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ChicGrasp: Imitation‐Learning‐Based Customized Dual‐Jaw Gripper Control for Manipulation of Delicate, Irregular Bio‐Products

open access: yesAdvanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Automated poultry processing lines still rely on humans to lift slippery, easily bruised carcasses onto a shackle conveyor. Deformability, anatomical variance, and hygiene rules make conventional suction and scripted motions unreliable. We present ChicGrasp, an end‐to‐end hardware‐software co‐designed imitation learning framework, to offer a ...
Amirreza Davar   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Missouri Representative Farms: Farm Level Impacts of Three Commodity Title Provisions in the Administration's 2007 Farm Bill Proposal [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
This report explains the farm level impacts that three of the provisions from the Administration's 2007 farm bill may have on Missouri representative farms.Material in this publication is based upon work supported by the Cooperative State Research ...
Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute
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From Lab to Landscape: Environmental Biohybrid Robotics for Ecological Futures

open access: yesAdvanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This Perspective explores environmental biohybrid robotics, integrating living tissues, microorganisms, and insects for operation in real‐world ecosystems. It traces the leap from laboratory experiments to forests, wetlands, and urban environments and discusses key challenges, development pathways, and opportunities for ecological monitoring and ...
Miriam Filippi
wiley   +1 more source

The role of corruption in global food systems: a systematic scoping review

open access: yesGlobalization and Health
Background Corruption exists at all levels of our global society and is a potential threat to food security, food safety, equity, and social justice. However, there is a knowledge gap in the role and impact of corruption within the context of the global ...
Anastassia Demeshko   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008: Preliminary Analysis of Selected Provisions [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
This report provides preliminary analysis of impacts of selected Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008 (FCEA) provisions.Material in this publication is based upon work supported by the Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service; US ...
Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute
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Factors Driving Battery and Solar Purchase Decision of Residents: a Behavioural Choice Experiment Using a Hybrid Discrete Choice and Latent Variable Model

open access: yesAdvanced Sustainable Systems, EarlyView.
This article explores what drives households to adopt solar PV and battery systems in South East Queensland. Using hybrid discrete choice experiments, it reveals distinct adopter profiles and highlights cost, system size, and energy independence as key motivators.
Mohammad Alipour   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The links between agriculture and health: an intersectoral opportunity to improve the health and livelihoods of the poor

open access: yesBulletin of the World Health Organization, 2006
Agriculture and health are linked in many ways. First, agriculture is essential for good health: it produces the world's food, fibre and materials for shelter; in many countries it is also an important source of livelihood among the poor.
Corinna Hawkes, Marie Ruel
doaj  

Impacts of Additional Food Aid Allocations [PDF]

open access: yes, 2001
This analysis builds on an earlier work which may be found at http://hdl.handle.net/10355/3158In this study, the impacts of additional amounts of international food aid of soybeans and products, wheat and rice are compared to the results from the ethanol
Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute
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Challenges and Future Directions in Assessing the Quality and Completeness of Advanced Materials Safety Data for Re‐Usability: A Position Paper From the Nanosafety Community

open access: yesAdvanced Sustainable Systems, EarlyView.
Nanosafety data provide a guiding example for establishing best practices in data management, aligning with FAIR principles and quality criteria. This review explores existing quality assessment approaches for reliability, relevance, and completeness, emphasizing the need for harmonization and adaptation to nanomaterials and advanced materials. The aim
Verónica I. Dumit   +43 more
wiley   +1 more source

Analysis of Barley Market Developments and Policy Options [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
Analysis of barley issues prepared in response to a request from Senators Crapo, Conrad, Dorgan, and Craig and Representatives Simpson, Otter, and Pomeroy.Material in this publication is based upon work supported by the Cooperative State Research ...
Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute
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