A facile two-step strategy involving a solvothermal method and a subsequent calcining treatment was successfully developed for the preparation of MoV2O8 nanorods in the absence of any surfactants. Acetic acid was chosen as the solvent to provide an acidic environment. The as-synthesized MoV2O8 nanorods were evaluated as an anode material in lithium ion batteries, which showed excellent lithium ...

The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of controlled atmosphere (CA) on quality preservation of 'Laetitia' plums, mainly on internal breakdown, in order to determine the best CA storage conditions. Two experiments were carried out one in 2010, and another in 2011. In 2010, besides cold storage (CS; 21.0 kPa O2 + 0.03 kPa CO2), the fruits were stored under the following CA condit...

Soils are an important site of carbon storage1. Climate is generally regarded as one of the primary controls over soil organic carbon1,2, but there is still uncertainty about the direction and magnitude of carbon responses to climate change. Here we show that geochemistry, too, is an important controlling factor for soil carbon storage.Wemeasured a range of soil and climate variables at 24 site...

Local bifurcation control is a topic of fundamental importance in the field of nonlinear dynamical systems. We discuss an original example within the context of storage-ring free-electron laser physics by presenting a new model that enables analytical insight into the system dynamics. The transition between the stable and the unstable regimes, depending on the temporal overlapping between the l...

Today, planning and control of logistic processes on automobile terminals are generally executed by centralised logistics systems, which in many cases cannot cope with the high requirements for flexible order processing due to increasing dynamics and complexity. The main business processes on automobile terminals – notification of vehicles by automobile manufacturer, transport to automobile ter...

Hypothesis / aims of study: Lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) are common in women. Although many women have primarily storage symptoms, others have a combination of storage and voiding symptoms without having a defined mechanical obstruction. Anti-muscarinic drugs are commonly used to treat women with LUTS whether they have primarily storage or storage and voiding symptoms. It is doubtful tha...