The key technical challenge of developing communication solutions for wearable devices is to meet the stringent energy consumption constraints while supporting diverse traffic types and quality of service (QoS) requirements in potentially densely populated deployment scenarios. In this work, we first present a new wearable communication architecture we refer to as LTE-W (LTE for Wearables) for ...

This paper reports on patterns in plant-mediated processes that determine the rate of nutrient cycling in temperate fens and bogs. We linked leaf-level nutrient dynamics with leaf-litter decomposition and explored how the observed patterns were reflected in nutrient cycling at the ecosystem level. Comparisons were made among growth forms (evergreen and deciduous shrubs and trees, graminoids and...

We try to elucidate which environmental and soil factors control nitrogen uptake efficiency in citrus. Effects of residence time and nitrogen (N) concentration (three 500-mL applications of 7 mg N L(-1), representative of reclaimed water used for citrus irrigation in central Florida, or one 150-mL application of 70 mg N L(-1)) on nitrogen uptake efficiency (NUE) of young citrus seedlings were s...

Nitrogen (N) is a nutrient element necessary for plant growth and development. However, excessive inputs of N will lead to inefficient use and large N losses to the environment, which can adversely affect air and water quality, biodiversity and human health. To examine the effects of controlled-release fertilisers (CRF) on yield, we measured ammonia volatilisation, N use efficiency (NUE) and ph...

The efficiency with which fertilizer-nitrogen (N) is transferred to grain-N in cereals is usually less than 50% and averages 33% worldwide. Two long-term N fertility experiments were evaluated to examine temporal changes in nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) and their causes. Averaged over 30-yr, non-irrigated winter wheat NUE was 49% at a 22.4 kg N ha 1 yr 1 rate and decreased to 34% at a rate of 1...