Particle swarm optimization is a heuristic global optimization method put forward originally by Doctor Kennedy and Eberhart in 1995. Various efforts have been made for solving unimodal and multimodal problems as well as two dimensional to multidimensional problems. Efforts were put towards topology of communication, parameter adjustment, initial distribution of particles and efficient problem s...

Artificial neural networks have been used for various purposes in plant breeding, including use in the investigation of genotype x environment interactions. The aim of this study was to use artificial neural networks in the selection of common bean genotypes with high phenotypic adaptability and stability, and to verify their consistency with the Eberhart and Russell method. Six trials were con...

Advances in genetic enhancement techniques have led to an increase in soybean production. Thus, soybean is currently one the most economically important cultured species worldwide. The objectives of the present study were to study the interaction of soybean genotypes per environment in terms of grain productivity and to evaluate their phenotypic adaptability and stability, with the final aim of...

I present a frequency-independent 3D seismic attenuation model (indicated by Q−1 P ) for the crust of the Salton trough and the adjacent regions in southeastern southern California. The simul2000 tomographic algorithm was used to invert the frequency-independent attenuation operator t values measured from amplitude spectra of 23,378 P-wave arrivals of 1203 events through a recently developed 3D...

The purposes of this study were to determine if phenotypic selection for in vitro dry matter digestibility (IVDMD) could be used to improve the IVDMD for switchgrass tPanicum virgatum L.) and to obtain heritability estimates of IVDMD in switchgrass. In 1973 a selection nursery of over 2,200 plants was established with transplanted seedlings of two similar Nebraska experimental strains. In 1974 ...

Mechanisms underlying gametogenesis are complex and apparently divergent among metazoans. The DAZ (Deleted in Azoospermia) gene family provides one of the few lines of evidence that argue for evolutionary conservation of gametogenesis at the molecular level. DAZ family proteins carry two conserved domains, namely the ribonucleoprotein (RNP)-type RNA recognition motif (RRM) and the DAZ motif, an...