One of the big problems encountered in experimental yield trials of field crops is the variation that occurs in yield estimates regardless of how the trial is handled with respect to variety or treatment. This so-called "natural" variation is the result of such factors as heredity, human error, and environment.

<p>In this thesis the effect of normalization methods on the identification of differentially expressed genes is investigated. A zebrafish microarray dataset called Swirl was used in this thesis work. First the Swirl dataset was extracted and visualized to view if the robust spline and print tip loess normalization methods are appropriate to normalize this dataset. The dataset was then normalized with the two normalization methods and the differentially expressed genes were identified with the LimmaGUI program. The results were then evaluated by investigating which genes overlap after applying different normalization methods and which ones are identified uniquely after applying the different methods. The results showed that after the normalization methods were applied the differentially expressed genes that were identified by the LimmaGUI program did differ to some extent but the difference was not considered to be major. Thus the main conclusion is that the choice of normalization method does not have a major effect on the resulting list of differentially expressed genes.</p>

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Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais (FAPEMIG) / O estudo analisou a influ?ncia de alocar parcelas em diferentes pontos do talh?o com a finalidade de um invent?rio pr?-corte, utilizando dois arranjos de intensidade amostral e tamanho de parcela, diferentes m?todos de amostragem (Casual Simples ? ACS ou Sistem?tica ? AS), forma de parcela (retangular ou circular) e localiza??o da parcela no talh?o (borda, borda e centro e apenas no centro). Foi realizado um censo no talh?o, onde foram mensuradas todas as circunfer?ncias ? 1,30 metros de altura. A estimativa da altura foi obtida por meio de modelo hipsom?trico. O ajuste do modelo foi feito com duas bases de dados para detectar a influ?ncia do efeito de borda na altura das ?rvores: a primeira composta por dados provenientes da ?ltima medi??o do invent?rio florestal cont?nuo (IFC) realizado no talh?o; a segunda proveniente de cinquenta ?rvores localizadas na borda do talh?o. Com as equa??es ajustadas, utilizou-se o teste de identidade de modelo para verificar o efeito de borda na altura. Para definir o efeito de borda sobre o di?metro ajustou-se a fun??o Weibull de duas formas: 1) para cada uma das 10 primeiras linhas de borda do talh?o; e 2) fez-se o ajuste das linhas de forma acumulativa, come?ando pela linha 1 at? a d?cima linha. Conhecendo-se as estimativas dos par?metros, as distribui??es diam?tricas foram estimadas, tomando como base a frequ?ncia observada da primeira linha de borda. Para verificar se a distribui??o diam?trica estimada variava conforme adentrava no talh?o utilizou-se o teste de Kolmogorov-Smirnov, a 95% de probabilidade. Para o ajuste dos modelos volum?tricos foram usados dados de cubagem de ?rvores-amostra localizadas no centro do talh?o. Combinando a localiza??o da parcela, m?todo de amostragem, formato da parcela e arranjo de intensidade amostral e tamanho da parcela, foram simulados 28 cen?rios de amostragem. A compara??o entre os procedimentos foi utilizando a precis?o e exatid?o. O resultado do teste de identidade de modelo indicou que h? influ?ncia da borda sobre a altura das ?rvores. Os testes de Kolmogorov-Smirnov demonstraram n?o haver diferen?a diam?trica entre as 10 primeiras linhas de borda do talh?o. O modelo volum?trico de Schumacher e Hall foi o que resultou nas melhores estimativas. Nos procedimentos de amostragem simulados, a ACS foi mais precisa e eficiente para um arranjo com intensidade amostral maior e parcelas de tamanho menores, j? a AS foi melhor com intensidade amostral menor e parcelas maiores; quanto ao formato, tanto circular, quanto retangular obtiveram bons resultados. Em rela??o ? localiza??o das parcelas no talh?o, os resultados foram mais exatos e precisos quando as parcelas foram alocadas no centro do talh?o, seguidos das parcelas alocadas na borda e centro e por fim aquelas alocadas na borda do talh?o. / Disserta??o (Mestrado) ? Programa de P?s-Gradua??o em Ci?ncia Florestal, Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri, 2016. / This study examined the influence of allocating plots at different points of the stand, using two arrays of sampling intensity and plot size, different methods of sampling (Simple Casual ? ACS or Systematic Sampling ? AS), plot format (rectangular or circular) and plot location in the compartment (border, border and center, and only in the center). We performed a census in the stand, where all circumferences at 1.3 meters above the ground were measured. Height estimation was through the Hypsometric model. The model fitting was conducted with two databases to detect the influence of the border effect at different tree heights: the first model fitting consisted of data from the last measurement of IFC (Continuous Forest Inventory ? IFC) conducted in the stand; the second one consisted of fifty trees located on the border of the stand. For the adjusted model, the researcher used a model identity test to determine the effect of the border on the height. To define the effect of the border on the diameter, the Weibull function was fitted in two ways: 1) for each one of the first 10 borders in the stand; and 2) for the adjustment of the lines cumulatively, beginning from the first line to the tenth line. Knowing the parameters, we estimated diameter distributions, based on the observed frequency of the first border. To verify if the estimated diameter distribution varied according to the plot, we used the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test at 95% probability. For the fitting of the volumetric models, we used cubing data of trees located in the center of the stand. So, combining the location of the plot, the sampling method, the inventory type and the plot format, we simulated 28 sampling scenarios. Comparison between procedures was through precision and accuracy. The result of the model identity test indicated that the border influences tree heights. The Kolmogorov- Smirnov tests showed no diametric difference between the first 10 border lines of the stand. The Schumacher and Hall volumetric model was the one that got the best estimates. In the simulated sampling procedures, ACS was more precise and efficient or an arrangement with greater sampling intensity and smaller size plots, while AS was better with lower sampling intensity and larger plots; as the format, either circular, or rectangular achieved good results. Regarding the location of the plots in the stand, the results were more accurate and precise when the plots were allocated in the center of the stand, followed by plots allocated on the border and center and finally those allocated in the stand border.

