Extremophilic microorganisms such as those that thrive in high-salt and high-alkaline environments are promising candidates for the recovery of useful biomaterials including polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs). PHAs ideal alternatives to synthetic plastics because they biodegradable, biocompatible, environmentally friendly. This work was aimed at conducting a bioprospection bacteria isolated from hype...

Pump-controlled hydraulic actuators (PHAs) contain slow mechanical and fast dynamics, thus singular perturbation theory can be adopted in the control strategies of PHAs. In this article, we develop a theory-based composite approach for PHA with position tracking error constraint. Disturbance observers (DOBs) are used to estimate matched mismatched uncertainties online compensation. A sliding su...

A wide range of RNA species interacting with microRNAs (miRNAs) form a complex gene regulation network and play vital roles in diverse biological processes. In this study, we performed a genome-wide identification of endogenous target mimics (eTMs) for miRNAs and phased-siRNA-producing loci (PHAS) in soybean with a focus on those involved in lipid metabolism. The results showed that a large num...

For the first time, PHAS AR-based wavelength demultiplexers with integrated detectors have been packaged in an industry-standard Butterfly-type module. 8-Channel nearly polarisation-independent operation is demonstrated. In addition, 4nm tuning is realised.

Biosynthesis of polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) consisting of 3-hydroxy-alkanoates (3HAs) of 4 to 10 carbon atoms was examined in metabolically engineered Escherichia coli strains. When the fadA and/or fadB mutant E. coli strains harboring the plasmid containing the Pseudomonas sp. 61-3 phaC2 gene and the Ralstonia eutropha phaAB genes were cultured in Luria-Bertani (LB) medium supplemented with 2...

BACKGROUND Methylotrophic (methanol-utilizing) bacteria offer great potential as cell factories in the production of numerous products from biomass-derived methanol. Bio-methanol is essentially a non-food substrate, an advantage over sugar-utilizing cell factories. Low-value products as well as fine chemicals and advanced materials are envisageable from methanol. For example, several methylotro...

Using criminal law powers to respond to people living with HIV (PHAs) who expose sexual partners to HIV or transmit the virus to them is a prominent global HIV public policy issue. While there are widespread concerns about the public health impact of HIV-related criminalization, the social science literature on the topic is limited. This article responds to that gap in knowledge by reporting on...