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The *.Sat Cubesat Bus: When Three Cubes Meet, Eric Lee, Matthew D’Ortenzio, Stevan Spremo, Belgacem Jaroux, Ignacio Mas, Dan Saldana Aug 2005

The *.Sat Cubesat Bus: When Three Cubes Meet, Eric Lee, Matthew D’Ortenzio, Stevan Spremo, Belgacem Jaroux, Ignacio Mas, Dan Saldana

Small Satellite Conference

A collaborative effort between Stanford University and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) begun in 2003 continues today with the primary objective of supporting a NASA Ames Research Center (ARC) biological payload scheduled for launch into orbit aboard a satellite conforming to the International CubeSat Specification authored in 2001. The Stanford portion of the program, named “StarDotSat” (*.Sat), seeks to put forth a standardized spacecraft bus adhering to the CubeSat Specification that provides all necessary services to one or more attached payload modules. The CubeSat specification was the result of a joint effort by the California Polytechnic University, San …

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Extensible Boom-Based Optical System For Nano-Scale Remote Sensing Satellite "Prism" , Yuya Nakamura, Ryu Funase, Masaki Nagai, Akito Enokuchi, Yuta Nojiri, Tsukasa Funane, Fumiki Sasaki, Shinichi Nakasuka Aug 2005

Extensible Boom-Based Optical System For Nano-Scale Remote Sensing Satellite "Prism" , Yuya Nakamura, Ryu Funase, Masaki Nagai, Akito Enokuchi, Yuta Nojiri, Tsukasa Funane, Fumiki Sasaki, Shinichi Nakasuka

Small Satellite Conference

Intelligent Space Systems Laboratory (ISSL), the University of Tokyo is now developing the nano-scale remote sensing satellite named as "PRISM." This satellite aims at obtaining high resolution Earth images with 30m of ground resolution. Conventional remote sensing satellites have adopted reflective optical system using multiple mirrors to realize long focal length and large aperture. However, such system requires very high stiffness, machining accuracy and thermal management in order to maintain the designed light path. Thus we concluded that common reflective optical system cannot be applied to our nano-satellite, and adopted a totally different concept. PRISM deploys an extensible boom up …

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The Genesat-1 Test Demonstration Project: A Unique Use Of Smallsats, Bruce Yost, John Hines, Elwood Agasid, David Engelbert, Antonio Ricco, Christopher Kitts Aug 2005

The Genesat-1 Test Demonstration Project: A Unique Use Of Smallsats, Bruce Yost, John Hines, Elwood Agasid, David Engelbert, Antonio Ricco, Christopher Kitts

Small Satellite Conference

The GeneSat-1 technology demonstration project, planned for flight in late 2005, will demonstrate the value of utilizing biological surrogates and advanced analytical techniques as remote, autonomous monitors of relevant space exploration environments. GeneSat-1 is based on a triple-Cubesat architecture and integrates the power of genetic, biological probes with a standardized smallsat platform to provide a robust, repeatable, low-cost technology validation platform for Exploration research.

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Multiple Payload Ejector For Education, Science And Technology Payloads, Gary Letchworth Aug 2005

Multiple Payload Ejector For Education, Science And Technology Payloads, Gary Letchworth

Small Satellite Conference

The education and small research payloads community no longer has a means of being regularly manifested onto Hitchhiker and Gas carriers on Space Shuttle flights. Therefore, many small payloads do not have a launch opportunity, or await flights as secondary payloads on ELV missions, as the ELV primary payload manifest, secondary payload volume and mass allows. This has resulted in a backlog of small payloads, and an inability for the small payloads community to achieve routine access to orbit. This paper overviews the NASA-Goddard Wallops Flight Facility effort, funded by SOMD’s KSC Launch Services Program, to leverage its competencies in …

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Disaster Monitoring Constellation (Dmc) – Success Based On Small Satellite Technologies, Lee Boland, Alex Da Silva Curiel, Martin Sweeting, Paul Stephens, Dave Hodgson Aug 2005

Disaster Monitoring Constellation (Dmc) – Success Based On Small Satellite Technologies, Lee Boland, Alex Da Silva Curiel, Martin Sweeting, Paul Stephens, Dave Hodgson

