Influence of Sea Sprays on Growth and Visual Quality of Seashore Paspalum (Paspalum vaginatum O. Swartz) use in Beach Landscaping

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kekere Otitoloju
Keyword(s):  
Visual Quality ◽  
Seashore Paspalum ◽  
Paspalum Vaginatum

scholarly journals Tolerance of Seashore Paspalum Cultivars to Preemergence Herbicides

1998 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 76-78
Author(s):  
B. Jack Johnson ◽  
Ronny R. Duncan
Keyword(s):  
Weed Control ◽  
Early Spring ◽  
Normal Rate ◽  
Seashore Paspalum ◽  
Water Dispersible ◽  
Paspalum Vaginatum ◽  
Trade Names ◽  
Preemergence Herbicides

Abstract The efficacy of preemergence herbicides among seashore paspalum (Paspalum vaginatum Swartz) cultivars used for summer annual weed control is limited. No differences were found in turfgrass tolerance among four paspalum cultivars from preemergence herbicides during 1996 and 1997 at Griffin, GA. The tolerance of paspalum turfgrass was good when treated with Ronstar (oxadiazon) at rates ≤ 10.1 kg/ha (9.0 lb/A), pendimethalin (various trade names, water-dispersible granules) or Barricade (prodiamine) at recommended rates [3.4 kg/ha (3.0 lb/A) and 0.8 kg/ha (0.7 lb/A), respectively]. When rates of these herbicides were increased to three times recommended, 15% injury was noted. During May 1996, Dimension (dithiopyr) injured the turf 12% when applied at the normal rate [0.6 kg/ha (0.5 lb/A)], but the injury was 35% in plots treated with three times recommended. Dimension did not cause any injury in 1997. Surflan (oryzalin) at 3.4 kg/ha (3.0 lb/A) and XL (benefin + oryzalin) at 3.4 kg/ha (3.0 lb/A) caused a maximum of 26% and 20% injury, respectively, when applied at the recommended rates. Maximum injury ranged from 48% for Surflan and 38% for XL when applied to plots at the three times recommended. The quality of PI 509018-1, SIPV-2, and AP-10 was generally higher than Adalayd from early spring until late August both years.

Tolerance of Four Seashore Paspalum (Paspalum vaginatum) Cultivars to Postemergence Herbicides

1997 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 689-692 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Jack Johnson ◽  
Ronny R. Duncan
Keyword(s):  
Field Study ◽  
Weed Control ◽  
The Other ◽  
Seashore Paspalum ◽  
Paspalum Vaginatum ◽  
Postemergence Herbicides

A field study was conducted on tolerance of four seashore paspalum cultivars to postemergence (POST) herbicides in Georgia during 1995 and 1996. Quinclorac (0.8 kg/ha) and MON 12000 (0.07 kg/ha) at recommended rates were the only POST herbicides that did not affect the performance of any seashore paspalum cultivar (≥ 89%). When the rates were increased to three times recommended, the quality of ‘AP 10’ (≥ 96%) and ‘PI 28960’ (93%) cultivars was not affected, but the quality of ‘HI 25’ (≥ 84%) and ‘K-7’ (77%) was lower when compared with respective untreated plots. HI 25 recovered within 4 wk, but K-7 required 6 wk or longer. Dicamba at 1.7 kg/ha affected the quality of K-7 (69%) more at 2 wk than the other cultivars (85 to 92%). Diclofop, imazaquin, and 2,4-D plus mecoprop plus dicamba significantly reduced the quality of all cultivars 2 wk after treatment (WAT). The quality of all cultivars was similar at 2 WAT with diclofop at 1.1 kg/ha (79 to 84%). However, when treated with imazaquin at 0.4 kg/ha, the quality of K-7 (65%) was lower than AP 10 (85%), HI 25 (77%), and PI 28960 (81%), and when treated with 2,4-D plus mecoprop plus dicamba at 1.1 + 0.6 + 0.1 kg/ha, the quality of AP 10 (75%), PI 28960 (72%), and K-7 (57%) was lower than HI 25 (87%). POST applications of quinclorac, dicamba, and MON 12000 were safe to use for weed control in paspalum cultivars, whereas the safety of diclofop and imazaquin was marginal, and 2,4-D plus mecoprop plus dicamba was unacceptable.

