The sex pheromone of the leafminer Phyllocnistis citrella Stainton (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) was deployed in a Florida citrus (Citrus spp.) grove by using a novel deployment device (IFM-413) containing SPLAT, a flowable formulation of an emulsified wax compound designed to provide slow release of semiochemicals. The device consisted of two disks connected by string. Each disk was loaded wit...

This paper introduces GraphSplatting, a technique which transforms a graph into a two-dimensional scalar field. The scalar field can be rendered as a color coded map, a height field, or a set of contours. Splat fields allow for the visualization of arbitrarily large graphs without cluttering. They provide density information which can be used to determine the structure of the graph. The constru...

We describe MSR SPLAT, a toolkit for language analysis that allows easy access to the linguistic analysis tools produced by the NLP group at Microsoft Research. The tools include both traditional linguistic analysis tools such as part-of-speech taggers, constituency and dependency parsers, and more recent developments such as sentiment detection and linguistically valid morphology. As we expand...

This thesis presents a comparison of high-speed rendering algorithms for the application in 2D/3D-image registration in radiation oncology. Image guided radiation therapy (IGRT) is a technique for improving the treatment of cancer with ionizing radiation by adapting the treatment plan to the current situation using 2D/3D-image registration. To accelerate this procedure, also rendering of Digita...

Semiochemicals are naturally occurring, species-specific molecules exploited for inter and intra-specific communication between an insect its environment. In pest management, these semiochemicals used mainly to modulate the behaviour of target pest, wherein development resistance in pests is almost absent. recent past, sex pheromones have been employed management through a novel technique, Spec...

Atmospheric plasma spraying (APS) is a well established process for preparing ceramic coatings. In this process, powder particles injected into the plasma jet are heated and accelerated simultaneously in the plasma stream and are deposited in molten or semi-molten droplets conditions onto a prepared substrate. During droplet impingement, these molten droplets rapidly solidify to form single spl...

Purpose: We are exploring the utility of Constant Scale Natural Boundary (CSNB) maps [1,2,3,4] for revealing surface morphology [5,6,7,8,9] and patterns in the distribution of depositional and erosional features on 433 Eros [10], a typical larger asteroid. Constant Scale Natural Boundary Mapping of Impact-driven Morphologies: The Constant Scale Natural Boundary (CSNB) mapping method produces ma...

The leafminer, Phyllocnistis citrella Stainton (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae), is a global pest of citrus and contributes to the incidence and severity of citrus bacterial canker. SPLAT CLM (ISCA Technologies, Riverside, CA) is an emulsified wax that provides sustained release of (Z,Z,E)-7,11,13-hexadecatrienal, the major component of P. citrella sex pheromone. Trials in commercial orchards demo...