Small Satellite Conference

The Disaster Monitoring Constellation (DMC) currently provides a 24 hour revisit capability for any point on the globe. With a 600km swath width and 32m ground sample distance it provides a unique resource for developing and extending the capabilities in a variety of application areas. The DMC has demonstrated its ability to respond to disasters such as the Asian tsunami event and others, as well as serving other applications in precision farming, mapping, prospecting, and scientific research. The paper will focus on the wide range of applications that can be accomplished with a relatively small spacecraft constellation infrastructure. The DMC …

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Review Of A Small Satellite Hyper-Spectral Mission, Mike Cutter Aug 2005

Review Of A Small Satellite Hyper-Spectral Mission, Mike Cutter

Small Satellite Conference

This paper describes a low cost hyper-spectral mission based around the CHRIS instrument that has been developed at Sira Technology Ltd. The CHRIS instrument is flying on the ESA PROBA platform, a small agile satellite of the 100kg class, which was launch in October 2001. The instrument typically acquires more than 300 hyper-spectral images each year via two European ground stations. Today this instrument provides the highest sampling capability of any space-borne hyper-spectral instrument. The main purpose of the instrument is to provide images of land areas, although the applications have extended to include coastal monitoring. The platform provides pointing …

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Internet Protocol (Ip) As A Standard For Command And Control Of Satellites , Jeff Janicik, Jay Heberle Aug 2005

Internet Protocol (Ip) As A Standard For Command And Control Of Satellites , Jeff Janicik, Jay Heberle

Small Satellite Conference

Internet Protocol (IP) is gaining more and more attention as a means for achieving “net-centric” operations for satellite programs. The reason for this is the fact that the computer and Internet industries have defined and continue to improve a global network that the government, commercial, and private sectors rely on everyday for their business infrastructure and operations. It only makes sense to strive for an efficient means of integrating our routine and secure operations of satellites into this network. There is evidence of moving toward this strategy within NASA’s Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems (CCSDS) and the DoD’s Transformational …

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A Plug-And-Play System For Spacecraft Components Based On The Usb Standard, Jim Lyke, Scott Cannon, Don Fronterhouse, Denise Lanza, Tony Byers Aug 2005

A Plug-And-Play System For Spacecraft Components Based On The Usb Standard, Jim Lyke, Scott Cannon, Don Fronterhouse, Denise Lanza, Tony Byers

Small Satellite Conference

Plug and Play spacecraft offer the potential of simplified software development, rapid assembly and integration, latepoint addition of new components and technologies, along with more automatic testing and afterdeployment flexibility. The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has established a program to develop standards for Space Plug and play Avionics (SPA) that is based around commercial technologies. In particular, "SPA-U" is based on the popular USB standard. This paper develops the basic concepts of the SPA-U standard, to include the host and client side software and hardware.

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Using A Distributed Wiring Harness, Steven Wichman, Adeel Baig, Andrew Crahan, Micah Dowty Aug 2005

Using A Distributed Wiring Harness, Steven Wichman, Adeel Baig, Andrew Crahan, Micah Dowty

Small Satellite Conference

This paper will describe a Distributed Wiring Harness (DWH) philosophy that will allow subcontractors to perform “pre-integration” testing of the electrical and data interfaces of their components (with the actual spacecraft) while the components are still on the manufactures’ benches. Through the use of a Universal Power and Data Controller (UPDC) and ICD Tracking Tool, each subsystem that is not being developed next to the main spacecraft bus (e.g. at a different subcontractor’s facility) can be “pre-integrated” and tested remotely. Full I2C, USB, serial and TCP/IP data connections (and later, SpaceWire) can be supported between the subsystem manufacture’s facility and …

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Growth And Water Relations Of Littleleaf Linden Trees Established In Irrigated Buffalograss And Kentucky Bluegrass, J. Ryan Stewart, Roger Kjelgren, Paul G. Johnson, Michael R. Kuhns Aug 2005

Growth And Water Relations Of Littleleaf Linden Trees Established In Irrigated Buffalograss And Kentucky Bluegrass, J. Ryan Stewart, Roger Kjelgren, Paul G. Johnson, Michael R. Kuhns

Plants, Soils, and Climate Faculty Publications

Although transplanted trees typically establish and grow without incident in frequently irrigated turfgrass, their performance in precisely irrigated turfgrass in an arid climate is not known. We investigated the effect of precision irrigation scheduling on growth and water relations of balled-and-burlapped littleleaf linden (Tilia cordata Mill. `Greenspire') planted in buffalograss (Buchloë dactyloides [Nutt.] Engelm. `Tatanka') and kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis L.). Over 2 years, trees in turfgrass were irrigated either by frequent replacement based on local reference evapotranspiration, or precision irrigated by estimating depletion of soil water to the point of incipient water stress for each turfgrass species. Predawn leaf …

