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Hemp Cultivation and Crop Diversification: Implications for Ecosystem Services in Kentucky

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the ecosystem benefits of expanding hemp cultivation by assessing its impact on crop diversity. Using scenario‐based simulations and fixed‐effect panel regressions with county‐level data in Kentucky, we find that increased hemp acreage tends to enhance crop diversity, improving water quality and bird diversity.
Yunsun Park, Seong D. Yun, Brandy E. Phipps, Tyler Mark, Craig Schluttenhofer   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Compliant Footpads Enable Terrain‐Adaptive Hopping in a Monopedal Robot

Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
A lightweight compliant footpad with embedded spines lets a monopedal hopping robot keep stable ground contact. It preserves stance‐phase dynamics and enables reliable hopping on rock, sand, and ice. Monopedal hopping robots offer exceptional mobility over discontinuous terrain but require consistent foot‐ground contact to maintain stance‐phase ...
Jeeraphat Owen Kledkruemas, Song Li, Songnan Bai, Pakpong Chirarattananon   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Multidisciplinary Design Optimization for a Solar-Powered Exploration Rover Considering the Restricted Power Requirement

Energies, 2020
The energy requirements of a solar-powered exploration rover constrain the mission duration, traversability, and tractive capability under the given limited usable power.
Kun-Jung Kim, Kee-Ho Yu
doaj   +1 more source

A Vacuum‐Suction and Rotate End Effector for Robotic Apple Fruitlet Thinning: Comparative Development, Integrated Field Evaluation, and Preliminary Harvesting

Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
Robotic apple thinning is constrained by a single field season confined to a few weeks each year. An efficient design process screens four detachment concepts off‐season using an artificial fruitlet structure, with field trials identifying vacuum suction and rotation as the most effective approach.
Rahul Jangali, Ben McGuinness, Hin Lim, Chi Kit Au, Henry Williams, Ans H. Qureshi, David Smith, Bruce A. MacDonald, Mike Duke, Abozar Nasirahmadi   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

CHARACTERISTICS OF DYNAMIC SYSTEM FOR TURNING CALCULATION OF TRACTOR WITH TRACTION LOADING

Наука и техника, 2013
The paper provides analytical dependences and approximation constants pertaining to characteristics of wheel interaction with soil, inter-wheel differentials and running systems for mathematical model for turning calculation of tractor with traction ...
G. S. Gorin
doaj  

Environmentally Symbiotic Plant Robot

Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
An environmentally symbiotic plant robot is presented that externalizes its drive system to plants and soil. By converting germination and growth forces into locomotion, the robot sustains a closed cycle of seeding, germination, growth, and reseeding, autonomously traveling on soil for 30 days using only environmental resources while distributing seeds
Kazuya Murakami, Misao Sato, Yu Ikeda, Jun Shintake   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reverse auctions for drought‐responsive water buybacks: Evidence from co‐designed lab and field experiments

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Protecting endangered aquatic species while sustaining farming communities can require water buyback programs that are both cost‐effective and responsive to the variability and unpredictability of drought conditions. Working in close partnership with The Nature Conservancy and the Georgia Water Planning and Policy Center, we co‐design parallel
Lusi Xie, Kent D. Messer, Leah H. Palm‐Forster, Mark Masters, Holly A. Michael, Kristin Rowles   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Bionic Walking Wheel for Enhanced Trafficability in Paddy Fields with Muddy Soil

Biomimetics
To improve wheel trafficability in soft and muddy soils such as paddy fields, a bionic walking wheel is designed based on the structural morphology and movement mode of the feet of waders living in marshes and mudflats, similar to the muddy soil of paddy
Duo Chen, Yan Xu, Yuqiu Song, Mingjin Xin, Liyan Wu, Aiju Kong, Huan Wang, Pengchao Dai, Hongpeng Yu   +8 more
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Investigating Pompeii Subsoil Using Geomatics and Geophysics Merged Analyses

Archaeological Prospection, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The archaeological site of Pompeii represents an exceptional context for the application of non‐invasive and integrated investigation methods aimed at enhancing the understanding of both exposed and buried remains. This study presents the results of multidisciplinary research conducted in the Palestra Grande site, a large and strategically ...
Valentina Santoro, Antonio Merico, Vincenzo Sapia, Gianluca Catanzariti, Valerio Materni, Giacomo Patrucco, Riccardo Olivito, Anna Anguissola, Ilaria Cangiano, Antonia Spanò   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Dissecting the dissection laboratory: Elements for designing a human anatomy laboratory

Anatomical Sciences Education, EarlyView.
Abstract The human anatomy dissection laboratory is a critical component of anatomical and medical education. Development, maintenance, and stocking of these laboratory spaces have unique demands, with all of the challenges in running a laboratory with Biosafety Laboratory Level 2 (BSL‐2) classification, housing a large volume of tissues saturated with
Rhiannon E. Robinson, Abbey Breckling, Danielle N. Edwards, Nicole Geske, Burhan Gharaibeh, Bobbie J. Leeper, Molly Ostwald, Mary Schilling, Bridgett Severt, Kelsey Stevens, J. P. Swigart, Jonathan J. Wisco, Melissa Zolnierz, Jeremy J. Grachan   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source