Many factors impact a city’s water consumption, including population distribution, average household income, water prices, water conservation programs, and climate. Of these, however, meteorological effects are considered to be the primary determinants of water consumption. In this study, the effects of climate on residential water consumption in Las Vegas, Nevada, were examined during the peri...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Repair of damage to DNA of seed embryos sustained during long periods of quiescence under dry desert conditions is important for subsequent germination. The possibility that repair of embryo DNA can be facilitated by small amounts of water derived from dew temporarily captured at night by pectinaceous surface pellicles was tested. These pellicles are secreted during early se...

Dew computing differs from the classical cloud and edge by bringing devices closer to end-users adding autonomous processing independent Internet, but it is still able collaborate with other exchange information on Internet. The difference expressed also scalability, since providers can provide (almost endless) resources, in case of dew scalability needs be realized level devices, instead serve...