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Engineering Complex Computational Ecosystems [PDF]

, 2015
Self-organising pervasive ecosystems of devices are set to become a major vehicle for delivering infrastructure and end-user services. The inherent complexity of such systems poses new challenges to those who want to dominate it by applying the principles of engineering.
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Laser‐Induced Graphene from Waste Almond Shells

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Almond shells, an abundant agricultural by‐product, are repurposed to create a fully bioderived almond shell/chitosan composite (ASC) degradable in soil. ASC is converted into laser‐induced graphene (LIG) by laser scribing and proposed as a substrate for transient electronics.
Yulia Steksova, Anna Chiara Bressi, Marina Galliani, Attilio Marino, Gianni Ciofani, Eduardo Machado‐Charry, Hilda Gomez Bernal, Alessandra Francini, Luca Sebastiani, Francesco Greco   +9 more
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Sand Prawns Mitigate the Impact of Prolonged Drought on the Biology of a Temporary Open/Closed Estuary

Diversity
The role of the sand prawn, Kraussillichirus kraussi (Stebbing, 1900), as an ecosystem engineer was evaluated through a two-and-a-half-month caging experiment conducted during a prolonged drought in the lower reaches of the temporarily open/closed ...
Celiwe Yekani, William Pierre Froneman
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Ecosystem engineering, environmental decay and environmental states of landscapes

, 2013
Although environmental modification by ecosystem engineers influences species distributions and abundances and ecological process rates, general determinants of the environmental states of engineered landscapes are not well understood.
Barot, Sébastien, Jones, Clive, G., Raynaud, Xavier, Sébastien Barot, Xavier Raynaud, Clive G. Jones, Jones, C.G., Raynaud, X., Jones, Clive,   +8 more
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Human Gut Bacteria and Lipidic Nanoparticles: Particle Composition Predicts Structural Transformation and Bacterial Biocompatibility

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Lipidic nanoparticles (LNPs) were incubated with 21 gut bacteria frequently associated with the human microbiome. SAXS revealed that ∼75% of tested species induced structural transformations in monoolein LNPs, whereas phytantriol and phospholipid formulations remained unaffected.
Jonathan Caukwell, Emily L. Gulliver, Livia Salvati Manni, Frithjof Herb, Caitlin Welsh, Samuel C. Forster, Andrew J. Clulow, Wye‐Khay Fong   +7 more
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Physical ecosystem engineering by emergent aquatic vegetation: the importance of biomechanical traits

, 2011
PhDThis thesis explores the potential of the emergent macrophyte Sparganium erectum to act as a physical ecosystem engineer and delivers an understanding of the vegetative processes that enable it to function in such a capacity.
Liffen, Thomas Matthew Richard
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n‐Type Polymer Radio Frequency Rectifiers Operating at 18.5 GHz

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Combining an n‐doped polymer semiconductor with wafer‐scale asymmetric planar electrodes featuring work function‐engineered contacts yields radio‐frequency diodes and rectifying circuits operating at up to 18.5 GHz. The devices combine scalable manufacturing with an operating frequency previously unattainable by large‐area organic electronics ...
Lazaros Panagiotidis, Filip Aniés, Yiyang Yu, Mohammed Ghadiyali, Hendrik Faber, Zhanibek Bizak, Youssef Kabri, Pavlos Tzourmpakis, Suman Mandal, Linqu Luo, Temur Maksudov, Mohamad Insan Nugraha, Harold F. Mazo‐Mantilla, Patrice Vanelle, Julie Broggi, Khaled N. Salama, Udo Schwingenschlögl, Martin Heeney, Atif Shamim, Thomas D. Anthopoulos   +19 more
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Livestock tracks transform resource distribution on terracette landscapes of the Loess Plateau

Ecosphere, 2016
Striking networks of livestock tracks, or terracettes, molded to the contours are a common feature on hilly rangelands of the semiarid Loess Plateau, one of the regions with the most severe soil erosion in the world.
Baocheng Jin, Guojun Sun, Ying Zhang, Mei Zou, Xiaofeng Ni, Kai Luo, Xueli Zhang, Hua Cheng, Fengmin Li, X. Ben Wu   +9 more
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Distribution and Sediment Selection by the Mud Shrimp Upogebia noronhensis (Crustacea: Thalassinidea) and the Potential Effects on the Associated Macroinfaunal Community

Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2020
Burrowers such as thalassinideans remobilize sediment in benthic ecosystems, altering granulometry, enhancing organic matter cycling and oxygenation. We characterized the distribution of the mud shrimp Upogebia noronhensis and the associated macroinfauna
Paulo Yukio G. Sumida, Arthur Z. Güth, Cintia Organo Quintana, Ana M. S. Pires-Vanin   +3 more
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Neuromorphic Electronics for Intelligence Everywhere: Emerging Devices, Flexible Platforms, and Scalable System Architectures

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
The perspective presents an integrated view of neuromorphic technologies, from device physics to real‐time applicability, while highlighting the necessity of full‐stack co‐optimization. By outlining practical hardware‐level strategies to exploit device behavior and mitigate non‐idealities, it shows pathways for building efficient, scalable, and ...
Kapil Bhardwaj, Roshni Satheesh Babu, Yuxin Xia, Eva Bestelink, Radu Sporea, Nikos Hastas, Ioannis Zeimpekis, Dimitra G. Georgiadou, Sayani Majumdar   +8 more
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