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2024 Seeded Watermelon Cultivar Evaluation in Indiana
Get PDFThe annual watermelon cultivar evaluation trial is conducted at Southwest Purdue Agricultural Center (SWPAC) in Vincennes, Indiana. It evaluates yield, fruit quality, and overall plant performance of commercial watermelon cultivars and advanced breeding lines. Purdue Extension and seed companies financially support the trial. The 2024 seeded watermelon cultivar trial evaluated 15 cultivars
Using Keyword Analysis for Market Validation Research
Get PDFMarket validation is essential for assessing the feasibility of a business idea, product, or service but can involve extensive and costly primary and secondary research. Business librarians are well-positioned to support entrepreneurs and researchers but may be constrained by pricey subscriptions for business resources. While most often associated with search engine marketing, keyword research proves to be beneficial for market validation. This paper proposes integrating keyword analysis into market validation practices. It outlines the process of conducting keyword analysis and opportunities for business librarians to incorporate these strategies in their resource guides and programming
And You Don\u27t Seem to Understand: Disanalogies Between Artificial and Biological Consciousness
Get PDFThis paper posits a new way of attempting to formulate theories of machine consciousness. At present, inquiry revolves around formulating criteria that could be applied to machines to determine if they possess human-like consciousness. The paper demonstrates that efforts so far have not been fruitful, instead finding that present methods of inquiry are destined to result in an impasse between those who support the notion of machine consciousness and those who oppose it. Consequently, the paper questions the assumption that human and machine consciousness must resemble each other. It explores a different approach, one that rejects the idea that the two forms of consciousness need to be defined under the same theories. The paper then posits that it may be preferable to develop separate theories for human and machine consciousness, ones that may not be comparable to each other, although it does not go so far as to posit specific theories for either “class” of consciousness. This change of methodology would open new avenues of inquiry in the philosophy of mind and allow a greater number of scientists to contribute to formulating such theories
Fatigue Strength and Ductility of Steel Plates with Holes Made from Plasma Cutting Methods
Get PDFA literature review was conducted to evaluate current standards and existing research around the use of plasma arc cutting for holes (PACH) in the context of steel bridge applications. Additionally, an investigation into the state of the practice was conducted to determine if the latest technological advancements and equipment capabilities for plasma cutting could prove PACH to be an acceptable hole making process for bridge applications. Much of the existing research focuses on drilling and punching to make holes, but very limited experimental studies and data exists specifically evaluating plasma arc cutting. The most comprehensive study, including PACH, is discussed more thoroughly. Although limited, the findings from the existing research and the state of the practice are promising and suggest that plasma arc cutting may be acceptable as a hole making technique. To conclusively determine if such is the case, the research team recommends further experimental large-scale studies testing fatigue and strength at low temperatures
Economical Acquisition of Intersection Data to Facilitate CAV Operations Phase II – Implementation
Get PDFCost-effective collection and distribution of intersection data are needed to facilitate traffic operations at intersections in the HDV era and particularly, in the prospective era of CAVs. Existing methods are time consuming and costly. Phase I of this research (executed under CCAT Project Nr. 71) developed a cost-effective intersection data collection and distribution device for this purpose. In Phase II of this research, the device prototype was bench tested in Lansing and field tested at Owosso. It was confirmed that the device successfully facilitates SPaT and MAP data collection and dissimulation to mobile devices. These deployments provided evidence that the device provides public agencies a way to drastically reduce the cost of data collection at their intersections. The technological innovation is that the device provided a much simpler and effective way to collect intersection data. Overall, the expectation is that reducing the costs of infrastructure data delivery will ultimately encourage more rapid deployment of infrastructure data sources. That, in turn, is expected to encourage the entire connected intelligent transportation ecosystem to advance when the potential benefits of the system become more widely available. It is anticipated that could be the start of a rapidly expanding deployment on a much larger scale
