This article studies the use of task partitioning as a way to reduce interference in a spatially constrained harvesting task. Interference is one of the key problems in large cooperating groups. We present a simple method to allocate individuals of a robotic swarm to a partitioned task, and show that task partitioning can increase system performance by reducing sources of interference. The meth...

This article studies the use of task partitioning as a way to reduce interference in a spatially constrained harvesting task. Interference is one of the key problems in large cooperating groups. We present a simple method to allocate individuals of a robotic swarm to a partitioned task, and show that task partitioning can increase system performance by reducing sources of interference. The meth...

This paper studies the use of a Bluetooth enabled mobile phone as a controlling device in a smart environment. Main focus for the work is partitioning of the functionality and the UI handling between a mobile phone and a smart appliance. There seems to be no single right solution for the partitioning of functions. Instead, there are so many case dependent characteristics that the partitioning o...

the purpose of this study was identification and applying ahp method in prioritization and comparison educational barriers and sustainable development on production of edible insects as diets from the viewpoint of selected groups. it was an applied research, research method was analytical, descriptive and statistical society was four groups of specialists, livestock and poultry producers, insec...

Methyl cis-10-epoxy-3,7,11-trimethyl-trans,trans-2,6-tridecadienoate has been stereoselectively synthesized in 12 steps starting from methyl trans-gamma-bromo-beta,beta-dimethylacrylate and 1-acetyl-1-methylcyclopropane. The final product proved to be identical with the second, less abundant juvenile hormone (methyl 12-homojuvenate) isolated from the Cecropia silk moth. The biological activitie...

Biological control is not new, it is simply newly appreciated. This renewed appreciation stems from the widespread insecticide treadmill which is largely a product of insecticide disruption of the balance of insect communities. Biological control is a natural phenomenon; the regulation of plant and animal numbers by natural enemies. In this broad sense, biological control is vital to public hea...

Efficient task partitioning plays a crucial role in achieving high performance at multiprocessor platforms. This paper addresses the problem of energy-aware static partitioning of periodic realtime tasks on heterogeneous multiprocessor platforms. A Particle Swarm Optimization variant based on Min-min technique for task partitioning is proposed. The proposed approach aims to minimize the overall...

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Insects of the family Dermestidae are common insect pests of museums and other sites where historical artifacts are displayed and stored. Trogoderma variabile (Ballion), the warehouse beetle, is a member of this family, and though it is more commonly associated with processed and finished stored food products, it can be found in museums. There are aspects relating to monitoring and control of T...

Scientists have known since the 1890s that insects are vulnerable to diseases. However, it was not until the early 1950s that field demonstrations by Steinhouse in California led to the commercial production of biopesticides. The federal government registered the first microbial product in 1948, the bacterium Bacillus popillae, to control the Japanese beetle in turf. Although many entomopathoge...