Aeroponic culture is an alternative method for optimizing growth of different plants in controlled conditions. Aeroponic systems are an efficient tool for the root studies and improving medicinal root production. In order to study the feasibility of valerian (Valeriana officinalis L.) production in aeroponic systems and assessing the effects of different NAA concentrations (0, 0.1, 0.3, and 0.5...

At the last decade of the 20th century, Womack et. Al introduced Lean concept to the industrial world. Since 1990 up to now, existed studies mostly have focused on lean production in the step of manufacturing, but in this research leanness concept has developed in the plant life cycle. In this paper leanness concept will be described as elimination of wastes in the phases of investment, plant d...

We describe an optimization tool for a multistage production process for rectangular steel plates. The problem we solve yields a production design (or plan) for rectangular plate products in a steel plant, i.e., a detailed list of operational steps and intermediate products on the way to producing steel plates. We decompose this problem into subproblems that correspond to the production stages,...

landraces are a valuable source of genetic diversity for varietal improvement. despite, iran is the fifth squash and pumpkin producer, but no available information exists about the diversity of summer squash landraces. in order to evaluation of floral and fruit production characteristics among four iranian summer squash and a check cultivar of f1 hybrid ‘asma’, an experiment was conducted in a ...

The design of mechatronic systems requires three fundamental aspects when it is intended the reduction of production costs and, consequently, the reduction of the manufacturing time cycle: the controller design, the plant design and optimization of the closed-loop global system controller/plant. Economic aspects applied to mechatronic systems behavior are crucial and may be considered since the...

the caster bean oil is high value in industry around of world. plant nutrition and plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (pgpr) are important for crop production. an experiment was set up to investigate the effect of nitrogen (n), sulfur (s) fertilizers and pgpr on seed yield production of ricinus commines l. this experiment was carry out in factorial layout based on complete randomize block des...

in many studies, topographic factors have been considered as an important factor in establishing the vegetation in different ecosystems. so, it affects vegetation composition and diversity by influencing soil moisture, fertility and soil depth. the aim of this research was to investigate the effects of slope, elevation and geographical aspects on species growth, forage production and vegetation...

This paper presents a literature survey of operational research applications to manufacturing logistics decision-making. A total of 80 applications published in Interfaces were reviewed in order to identify the decisions supported, their horizon, and their system boundary. The references to the papers reporting on these applications are included in the paper. Most OR applications were found in ...

Engineered microbes are becoming increasingly important as recombinant production platforms. However, the nonfunctionality of membrane-bound cytochrome P450 enzymes precludes the use of industrially relevant prokaryotes such as Escherichia coli for high-level in vivo synthesis of many functional plant-derived compounds. We describe the design of a series of artificial isoflavone synthases that ...