Oil palm production in Indonesia illustrates the intense pressure that exists worldwide to convert natural ecosystems agricultural production. has increased because of expansion cultivated area rather than due average-yield increases. We used a data-rich modelling approach investigate how intensification on existing plantations could help meet oil demand while preserving fragile ecosystems. fou...

We propose a general methodology and a set of practical recipes for the construction of ultra-broadband acoustic cloaks—structures that can render themselves and a concealed object undetectable by means of acoustic scattering. The acoustic cloaks presented here are designed and function analogously to electromagnetic cloaks. However, acoustic cloaks in a fluid medium do not suffer the bandwidth...

The enhanced principal rank characteristic sequence (epr-sequence) of an n× n symmetric matrix over a field F was recently defined as `1`2 · · · `n, where `k is either A, S, or N based on whether all, some (but not all), or none of the order-k principal minors of the matrix are nonzero. Here, a complete characterization of the epr-sequences that are attainable by symmetric matrices over the fie...

Tuning recombinant protein expression is an approach which can be successfully employed for increasing the yield of recombinant protein production in high cell density cultures. On the other hand, most of the previous results reported the optimization induction conditions during batch and continuous culture of recombinant E. coli, and consequently fed-batch culture have received less attention....

Minimum environmental impact and improved resource efficiency is attainable for soilless cascade systems where the nutrient solution drained from a primary (donor) crop reused to fertigate secondary (receiver) crop. However, it not clear whether can completely satisfy needs of if productivity compromised. To test this hypothesis, prototype system was developed evaluated. assess performance in t...