We present Cypress, a novel framework to archive and query massive time series streams such as those generated by sensor networks, data centers, and scientific computing. Cypress applies multi-scale analysis to decompose time series and to obtain sparse representations in various domains (e.g. frequency domain and time domain). Relying on the sparsity, the time series streams can be archived wi...

Exotic tree plantations have been considered as a management strategy for the rehabilitation of indigenous tree communities in situations that require human intervention to assure forest ecosystem rehabilitation. This study evaluated the value of pine Pinus caribaea and Pinus patula and cypress Cupressus lusitanica plantations as a means o f permitting indigenous trees to become established on ...

This research demonstrates the basic elements of a prototype automated orchard sprayer which delivers pesticide spray selectively with respect to the characteristics of the targets. The density of an apple tree canopy was detected by PROWAVE 400EP250 ultrasound sensors controlled by a Cypress PSOC CY8C29466 microcontroller. The ultrasound signal was processed with an embedded computer built aro...

We present Cypress, a novel framework to archive and query massive time series streams such as those generated by sensor networks, data centers, and scientific computing. Cypress applies multi-scale analysis to decompose time series and to obtain sparse representations in various domains (e.g. frequency domain and time domain). Relying on the sparsity, the time series streams can be archived wi...

In the laboratory, Argentine ant, Linepithema humile (Mayr), mortality was positively correlated to the length of an aromatic cedar mulch section that had to be crossed before food could be reached. When ants could access food without crossing the mulch, mortality was not correlated to mulch section length. In the field, Argentine ants showed a tendency to avoid aromatic cedar mulch as a nestin...

Cereal Chem. 85(3):276–282 Rice quality can vary inexplicably from one lot to another and from year to year. One cause could be the variable temperatures experienced during the nighttime hours of rice kernel development. During the fall of 2004, a controlled temperature study was conducted using large growth chambers, testing nighttime temperatures of 18, 22, 26, and 30°C from 12 a.m. until 5 a...

Please cite this article in press as: Watts, A.C. Or Forest Ecol. Manage. (2012), http://dx.doi.org/1 Swamps, peatlands, and other wetland ecosystems can store vast amounts of carbon in organicallyderived peat soils. Wildfires during severe droughts can produce smoldering combustion in these soils, releasing large quantities of carbon to the atmosphere and causing dramatic changes at the local ...

Weed control is an important aspect during the first few years of Christmas tree establishment, as weed competition directly relates to rate growth this time. The objectives study were evaluate efficacy organic mulch and herbicide combinations determine their phytotoxic effects on four different species trees establishment stage: Fraser fir (Abies fraseri (Pursh) Poir), blue spruce (Picea punge...

of field-grown hinoki cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa (Sieb. et Zucc.) Endl.) was nondestructively measured at monthly intervals over 1 year with an enclosed standing tree method. The relationship between monthly specific respiration rate and monthly mean relative growth rate at the individual tree level was described by a linear equation. During the dormant season, respiration was used mainly fo...

Introduction: Lichen diversity, community structure, composition and species abundance have been used as indicators of the integrity ecological continuity tropical forest ecosystems. Objectives: To assess corticolous lichen composition, importance three forested stands differing in time abandonment how passive restoration influences assemblage. Methods: We surveyed individual lichens on tree st...