This paper is concerned with a shape optimization problem, where the functional to be maximized describes total sunlight collected by distribution of tree leaves, minus cost for transporting water and nutrient from base trunk all leaves. In case 2 space dimensions, solution proved unique, explicitly determined.

Bacillus sp. can biosynthesize fibrinolytic enzymes. Culture conditions and nutrient sources are important factors affecting microbial growth production of the Fibrinolytic enzyme. Therefore, we investigated culture strain ES4, such as temperature, pH, C source (glucose, sucrose, glycerol, maltose), N (yeast extract, meat content, peptone, tryptone), metal ions (Ca 2+ , Mg Mn Zn K + Fe Cu ), ti...

Background: Petroleum drilling and exploration operations generate a significant amount of oily wastes. Comparing with physical and chemical remediation methods, bioremediation is cost-effective, highly efficient, and environment-friendly technology.Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate biological treatment efficiency for an oil-contaminated s...

The benefits of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) are widely known but its recommendations remain thinly implemented. Designing wastewater treatment plants for reuse in irrigation is a particularly underutilized IWRM opportunity that could potentially increase agricultural yields, conserve surface water, offset chemical fertilizer demand, and reduce the costs of wastewater treatment ...

A geo-statistics method combined with GIS was applied to study the soil special variation characteristics of a typical basin on the Northwestern Plateau of Hebei Province. It indicates that the rational crop layout is determined by the soil texture. And the crop layout optimization schemes were put forward for different production objectives based on the GIS platform with the soilcrops special ...

Optimal control of systems with complex nonlinear behaviour such as steady state multiplicity results in a nonlinear optimization problem that needs to be solved online at each sample time. We present an approach based on simulation, function approximation and evolutionary improvement aimed towards simplifying online optimization. Closed loop data from a suboptimal control law, such as MPC base...

We present a general-purpose optimization algorithm inspired by "run-and-tumble", the biased random walk chemotactic swimming strategy used by the bacterium Escherichia coli to locate regions of high nutrient concentration The method uses particles (corresponding to bacteria) that swim through the variable space (corresponding to the attractant concentration profile). By constantly performing t...

Drought is a serious environmental stress limiting growth and productivity in peanut and other crops. Nutrient uptake of peanut is reduced under drought condition, which reduces yield. The objectives of this study were to investigate nutrient uptake of peanut genotypes in response to drought and to estimate the relationship between nutrient uptake and peanut yield under different water regi...