In the Russian Federation, 80% of agricultural land is in unstable moisture. The economic crisis at end last century affected state reclamation hydraulic structures. large-scale reconstruction and construction systems planned until 2030 requires development new media for them. use renewable energy sources to control water supply heart injection flow controllers. structure an alternative automat...

Computing devices are composed of spatial arrangements of simple fundamental logic gates. These gates may be combined to form more complex adding circuits and, ultimately, complete computer systems. Implementing classical adding circuits using unconventional, or even living substrates such as slime mould Physarum polycephalum, is made difficult and often impractical by the challenges of branchi...

Integration of additive manufacturing throughout a product’s lifecycle has proven over the years to bring substantial competitive advantages companies worldwide. Complex geometries, quick iteration and lead-time reduction are universally seen as biggest benefits 3D printing. North American users also cite cost savings major benefit. More than half technologies’ applications related prototype ma...

Allelic variation at 46 simple sequence repeat (SSR) marker loci well distributed across the sorghum genome was used to assess genetic diversity among 92 sorghum lines, 74 resistant and 18 susceptible to grain mould. Of the 46 SSR markers, 44 were polymorphic, with the number of alleles ranging from 2 to 20 with an average of 7.55 alleles per locus. Genetic diversity among the sorghum lines was...

BACKGROUND Air pollution is an important contributor to respiratory disease in children. OBJECTIVE To examine associations between household reporting of childhood respiratory conditions and household characteristics related to air pollution in Alaska Native communities. DESIGN In-home surveys were administered in 2 rural regions of Alaska. The 12-month prevalence of respiratory conditions ...

Fiber ferrule is a crucial part for manufacturing fiber connectors. It is fairly difficult to produce fiber ferrule because that it requires high dimension accuracy. Currently, YTZ ceramic powder is the main material used to produce fiber ferrule and Ceramic Injection Molding (CIM) is a new fabricating method capable of producing ZrO2 fiber ferrule (Fig. 1(a), Fig. 1(b)) with complex geometry a...

A population survey of 1000 7 year old children found a significant excess of wheeze among children whose homes were reported to be mouldy (odds ratio 3.70, 95% confidence limits 2.22, 6.15). The airborne mould flora was quantified by repeated volumetric sampling during the winter in three rooms of the homes of 88 children. All of these had previously completed spirometric tests before and afte...

BACKGROUND Questionnaire-based surveys from several countries have consistently detected adverse health associated with home dampness and mould growth. METHODS To test the validity of questions commonly used to indicate the presence of indoor mould, questionnaires were administered in 403 homes where dust samples were taken for viable fungi and air samples for ergosterol. RESULTS Geometric ...