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A complex state transition from the black hole candidate Swift J1753.5-0127 [PDF]

, 2012
We present our monitoring campaign of the outburst of the black-hole candidate Swift J1753.5-0127, observed with the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer and the Swift satellites.
Altamirano, D., Belloni, T., Casella, P., Fender, R., Linares, M., Motta, S., Muñoz-Darias, T., Méndez, M., Soleri, P., van der Klis, M., Wijnands, R.   +10 more
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LodgeNet: an automated framework for precise detection and classification of wheat lodging severity levels in precision farming

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2023
Wheat lodging is a serious problem affecting grain yield, plant health, and grain quality. Addressing the lodging issue in wheat is a desirable task in breeding programs.
Nisar Ali, Ahmed Mohammed, Abdul Bais, Jatinder S. Sangha, Yuefeng Ruan, Richard D. Cuthbert   +5 more
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Swift J0525.6+2416 and IGR J04571+4527: two new hard X-ray selected magnetic cataclysmic variables identified with XMM-Newton [PDF]

, 2015
IGR J04571+4527 and Swift J0525.6+2416 are two hard X-ray sources detected in the Swift/BAT and INTEGRAL/IBIS surveys. They were proposed to be magnetic cataclysmic variables of the Intermediate Polar (IP) type, based on optical spectroscopy.
Bernardini, F., de Martino, D., Falanga, M., Israel, G., Masetti, N., Mukai, K., Ramsay, G.   +6 more
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High-throughput UAV phenotyping for plot-level harvest index estimation in wheat fields

Current Plant Biology
Accurate estimation of the harvest index (HI), the ratio of grain yield to total aboveground biomass (AGB), is crucial for evaluating crop productivity and resource-use efficiency in wheat breeding programs.
Nisar Ali, Abdul Bais, Jatinder S. Sangha, Richard D. Cuthbert, Yuefeng Ruan   +4 more
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Local formation of nitrogen-vacancy centers in diamond by swift heavy ions

, 2014
We exposed nitrogen-implanted diamonds to beams of swift uranium and gold ions (~1 GeV) and find that these irradiations lead directly to the formation of nitrogen vacancy (NV) centers, without thermal annealing.
Aloni, S., Bender, M., Ogletree, D. F., Rangelow, I. W., Schenkel, T., Schwartz, J., Severin, D., Tomut, M., Trautmann, C.   +8 more
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Optimization of swift protocols [PDF]

Proceedings of the ACM on Programming Languages, 2019
Swift, an increasingly-popular programming language, advocates the use of protocols, which define a set of required methods and properties for conforming types. Protocols are commonly used in Swift programs for abstracting away implementation details; e.g., in a large industrial app from Uber, they are heavily used to enable mock objects for unit ...
Rajkishore Barik, Manu Sridharan, Murali Krishna Ramanathan, Milind Chabbi   +3 more
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Optical Identification of Four Hard X-ray Sources from the Swift All-Sky Survey

, 2012
We present the results of our optical identifications of four hard X-ray sources from the Swift all-sky survey. We obtained optical spectra for each of the program objects with the 6-m BTA telescope (Special Astrophysical Observatory, Russian Academy of ...
A. A. Lutovinov, A. A. Lutovinov, A. A. Lutovinov, A. A. Lutovinov, A. A. Lutovinov, A. Bird, A. F. Valeev, C. Winkler, D. J. Schlegel, D. Steeghs, E. Barlow, E. V. Filippova, G. Cusumano, G. Fossati, I. F. Bikmaev, I. F. Bikmaev, J. Dickey, J. Tomsick, J. Tueller, M. G. Revnivtsev, M. Revnivtsev, N. Gehrels, N. Masetti, N. Masetti, O. N. Sholukhova, P. Szkody, R. A. Burenin, R. A. Burenin, R. A. Burenin, R. E. Williams, R. Krivonos, R. Krivonos, S. Howell, S. Sazonov, S. Sazonov, S. Sazonov, S. Yu. Sazonov, T. Marsh, V. L. Afanasiev, V. Suleimanov, W. Baumgartner   +40 more
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The X-ray flaring properties of Sgr A* during six years of monitoring with Swift [PDF]

, 2013
Starting in 2006, Swift has been targeting a region of ~21'X21' around Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*) with the onboard X-ray telescope. The short, quasi-daily observations offer an unique view of the long-term X-ray behavior of the supermassive black hole.
Degenaar, N., Gehrels, N., Kennea, J., Miller, J.M., Reynolds, M.T., Wijnands, R.   +5 more
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A pin-based probe for electronic moisture meters to determine moisture content in a single wheat kernel

Plant Methods
Background Optimum moisture in straw and grain at maturity is important for timely harvesting of wheat. Grain harvested at the right time has reduced chance of being affected by adverse weather conditions which is important to maintain grain quality and ...
Jatinder S. Sangha, Brad Meyer, Yuefeng Ruan, Richard D. Cuthbert, Ron Knox, Gaozhi Xiao   +5 more
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Because We Smile: Jonathan Swift\u27s Enthusiastic Magnifying Glass [PDF]

, 2005
Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) was intellectually before his time. His insights into the human condition reveal a belief in the not-hopeless corruption of humanity.
Mink, Jared Timothy
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