Soft-lithography and plasma etching with reactive ions were used to fabricate a polymer microfluidic cell-culture bioreactor with integrated optical oxygen sensor. Platinum(II) octaethylporphyrin ketone (PtOEPK) suspended in a microporous polystyrene (PS) matrix was spin-coated to form sensor films of variable thickness from 1.1 μm to 400 nm on glass substrates. Sensor films were found to be sm...

The Objective of this paper is to test the consequences of changes in health status of future cohorts of French elderly on healthcare expenditures. We value the precise effect of epidemiological and life expectancy changes on health expenditures for 2025 by using a markovian microsimulation model for a representative database of the contemporary cohorts in France. The originality of these simul...

This study was conducted to evaluate the feasibility of a mobile phone-based thermal and UAV-based multispectral imaging assess irrigation performance African eggplant. The used randomized block design (RBD) with sub-plots being irrigated at 100% (I100), 80% (I80) 60% (I60) calculated crop water requirements using drip. leaf moisture content monitored different soil conditions early, vegetative...

in recent years, economists have paid attention to the relationship between emotions and productivity. economists investigated the bi-directional effect of emotion and subjective well-being, such as happiness, on different economic variables, such as productivity, health, income, and so on. in this paper, we try to study the effect of income on labour force happiness in iran. for this purpose, ...

Castor (Ricinus communis L.) is an oilseed species that can be grown as a semi-perennial in Mediterranean environments, including the coastal areas of Sicily. The present study investigated optimization cultivation techniques for castor, with crop being maintained over two-year period, through evaluation different agronomical inputs order to increase seed yield. effects irrigation (I) and nitro...

African eggplant, a traditional and important nutrient-dense crop to Tanzania’s nutrition food security. However, yields remain low as result of sub-optimal irrigation fertilizer practices. To reduce the yield gap, randomized split-plot design set up with main nitrogen (N) treatments sub-factor. The regimes were 100 % (I100), 80 (I80) 60 (I60) water requirements whilst levels 250 kg N/ha (F100)...