Enhancing Visual Quality of Multi-view 360 Video Compression Pipeline

2019 ◽  
pp. 135
Author(s):  
Junyoung Yun ◽  
Hong-Chang Shin ◽  
Gwangsoon Lee ◽  
Jong-Il Park
Keyword(s):  
Video Compression ◽  
Visual Quality

EFFECT OF SOME NATURAL ACTIVATORS ON GROWTH AND QUALITY OF SEASHORE PASPALUM TURF

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 149-156
Author(s):  
Boshra El-Sayed ◽  
Tarek Noor El-Deen ◽  
Magda Ahmed ◽  
Sayed Shahin
Keyword(s):  
Seashore Paspalum

scholarly journals ART-UP: A Novel Method for Generating Scanning-Robust Aesthetic QR Codes

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-23
Author(s):  
Mingliang Xu ◽  
Qingfeng Li ◽  
Jianwei Niu ◽  
Hao Su ◽  
Xiting Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
State Of The Art ◽  
Visual Quality ◽  
Qr Code ◽  
Quick Response ◽  
Estimation Model ◽  
Qr Codes ◽  
Excellent Performance ◽  
Novel Method ◽  
Coarse To Fine

Quick response (QR) codes are usually scanned in different environments, so they must be robust to variations in illumination, scale, coverage, and camera angles. Aesthetic QR codes improve the visual quality, but subtle changes in their appearance may cause scanning failure. In this article, a new method to generate scanning-robust aesthetic QR codes is proposed, which is based on a module-based scanning probability estimation model that can effectively balance the tradeoff between visual quality and scanning robustness. Our method locally adjusts the luminance of each module by estimating the probability of successful sampling. The approach adopts the hierarchical, coarse-to-fine strategy to enhance the visual quality of aesthetic QR codes, which sequentially generate the following three codes: a binary aesthetic QR code, a grayscale aesthetic QR code, and the final color aesthetic QR code. Our approach also can be used to create QR codes with different visual styles by adjusting some initialization parameters. User surveys and decoding experiments were adopted for evaluating our method compared with state-of-the-art algorithms, which indicates that the proposed approach has excellent performance in terms of both visual quality and scanning robustness.

Effect of defocus combined with rotation on the optical performance of trifocal toric IOLs

2021 ◽  
pp. 112067212110021
Author(s):  
Javier Ruiz-Alcocer ◽  
Irene Martínez-Alberquilla ◽  
Amalia Lorente-Velázquez ◽  
José F Alfonso ◽  
David Madrid-Costa
Keyword(s):  
Visual Quality ◽  
Optical Quality ◽  
Refractive Errors ◽  
Focal Points ◽  
Modulation Transfer ◽  
Optical Analysis ◽  
Toric Intraocular Lens ◽  
Toric Iols ◽  
Reference Situation

Purpose: To objectively analyze the optical quality of the FineVision Toric intraocular lens (IOL) with two cylinder powers when different combinations of rotations and residual refractive errors are induced. Methods: This study assessed the FineVision Toric IOL with two different cylinder powers: 1.5 and 3.0 diopters (D). Three different rotation positions were considered: centered, 5° and 10° rotated. An optical bench (PMTF) was used for optical analysis. The optical quality of the IOLs was calculated by the modulation transfer function (MTF) at five different focal points (0.0, 0.25, 0.50, 0.75, and 1.00 D). Results: The MTF averaged value of the reference situation was 38.58 and 37.74 for 1.5 and 3.0 D of cylinder, respectively. For the 1.5 D cylinder, the combination of 5° of rotation with a defocus of 0.25, 0.50, 0.75, and 1.0 D induced a decrease on the MTF of 12.39, 19.94, 23.43, 24.23 units, respectively. When induced rotation was 10°, the MTF decrease was 17.26, 23.40, 24.33, 24.48 units, respectively. For the 3.0 D cylinder, the combination of 5° with 0.25, 0.50, 0.75, and 1.0 D of defocus, induced a decrease on the MTF of 12.51, 18.97, 22.36, 22.48 units, respectively. When induced rotation was 10°, the MTF decrease was: 18.42, 21.57, 23.08, and 23.61 units, respectively. Conclusion: For both FineVision Toric IOLs there is a certain optical tolerance to rotations up to 5° or residual refractive errors up to 0.25 D. Situations over these limits and their combination would affect the visual quality of patients implanted with these trifocal toric IOLs.