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Healthcare Resources For Older Adults In A Medium Sized Community, Ashley Nielson Aug 2005

Healthcare Resources For Older Adults In A Medium Sized Community, Ashley Nielson

Undergraduate Honors Capstone Projects

Healthcare has become a large concern for a number of older Americans. With increases in healthcare costs and complex programs such as, Medicare, Medicaid, Medigap insurance policies and community programs, many older Americans are left worrying where they will find the money and resources to provide for themselves and their healthcare needs. Medicare, Medicaid and community care resources help to offset individual healthcare costs, but they are often not enough. The programs are complex and confusing and are limited in the care they provide.

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Modular Neural Network To Predict The Distribution Of Nitrate In Ground Water Using On-Ground Nitrogen Loading And Recharge Data, M. Almasri, Jagath J. Kaluarachchi Jul 2005

Modular Neural Network To Predict The Distribution Of Nitrate In Ground Water Using On-Ground Nitrogen Loading And Recharge Data, M. Almasri, Jagath J. Kaluarachchi

Civil and Environmental Engineering Faculty Publications

Artificial neural networks have proven to be an attractive mathematical tool to represent complex relationships in many branches of hydrology. Due to this attractive feature, neural networks are increasingly being applied in subsurface modeling where intricate physical processes and lack of detailed field data prevail. In this paper, a methodology using modular neural networks (MNN) is proposed to simulate the nitrate concentrations in an agriculture-dominated aquifer. The methodology relies on geographic information system (GIS) tools in the preparation and processing of the MNN input–output data. The basic premise followed in developing the MNN input–output response patterns is to designate the …

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Energy Efficient Appliances, Leona Hawks, Celia Peterson Jul 2005

Energy Efficient Appliances, Leona Hawks, Celia Peterson

All Current Publications

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Lighting, Leona Hawks, Celia Peterson Jul 2005

Lighting, Leona Hawks, Celia Peterson

All Current Publications

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Photovoltaic Systems (Pv), Leona Hawks, Celia Peterson Jul 2005

Photovoltaic Systems (Pv), Leona Hawks, Celia Peterson

All Current Publications

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Advanced Master Gardener Landscape Gardening For Gardeners, Larry A. Sagers Jun 2005

Advanced Master Gardener Landscape Gardening For Gardeners, Larry A. Sagers

All Archived Publications

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Advanced Master Gardeners Woody Plants Trees, Shrubs And Vines, Larry A. Sagers Jun 2005

Advanced Master Gardeners Woody Plants Trees, Shrubs And Vines, Larry A. Sagers

All Archived Publications

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2004 Annual Report, Various Authors Jun 2005

2004 Annual Report, Various Authors

Annual Reports

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Educational Policies Committee Program Proposal, College Of Science, June 2, 2005, Utah State University Jun 2005

Educational Policies Committee Program Proposal, College Of Science, June 2, 2005, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

Utah State University requests approval to offer a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry effective Fall Semester, 2005.

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An Overview Of The 2nd National Invasive Rodent Summit, Gary Witmer, John D. Eisemann May 2005

An Overview Of The 2nd National Invasive Rodent Summit, Gary Witmer, John D. Eisemann

Wildlife Damage Management Conference

On October 19-21, 2004, the USDA, APHIS, Wildlife Services, National Wildlife Research Center (NWRC) in Fort Collins, CO, hosted the 2nd National Invasive Rodent Summit. The conference was jointly sponsored by the NWRC, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and The Wildlife Society's Wildlife Damage Management Working Group. The conference was a follow-up to the 2001 "Rat Summit" held in San Francisco, CA. Like the "Rat Summit," this conference emphasized the management of rodents to conserve plants, other wildlife and habitats. The scope of the problem, concerns, species involved, and lands affected were all considered. The conference began with …

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Predator Control For The Protection Of The Federally Endangered Great Lakes Piping Plover (Charadrius Melodus) At Dimmick's Point, North Manitou Island, Kimberly S. Struthers, Patrick J. Ryan May 2005

