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The aim of this work is the design and validation of an image-based optimization of laser flatbed cutting machines to avoid tilted parts. Three different approaches for the visual detection of the slats are presented and, based on this, it is discussed to what extent a change in the nesting of the parts to be produced can be used to increase efficiency.

Electrical engineering --- nesting --- industrial image processing --- laser cutting --- Schachtelung --- Industrielle Bildverarbeitung --- Laserschneiden

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Treeshrews suffer from chronic mistaken identity: they are not shrews, and most are not found in trees. These squirrel-sized, brownish mammals with large, dark, lashless eyes were at one time thought to be primates. Even though most scientists now believe them to belong in their own mammalian order, Scandentia, they still are thought to resemble some of the earliest mammals, which lived alongside the dinosaurs. This book describes the results of the first comparative study of the ecology of treeshrews in the wild. Noted tropical mammalogist Louise H. Emmons conducted this pathbreaking study in the rainforests of Borneo as she tracked and observed six species of treeshrews. Emmons meticulously describes their habitat, diet, nesting habits, home range, activity patterns, social behavior, and many other facets of their lives. She also discusses a particularly interesting aspect of treeshrews: their enigmatic parental care system, which is unique among mammals.

Tupaiidae. --- Zoology --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Vertebrates --- Tupaiidae --- Squirrel shrews --- Tree shrews --- Treeshrews --- Scandentia --- Borneo. --- ancient animals. --- ancient mammals. --- animal behavior. --- animal communication. --- animal diet. --- animal habitat. --- animal life. --- animal lovers. --- animal species. --- animal studies. --- animals. --- diet. --- geography. --- habitat. --- mammalogist. --- mammals. --- natural history. --- natural world. --- nesting. --- rainforest. --- regional. --- social behavior. --- treeshrews. --- world history.

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Declining bird populations, especially those that breed in North American grasslands, have stimulated extensive research on factors that affect nest failure and reduced reproductive success. Until now, this research has been hampered by the difficulties inherent in observing nest activities. Video Surveillance of Nesting Birds highlights the use of miniature video cameras and recording equipment yielding new important and some unanticipated insights into breeding bird biology, including previously undocumented observations of hatching, incubation, fledging, diurnal and nocturnal activity patterns, predator identification, predator-prey interactions, and cause-specific rates of nest loss. This seminal contribution to bird reproductive biology uses tools capable of generating astonishing results with the potential for fresh insights into bird conservation, management, and theory.

Ornithology --- Birds --- Bird populations. --- Aves --- Avian fauna --- Avifauna --- Wild birds --- Amniotes --- Vertebrates --- Vertebrate populations --- Technique. --- Methodology. --- Behavior. --- Nests. --- Monitoring --- Eggs and nests --- biodiversity. --- biology books. --- bird biology. --- bird management. --- bird population. --- bird research. --- bird theory. --- bird watching. --- bird wildlife. --- books about the environment. --- books for bird lovers. --- conservation of bird life. --- discussion books. --- easy to read. --- educational books. --- engaging. --- environmental ecology. --- going green. --- home school science books. --- human vs nature. --- leisure reads. --- life sciences. --- nesting birds. --- ornithology. --- protecting nature. --- reproductive biology. --- research equipment. --- science and math. --- wildlife research.