrograph and Linear Predictive Coding (LPC) analysis, are combined with each other by using fuzzy clustering algorithms, especially fuzzy k-means and fuzzy vector quantization. Experimental results show that the ...

Eric Mercier Consultations et Laboratoire d’Hématologie CHU, Nı̂mes, France Isabelle Quere Médecine Interne B et Maladies Vasculaires CHU, Montpellier, France René Chabert Jean-Gabriel Lallemant Service d’Oto-Rhino-Laryngologie CHU, Nı̂mes, France Jean-Pierre Daures Département d’Information Médicale CHU, Nı̂mes, France Jacques Berlan Jean-Christophe Gris Laboratoire d’Hématologie Faculté de Pharm...

In this study, we analyzed the relationship between days after planting or growing degree (GDD) and number of labor hours spent on stem training, pruning, harvesting sweet pepper cultivated in commercial glass greenhouses. A model was developed for estimating according to plant height. three large-scale (>1 ha) greenhouse sites (1, 2, 3), weekly growth height, fruit, yield were measured manuall...

In this study, the authors study a two-user Gaussian doubly dirty compound multiple-access channel with partial side information (GDD-CMAC-PSI) where two independent additive interference signals are considered, each one known noncausally and partially to one of the encoders but unknown to either of the receivers. This channel, first, can model two users communicating with two base stations suf...

In tennis, the relative positioning of players on court constrains their opportunities to perform successful actions. In this study we proposed and validated an empirical function that captures the spatial-temporal relationship between tennis players during competitive performance. This parameter, termed goal-directed displacement index (GDD Index), is defined over time by the product of both p...

Objective: This study aims to report a case of Glaucoma Drainage Device (GDD) implant surgery in patient who experienced an increase Intraocular Pressure (IOP) after long term trabeculectomy. Case Presentation: A 58-year-old male came with complaint blurred vision since two years ago. Patient did not complain sore and red eyes. He was given 2 x 250 mg Acetazolamide, 1 tablet Aspar K, right left...

The superficial similarity between the Chu construction and the Hyland-Tan double glueing construction G has been observed widely. This paper establishes a more formal mathematical relationship between the two. We show that double glueing on relations subsumes the Chu construction on sets: we present a full monoidal embedding of the category chu(Set,K) of biextensional Chu spaces over K into G(...