An analysis of the economics of greenhouse heating with a heat pump coupled with an inactive deep mine is presented. Several heat pump and conventional gas-fired heater combinations (hybrid systems) were evaluated using a ...

Dairy industry expansion using open lot designs has impacted water quality and groundwater usage in parts of Central Texas. Field research was conducted at commercial dairy farms in Erath County, Texas, to develop improved ...

Shear strength tests were conducted on tibia, humerus, and radius bones from white leghorn layers to establish the type of statistical distribution function that best fits poultry bone strength data. The results indicated ...

Some engineering data represent a mixture of data from two distinct populations or result from two or more concomitant phenomena. Homogeneous probability density functions are not always suitable for representing such data. ...