The aim of the study was to examine response of ‘Jersey’ highbush blueberry to boron (B) fertilization. The experiment was carried out in 2002-2003 at a private plantation in Central Poland on mature blueberries planted on a sandy loam soil with pH 4.1, low organic matter status, and medium available B content. Blueberries were supplied with B by foliar applications or broadcasting. Foliar B sp...

Each fall, eastern North American monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) migrate from their northern range to their overwintering grounds in central Mexico. Fall migrants are in reproductive diapause, and they use a time-compensated sun compass to navigate during the long journey south. Eye-sensed directional cues from the daylight sky (e.g., the horizontal or azimuthal position of the sun) are...

Pakistan's textile sector has played an important role in the country's economy and attracted investment from local foreign investors. The purpose of this paper is to examine reasons behind failure three top, family-owned, exporting businesses Karachi. Little known about family firms' decision-making processes strategy formulation context emerging economies. Using qualitative techniques includi...

The relationship between barometric pressure (BARO) and maximum (MAX_T) and minimum (MIN_T) environmental temperatures with the incidence of parturition in beef cows was examined through exploratory data analysis. Spring- and fall-calving records from a 5-yr period (2005 through 2009) collected at the University of Arkansas, Livestock and Forestry Research Station (Batesville) and the Departmen...

This study examined the contribution of executive function (EF) and multiple aspects of fine motor skills to achievement on 6 standardized assessments in a sample of middle-socioeconomic status kindergarteners. Three- and 4-year-olds' (n=213) fine and gross motor skills were assessed in a home visit before kindergarten, EF was measured at fall of kindergarten, and Woodcock-Johnson III Tests of ...

Significant summer warming over the eastern Antarctic Peninsula in the last 50 years has been attributed to a strengthening of the circumpolar westerlies, widely believed to be anthropogenic in origin. On the western side of the peninsula, significant warming has occurred mainly in austral winter and has been attributed to the reduction of sea ice. The authors show that austral fall is the only...

This booklet includes lecture notes from parallel and distributed computing course I taught in Fall 07, Spring 08, and Fall 08 at the Kent State University, USA. I wrote a good part of these notes in Fall 2007; I revise them every time I teach the course. The problems in the notes have been used in class lectures, homework assignments, or exams. You can nd a collection of homework assignments a...

In-situ measurement of the upper ocean velocity discloses significant abnormal behaviors of two Wyrtki Jets (WJs) respectively in boreal spring and fall, over the tropical Indian Ocean in 2013. The two WJs both occurred within upper 130 m depth and persisted more than one month. The exceptional spring jet in May was unusually stronger than its counterpart in fall, which is clearly against the p...

Abstract The comparative study of housing decommodification lags behind classical welfare state research, while research itself is rich in homeownership studies but lacks accounts private and social rentals due to missing data. Building on existing works various primary sources, this presents a new collection up forty-eight countries’ shares stock construction since the first laws around 1900. ...

Senior MTS Research Scientist. Epson R & D, Palo Alto, CA. Winter 2004 Research Scientist. Vision Technology, Champaign, IL. Spring Fall 2004. Postdoc Visiting Scientist. Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs, Cambridge, MA. Fall 2003. Visiting Research Scientist. Vision Technology, Champaign, IL. Summers 2002, 2003. Visiting Research Scientist. Sarnoff Corporation, Princeton, NJ. Summer 1998. Teac...