It is very important, to optimize of clean electrical energy by employing of variable Speed pumped storage power plant (VSPSP). Variable speed machines are used extensively in wind power plants and pumped storage power plants. Therefore, the advantages of this technology are including: stability, reliability, fast dynamic responses, frequency control and high efficiency of power system. By usin...

(1) The box tree moth (BTM), Cydalima perspectalis Walker, represents one of the recent examples exotic insect pests native to Asia accidentally introduced in Europe by nursery trade. In Europe, BTM develops on Buxus sempervirens L., causing significant damage ornamental and natural plants. (2) Basic aspects biology were investigated at three sites NW Alps, where B. occurs rocky slopes, forming...

EAF plants normally consume coal and coke as reactants, alloying elements, or fuel. The price of these materials varies from € 0.20-0.35/kg. This is while nearly 10 million pieces of tires are annually discarded in Iran. The present study shows that scrap tires can be used as a substitute for coal and coke in EAF plants. Thirteen grades of steel including low, medium, and high carbon steels as ...

Broad patterns in distribution and abundance can elucidate processes of evolution. A positive association between local abundance and the size of the geographic range has been demonstrated for closely related species across many taxa. This pattern is usually explained by assuming that species with smaller ranges are ecologically inferior (e.g., poor competitors or dispersers). Many areas of hig...

The essential involvement of manganese in photosynthetic water oxidation was implicit in the observation by Pirson in 1937 that plants and algae deprived of Mn in their growth medium lost the ability to evolve O2. Addition of this essential element to the growth medium resulted in the restoration of water oxidation within 30 min. There is increased interest in the study of Mn in biological chem...

Extreme weather events like drought and heavy rain are likely to increase with climate change in Central Europe and may affect nutrient content in plants. They may therefore influence the performance (growth rate, developmental time, mortality, body size/mass, fecundity) and population dynamics of herbivorous insects. We conducted a common-garden experiment on food plants to investigate effects...

For thousands of years, one of our many gifts from the Earth has been medicines to treat a myriad of ailments. In the developed world, approximately 25% of prescription products are derived from higher plants, and in the developing world, over 80% of the population relies on plants, in the form of traditional medicine, for their primary health care. In 2050, the Earth will have a population of ...

Two field experiments were carried out in El –Kassasin region, Ismailia Governorate during 2009 and 2010 seasons to study the effect of both nitrogen (N) fertilizer (at 0,150,200 and250 kg N fed rates) and selenium (Se) spray (at 0, 20, and 40g fed. rates) on the vegetative growth, tuber yield and chemical composition of Potato plants. Results showed that nitrogen application resulted in an inc...

ethiopia is remarkably rich in its biological, ecological and landscape diversity and is home to outstanding natural bio-resources such as a number of herbs, aromatic and medicinal plants. the present study was carried out to study the composition, distribution and economic importance of insect pests of prioritized aromatic (mentha sp., lemon verbena, fennel, rosemary, rosadamascene, oregano, p...