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A fuzzy-logic-based controller for methane production in anaerobic fixed-film reactors
2017
The main objective of this work was to develop a controller for biogas production in continuous anaerobic fixed-bed reactors, which used effluent total volatile fatty acids (VFA) concentration as control input in order to prevent process acidification at closed loop. To this aim, a fuzzy-logic-based control system was developed, tuned and validated in an anaerobic fixed-bed reactor at pilot scale that treated industrial winery wastewater. The proposed controller varied the flow rate of wastewater entering the system as a function of the gaseous outflow rate of methane and VFA concentration. Simulation results show that the proposed controller is capable to achieve great process stability ev…
Entertainment virtual reality system for simulation of spaceflights over the surface of the planet Mars
2006
In recent years Virtual Reality technologies have enabled astronomers to recreate and explore three dimensional structures of the Universe for scientific purposes. Mars, due to its scientific interest,has been the focal point of numerous research projects using these technologies, however, none of these virtual reality tools have been developed specifically for entertainment purposes.The focus of this paper is to present MarsVR, as an entertainment research project that educates people on the topography and orography of the planet Mars from the perspective of popular science. Some projects have been designed MarsVR for entertainment purposes and include the latest advances in 3D real time a…
Genetic and Ecotypic Differentiation in a Californian Plant Polyploid Complex (Grindelia, Asteraceae)
2014
Studies of ecotypic differentiation in the California Floristic Province have contributed greatly to plant evolutionary biology since the pioneering work of Clausen, Keck, and Hiesey. The extent of gene flow and genetic differentiation across interfertile ecotypes that span major habitats in the California Floristic Province is understudied, however, and is important for understanding the prospects for local adaptation to evolve or persist in the face of potential gene flow across populations in different ecological settings. We used microsatellite data to examine local differentiation in one of these lineages, the Pacific Coast polyploid complex of the plant genus Grindelia (Asteraceae). W…
Astrobiology of life on Earth
2021
Astrobiology is mistakenly regarded by some as a field confined to studies of life beyond Earth. Here, we consider life on Earth through an astrobiological lens. Whereas classical studies of microbiology historically focused on various anthropocentric sub-fields (such as fermented foods or commensals and pathogens of crop plants, livestock and humans), addressing key biological questions via astrobiological approaches can further our understanding of all life on Earth. We highlight potential implications of this approach through the articles in this Environmental Microbiology special issue ‘Ecophysiology of Extremophiles’. They report on the microbiology of places/processes including low-te…
Splicing Systems from Past to Future: Old and New Challenges
2014
A splicing system is a formal model of a recombinant behaviour of sets of double stranded DNA molecules when acted on by restriction enzymes and ligase. In this survey we will concentrate on a specific behaviour of a type of splicing systems, introduced by P\u{a}un and subsequently developed by many researchers in both linear and circular case of splicing definition. In particular, we will present recent results on this topic and how they stimulate new challenging investigations.
Investigating the Effects of Cell Size in Statistical Landslide Susceptibility Modelling for Different Landslide Typologies: A Test in Central–Northe…
2023
Optimally sizing grid cells is a relevant research issue in landslide susceptibility evaluation. In fact, the size of the adopted mapping units influences several aspects spanning from statistical (the number of positive/negative cases and prevalence and resolution/precision trade-off) and purely geomorphological (the representativeness of the mapping units and the diagnostic areas) to cartographic (the suitability of the obtained prediction images for the final users) topics. In this paper, the results of landslide susceptibility modelling in a 343 km2 catchment for three different types of landslides (rotational/translational slides, slope flows and local flows) using different pixel-size…
Investigating Limits in Exploiting Assembled Landslide Inventories for Calibrating Regional Susceptibility Models: A Test in Volcanic Areas of El Sal…
2022
This research is focused on the evaluation of the reliability of regional landslide susceptibility models obtained by exploiting inhomogeneous (for quality, resolution and/or triggering related type and intensity) collected inventories for calibration. At a large-scale glance, merging more inventories can result in well-performing models hiding potential strong predictive deficiencies. An example of the limits that such kinds of models can display is given by a landslide susceptibility study, which was carried out for a large sector of the coastal area of El Salvador, where an apparently well-performing regional model (AUC = 0.87) was obtained by regressing a dataset through multivariate ad…
Factors affecting flavor perception in space: Does the spacecraft environment influence food intake by astronauts?
2020
International audience; The intention to send a crewed mission to Mars involves a huge amount of planning to ensure a safe and successful mission. Providing adequate amounts of food for the crew is a major task, but 20 years of feeding astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) have resulted in a good knowledge base. A crucial observation from the ISS is that astronauts typically consume only 80% of their daily calorie requirements when in space. This is despite daily exercise regimes that keep energy usage at very similar levels to those found on Earth. This calorie deficit seems to have little effect on astronauts who spend up to 12 months on the ISS, but given that a mission to …
Zvaigžņotā Debess: 2012, Rudens (217)
2012
Saturs: P.Stučkas LVU ieguldījums astronomijas speciālistu sagatavošanā ; Starp "maldugunīm" un zvaigznēm ; A.Alksnis. Dawn kosmosa misija palīdz atklāt asteroīda Vesta noslēpumus ; D.Docenko. Komentārs: Par Higsa bozona atklāšanu ; I.P. Frīdriha Candera 125.dzimšanas dienai Krievijas Pasts izdevis marku ; P.Leckis. Mākoņu pārklātais pavadonis ; D.Kotlere, I.Šmelds. Kosmisko atlūzu novērojumi Ventspils Starptautiskajā radioastronomijas centrā ; Pirmo reizi “ZvD”: Dace Kotlere ; I.P. Divas dienas, godinot Jāni Ikaunieku (28.IV 1912.–27.IV 1969.) ; I.Pundure. Jāņa Ikaunieka devums Latvijas astronomijai ; N.Cimahoviča, Imants Vilks, R.Saveļjeva, T.Millers, A.Krastiņš. Atmiņas par Ikaunieku ; E…
Zvaigžņotā Debess: 2012, Vasara (216)
2012
Contents: “ZVAIGŽŅOTĀ DEBESS” FORTY YEARS AGO: E.Bervalds. From Intention to Reality (abridged) ; A.Egle. Conceptions of Our Ancestry About Heavenly Bodies and Astronomical Phenomena (abridged) ; NEWS: I.Eglītis. Asteroid Discovered at Baldone Observatory Named after Ikaunieks ; A.Alksnis. ALMA Helps to Study Planetary System of Star Fomalhaut ; A.Alksnis. More than Ten Light-Years Long Filament of Cosmic Dust Discovered ; A.Alksnis. Billions of Rocky Planets in the Milky Way ; SPACE RESEARCH and EXPLORATION: M.Sudārs. The Little Secret Space Shuttle Is Flying! ; M.Sudārs. Too Much Litter! Not in Rubbish Dump, but in the Space! ; “ENERĢIJA un PASAULE” VISITS “ZVAIGŽŅOTĀ DEBESS”: Talk with D…