Near infrared spectroscopy is currently routinely used to assess tissue (muscle) oxygenation at rest and during exercise. While most investigators assume that hemoglobin ([Hb]) is the major contributor to the responses ...

Hyperspectral data has been widely used for estimates of canopy biochemical content over the past decades. Most of these studies were conducted in forests or crops with relatively uniform canopies. Feasibility of the use ...

Understanding irrigation water demand is vital to policy decisions concerning water scarcity. This thesis evaluates irrigation water-use responses to changes in prices, while accounting for cross-sectional characteristics ...

Among the most used statistical concepts and techniques, seen even in the most cursory of introductory courses, are the confidence interval, binomial distribution, and sample size estimation. This paper investigates a ...

Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench is a drought tolerant crop able to adapt to hot and dry weather. It has excellent chemical and physical properties, which make it a grain of good quality for processing different types of products. ...

A cyber physical system (CPS) is an intelligent integration of computation and communication infrastructure for monitoring and/or control of an underlying physical system. In this dissertation, we consider a specific class ...

Chemicals and drugs applied to animals used in meat production often have the potential to cause adverse effects on human consumers. To ensure safety, a withdrawal period, i.e. the minimum time allowed between application ...

Udder quality is an important trait for beef producers because udders impact cow longevity and calf performance. The objective of this study was to estimate the genetic parameters for udder quality in Hereford cattle. The ...

Over the years sampling and experimental design have developed independently with little mutual compatibility. However, many studies do (or should) involve both a sampling design and an experimental design. For example, ...

Brazil is one of the leading producers of ethanol, sugar, and sugarcane. Increasing demand for biofuels aligned with public policies prompted the expansion of sugarcane into the Brazilian Cerrado, particularly, into the ...