Oviposition behavior of Anastrepha obliqua (Maquart, 1835) (Diptera: Tephritidae) and preference between two mango (Mangifera indica L.) varieties [PDF]
Anastrepha obliqua (Macquart, 1835) (Diptera: Tephritidae) is a species of fruit fly that occurs in the Neotropical region and is associated with 78 host plants.
Alexandre S. Araújo +4 more
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Characteristics of subclinical tuberculosis compared to active symptomatic tuberculosis using nationwide registry cohort in Korea: prospective cohort study [PDF]
ObjectiveThe clinical manifestations of tuberculosis (TB) range from asymptomatic to disseminated depending on the microbiological and immunological status, making the diagnosis challenging.
Bumhee Yang +14 more
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Integration of Solvent Extraction and Non-Catalytic Esterification for the Treatment of Acidic Feedstocks [PDF]
The possibility of directly feeding the extract of a liquid-liquid extraction unit to a chemical reactor is analyzed. An example of extraction and noncatalytic esterification of naphthenic acids from acid petroleum crudes is used.
Busto, Mariana +4 more
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Registration of the endoluminal surfaces of the colon derived from prone and supine CT colonography [PDF]
Purpose: Computed tomographic (CT) colonography is a relatively new technique for detecting bowel cancer or potentially precancerous polyps. CT scanning is combined with three-dimensional (3D) image reconstruction to produce a virtual endoluminal ...
Boone, DJ +11 more
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Hybrid passive optical network–free-space optic-based fronthaul architecture for ultradense small cell network [PDF]
In future radio access network (RAN), many small cells (SCs) will be densely deployed to meet the capacity demand of mobile users. Centralized radio access network (CRAN) is a potential solution to increase the capacity demand of RAN.
Hussain, Ashiq +4 more
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An automatic input-sensitive approach for heterogeneous task partitioning [PDF]
Unleashing the full potential of heterogeneous systems, consisting of multi-core CPUs and GPUs, is a challenging task due to the difference in processing capabilities, memory availability, and communication latencies of different computational resources.
Cosenza, Biagio +3 more
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Reassessing fitness-to-drive in drinker drivers: The role of cognition and personality [PDF]
Drunken driving is among the main challenges for road safety by causing worldwide motor-vehicle crashes with severe injuries and deaths. The reassessment of fitness-to-drive in drivers stopped for drunken driving includes mainly psychological ...
Bosco A. +5 more
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Semi-direct tree reconstruction using terrestrial LiDAR point cloud data [PDF]
A new method was developed for reconstructing the geometric structure of large plants such as trees at the leaf-scale by utilizing terrestrial LiDAR data.
Bailey, Brian N, Ochoa, Miguel H
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A technical description of the Balloon Lidar Experiment (BOLIDE) [PDF]
The Balloon Lidar Experiment (BOLIDE) was the first high-power lidar flown and operated successfully onboard a balloon platform. As part of the PMC Turbo payload, the instrument acquired high resolution backscatter profiles of Polar Mesospheric Clouds ...
Baturkin, Volodymyr +5 more
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Genetic Programming for Multibiometrics
Biometric systems suffer from some drawbacks: a biometric system can provide in general good performances except with some individuals as its performance depends highly on the quality of the capture. One solution to solve some of these problems is to use
Giot, Romain, Rosenberger, Christophe
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