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... with 50% under cultivation (6.3 Mio ha) and 50% underpermanentcrops and pastures(includingabandonedcropland and landnotyet cultivated),24%forestarea, and 10%undersettlement(other:21%).Highpopulation ... closedͲended and partiallyopenquestionsinthecategoriesmotivation and reasonfor growingJ.curcas,choiceofland and landͲusehistory,establishment and management of plantation, experienced limitations and workload, seed harvest, and ... arid and semiͲarid areas in Burkina Faso, excluding agricultural land and land with high biodiversity, would be potentially availablefor energy cropproductionwithoutnegativelyaffectingfoodproduction.The...
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... TEE and reported energy intake between Comparison of EEPA With LTA Derived From the Questionnaire Figure shows the association between EEPA derived from measurement of TEE and RMR and that derived ... multiple-point methodU and the 2-point method,24 and uses the individual dilution spaces and turnover rates for both isotopes derived from points The importance of using the individual dilution spaces ... NOTE FM and FFM are derived from underwater weighing Abbreviation: BM, body mass *Significant (P < 05) difference between males and females spent performing this activity The cumulative energy...
... such as the Lyon-Turin line between France and Italy, energyand environmental costs require a special attention and a careful analysis of the energyandmaterial flows involved over the entire ... freight and passenger traffic from road (fuel driven trucks and private cars) to electricity driven railway The claimed virtuosity of the train is not always confirmed in real cases, and heavily ... construction work, thousands of trucks trips for transportation of materials to and from the site, million tons of excavated material to be disposed of, thousands of tons of iron and concrete requirement,...
... simple and environmentally efficient pulping method and the problems associated with raw material storage and logistics An ideal non-wood pulping process is simple and environmentally efficient and ... fibres of adequate quality and generating energy from wheat straw Wheat straw was selected as the raw material since wheat is cultivated and available worldwide (Curtis 2002) and only a minor part ... and the 07straw (Paper III, IV) were harvested and cut to cm and dried to 90% dry content The fines were removed by screening according to standard SCAN-CM 40:88 The screening time was 30 s and...
... indicator) and sensory properties Published by Berkeley Electronic Press, 2011 International Journal of Food Engineering, Vol [2011], Iss 1, Art Materials and methods Materials Plant material Artichoke ... root was higher than that in the leaf and flower (Table 2) and the total ratio of stalk and root at TN1 and TN2 was at 2.5 while it was only at 2.0 at TN3 and TN4, especially the ratio of root ... were 35, 40, 45, 50 and 50%, respectively Effervescent time and gas keeping time were recorded by a chronometer Effervescent time was the time for tablet to dissolve completely, and gas keeping time...
... Milliman, J.D., and R.H Meade (1983) World-wide delivery of river sediment to the oceans, J Geology, 91, 1-21 90 Dong Energy, Vattenfall, Danish Energy Authority, and Danish Forest and Nature Agency ... 141Ba, three free neutrons, and gamma rays When the fragments and the gamma rays collide with water in a reactor, they respectively convert kinetic energyand electromagnetic energy to heat, boiling ... water, respectively In the case of nuclear, coal-CCS, corn ethanol, and cellulosic ethanol, it is the amount of uranium, coal, corn, and cellulosic material, respectively Table gives estimated...
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... seeds, varieties and species and essentially biological processes for production or propagation of plants and animals and Section 3(i) ‘any process for medical, surgical, curative, prophylactic ... Dutfield G, Intellectual Property Right, Trade and Biodiversity: The case of seed and plant varieties In Background Study Material – Vol I for Training on IPR and WTO to NARS scientists, ICAR, Delhi, ... DNA, RNA and proteins, are not themselves living, but naturally occurring The ability to isolate genes and produce the proteins they encode has enormous commercial impact The availability and scope...
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... are centered on coal and are designed to meet the same level of energy service demand and socio-economic development projected by the local governments Energy service demand in 2020 is projected ... supplies 2% of total energy needs (10% of the energy needs in the residential and commercial sectors) in three surrounding municipalities—Jining and Linyi in Shandong Province and Xuzhou in Jiangsu ... input to the energyand environmental policy-making process necessary to maximize benefits of regulatory actions or polices It should be of interest to energyand environmental authorities and local...
... such as the Lyon-Turin line between France and Italy, energyand environmental costs require a special attention and a careful analysis of the energyandmaterial flows involved over the entire ... freight and passenger traffic from road (fuel driven trucks and private cars) to electricity driven railway The claimed virtuosity of the train is not always confirmed in real cases, and heavily ... construction work, thousands of trucks trips for transportation of materials to and from the site, million tons of excavated material to be disposed of, thousands of tons of iron and concrete requirement,...
... the binding energy of the W 4f7/2 , FWHM and relative contribution of the two oxidation states All the samples exhibit identical binding energies of around 35.7 and 34.2 eV for the W6+ and W5+ oxidation ... 807 cm−1 except for the lattice mode band below 200 cm−1 and a small instrumental artifact around 520 cm−1 The four bands fall very 300 Y.S Kim / Sensors and Actuators B 137 (2009) 297–304 Fig ... position and relative intensity is very similar On the other hand, the intensity distribution of the diffraction peaks in the range of 32–35◦ can provide a clue to distinguish between triclinic and...