Michael P. Brenner,1 Sahand Hormoz,2,3 and Alain Pumir4 1School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and Kavli Institute for Bionano Science and Technology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA 2Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA 3Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Insti...

Almond oil is used in many cosmetic products and as a snack in confectionery (marzipan, "turrón", nougat), food products (almond milk, ice cream, chocolate), culinary recipes and also cosmetic base. Seeds of 18 almond genotypes and cultivars: Azar, Rabie, A200, Shahroud13, Zodgol2, A230, Tuono, Shahrekord1, Shahroud 21, Najafabad, Nonpareil, Zodgol1, Yalda, K12-8, Supernova, Shekofeh, Sahand...

brings to the institute a strong academic standing , excellent administrative and leadership experience, and a far-reaching international network of scientists. I am sitting in the beautiful westward-facing dining room at the Banff Centre, watching the sun set gloriously into the Rocky Mountains. Even with it all in front of me, it is still hard to grasp the reality that the mathematicians of W...

1Department of Horticultural Engineering, Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering (ATB), Potsdam, Germany 2Agro-polymer Engineering and Emerging Technologies, French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA), Montpellier, France 3Postharvest Technology Research Laboratory, Faculty of AgriSciences, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa 4Curtin Horticulture Research...

In the prior literature onmeasuring the efficiency of two-stage processes, there are both radial and non-radial methods of efficiency measurement. In some cases, non-radial methods which allow all inputs, intermediate measures and outputs to change non-proportionally are more appropriate than radial methods, but they do not ensure stage efficiency or allow for the efficiency decomposition of tw...