The global demand for food is expected to continue increasing decades, which may drive both agricultural expansion and intensification. associated environmental impacts are potentially considerable but will depend on how the sector develops. Currently, there contrasting regional developments in agriculture; and/or intensification some regions abandonment others, as well changes type of farming....

Abstract Landscape multifunctionality, a widely accepted challenge for boreal forests, aims to simultaneously provide timber, non-timber ecosystem services, and shelter biodiversity. However, multifunctionality requires the use of novel forest management regimes optimally combined over landscape, an increased share sets asides. It remains unclear how this combination will shape stand vulnerabil...

Abstract Platinum-binding peptides have been used for fabrication of complex platinum nanomaterials such as catalysts, metallopharmaceuticals, and electrodes. In this review, we present understanding the mechanisms behind platinum-binding (Pt-binding) applications multifunctional biomaterials. We discuss how surface recognition, roles individual amino acids, arrangement acid sequences interplay...

The role of human prostatic acid phosphatase (PAcP, P15309|PPAP_HUMAN) in prostate cancer was investigated using a new proteomic tool termed signal sequence swapping (replacement domains from the native cleaved amino terminal secretory/membrane proteins with corresponding regions functionally distinct subtypes). This manipulation preferentially redirects to different pathways biogenesis at endo...

The Covid-19 pandemic newly brings food resilience in cities to our attention and the need question desired degree of self-sufficiency through urban agriculture. While these questions are by no means new periodically entering global research focus policy discussions during periods crises — last time financial crisis resulting price increases 2008 peri-urban agriculture continue be replaced land...

The need for low-cost, high-reliability, modular, easy to use and maintain power electronics systems is fueling the drive for standardized power electronics building blocks (PEBBs). Increased power density, user-friendly design, multifunctionality and increased reliability are the major issues that are being investigated. This paper proposes a new distributed digital control architecture for me...