The goal of many early visual filtering processes is to remove noise while at the same time sharpening contrast. An historical succession of approaches to this problem, starting with the use of simple derivative and smoothing operators, and the subsequent realization of the relationship between scale-space and the iso-tropic diffusion equation, has recently resulted in the development of " geom...

Micro-greens or sprouts are commonly used in the diet of many cultures owing to their health benefits. In this work we use a non-chemical solution method stimulate germination and growth seeds for sprouting, based on non-thermal plasma discharge (NTP). Such technology could represent an alternative not only reducing production costs growing micro-greens but also as pre-sowing slow germinating s...

A method to perform bosonization of a fermionic theory in (1 + 1) dimensions in a path integral framework is developed. The method relies exclusively on the path integral property of allowing variable shifts, and does not depend on the explicit form of Greens functions. Two examples, the Schwinger model and the massless Thirring model, are worked out. PACS numbers: 11.10.Kk; 11.15.Tk

Abbreviations CDC US Centers for Disease Control FDA US Food and Drug Administration FR Federal Register FSMA Food Safety Modernization Act GAPs Good Agricultural Practices GMPs Good manufacturing practices HACCP Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points HARPC Hazard Analysis and Risk-based Preventive Controls LGMA The California Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement USDA US Department of Agriculture

Many greenkeepers and authorities are concerned about the environmental risks resulting from pesticide use on golf courses. We studied leaching surface runoff of fungicides metabolites for two winter seasons after fall application boscalid, pyraclostrobin, prothioconazole, trifloxystrobin, fludioxonil in field lysimeters at NIBIO Landvik, Norway. The applications were made creeping bentgrass gr...