Utilization of Household Organic Waste into Biogas and Integrated with IoT by Bintang Indra Maulana, Andhika Suryamiharja, Pradipa Catya Wisesa, Rendy Munadi, Sussi Sussi

“…This suggests that mesophilic methanogenic bacteria thrive in tropical climates.…”
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Pollutant removal by Canna Generalis in tropical constructed wetlands for domestic wastewater treatment by H.D. Tran, H.M.T. Vi, H.T.T. Dang, R.M. Narbaitz

“…Constructed wetlands have not been commonly used in Vietnam due to the lack of information in the selection of proper types of constructed wetlands, type of reeds, design parameters and performance efficiency, in tropical climates. This paper focuses on <em>Canna generalis,</em> which is a common reed and easy to grow both in water and wet land conditions. …”
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The extremely halotolerant black yeast Hortaea werneckii - a model for intraspecific hybridization in clonal fungi by Polona Zalar, Jerneja Zupančič, Cene Gostinčar, Janja Zajc, G. Sybren de Hoog, Filomena De Leo, Armando Azua-Bustos, Nina Gunde-Cimerman

“…Its most frequent sources are hypersaline environments and adjacent sea-water habitats in temperate, subtropical and tropical climates. Although typically saprobic, H. werneckii can also act as a commensal coloniser on human skin, causing tinea nigra on hands and soles. …”
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The concept of bio-economic mulching in droughty tropical agroecosystems and its trans-season effects on soil hydro-thermal regime and okra performance by Benedict Odinaka Okorie, Justina O. Obi, Geraldine U. Chioke, Sunday E. Obalum, Chinaza J. Onah, Adaobi L. Nnadi, Charles A. Igwe, Martin E. Obi

“…Mulching is an effective soil-water conservation technique in high-evaporative-demand tropical climates. Because of the drawbacks in bulk application of organic mulches, we introduce the concept of bio-economic mulching (BEM), a one-time low-rate application of organic mulch to improve soil productivity while sustaining economic viability. …”
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Effective rain rate model for analysing overestimated rain fade in short millimetre-wave terrestrial links due to distance factor by Asma Ali Budalal, Ibraheem Shayea, Md. Rafiqul Islam, Jafri Din, Abdulsamad Ebrahim Yahya, Yousef Ibrahim Daradkeh, Marwan Hadri Azmi

“…One aspect that may partially justify this significant increase in Reff is the fact that the ITU-R P.838-3 model does not consider the impact of the raindrop size distribution (DSD)for tropical climates when predicting rain attenuation at a short-range mm-wave link. …”
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