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Silvoarable agroforestry

Beaton, A.; Incoll, L. D.; Burgess, Paul J. (The Royal Scottish Forestry Society, 1999-01-01)

Introduction: A silvoarable system of land management implies the cultivation of trees and arable crops on the same area of land, a system practised quite commonly in southern Europe and in the tropics. The system comprises ...
Intelligent imaging systems for automotive applications

Thompson, Chris; Huang, Yingping; Fu, Shan (SPIE, 2003-03-31)

In common with many other application areas, visual signals are becoming an increasingly important information source for many automotive applications. For several years CCD cameras have been used as research tools for a ...
Report of Committee III.2: fatigue and fracture

Brennan, Feargal P. (Elsevier, 2003-12-31)

COMMITTEE MANDATE Concern for crack initiation and growth under cyclic loading as well as unstable crack propagation and tearing in ship and offshore structures. Due attention shall be paid to practical application ...
Difficulties in using spectral properties to map irrigated areas in a temperate climate: A case study of potatoes in England

Shamal, S.; Weatherhead, E. K.; Knox, Jerry W. (2008)

Irrigation in England is supplemental to rainfall and only used on a small proportion of the cultivated land, notably on high value vegetable and potato crops. However, it is a significant water user as most of the irrigated ...
Survey and monitoring of opium poppy and wheat in Afghanistan: 2003-2009

Taylor, John C.; Waine, Toby W.; Juniper, Graham R.; Simms, Daniel M.; Brewer, Timothy R. (2010-04-01)

An integrated application of remote-sensing technology was devised and applied in Afghanistan during 2003–2009 providing critical information on cereal and poppy cultivation and poppy eradication. The results influenced ...
Neural predictive control of broiler chicken growth

Demmers, Theo G. M.; Cao, Yi; Gauss, Sophie; Lowe, John C.; Parsons, David J.; Wathes, Christopher M. (Elsevier, 2010-12-31)

Active control of the growth of broiler chickens has potential benefits for farmers in terms of improved production efficiency, as well as for animal welfare in terms of improved leg health. In this work, a differential ...
An investigation of irregular crack path effects on fracture mechanics parameters using a grain microstructure meshing technique

Mehmanparast, Ali; Biglari, F.; Davies, C. M.; Nikbin, Kamran (World Scientific Publishing, 2012-02-02)

A sub-grain size finite element modelling approach is presented in this paper to investigate variations in fracture mechanics parameters for irregular crack paths. The results can be used when modelling intergranular and ...
Avocado firmness monitoring with values obtained by means of laser doppler vibrometry

Terry, Leon A.; Landahl, Sandra (International Society for Horticultural Science, 2012-04-01)

Avocado (Persea americana Mill.) ripeness is usually evaluated by destructive firmness assessment, yet quality is notorious for being heterogeneous within a consignment. This problem, which is especially true for imported ...
Priorities for sustainable turfgrass management: a research and industry perspective

Strandberg, M.; Blombäck, K.; Dahl Jensen, A. M.; Knox, Jerry W. (Taylor and Francis, 2012-05-24)

This paper provides a brief review and assessment of the key environmental, regulatory and technical issues facing the turfgrass sector with specific reference to the European context. It considers the range of externalities ...
Blade design optimisation for fixed-pitch fixed-speed wind turbines

Wang, Lin; Tang, Xinzi; Liu, Xiongwei (Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2012-07)

Fixed-pitch fixed-speed (FPFS) wind turbines have some distinct advantages over other topologies for small wind turbines, particularly for low wind speed sites. The blade design of FPFS wind turbines is fundamentally ...
Prediction of ‘Nules Clementine’ mandarin susceptibility to rind breakdown disorder using Vis/NIR spectroscopy

Magwaza, Lembe Samukelo; Opara, Umezuruike Linus; Terry, Leon A.; Landahl, Sandra; Cronje, Paul J.; Nieuwoudt, Helene; Mouazen, Abdul Mounem; Saeys, Wouter; Nicolai, Bart M. (Elsevier, 2012-07-15)

