In this short note, we investigate necessary optimality conditions for boundary control of the obstacle problem. By means of a counterexample, we show that the so-called strong stationarity conditions are not necessary for local optimality, even in the case of a one-dimensional domain.

Stromatal fruiting bodies of Cordyceps cardinalis were successfully produced in cereals. Brown rice, German millet and standard millet produced the longest-length of stromata, followed by Chinese pearl barley, Indian millet, black rice and standard barley. Oatmeal produced the shortest-length of fruiting bodies. Supplementation of pupa and larva to the grains resulted in a slightly enhanced pro...

Increasing irrigation levels from 37% to 84% of Class "A" Pan evaporation produced a linear increase in cane yield from 65 to 146 tonslha. The response with burnt cane was greater due to more severe moisture stress, and there was also an increase in cane yield between 84% and 100% Pan which was absent in trashed cane. Maximum sucrose content, as well as brix, purity and recoverable sugar % cane...

The possibilities to use capillary zone electrophoresis (CZE) as a preparative tool have been studied, mostly from a theoretical point of view. The preparative performance of CZE is quantitated by the production rate, the amount of analyte that can be purified per unit of time. The production rate available with CZE is shown to depend in the first place on the chemical characteristics of the an...

A statistical model combined with CFD (computational fluid dynamic) method was used to explain the detailed phenomena of the process parameters, and a series of experiments were carried out for propylene polymerisation by varying the feed gas composition, reaction initiation temperature, and system pressure, in a fluidised bed catalytic reactor. The propylene polymerisation rate per pass was co...