Biofuel from Algae- Is It a Viable Alternative?

Free Software in Education: Is it a Viable Alternative?

This paper reviews the advantages suitability of Free Software with particular regard to education. The characteristics of Free Software and Open Source and their respective licenses are explained. The pragmatic advantages of Free Software are outlined, with a focus on technical, economical and business related issues. It is proposed that the choice of software is not morally neutral, and that ...

Biofuel Production from Algae Utilizing Wastewater

The growing concern surrounding the continued use of fossil fuels and rapid depletion of fossil fuel reserves, global climate change, rising crude oil price and environmental degradation have forced scientific community and researchers to find out alternative energy sources. The potential of microalgae as a source of renewable energy has received considerable interest. However, the overall curr...

Is Cache Oblivious DGEMM a Viable Alternative?

We present an in-depth study of various implementations of DGEMM, using both the recursive and iterative programming styles. Recursive algorithms for DGEMM are usually cache-oblivious and they automatically block DGEMM’s operands A, B, C for the memory hierarchy. Iterative algorithms for DGEMM explicitly block A, B, C for the L1 cache, higher caches and memory. Our study shows that recursive DG...

Fetal pain legislation: is it viable?

Engineering algae for biohydrogen and biofuel production.

There is currently substantial interest in utilizing eukaryotic algae for the renewable production of several bioenergy carriers, including starches for alcohols, lipids for diesel fuel surrogates, and H2 for fuel cells. Relative to terrestrial biofuel feedstocks, algae can convert solar energy into fuels at higher photosynthetic efficiencies, and can thrive in salt water systems. Recently, the...