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• Mine face ventilation: a comparison of CFD results against benchmark experiments for the CFD code validation

  - 2007-10-01

  AbstractComputational fluid dynamics CFD is a continually developing numerical technique by which complex fluid-flow problems can be solved on computers. To be able to transfer CFD expertise to analyze and design a face-ventilation system, a comprehensive validation study of current CFD tools against mining-related benchmark experiments is required. In the...

  Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, SMB/SME, University of Kentucky, velocity

• New Blood Test Identifies Lung Cancer Years Earlier Than Most Advanced Imaging Techniques; 20/20 GeneSystems Seeks to Develop First Effective, Routine Screen for #1 Cancer Killer

  - 2006-07-14

  ROCKVILLE, Md. -- Today, 20/20 GeneSystems, Inc. ("20/20") announced study results that show that its multi-biomarker blood test may be able to detect non-small cell lung cancer NSCLC significantly earlier and with better accuracy than CT scans, the most advanced technique in current use for detecting this disease. If the...

  Tags: patient, PRODUCTIVITY, technique, University of Kentucky

• Effective Time Management

  BNET - 2005-08-17

  Time management is important to any person, but particularly to student organization members and leaders. Involvement in co-curricular activities means that in addition to classes, homework, meals, jobs, and socializing, another significant chunk of time is taken up with organizational obligations. Time management is self management. While this handout will...

  Tags: University Of Kentucky, Time Management, Productivity

• Kansas State takes home top honors for Tractor design … again

  - 2003-07-01

  Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kan., won first place in the annual International 1/4-Scale Tractor Student Design Competition sponsored by the American Society of Agricultural Engineers, St. Joseph, Mich. The university has taken home top honors four out of the past five years. This year the team took first place in...

  Tags: Kansas, Leadership, PRODUCTIVITY, University of Kentucky

• New approaches to mine-face ventilation

  - 2003-03-01

  Abstract Computational fluid dynamics CFD is a continually developing numerical technique by which complex fluid-flow problems can be solved This technique can be an attractive approach to predict, evaluate and design proper mine face-ventilation systems. However, to develop confidence in the accuracy of CFD, the verification of numerical and experimental...

  Tags: geometry, laser, PRODUCTIVITY, technique, University of Kentucky, velocity

• Former University of Kentucky Forestry Professor Creates Landscape System.

  - 2002-09-17

  By John Stamper, Lexington Herald-Leader, Ky. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 17--Tom Kimmerer's business is all about bringing technology to trees. Despite the apparent dubiousness of his idea, Kimmerer makes a compelling case for the future success of his...

  Tags: computer, GPS, Handhelds, HARDWARE, PRODUCTIVITY, professor, University of Kentucky

• Precision Ag break-even.(Moneywise)(decision tool to help farmers)(Brief Article)

  - 2002-09-01

  A recent study by University of Kentucky economist Carl Dillon indicates that given the equipment costs and custom rates shown in the table, you'd need to farm almost 43,000 acres for field boundary mapping alone, given its infrequent need. Break-even drops to 4,800 for field mapping...

  Tags: acre, GPS, Handhelds, HARDWARE, PRODUCTIVITY, tool, University of Kentucky

• Lexington Herald-Leader, Ky., The Buzz Column.

  - 2002-07-22

  Lexington Herald-Leader, Ky. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 22--WANNA KNOW A SECRET? University of Kentucky President Lee Todd hopes to announce the location for UK's new executive MBA program very soon. It will be somewhere between the campus and downtown. ...

  Tags: attorney, director, downtown, E-mail, PRODUCTIVITY, U.K., University of Kentucky

• Fall-seeding alfalfa can be risky business

  - 1995-12-01

  In the cooler, moist conditions that follow summer's heat, this fungus can devastate a new alfalfa stand by causing rots that kill seedlings before they mature.A legume that fixes its own nitrogen, alfalfa is grown as a high-protein hay and forage crop for livestock. But in such south-central states as...

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