Predator Control For The Protection Of The Federally Endangered Great Lakes Piping Plover (Charadrius Melodus) At Dimmick's Point, North Manitou Island, Kimberly S. Struthers, Patrick J. Ryan

Wildlife Damage Management Conference

The recovery plan for the federally endangered Great Lakes Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus) identifies the need for predator control/removal to increase Piping Plover chick fledging success. The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Wildlife Services entered into an interagency agreement with the National Park Service to conduct predator management on North Manitou Island (NMI), Dimmick's Point, located in Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, during the 2003-2005 field seasons. Six control methods were used to remove American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos), Common Raven (Corvus corax), Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis), and …

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Compressed Air, Wooden Clappers, And Other Non-Traditional Methods For Dispersing European Starlings From An Urban Roost, Randolph J. White, Richard A. Dolbeer, Craig R. Hicks May 2005

Compressed Air, Wooden Clappers, And Other Non-Traditional Methods For Dispersing European Starlings From An Urban Roost, Randolph J. White, Richard A. Dolbeer, Craig R. Hicks

Wildlife Damage Management Conference

During autumn 2003, several thousand European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) began roosting on exposed I-beams in a newly constructed, decorative glass canopy that covered the passenger pick-up area at the terminal building for Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, Ohio. The use of lethal control or conventional dispersal techniques, such as pyrotechnics and fire hoses, were not feasible in the airport terminal area. The design and aesthetics of the structure precluded the use of netting and other exclusion materials. In January 2004, an attempt was made to disperse the birds using recorded predator and distress calls broadcast from speakers installed in …

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Alien Birds In North America - Challenges For Wildlife Managers, Michael L. Avery, Eric A. Tillman May 2005

Alien Birds In North America - Challenges For Wildlife Managers, Michael L. Avery, Eric A. Tillman

Wildlife Damage Management Conference

In Executive Order 13112 "Invasive Species", an alien species is defined as one "that is not native" to a particular ecosystem. In North America today, there are nearly 100 alien bird species with self-sustaining populations. These include numerous game birds (primarily gallinaceous birds) and escaped pet birds (primarily psittacine species). Others, such as house sparrows (Passer domesticus), European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris), and mute swan (Cygnus olor), were originally introduced for aesthetic reasons or to control agricultural insect pests. The establishment of alien bird populations through purposeful or accidental introductions has resulted in numerous problems …

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Overview Of Impacts Of Feral And Introduced Ungulates On The Environment In The Eastern United States And Caribbean, Martin S. Lowney, Paul Schoenfeld, William Haglan, Gary W. Witmer May 2005

Overview Of Impacts Of Feral And Introduced Ungulates On The Environment In The Eastern United States And Caribbean, Martin S. Lowney, Paul Schoenfeld, William Haglan, Gary W. Witmer

Wildlife Damage Management Conference

Non-native wild and feral ungulates have been introduced throughout the world for many centuries. Often the reasons for introductions were narrow in scope and benefits or the ungulates escaped or were released. Justifications for some introductions have included providing hunting opportunity, meeting cultural and dietary needs of people, fund raising, and aesthetics. Evaluations about the impacts to the environment, native wildlife, livestock, and people were most likely looked at in a narrow prism or not fully evaluated. Ungulates commonly introduced in the Eastern United States and Caribbean islands over the last 150 years included white-tailed deer, sika deer, hogs, horses, …

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Feral And Introduced Carnivores: Issues And Challenges, Gary Witmer, Bernice U. Constantin, Frank Boyd May 2005

Feral And Introduced Carnivores: Issues And Challenges, Gary Witmer, Bernice U. Constantin, Frank Boyd

Wildlife Damage Management Conference

Feral and invasive carnivores have been intentionally or unintentionally introduced to many parts of the world for a variety of reasons. Once established, they have often caused significant impacts to endemic species because of their predatory nature and, in numerous cases, have altered ecosystem structure and function in important conservation areas. They can also cause competition for native predators, hybridization with native species, losses to livestock and companion animals, and disease hazards. We provide examples of the extent of introductions, resulting impacts, and efforts to control or eradicate these populations. Working with introduced or feral carnivores presents many challenges to …

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Elk In Nebraska: Opportunity Or Another Private-Public Land Conundrum, Scott E. Hygnstrom, Michael A. Cover, Bruce A. Stillings, R. Daniel Crank, Justin W. Fischer, James W. Merchant, Seth P. Korte May 2005