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In this thesis the effect of normalization methods on the identification of differentially expressed genes is investigated. A zebrafish microarray dataset called Swirl was used in this thesis work. First the Swirl dataset was extracted and visualized to view if the robust spline and print tip loess normalization methods are appropriate to normalize this dataset. The dataset was then normalized with the two normalization methods and the differentially expressed genes were identified with the LimmaGUI program. The results were then evaluated by investigating which genes overlap after applying different normalization methods and which ones are identified uniquely after applying the different methods. The results showed that after the normalization methods were applied the differentially expressed genes that were identified by the LimmaGUI program did differ to some extent but the difference was not considered to be major. Thus the main conclusion is that the choice of normalization method does not have a major effect on the resulting list of differentially expressed genes.

Price is one of the most important factor which influences people in making decisions in connection with apartment blocks. In the first part I attended to terminology and pricing techniques according to the valid valuation regulations. In the second part I appreciated select apartment block in combnation with load and yield technique of valuation and comparative teqnique of valuation. Sequentially I compared and assessed this prices.

Master of Science / Department of Statistics / Christopher I. Vahl / In the classic split-plot design where whole plots have a completely randomized design, the conventional analysis approach assumes a compound symmetry (CS) covariance structure for the errors of observation. However, often this assumption may not be true. In this report, we examine using different covariance models in PROC MIXED in the SAS system, which are widely used in the repeated measures analysis, to model the covariance structure in the split-plot data in which the simple compound symmetry assumption does not hold. The comparison of the covariance structure models in PROC MIXED and the conventional split-plot model is illustrated through a simulation study. In the example analyzed, the heterogeneous compound symmetry (CSH) covariance model has the smallest values for the Akaike and Schwarz’s Bayesian information criteria fit statistics and is therefore the best model to fit our example data.

Published Article / Automatic guided vehicles are being used increasingly in a manufacturing environment. Developing a platform that could be easily reconfigured is perhaps a desirable option for a user with low capacity outputs. The research described in this article concentrates on such a vehicle and the development of the actuators and sensors for navigation and proper functionality.

Master of Agribusiness / Department of Agricultural Economics / Elizabeth Yeager / The corn silage market is typically focused heavily on the dairy market and results for corn silage plots are dedicated to the dairy industry specifically to get to the overall answer of $ Milk/Acre. The beef cattle industry is more interested in pounds of beef that can be gained from corn silage. There are roughly 6.2 million acres of corn silage in the US. Within that 6 million acres, roughly half is fed to beef cattle, but the corn silage industry has not focused on this aspect of the market. Within Mycogen Seeds there has been an ever increasing demand to find a way to deliver the corn silage plot data in a useable format for beef producers. By delivering corn silage plot data to beef producers, Mycogen has aspirations of increasing it’s market share of the corn silage market in Kansas as well as across the US, while at the same time increasing the awareness of how quality of a corn silage hybrid can affect a producers operation. This thesis examines corn silage plot info sample analysis and specific feed analysis calculations. With these specific calculations, the corn silage plot will illustrate information in a form that beef producers will understand, $ Beef Produced/Acre. At the same time, this thesis will examine the industry wide concept that tonnage is the only component that is important when selecting a corn silage hybrid. Finally this thesis will examine at what point ($/bushel) in the corn grain market does it make sense to start looking at utilizing corn silage over dry rolled corn by comparing price per MegaCalorie of energy by utilizing 25 year historical corn grain prices and using the Purdue Method of determining the cost of corn silage on a per ton basis.

This thesis is focused on the superficies solo cedit principle which was already known in Roman law and which expresses the rule that the surface yields to the ground. As a result of this rule, everything that is built on the land and that grows up naturally there belongs to the owner of the land. The aim of the thesis is to describe origin and historical development of the superficies solo cedit principle, subsequently to present its current expression in the legal order of the Czech Republic and to identify its problems, and, finally, to point out the effects of the restoration of the superficies solo cedit on the Czech legal system. The thesis is divided into seven separate chapters. Chapter One describes the expression and development of the superficies solo cedit principle in the Roman law. Chapter Two particularly deals with the ABGB Code from 1811 which was valid in the area of today's Czech Republic until 1950 and which significantly influenced the current Czech Civil Code. This chapter also includes analysis of provisions dealing with superficies solo principle and other relating terms, some of which were an inspiration for current Czech legislation. Third chapter explains the reasons for abandoning of superficies solo cedit principle in Civil Code No. 141/1950 Coll. and its consequences....