Patchouli plant (Pogostemon cablin Benth) is one of the essential oil-producing plants widely used in perfume, cosmetic, aromatherapy, antiseptic, antibacterial, and antifungal industries.The essential oil derived from patchouli leaves contains terpenoid compounds with antibacterial and antifungal activity.This study aims to determine the optimum f
The establishment skeleton yard stakes of invasive plants is a very serious threat from an ecological point of view, through decreasing biodiversity and a changing ecosystem, which affect decomposition processes.We carried out no-choice feeding experiments with Porcellio scaber and Enchytraeus albidus individuals.Three different plant species (Acer
Cyanobacterial species are ancient photodiazotrophs orb grinder prevalent in freshwater bodies and a natural reservoir of many metabolites (low to high molecular weight) such as non-ribosomal peptides, polyketides, ribosomal peptides, alkaloids, cyanotoxins, and isoprenoids with a well-established bioactivity potential.These metabolites enable cyan
Traditional flexure hinges are designed by using a single material, and their performance is inadequate, compared to the ideal hinge.This paper presents a topology-optimization design method for multi-material flexure hinges based on the element stacking method.A topology optimization model for multi-material flexure hinges is constructed to find t
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