The use of diffuse reflectance visible and near infrared (Vis/NIR) spectroscopy was explored as a non-destructive technique to predict ‘Nules Clementine’ mandarin fruit susceptibility to rind breakdown (RBD) disorder by ...
Indicators of soil quality - Physical properties (SP1611). Final report to Defra

Rickson, R. Jane; Deeks, Lynda K.; Corstanje, Ronald; Newell-Price, Paul; Kibblewhite, Mark G.; Chambers, B.; Bellamy, Patricia; Holman, Ian P.; James, I. T.; Jones, Robert; Kechavarsi, C.; Mouazen, Abdul; Ritz, K.; Waine, Toby (Defra, 2012-09-30)

The condition of soil determines its ability to carry out diverse and essential functions that support human health and wellbeing. These functions (or ecosystem goods and services) include producing food, storing water, ...
The implications of a changing climate on agricultural land classification in England and Wales

Keay, C. A.; Jones, Robert J. A.; Hannam, Jacqueline A.; Barrie, I. A. (Cambridge University Press, 2012-10-30)

The agricultural land classification (ALC) of England and Wales is a formal method of assessing the quality of agricultural land and guiding future land use. It assesses several soil, site and climate criteria and classifies ...
Monitoring of renewable energy yield of mixed wastes by image analysis of input residual waste materials

Wagland, Stuart Thomas; Longhurst, Philip J. (CISA Publisher, 2012-11)

A novel image analysis method has been developed by Cranfield University. Following on from a recent study, this approach has been applied alongside calorific values and %14C to determine the renewable energy content of ...
Safety assessment of novel polymer-silicon composites - from LCA perspective

Zhu, Huijun; Irfan, Adeel; Sachse, Sophia; Njuguna, James (Publications Office of the European Union, 2012-12)

The fast growing trend in the development of novel materials with potential applications in many industrial sectors has caused concerns over the environment and human health effect of the emerging activities and associated ...
Modeling of a supercritical power plant with an oxy type pulverized fuel boiler, a carbon dioxide capture unit and a ‘four-end’ type membrane air separator

Kotowicz, Janusz; Michalski, Sebastian (Polish Academy of Sciences, 2012-12-31)

The analysis of a 600 MW supercritical power plant with parameters of life steam at 30 MPa/ /650o C and of reheated steam 6 MPa/670o C was made. Power plant is equipped with the following units: oxy type pulverized fuel ...
Influence of compost amendments on the hydraulic functioning of brownfield soils

Whelan, A.; Kechavarzi, C.; Coulon, Frederic; Sakrabani, Ruben; Lord, R. (Wiley, 2013-01-21)

This study assessed the impact of compost on the hydraulic properties of three soils (sandy loam, clay loam and diesel-contaminated sandy loam) with relatively poor physical quality typical of brownfield sites. Soils were ...
Characterization of indoor/outdoor settled dust and air pollutants in Damaturu, Nigeria

Mohammed, Fatima S.; Crump, Derrick (IJET, 2013-01-25)

This paper presents results of on-going experiments being undertaken to characterise the composition of settled dusts and some airborne contaminants in homes and outdoors in Damaturu, north-eastern Nigeria. These have ...
Quantifying the loss of methane through secondary gas mass transport (or 'slip') from a micro-porous membrane contactor applied to biogas upgrading

McLeod, Andrew J.; Jefferson, Bruce; McAdam, Ewan J. (IWA Publishing, 2013-04-29)

Secondary gas transport during the separation of a binary gas with a micro-porous hollow fibre membrane contactor (HMFC) has been studied for biogas upgrading. In this application, the loss or ‘slip' of the secondary gas ...
Hydrological modelling using data from monthly GCMs in a regional catchment

Remesan, Renji; Bellerby, Tim; Frostick, Lynne (Wiley, 2013-05-30)

This study demonstrates the use of spatially downscaled, monthly general circulation model (GCM) rainfall and temperature data to drive the established HyMOD hydrological model to evaluate the prospective effects of climate ...

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