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Saliency Based Automated Image Cropping
(2017-12-01)
Automatic Image Cropping have been enormously popular in the fields of photography, printing industries and in many other fields. It can be usually done in two ways; attention based and aesthetic based. Attention based ...
Role of Student Teaching in Balancing Student Teachers' Educator Role Profile
(2017-05-01)
Over the past several years, agricultural education has faced a shortage of qualified teachers to fill the ever-growing vacancies throughout the United States. This lack of qualified teachers has put the pressure on teacher ...
Optimum Preplant Nitrogen Rates for Maize (Zea Mays L.) And Sorghum (Sorghum Bicolor L.) Production
(2017-05-01)
Nitrogen Use Efficiency (NUE) for maize (Zea mays L.) production is low in the developed and developing world. Nitrogen application rates both preplant and sidedress need to be adjusted based on variables such as the ...
Determining the Effect of Anonymity on the Constraining Ability of Political Correctness
(2017-05-01)
Abstract: Political correctness currently enjoys a high visibility and controversy. One of the main criticisms is that political correctness stifles free speech and constrains behavior on college campuses. Research in this ...
Disentangling Frequency and Talker Variability in a Statistical Learning Task Investigating Child Speech Acquisition
(2017-05-01)
Past research suggests that statistical patterns in a child’s native language influence the child’s speech production accuracy (Stoel-Gammon, 1998; Plante, Bahl, Vance, & Gerken, 2011). In addition to hearing some forms ...
Using Drilling Data to Calculate Porosity & Permeability
(2017-05-01)
Porosity and permeability are two important parameters for reservoir characterization, formation evaluation, and stimulation design. Typically, the methods for obtaining these two parameters are not only costly and time ...
Flow Modification by Tubercles in Brazilian Free-tailed Bats
(2017-05-01)
Flow over Brazilian free-tailed bat ears is believed to be modified by tubercles found along their leading edge. The study observes this modification through flow visualization over the bat ear models and through PIV ...
Helping Profession Hazards for Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking (DVSAS) Service Providers: A Focus on Workforce Well-being
(2017-12-01)
The prevalence of domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking (DVSAS) places tremendous stress on survivors as well as the growing body of helping professionals providing services. According to the Centers for Disease ...
Implementation of the Sequential Air Method in Laboratory and Field Studies
(2017-12-01)
This work validates the Sequential Air Method (SAM) Number by analyzing data from laboratory, industry fieldwork, and a series of concrete mixtures with different admixture combinations. Comparisons are made to the total ...
Liposcelis obscurus Broadhead (Psocoptera: Liposcelididae) Ecology and Dehumidification for Psocid Management
(2017-12-01)
Psocids (Psocoptera) have become more economically important as serious pests of stored-products worldwide in the last two-to-three decades. However, knowledge on their ecology and biology which is crucial for the development ...