scholarly journals A New Instrument for Evaluating the Visual Quality of Air

1967 ◽  
Vol 17 (7) ◽  
pp. 467-469 ◽  
Author(s):  
Norman C. Ahlquist ◽  
Robert J. Charlson
Keyword(s):  
Visual Quality ◽  
New Instrument

K out of N Secret Sharing Scheme for Multiple Color Images with Steganography and Authentication

2016 ◽  
Vol 16 (02) ◽  
pp. 1650010 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Mohamed Fathimal ◽  
P. Arockia Jansi Rani
Keyword(s):  
Secret Sharing ◽  
Visual Quality ◽  
Color Images ◽  
Pixel Expansion ◽  
Image Sharing ◽  
Digital Ecosystem ◽  
Sharing Scheme ◽  
Text Steganography ◽  
Key Aspects

With our lives trundling toward a fully-digital ecosystem in break-neck speed, today’s encryption and cryptography are facing the challenge of ensuring security and future-readiness of our transactions. When such transactions involve multiple hands, transmission of such data in discrete and recoverable parts (secret shares) guarantees confidentiality. This paper’s objective is to present a foolproof way of multiple secret sharing, eliminating issues such as half-toning and degradation of visual quality of the recovered images. This [Formula: see text] out of [Formula: see text] steganography and authenticated image sharing (SAIS) scheme for multiple color images generates [Formula: see text] relevant shares with the ability to reconstruct the secret images using [Formula: see text] shares and facility to find out any move for appropriation of share cover images. The key aspects of this proposed scheme is to use simple Boolean and arithmetic operations with reduction of computational complexity from [Formula: see text] to [Formula: see text] and to share multiple images without any pixel expansion.

scholarly journals Aspheric Intraocular Lenses Implantation for Cataract Patients with Extreme Myopia

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yanwen Fang ◽  
Yi Lu ◽  
Aizhu Miao ◽  
Yi Luo
Keyword(s):  
Contrast Sensitivity ◽  
Visual Quality ◽  
Intraocular Lenses ◽  
Wavefront Aberrations ◽  
Spatial Frequencies ◽  
Aspheric Iol ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Composite Scores ◽  
Cataract Patients

Objective. To evaluate the postoperative visual quality of cataract patients with extreme myopia after implantation of aspheric intraocular lenses (IOLs). Methods. Thirty-three eyes were enrolled in this prospectivestudy. Eighteen eyes with an axial length longer than 28 mm were included in the extreme myopia group, and the other 15 eyes were included in the nonextreme myopia group. Phacoemulsification and aspheric IOL implantation were performed. Six months after cataract surgery, best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), contrast sensitivity, and wavefront aberrations were measured, and subjective visual quality was assessed. Results. The BCVA improved significantly after surgery for both groups, and patients in the nonextreme myopia group achieved better postoperative BCVA due to better retinal status of the eyes. The evaluation of contrast sensitivity without glare was the same in both groups, whereas patients in the nonextreme myopia group performed better at intermediate spatial frequencies under glare conditions. The two groups did not show a significant difference in high-order aberrations. With regard to subjective visual quality, the composite scores of both groups did not differ significantly. Conclusions. Aspheric IOLs provided good visual outcomes in cataract patients with extreme myopia. These patients should undergo careful evaluation to determine the maculopathy severity level before surgery.

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