A Soil Refractive Index (SRI) Model Characterizing the Functional Relationship Between Soil Moisture Content and Permittivity [PDF]
The functional relationship between soil permittivity and soil water content serves as the theoretical foundation for electromagnetic wave-based techniques used to determine soil moisture levels.
Lin Zhao +13 more
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Soil Water Retention: Uni-Modal Models of Pore-Size Distribution Neglect Impacts of Soil Management [PDF]
, 2018 Most models describing soil water retention imply a uni-modal pore-size distribution (PSD). The uni-modal model presented by van Genuchten (termed vanG) is widely used although double-exponential models (termed Dex) implying a bi-modal PSD may better ...
Lars J. Munkholm +9 more
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Nature‐Derived Chitosan Biopolymer: A Promising Candidate for Sustainable Electronics
Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.In the creation of environmentally friendly devices, nature‐derived chitosan biopolymer is a promising contender for sustainable electronic research. It can be utilized to create more ecologically friendly scalable gadgets and has a variety of uses in different active layers of electronics.
Joshua McDonald +3 more
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Soil compaction and soil tillage - studies in agricultural soil mechanics [PDF]
, 2004 This thesis deals with various aspects of soil compaction due to agricultural field traffic, the draught force requirement of tillage implements and soil structures produced by tillage.
Keller, Thomas
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A modification of the mixed form of Richards equation and its application in vertically inhomogeneous soils [PDF]
, 2011 Recently, new soil data maps were developed, which include vertical soil properties like soil type. Implementing those into a multilayer Soil-Vegetation-Atmosphere-Transfer (SVAT) scheme, discontinuities in the water content occur at the interface ...
Ahrens, Bodo +3 more
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3D Printing of Soft Robotic Systems: Advances in Fabrication Strategies and Future Trends
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.Collectively, this review systematically examines 3D‐printed soft robotics, encompassing material selections, function integration, and manufacturing methodologies. Meanwhile, fabrication strategies are analyzed in order of increasing complexity, highlighting persistent challenges with proposed solutions.
Changjiang Liu +5 more
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Transpirational response to water availability for winter wheat as affected by soil textures [PDF]
, 2011 Soil texture and evaporative demand have been reported to be the main factors which influence the transpirational response to soil water deficits. However, experimental evidences are not enough.
Huang Mingbin +3 more
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Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.Edible robotics is an emerging field that leverages edible materials to construct robotic systems. This study presents a method to create thin, lightweight, yet powerful edible soft actuators, namely edible pouch motors. The successful operation of these edible actuators and grippers renders their potential to advance future developments in edible ...
Keigo Takahashi +3 more
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From Lab to Landscape: Environmental Biohybrid Robotics for Ecological Futures
Advanced 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
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Estimating spatial mean soil water contents of sloping jujube orchards using temporal stability [PDF]
, 2011 Estimating spatial mean soil water contents from point-scale measurements is important to improve soil water management in sloping land of semiarid areas.
Zhao Xining +3 more
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