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A Catalogue of the Poisonous Plants of Iowa
For a number of years we have given a course of lectures on plants poisonous and injurious to live stock to the veterinary students of the Iowa State College. From stockmen and farmers in various parts of the state we frequently receive queries in regard to poisonous plants. In some cases the queries are accompanied with specimens. We are often asked to give more detailed information. In many cases, however, the evidence of poisoning is not proven; certain weeds are found in a pasture and the farmer supposes that they may be responsible for the death of animals
The Underground Organs of a Few Weeds
A study of some of the troublesome perennial weeds and their methods of extermination has led the authors to look up the botanical descriptions of the underground portions and manner of propagation
Some Railroad Water Supplies
Complaints are frequently made with reference to railroad water supplies. These complaints come from passengers as well as stockmen who are compelled to use the water for their stock
The Ursinus Weekly, March 8, 1915
Third number of the lecture course • Review of the basketball season • York and Lebanon counties toured • Nietzsche and the present war • Literary societies • College directory • Joint meeting • Obligations • To the readerhttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/2656/thumbnail.jp
Changes in American and British Stature Since the Mid-Eighteenth Century: A Prelimanary Report on the Usefulness of Data on Height...
This paper is a progress report on the usefulness of data on physical height for the analysis of long-ten changes in the level of nutrition and health on economic, social, and demographic behavior. It is based on a set of samples covering the U.S. and several other nations over the years from 1750 to the present. The preliminary results indicate that native-born. American Revolution, but there were long periods of declining nutrition and height during the 19th century. Similar cycling has been established for England. A variety of factors, including crop mix, urbanization, occupation, intensity of labor, and immigration affected the level of height and nutrition, although the relative importance of these factors has changed over time. There is evidence that nutrition affected labor productivity. In one of the samples individuals who were one standard deviation above the mean height (holding weight per inch of height constant) were about 8% more productive than individuals one standard deviation below the mean height. Another finding is that death did not choose people at random. Analysis of data for Trinidad indicates that the annual death rate for the shortest quintile of males was more than twice as great as for the tallest quintile of males.
Kink stability, propagation, and length scale competition in the periodically modulated sine-Gordon equation
We have examined the dynamical behavior of the kink solutions of the
one-dimensional sine-Gordon equation in the presence of a spatially periodic
parametric perturbation. Our study clarifies and extends the currently
available knowledge on this and related nonlinear problems in four directions.
First, we present the results of a numerical simulation program which are not
compatible with the existence of a radiative threshold, predicted by earlier
calculations. Second, we carry out a perturbative calculation which helps
interpret those previous predictions, enabling us to understand in depth our
numerical results. Third, we apply the collective coordinate formalism to this
system and demonstrate numerically that it accurately reproduces the observed
kink dynamics. Fourth, we report on a novel occurrence of length scale
competition in this system and show how it can be understood by means of linear
stability analysis. Finally, we conclude by summarizing the general physical
framework that arises from our study.Comment: 19 pages, REVTeX 3.0, 24 figures available from A S o
Optimizing the Stark-decelerator beamline for the trapping of cold molecules using evolutionary strategies
We demonstrate feedback control optimization for the Stark deceleration and
trapping of neutral polar molecules using evolutionary strategies. In a
Stark-decelerator beamline pulsed electric fields are used to decelerate OH
radicals and subsequently store them in an electrostatic trap. The efficiency
of the deceleration and trapping process is determined by the exact timings of
the applied electric field pulses. Automated optimization of these timings
yields an increase of 40 % of the number of trapped OH radicals.Comment: 7 pages, 4 figures (RevTeX) (v2) minor corrections (v3) no changes to
manuscript, but fix author list in arXiv abstrac
Lengthscales and Cooperativity in DNA Bubble Formation
It appears that thermally activated DNA bubbles of different sizes play
central roles in important genetic processes. Here we show that the probability
for the formation of such bubbles is regulated by the number of soft AT pairs
in specific regions with lengths which at physiological temperatures are of the
order of (but not equal to) the size of the bubble. The analysis is based on
the Peyrard- Bishop-Dauxois model, whose equilibrium statistical properties
have been accurately calculated here with a transfer integral approach
An adaptive maneuvering logic computer program for the simulation of one-on-one air-to-air combat. Volume 1: General description
A technique for computer simulation of air combat is described. Volume 1 decribes the computer program and its development in general terms. Two versions of the program exist. Both incorporate a logic for selecting and executing air combat maneuvers with performance models of specific fighter aircraft. In the batch processing version the flight paths of two aircraft engaged in interactive aerial combat and controlled by the same logic are computed. The realtime version permits human pilots to fly air-to-air combat against the adaptive maneuvering logic (AML) in Langley Differential Maneuvering Simulator (DMS). Volume 2 consists of a detailed description of the computer programs
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