Florida’s deadliest python hunter is a conservationist at heart

Last year, Taylor Stanberry caught 60 Burmese pythons with her bares hands—a state record. But this self-taught hunter says ...
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Fast algorithms to compute an approximation of the minimal volume oriented bounding box of a point cloud in 3D.

Computing the minimal volume oriented bounding box for a given point cloud in 3D is a hard problem in computer science. Exact algorithms are known and of cubic order in the number of points in 3D. A ...
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Automatic and Accurate Acquisition of Stem-Related Phenotypes of Mature Soybean Based on Deep Learning and Directed Search Algorithms

The stem-related phenotype of mature stage soybean is important in soybean material selection. How to improve on traditional manual methods and obtain the stem-related phenotype of soybean more ...
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TAIM: Tool for Analyzing Root Images to Calculate the Infection Rate of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) infect plant roots and are hypothesized to improve plant growth. Recently, AMF is now available for axenic culture. Therefore, AMF is expected to be used as a ...
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A Python powered normalized compression distance (NCD) calculator.

All data are created equal but some data are more alike than others. The NCD uses a method expressing this alikeness using a similarity metric based on compression. The NCD is a non-negative number 0 ...