Silage is not a replacement for good pasture management, but it is a means of making the most of a sound grassland programme. It is an effective method of preserving surpluses of immature forage for use when pasture is in short supply or completely lacking. While quality silage is an excellent feed it is still a substitute .for the original product-pasture herbage. The problem in making silage ...

To acquire a second language, one must develop an ear and tongue for the correct stress and intonation patterns of that language. In English language teaching, there is an effective method called Jazz Chants for working on the sound system. In this paper, we propose a method for predicting stressed words, which play a crucial role in Jazz Chants. The proposed method is specially designed for st...

Existing methods for collecting texts from endangered languages are not creating the quantity of data that is needed for corpus studies and natural language processing tasks. This is because the process of transcribing and translating from audio recordings is too onerous. A more effective method, we argue, is to involve local speakers in the field location, using an audio-only translation inter...

Large scale classification of data organized as a hierarchy of classes has received significant attention in the literature. Top-Down (TD) Hierarchical Classification (HC), which exploits the hierarchical structure during the learning process is an effective method for dealing with problems at scale due to its computational benefits. However, its accuracy suffers due to error propagation i.e., ...

We investigate the generalization performance of some learning problems in Hilbert function Spaces. We introduce a concept of scalesensitive effective data dimension, and show that it characterizes the convergence rate of the underlying learning problem. Using this concept, we can naturally extend results for parametric estimation problems in finite dimensional spaces to non-parametric kernel l...

A small neutrino Majorana mass can arise in the Standard Model as an effective dimension 5 operator. We calculate the renormalization of this operator in the minimal Standard Model and in its two-Higgs-doublet and supersymmetric extensions. Renormalization from the scale of lepton number violation (e.g., the Planck scale or a GUT scale) to the weak scale decreases the strength of this operator ...

This paper presents a method for accurately segmenting moving container trucks in image sequences. This task allows to increase the performance of a recognition system that must identify the container code in order to check the entrance of containers through a port gate. To achieve good tolerance to non uniform backgrounds and the presence of multiple moving containers, an optical flow-based st...

Recognising the importance of transitioning to a markets-based economy, with the attendant benefit of competition, as the most effective method of increasing economic competitiveness, the paper discusses the consequent limitations and problems that are likely to arise during the transition. It confines itself primarily to infrastructure sectors (most often characterised by natural monopolies an...

The activ ity concentrations of naturally occurring radionuclides Ra, Th and K, were measured by using a Broad Energy Ge (BEGe) detector for soil samples collected from the Malnichara tea garden in Sylhet district of Bangladesh. The average activity concentrations of Ra, Th and K in soil samples were found to be 55.284±4.68, 125.270±5.81 and 497.91±43.83 Bqkg, respectively. The results obtained...

A force/torque sensor based on Stewart platform is established and an effective dimension design way, the model of solution space, which relates the performance criteria and the dimensional parameters of the sensor structures is presented. Some applications of the F/T sensor are introduced.