The introduction covers the historical develop­ ment of the Imperial Metal Industries Ltd .. Power Plant and the psychology behind that development. The investigation into the concept of firing solid waste into boilers is detailed, as well as the final design parameters. Details are given of the performance achieved so far, including the problems that had to be overcome. Finally, the author giv...

As the world's population grows, access to a safe food supply will continue to be a global priority. In recent years, the world has experienced an increase in mycotoxin contamination of grains due to climatic and agronomic changes that encourage fungal growth during cultivation. A number of the molds that are plant pathogens produce trichothecene mycotoxins, which are known to cause serious hum...

A vertex cover of a graph G=(V,E) is a subset N of V such that each element of E is incident upon some element of N, where V and E are the sets of vertices and of edges of G, respectively. A connected vertex cover of a graph G is a vertex cover of G such that the subgraph G[N] induced by N of G is connected. The minimum vertex cover problem (VCP) is the problem of finding a vertex cover of mini...

The Report covers the design and development of a plant for pumping a liquid through a model so as to control its temperature, the design and manufacture of the model, and the development of the heat-flow meters used in the model and the means of calibrating them. Sample measurements of heat transfer on the model, a rhombic cone of unit aspect ratio at a Mach number of 2.45, are shown and compa...

Bryophytes frequently grow in an unfavorable environment as the earliest land plants, and inevitably biosynthesize secondary metabolites against biotic or abiotic stress. They not only defend against the plant competition, microbial attack, and insect or animal predation, but also function in UV protection, drought tolerance, and freezing survival. This review covers the ecological aspect of se...

The present paper deals with the opportunities for the availability simulation modelling and maintenance decision making in thermal power plant. These opportunities will be identified by evaluation of a simulation model to be built for the steam and water analysis system (SWAS) of a thermal power plant. This feasibility study covers two areas: development of an availability simulation model and...

29 Swine slurry (SS) is usually stored in open ponds in Mediterranean conditions before 30 being applied to crop fields. During this storage nitrogen (N) is lost to the atmosphere 31 mainly by ammonia volatilization diminishing the fertilizer value of the slurry and 32 causing environmental problems. Permeable covers made from plant materials are low33 cost alternatives to reduce these losses. ...

The Pseudomonas fluorescens strain UM270 was isolated form the rhizosphere of wild Medicago spp. A previous work has shown that this pseudomonad isolate was able to produce diverse diffusible and volatile compounds involved in plant protection and growth promotion. Here, we present the draft genome sequence of the rhizobacterium P. fluorescens strain UM270. The sequence covers 6,047,974 bp of a...