Elk In Nebraska: Opportunity Or Another Private-Public Land Conundrum, Scott E. Hygnstrom, Michael A. Cover, Bruce A. Stillings, R. Daniel Crank, Justin W. Fischer, James W. Merchant, Seth P. Korte

Wildlife Damage Management Conference

We conducted a comprehensive research project on elk in the Pine Ridge region of northwestern Nebraska from 1995 to 2002 to determine ecological factors that could be used to improve management and reduce damage. The population ranged from 120 to 150 animals, with an average calf:cow ratio of 0.5:1 and bull:cow ratio of 0.4:1. We located 21 radio-collared female elk 6,311 times during 1995 to 1997. Seasonal home ranges of 2 herds were 10 and 44 km2, while average annual home ranges of the herds were much larger (483 and 440 km2, respectively). All wintering areas …

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Bovine Tb Eradication Project - Recognizing Hot Buttons Issues, Bridget Kavanagh-Patrick May 2005

Bovine Tb Eradication Project - Recognizing Hot Buttons Issues, Bridget Kavanagh-Patrick

Wildlife Damage Management Conference

The Michigan Departments of Agriculture, Community Health, and Natural Resources, US Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Michigan State University work cooperatively together as the bovine TB eradication project partners. The interagency group combines expertise in epidemiology, veterinary and human medicine, pathology, wildlife biology, animal husbandry, regulatory law and policy and risk communications. The stakeholders, those impacted by the disease, include agriculture and tourism industry representatives, " Mom-and-Pop" businesses, hunters, wildlife enthusiasts, farmers, Local Health Departments and legislators. The regulatory agencies are the above mentioned project partners, excluding MSU and USDA Wildlife Services, both of which offer services to agencies and …

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Taking An Endemically Infected Bovine Tb Area Through To Livestock Clearance. A Case Study Of West Taupo, New Zealand, Kevin Nicholas May 2005

Taking An Endemically Infected Bovine Tb Area Through To Livestock Clearance. A Case Study Of West Taupo, New Zealand, Kevin Nicholas

Wildlife Damage Management Conference

The Pest Management Strategy for Bovine Tuberculosis (Tb) in New Zealand aims to achieve efficient freedom from Tb by 2013 and to eradicate the disease from livestock and wildlife. The West Taupo area, in the central North Island of New Zealand, was chronically infected with Tb in both domestic livestock herds (cattle and deer) and within wildlife populations (brushtail possum, ferret, feral deer and pigs). Through the development and implementation of a technically innovative management plan, this area is now approaching Tb free status. The case study/management plan reported here discusses the operational techniques and strategies that were implemented to …

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Observations On The Use Of The Gnrh Vaccine Gonacon™ In The Male White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus Virginianus), G. Killian, D. Wagner, L. Miller May 2005

Observations On The Use Of The Gnrh Vaccine Gonacon™ In The Male White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus Virginianus), G. Killian, D. Wagner, L. Miller

Wildlife Damage Management Conference

Observations made over an 11 year period during the development and evaluation of the GnRH vaccine GonaConTM use in male white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) are summarized. Sexually mature bucks at the Penn State Deer Research Center were administered a single immunization of GonaConTM in July. Some males were also given a second boost immunization in September. Compared to similar aged controls, testicular size for treated males was considerably reduced in the first and subsequent years of study, as were testosterone concentrations and sexual libido. During the first year, antler development was relatively normal leading to antler …

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Development Of Nicarbazin As A Reproductive Inhibitor For Resident Canada Geese, Kimberly S. Bynum, Christi A. Yonder, John D. Eisemann, John J. Johnston, Lowell A. Miller May 2005

Development Of Nicarbazin As A Reproductive Inhibitor For Resident Canada Geese, Kimberly S. Bynum, Christi A. Yonder, John D. Eisemann, John J. Johnston, Lowell A. Miller

Wildlife Damage Management Conference

Expanding populations of resident Canada geese that remain in suburban and urban areas year-round often result in increased conflicts with humans. Non-lethal and humane means are needed for managing the size of Canada goose flocks residing near or on airports, golf courses, industrial parks, government sites, and city parks. A side effect of nicarbazin, a veterinary drug used to control coccidiosis in chickens, is decreased egg production and hatching. Exploiting this side effect, studies of nicarbazin for reducing the hatchability of eggs from Canada geese were conducted. An initial study in Cotumix quail verified reduction in hatchability in a species …

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