This report discusses a PAN-EARTH / Fondo Nacional de Investigaciones Agropecuarias (FONAIAP) Workshop on Crop Model Training and Calibration.

Report on a Modeling Crop and Climate Change workshop. The objectives of the workshop were: 1) train Venezuelan scientists in the use of agricultural models IBSNAT program (International Benchmark Sites Network for Agrotechnology Transfer), including discussions about their applicability and the acquisition of knowledge about the data needed for proper simulation and validation, 2) Calibrate the model of maize (CERES) for different cultivars and different regions of Venezuela using data from soil and climate corresponding to various tests, 3) Carry out model simulations under various climate scenarios to assess their potential effects on crops, 4) To strengthen the cooperation between users of IBSNAT models to make necessary tests to get a better database application thus facilitating validation and calibration of these models, and 5) To establish plans for future agricultural and meteorological research in the context of global climate change.

Report from a workshop on ecological responses of Venezuelan savannas to global climate change.

This paper discusses LASSO, a tool for surfing the answer net.

This paper discusses FALCON, an answer engine that integrates different forms of syntactic, semantic and pragmatic knowledge for the goal of achieving better performance.

This paper presents the architecture of the Question-Answering server (QAS) developed at the Language Computer Corporation (LCC) and used in the TREC-10 evaluations.

This article discusses classifier stacking and voting for text filtering.

This paper discusses building multilingual semantic networks.

This paper discusses the main lines of research in deriving efficient Word Sense Disambiguation.

This paper discusses enhanced channel assignment and load distribution in IEEE 802.11 WLANs.

This paper introduces the use of Wikipedia as a resource for automatic keyword extraction and word sense disambiguation, and shows how this online encyclopedia can be used to achieve state-of-the-art results on both these tasks.

This paper discusses a transformational paradigm for engineering and engineering technology education at the baccalaureate level.

This technical report discusses a framework for design validation of security architectures.

Patent relating to methods and devices for enrollment and verification of biometric information in identification documents.

Introduction to a special issue of the Journal of Nanomaterials focusing on bulk nanostructured alloys and metals.

This article employs an advanced factor analysis technique with principal component analysis/absolute principal component scores and positive matrix factorization to apportion the sources influencing the PM₂̣ ₅ levels measured during 2003 through 2005 at a rural coastal site located within the Corpus Christi urban airshed in South Texas.

In this article, the pressure-sensitivity of CNT filled cement mortar composites with different concentrations of MWNT and different surfactants is investigated under repeated loading and impulsive loading, respectively. Experimental results indicate that the response of the electrical resistance of composites with NaDDBS to external force is more stable and sensitive than that of composites with SDS. Therefore, NaDDBS has higher efficiency than SDS for the dispersion of MWNT in cement mortar, and it is an effective surfactant for fabricating MWNT filled cement mortar composites with superior pressure-sensitivity.

Article describes development of polymer composites based on epoxy resins containing up to 50 wt. % of boron wastes and determined their pin-on-disk dynamic friction, wear, Shore D hardness and surface roughness.

Article discusses the effects of various processes on the surface integrity of Sverker 21 and Vanadis 6 steel surfaces.

This article reports a unique self-cleaning mechanism possessed by the nano-pads of gecko spatulae.

This article investigates the atomic distribution in catalytically active metallic glass alloys using three-dimensional atom probe microscopy.

Patent relating to improved methods for utilizing 911 services and for implementing 911 dispatch protocols by accessing mobile phone sensors and applications.

This paper presents an approach to extract implicit interpretations from modal constructions.

This paper shows that performance of trained keyphrase extractors approximates a classifier trained on articles labeled by multiple annotators, leading to higher average F₁ scores and better rankings of keyphrases.