A ship’s roll dynamics is sensitive to the mass and mass distribution. Changes in these physical properties might introduce unpredictable behavior of the ship and a worst-case scenario is that the ship will capsize. In this paper, a recently proposed approach for online estimation of mass and center of mass is validated using experimental data. The experiments were performed using a scale model...

Against this backdrop, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) felt there was an important need to bring researchers and practitioners together to review the existing evidence, its implications for future food and nutrition-relevant policy, and to highlight remaining knowledge gaps. In so doing, it also aimed to forge links between countries, sectors, and perspectives, in both ...

A controller is developed for underactuated surface ships with only surge force and yaw moment available to globally track a reference trajectory generated by a suitable virtual ship in a frame attached to the ship body. The control development is based on Lyapunov’s direct method and backstepping technique, and utilizes several properties of ship dynamics and their interconnected structure. Nu...

This article proposes a new collision avoidance decision method for ships, allowing ships at risk of collision to take timely collision avoidance measures to ensure safe passage. Through vessel traffic service (VTS) collision alert system, an analysis can be made for the probability of a ship collision and an early warning can be issued. For ships in potential collision danger, the proposed met...

[1] Sediment resuspension in lake littoral zones (nearshore region) is strongly related to the properties of the surface wavefield. The occurrence and characteristics of surface waves, near‐bottom current velocities, and related suspended sediment concentrations and properties were measured simultaneously in Lake Constance over 1 year. Wind and ship waves are distinguished on the basis of their...

The ship, roof, or black rat Rattus rattus (L.) was introduced into New Zealand last century, and is now a widespread pest in indigenous forests. Ship rats eat seeds and invertebrates (Beveridge, 1964; Best, 1969; Daniel, 1973; Innes, 1979; Gales, 1982; Meads, Walker and Elliott, 1984), lizards (Whitaker, 1978), and birds and their eggs (Atkinson, 1973, 1985; Innes, 1990), and perhaps compete w...

Cadmium (Cd) is a highly toxic heavy metal, wide occupational and an environmental pollutant, affecting human health. Probiotics especially lactic acid bacteria (LAB) have the capacity to bind, remove and to decrease tissue cadmium levels. The objective was to evaluate the potency of Cd binding capacity, antioxidative properties of probiotic bacteria against cadmium in vitro and its probable de...

Cadmium (Cd) is a highly toxic heavy metal, wide occupational and an environmental pollutant, affecting human health. Probiotics especially lactic acid bacteria (LAB) have the capacity to bind, remove and to decrease tissue cadmium levels. The objective was to evaluate the potency of Cd binding capacity, antioxidative properties of probiotic bacteria against cadmium in vitro and its probable de...