A Dream of Burning takes place in a not-so-distant future of an alternate Earth. The story focuses on a young woman by the name of Iris Ode and her found family. The stor[...]

With the growth of the technology-driven world, today many designs and analyzes depend on smart software to address different computational concepts. In the meantime, loc[...]

Cultivated hexaploid oat (Avena sativa) has held a significant place within the global crop community for centuries; although its cultivation has decreased over the past [...]

This dissertation addresses three questions focused on enhancing our understanding of the impacts of urbanization and land cover change on patterns of native biodiversity[...]

Emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) are one of the main problems of using fossil energy sources such as coal and natural gas. Thus, decarbonization of the energy sector,[...]

Plant-specialized metabolites, such as glyceollins and soyasaponins, play vital roles in adapting to dynamic environments and promoting human health. Glyceollins, induced[...]

Full-scale demonstration testing was conducted to evaluate a side-stream anaerobic mixed liquor fermentation process for internal generation of volatile fatty acids (VFAs[...]

Efficiency improvement of the existing coal-fired power plants has been recognized as a path of no regret. The Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) rule issued on August 21, 201[...]

This research establishes a novel combined plant and controller optimization (termed co-design) framework, aimed at complex systems, that speeds up the optimization proce[...]