Replacing fossil fuels wtih solar energy in an SME in UK and Kurdistan, Iraq: Kansas fried chicken case study

Energy management and analysis are more common in large companies since they have the resources and commitment to assign such tasks to employee compared to SMEs. Only a very small proportion of the overall business costs pertains to energy requirements and therefore SMEs pay little attention to energy analysis and management. Fossil fuels, which cause issues related to global warming, can viably be replaced with renewable energy sources such as solar energy. Trends in solar cell development are likely to yield a potential solution to problems generated by an over reliance on fossil fuels. Solar solutions are relatively simple to implement in SMEs than in large corporation and the combined impact small businesses is likely to be much greater. A micro-business has been utilized as a cases study for the purposes of illustration in the UK and Kurdistan-Iraq. Even though Kurdistan-Iraq is abundant in oil and gas, its climatic favour the implementation of solar cells which can replace the existing use of non-renewable fossil fuel. Our comparative study suggests that solar can replaced a reasonable amount of the energy needs even in the UK and a much higher amount in Kurdistan-Iraq. Using 20% efficient solar, can replace 23% and 70% of the energy requirements of the microbusiness in UK and Kurdistan-Iraq respectively

Diverse Synaptic Plasticity Induced by the Interplay of Ionic Polarization and Doping at Salt-Doped Electrolyte/Semiconducting Polymer Interface

Pt/Ca²⁺–polyethylene oxide/polymer poly­[3-hexylthiophene-2,5-diyl]/Pt devices were fabricated, and their pulse responses were studied. The discharging peak, represented by the postsynaptic current (PSC), first increases and then decreases with increasing input number in a pulse train. The weight of the PSC decreased for low-frequency stimulations but increased for high-frequency stimulations. However, the peak of the negative differential resistance during the charging process varied following the opposite trend. These behaviors suggested the ability for transferring the signal bidirectionally, confirming the equivalence between the ionic kinetics of our device and the transmitter kinetics of one kind of synapse. A facilitation (<i>F</i>)–depression (<i>D</i>) interplay model corresponding to the ionic polarization and doping interplay at the electrolyte/semiconducting polymer interface was adopted to successfully mimic the weight modification of the PSC. The simulation results showed that the observed synaptic plasticity was caused by the great disparity between the recovery time constants of <i>F</i> and <i>D</i> (τ_<i>F</i> and τ_<i>D</i>). Moreover, such an interplay could inspire the features of responses to post-tetanic stimulations. Our study suggested a means to realize synaptic computation

The age distribution entropy of selected countries as a function of time.

<p>Note that there is a slight decrease in the entropy of the Indonesia’s population from 1990 to 2000 perhaps due to the difference in the statistics method used in the years (1990 vs 2000) considered as indicated in <a href="https://international.ipums.org/international/" target="_blank">https://international.ipums.org/international/</a>.</p

The prediction of number of household size distribution for US in the year 2010.

<p>The prediction of number of household size distribution for US in the year 2010.</p

Illustration of the three stages for forecasting the demographic trends.

<p>Illustration of the three stages for forecasting the demographic trends.</p

The estimated age distributions for household size 2 in the year 2010 using US data.

<p>The estimated age distributions for household size 2 in the year 2010 using US data.</p

The estimated age distributions for household size 5 in the year 2010 using US data.

<p>The estimated age distributions for household size 5 in the year 2010 using US data.</p

The estimated age distributions for household size 6 in the year 2010 using US data.

<p>The estimated age distributions for household size 6 in the year 2010 using US data.</p

Genome-Wide Identification of Bone Metastasis-Related MicroRNAs in Lung Adenocarcinoma by High-Throughput Sequencing

<div><p>Background</p><p>MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a class of small noncoding RNAs that regulate gene expression at the post-transcriptional level. They participate in a wide variety of biological processes, including apoptosis, proliferation and metastasis. The aberrant expression of miRNAs has been found to play an important role in many cancers.</p><p>Results</p><p>To understand the roles of miRNAs in the bone metastasis of lung adenocarcinoma, we constructed two small RNA libraries from blood of lung adenocarcinoma patients with and without bone metastasis. High-throughput sequencing combined with differential expression analysis identified that 7 microRNAs were down-regulated and 21 microRNAs were up-regulated in lung adenocarcinoma with bone metastasis. A total of 797 target genes of the differentially expressed microRNAs were identified using a bioinformatics approach. Functional annotation analysis indicated that a number of pathways might be involved in bone metastasis, survival of the primary origin and metastatic angiogenesis of lung adenocarcinoma. These include the MAPK, Wnt, and NF-kappaB signaling pathways, as well as pathways involving the matrix metalloproteinase, cytoskeletal protein and angiogenesis factors.</p><p>Conclusions</p><p>This study provides some insights into the molecular mechanisms that underlie lung adenocarcinoma development, thereby aiding the diagnosis and treatment of the disease.</p></div

Distribution of different sRNA categories in BM and NM libraries.

<p><b>s</b>equenced sRNAs were annotated and classified as: intron, extron, rRNAs, tRNAs, snRNAs, snoRNAs, miRNAs, etc.</p