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Noah-MP data for modeling Canadian spring wheat study
No full textThis zip file contains the simulation results from a Noah-MP crop model for a Canadian spring wheat study.
There are two separate folders inside: one for single-point data and one for regional data results.
The single-point folder contains three model outputs from the three site-year (2016, 2019SW, 2019SE) and three model treatments (default NoahMP, wheat model, and TAVE for dynamic planting threshold)
The regional folder contains the combined agricultural statistics from USDA and StatisCanada (combine_crop_PPR.nc), default wheat model results, and the temperature stress results.
Please feel free to contact Dr. Zhe Zhang ([email protected]) or Dr. Yanping Li ([email protected]) for further details
Fried food intake and risk of nonfatal acute myocardial infarction in the Costa Rica Heart Study
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Fried food intake and risk of nonfatal acute myocardial infarction in the Costa Rica Heart Study
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The effect of word frequency and parafoveal preview on saccade length during the reading of Chinese
No full textThere are currently 2 theoretical accounts of how readers of Chinese select their saccade targets: (a) by moving their eyes to specific saccade targets (i.e., the default-targeting hypothesis) and (b) by adjusting their saccade lengths to accommodate lexical processing (i.e., the dynamic-adjustment hypothesis). In this article, we first report the results of an eye-movement experiment using a gaze-contingent boundary paradigm. This experiment demonstrates that both target-word frequency and its preview validity modulate the lengths of the saccades entering and exiting the target words, with longer saccades to/from high-frequency words when their preview was available. We then report the results of 2 simulations using computational models that instantiate the core theoretical assumptions of the default-targeting and dynamic-adjustment hypotheses. Comparisons of these simulations indicate that the dynamic-adjustment hypothesis provides a better quantitative account of the data from our experiment using fewer free parameters. We conclude by discussing evidence for dynamic saccade adjustment during the reading of alphabetic languages, and why such a heuristic may be necessary to fully explain eye-movement control during the reading of both alphabetic and nonalphabetic language
Supplemental Material, PRISMA_2009_checklist_8_21 - The Impact of Health Promotion Interventions on Telomere Length: A Systematic Review
No full textSupplemental Material, PRISMA_2009_checklist_8_21 for The Impact of Health Promotion Interventions on Telomere Length: A Systematic Review by Shan Qiao, Yanping Jiang and Xiaoming Li in American Journal of Health Promotion</p
Assessment of Self-Archiving in Institutional Repositories: Depositorship and Full-Text Availability
No full textThis research evaluates the success of open access self-archiving in several well-known institutional repositories. Two assessment factors have been applied to examine the current practice of self-archiving: depositorship and the availability of full text. This research discovers that the rate of author self-archiving is low and that the majority of documents have been deposited by a librarian or administrative staff. Similarly, the rate of full-text availability is relatively low, except for Australian repositories. By identifying different practices of self-archiving, repository managers can create new strategies for the operation of their repositories and the development of archiving policies
Driving Risk Analysis Based on Driving Experience at Hook-Turn Intersection Using the Emerging Virtual Reality Technology
No full textThe hook turn, which is rarely seen outside of Melbourne, Australia, reduces congestion in narrow road spaces shared with trams. Australia allows people from 44 nations to convert their home country driver’s license to an Australian driver’s license without a driving test. Visitors who have never heard of the hook-turn experience difficulty driving following the new traffic rule. From this aspect, investigating how inexperienced drivers encounter the hook-turn intersection is valuable for safety reasons. A driving simulator including virtual reality technology is developed to evaluate the level of safety of human driving behavior. The simulator in this research was developed by integrating Vissim and Unity3D embedded head-mounted display and driving devices to ensure a better driving experience. This research presented the development of a robust virtual reality driving simulator. It investigated how nonexperienced drivers respond to a completely new road condition. The results were compared with microsimulation outcomes (here, Vissim). The results showed that a human-driven car had a higher collision risk than a computer-driven car. The trajectories of the driver type were statistically different (t = 6.03, p 0.01, in the case of time-to collision ≤1.5 between experienced and computerized drivers). Participant responses to a postexperiment survey found that the simulator was realistic (4.31 out of 5.00), which could help beginner drivers (4.00 out of 5.00). Therefore, the simulator can be utilized for safety-related research as well as drivers’ training
Variable-rate, variable-power network-coded-QAM/PSK for bi-directional relaying over fading channels
No full textNetwork coded modulation (NCM) holds the promise of significantly improving the efficiency of two-way wireless relaying. In this contribution, we propose near instantaneously adaptive variable-rate, variable-power QAM/PSK for NC-aided decode-and-forward two-way relaying (DF-TWR) to maximize the average throughput. The proposed scheme is optimized subject to both average-power and bit-error-ratio (BER) constraints. Based on the BER bounds, we investigate a discrete-rate adaptation scheme, relying on a pair of solutions proposed for maximizing the spectral efficiency of the network. We then derive a closed-form solution based power adaptation policy for a continuous-rate scheme and quantify the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) loss imposed by NC-QAM. Our simulation results demonstrate that the proposed discrete adaptive NC-QAM/PSK schemes are capable of attaining a higher spectral efficiency than their fixed-power counterparts
Control of Soybean Aphids with Super Low-Dose Spraying: Efficacy and Labor Savings
No full textThe soybean aphid (Aphis glycines Mats.) is a major insect pest in soybean production areas, with annual occurrences causing serious damage to the soybean crops. The purpose of this experiment was to compare the control effect on soybean aphid and working efficacy of two methods of spraying with Dimethoate, namely, super-low volume spraying and conventional volume spraying, carried on the back with a manual compression operation. The results obtained are as follows.Originating text in Chinese.Citation: Li, Yong, Lin, Peili, Liu, Yanping. (1989). Control of Soybean Aphids with Super Low-Dose Spraying: Efficacy and Labor Savings. Agricultural Sciences [in Heilongjiang Province], 1, 34-35
Information Literacy and Librarian-Faculty Collaboration: A Model for Success:
No full textIn the age of information explosion and technological advancement, issues of information storage, organization, access, and evaluation have become necessarily important in our societies. Addressing issues of information literacy and designing how they can be best integrated in students' learning process are of critical importance. Library professionals in the United States, particularly in the academia, have realized the importance of information literacy and have attempted in various ways to address these issues. The ultimate goal is to make information literacy an integral part of the academic curriculum, thus helping students to succeed not only during their years in college but also for their lifelong career choices. This article will look at ways of how information literacy can best be incorporated into students' academic experience, and how this process can make students' learning meaningful and successful. Specifically, the author will examine the model of librarian-faculty collaboration in integrating information literacy into the curriculum, as demonstrated in the Ohio Five Colleges' Information Literacy Program.Publisher version of this article is available at: http://www.white-clouds.com/iclc/cliej/cl24.ht
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