In the last decade, various types of transformable building structures have been developed, such as deployable tensegrity, scissor-like and origami-inspired systems, well reconfigurable rigid-bar linkage adaptive compliant structures. The development systems owns to advances in material design kinetics, while aiming at an improved sustainability built environment. Their conceptualization invest...

Let Hμ be the Zemanian space of Hankel transformable functions, and let H′μ be its dual space. In this paper Hμ is shown to be nuclear, hence Schwartz, Montel and reflexive. The space O, also introduced by Zemanian, is completely characterized as the set of multipliers of Hμ and of H′μ. Certain topologies are considered on O, and continuity properties of the multiplication operation with respec...

We are proposing a new planetary rover system called “SMC rover”. This system consists of one main body and some wheel units, which are detachable and able to work as child rovers, called “Uni-Rover”. Trial models of “Uni-Rover” and “SMC rover” have been designed. This paper explains the mechanisms of this rover, and also the results of basic experiments on locomotion, manipulation and transfor...

Most traditional architectural theories and practices aim at designing unique, fixed and ideal solutions. The general belief is that the final shape of a building can be achieved by analyzing present situations, such as clients’ stated needs, demands and desires. Likewise, this approach is based on descriptions and assumptions, which consider future situations as certain, invariable and in a pa...

The draft genome of Xylella fastidiosa subsp. pauca strain 11399, a transformable citrus-pathogenic strain, is reported here. The 11399 genome size is 2,690,704 bp and has a G+C content of 52.7%. The draft genome of 11399 reveals the absence of four type I restriction-modification system genes.

Yolk/shell capsules containing a volume/hydrophobicity transformable core and an ultra-thin silica shell have been prepared. When an external magnetic field induced the temperature, the cores exhibit a significant triggering size shrinkage and the diameter decreases more than 10 times, causing solid shells destruction and physical collapse, leading to drug burst release.