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Adaptation: A Way of Life, Plant and Animal Desert Adaptations
This document provides several activities that show how desert plants and animals are well-adapted to life in the desert and thrive on little moisture and high temperatures. There are extension lessons as well as a drawing activity. Educational levels: Intermediate elementary, Primary elementary
Progress Notes : a report from the Parkinson's Disease Center at Boston University Medical Center
News and updates from the Boston University Medical Center Parkinson's Disease Cente
Progress Notes : a report from the Parkinson's Disease Center at Boston University Medical Center
News and updates from the Boston University Medical Center Parkinson's Disease Cente
Pushbroom Stereo for High-Speed Navigation in Cluttered Environments
We present a novel stereo vision algorithm that is capable of obstacle
detection on a mobile-CPU processor at 120 frames per second. Our system
performs a subset of standard block-matching stereo processing, searching only
for obstacles at a single depth. By using an onboard IMU and state-estimator,
we can recover the position of obstacles at all other depths, building and
updating a full depth-map at framerate.
Here, we describe both the algorithm and our implementation on a high-speed,
small UAV, flying at over 20 MPH (9 m/s) close to obstacles. The system
requires no external sensing or computation and is, to the best of our
knowledge, the first high-framerate stereo detection system running onboard a
small UAV
Progress Notes : a report from the Parkinson's Disease Center at Boston University Medical Center
News and updates from the Boston University Medical Center, Parkinson's Disease Cente
Between the point of view and the point of being: the space of the stereoscopic tours
One of the most interesting features of the travel stereoview
series is not their three-dimensional effect
but rather the intertwined outcome of realism and
“being-thereness” in the experience of early twentieth
century armchair travellers. On the set of Italy through
the Stereoscope, the viewer’s “path of the gaze” was a
novelty compared to two dimensional photographs
and stereoviews. The Underwood & Underwood publishing
company created a stereoscopic multimodal
tour to improve the impression of realism with a proprioceptive
perception of the scene. The procedure of
textual débrayage, the description of the experience as
it is happening here and now, the direction of the viewer’s
gaze with a narrative itinerary, the changing of the
visual convergence with the variation in the points of
attention: all of these elements fostered a synaesthesia
for the spectator. The result was immersion in an explorable
space between the “point of view” (2D images)
and the “point of being” (virtual reality)
Fisheries and HIV/AIDS in Africa: investing in sustainable solutions
The WorldFish Center and the UN FAO are currently implementing a regional programme entitled Fisheries and HIV/AIDS in Africa: investing in sustainable solutions. The programme, funded by SIDA and the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, aims to strengthen regional capacity to develop sustainable solutions to enhance the contributions of fish and fisheries to development. In particular, the programme is building a strategic response to HIV/AIDS in the fisheries sector that will benefit vulnerable groups in wider society.
The Boston University Photonics Center annual report 2013-2014
This repository item contains an annual report that summarizes activities of the Boston University Photonics Center in the 2013-2014 academic year. The report provides quantitative and descriptive information regarding photonics programs in education, interdisciplinary research, business innovation, and technology development. The Boston University Photonics Center (BUPC) is an interdisciplinary hub for education, research, scholarship, innovation, and technology development associated with practical uses of light.This annual report summarizes activities of the Boston University Photonics Center in the 2013–2014 academic year.This has been a good year for the Photonics Center. In the following pages, you will see that the center’s faculty received prodigious honors and awards, generated more than 100 notable scholarly publications in the leading journals in our field, and attracted 20M in research funding for the University, are indicative of the breadth of Photonics Center research interests: from fundamental modeling of optoelectronic materials to practical development of cancer diagnostics, from exciting new discoveries in optogenetics for understanding brain function to the achievement of world-record resolution in semiconductor circuit microscopy. Our community welcomed an auspicious cohort of new faculty members, including a newly hired assistant professor and a newly hired professor (and Chair of the Mechanical Engineering Department). The Industry/University Cooperative Research Center—the centerpiece of our translational biophotonics program—continues to focus on advancing the health care and medical device industries, and has entered its fourth year of operation with a strong record of achievement and with the support of an enthusiastic industrial membership base
Long-Term Impacts of Environmental Contaminants Are ‘Generational Game Changer’
This article also appeared on pp. 5–6 of the Summer 2018 print edition.Most Formerly Used Defense Sites (FUDS) properties are in remote locations, placing a disproportionate impact on Alaska Native communities that depend upon environmental resources for their livelihood. After the 1972 closure of a U.S. Air Force base that had operated for 20 years on St. Lawrence Island, residents of the Yup'ik village of Savoonga began to experience a higher incidence of cancer, lower birth-weight babies, and higher numbers of miscarriages. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers eventually spent $125 million cleaning up the abandoned base. But there are concerns about continued impact from environmental contamination. While state and federal health studies recommend continued reliance upon traditional foods based on locally harvested berries, fish, and wildlife, St. Lawrence Island community members fear those foods may be contributing to elevated levels of PCBs and higher cancer rates.Unequal impacts /
Corps is not a health agency /
Health evaluation requested /
Protecting future generations /
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NH Pessimistic About Outcome Of US Military Interventions 10/20/2011
Support for President Obama’s handling of foreign policy has risen slightly in recent months in New Hampshire. Most Granite State adults support continued U.S. military action to combat terrorism
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