Currently more and more agents are involved in human routine activities and a mixed human-agent society is thus formed by the humans and the agents involved. The relationship between humans and agents in this mixed society is subtle and it is vital to explore the influence that agents bring into the society. In this paper, we try to investigate a few questions: will humans act differently towar...

Let X1,X2, . . . , be independent random variables with EXi = 0 and write Sn = ∑ n i=1 Xi and V 2 n = ∑ n i=1 X i . This paper provides an overview of current developments on the functional central limit theorems (invariance principles), absolute and relative errors in the central limit theorems, moderate and large deviation theorems and saddle-point approximations for the self-normalized sum S...

Biodiesel is produced by the transesterification of animal fats and vegetable oils, producing a large amount glycerol as by-product. The crude cannot be used in food or pharmaceutical industries. It crucial to transform into value-added products with applications different areas biodiesel economically viable. One possible its use precursor for synthesis carbon materials. glycerol-based material...

efficient and one-pot synthesis of 1,8-dioxo-octahydroxanthenes was described by knoevenagel condensation, michael addition and cyclodehydration of dimedone. this reaction was carried out through condensation of dimedone and various aromatic aldehydes in the presence of task-specific brønsted acidic ionic liquid under solvent free conditions. the catalyst could be recycled five times without si...

an efficient protocol for the selective oxidation of primary alcohols to aldehydes withh5io6/v2o5 in ionic liquid [bmpy][pf6] has been developed. high yields of the products, mildreaction conditions and simple experimental procedure make this protocol complementary tothe existing methods. the catalyst can be reused for several times without obvious loss of thecatalytic activity.

*Correspondence: Renate Schubert , ETH Zürich, Clausiusstrasse 37, 8092 Zürich, Switzerland e-mail: [email protected] Sustainable development requires increasing the energy efficiency, decreasing the growth rates of energy demand, and decreasing the CO2 emissions. In many countries, households’ energy consumption is responsible for a considerable share of total energy demand and CO2 em...

Multifunctional plant growth-promoting bioinoculants are used to enhance growth, harvest yields, and add economic value agricultural crops. In this study, such bioinoculant, BC-II-20 ( Pseudomonas sp.), was isolated from the rhizospheric soil of a medicinal Bergenia ciliata Garhwal Himalayas, Uttarakhand, India. After characterization, supplementation with sp. study growth stimulation in commer...