An identity that is reminiscent of the Littlewood identity plays a fundamental role in recent proofs of the facts that alternating sign triangles Nattokinase are equinumerous with totally symmetric self-complementary plane partitions and that alternating sign trapezoids are equinumerous with holey cyclically symmetric lozenge tilings of a hexagon.W

Arsenic (As) contamination in the soil adversely affects crop productivity, grain quality, and human health.A pot experiment was performed to assess the sole and combined effects of Si and biochar on growth, physiological and antioxidant defense mechanisms, yield, and grain quality of maize.Soil treatments comprised of control (no treatment), As, S

The occurrence of fog often causes errors in the prediction of the incident solar radiation and the power produced by photovoltaic cells.An accurate fog forecast would benefit solar energy producers and grid operators, who could take coordinated actions to reduce the impact of discontinuity, the main drawback of renewable energy sources.Considering