the environmental impact of building materials

... instance of a cooperative equilibrium’ (1997b: 332) From Rio to Gleneagles the likely effectiveness of these two different types of aid 23 Throughout the rest of the book, we will explore whether environmental ... generating hypotheses, and establishing the scope conditions of more general theories However, no matter how compelling the case studies, they cannot alone bear the weight of the broad theoretical ... the effect of reducing dirty aid and increasing environmental aid on the social development of the poorest states There are many ‘lost’ countries that receive little aid of either type, and often...

Ngày tải lên: 11/06/2014, 00:10

... D.H (1968) Pheromones of the honey bee – the secretion of the Nasanoff gland of the worker J Insect Physiol 15, 237–244 54 Boch, R and Morse, R.A (1974) Discrimination of familiar and foreign ... involved in the release of worker aggression Behaviour 39, 212–226 51 Boch, R and Shearer, D.A (1962) Identification of geraniol as the active component in the Nassanoff pheromone of the honey bee ... levels of terpenes and pyrolysis residues of sugar compounds Without the guard tube, resinous components of propolis and the pine boards in the hive overwhelm the transfer lines between the desorption...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 04:22

... particularly in relation to the reliability of the tests requested and their feasibility The assessment of the effects of plant protection products is based on the calculation of the Hazard Quotient, ... guideline being the CEB test No 95 method of the Commission des essais biologiques (CEB) [13] Assessment of the effects of application of the product outdoors under a wire meshed tunnel; the of cial ... to classifying the product into one of the following categories: high-, medium-, and low-risk products Each stage of the procedure leads to either an assessment of the risk (and therefore classification...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 04:22

... to testing), the motivation of the bees to get food would not overpass the fifth trial, the level of the CR then starting to decrease Most often the level of CR reaches a maximum by the third trial ... insect-proof tunnel, the percentage of flights back to the hive decreased in treated foragers, the deltamethrin-treated bees flying in the direction of the sun, without using the local landmarks The ... according to the treatments During the extinction phase, the level of the CR slowly decreased, back to the initial level of spontaneous response (B) This expresses the resistance of the bee’s response...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 04:22

... side of the box allowed the introduction of a single honey bee for a 5-min observation period The position of the honey bee was recorded every s The duration of successive 5-s periods in the same ... effect of the drug at the dose of 1.25 ng/bee was observed on the other functions after the shortest interval We not retain the possibility that the drug needs more time to diffuse from the thorax ... reported as immobility as the locomotor activity of the honey bee in the same square was very low, if nonexistent Otherwise, the honey bee was moving around The effect of the drug on locomotor activity...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 04:22

... section of the chapter will briefly review the LANL field studies and the results of these studies The significance of each of these experiments will be examined in the Discussion section of this ... differences in the levels of contaminants in the flowers of the three main forage plants Therefore, the species of flower the bees had visited probably had little influence on the concentrations of radionuclides ... one of these scientists is interested in using these long-term data to estimate the concentration of radionuclides in the environment based on the levels of radionuclides in the bees? If the...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 04:22

... segments The concentrations or activities of the majority of the elements studied were lower in the 1-year-old branch segments compared to the branch tops In the case of Rb, 40K, and 137Cs they were ... each of following years, the tips of the branches and older branch segments, including the segments grown in 1994, were taken for analyses The tips of the spruce branches were collected for the ... of cesium pollution [22, 23] Honey bees and their products have been used as indicators and monitors of a variety of environmental pollution because of their ability to reflect the immediate environmental...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 04:22

... the preparation and chemical analysis of the honeys, the samples were coded and randomized to avoid identification of their location and characteristics by the chemists The mineralization of the ... percent of the total inertia of the system The factorial map F1F2 (Figure 12.2), which accounts for most of the variance of the system (i.e 62.23 percent), clearly reveals an opposition between the ... for 56.86 percent of the total inertia of the system, emphasizes the fact that the presence of cobalt (Co) in the honey samples is correlated with that of molybdenum (Mo) Of the 46 samples containing...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 04:22

... on the protease content of the gut of different Coleoptera have shown the presence of cysteine proteases, which, in many cases, represent the major class of digestive proteases [33] The cDNA of ... 9C), and the promoter associated with the coding sequence (which affects the quantity and location of the Cry protein) In 1999, 30 percent of the cultivated area in the USA consisted of transgenic ... ingestion, the alkaline environment of the insect midgut causes the crystals to dissolve and release their protoxins (several protoxins can be included in the same crystal) The protoxin is then cleaved...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 04:22

... from the top of the flower visited on the plant), or the type of behavior (exploration of the flower, foraging for nectar, scratching of stamina, pollen pellet gathering, cleaning, etc.) The mean ... parcels of each type, were sown in the South-west of France (Spring 2000) From the beginning of the flowering, the diversity of the pollinators was evaluated by counting the foragers visiting the ... conclusion, there are two possibilities to avoid risk for honey bees: the nonexpression of the toxin in the tissues bees feed on, or the innocuousness of the toxin for bees The risk assessment of the...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 04:22

... for the period of 2007 to 2010, the Panel established five working groups addressing the issues of decoupling, biofuels, water, metal stocks and flows and environmental impacts The work of these ... scarcity The Working Group on Biofuels focuses on the specific topic of biofuels, and their specific implications on land use and other pressures, and their contribution to the solution of the problem ... distinguishes the life cycle of economic activities: the extraction of resources, their processing into materials and products and the subsequent use and discarding of the products The figure emphasizes the...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 16:20

... exist into the environmental impacts of products; Chapter forms the second main pillar of the study: it gives a detailed analysis of the environmental impacts of products in the EU-25, with the newly ... be identified on the basis of the environmental impacts of the whole volume of the product used The impact per euro value will also be taken into account Environmental Impact of Products (EIPRO) ... the greatest environmental impact The estimated contribution of this product grouping to global warming is in the range of to 12% of all products (CP01-12) The results reflect the impact of the...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 08:21

... these differences tabulating and comparing the characteristics of environmental policies among the states produces an interesting snapshot of the relative degree of “environmentalism” among the ... for the period 1982-1992.3 State Environmentalism Among other things the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, and related national environmental legislation were born out of the concern that the ... for environmental controls.) Moving into the 1980s these same states might feel the drag of their environmental policies accumulating to a degree sufficient to slow their growth relative to their...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 20:20

... building materials Section 2: The flower, the iron and the sea Raw materials and basic materials presents the materials at our disposition The term ‘raw materials denotes the materials as they are ... recommended to further research into the sources of this book A comprehensive list of further reading is to be found at the end of each of the three sections Life span evaluations of building materials ... production of ceramic tiles Reduction of the use of resources in the building process and during building use In these two phases there are the following possibilities for reducing the use of resources:...

Ngày tải lên: 29/04/2014, 15:45

... Labem city and the edge of the SPA Meanwhile, development consent for another section was issued which led the highway to the borders of the SPA from the other side Necessary changes: The Directive ... with the basic goals of the Directive (see above), with Article and Annex II of the Espoo Convention or with the special requirements of other EU environmental norms (see namely Article 6.4 of the ... activity nearby A further serious impact of the project is the absorption of large amounts of agricultural land Despite all these facts, the competent authority decided that the estate shall not...

Ngày tải lên: 29/06/2014, 02:20

... enterprise, the total assets of the business, Therefore, the author analyzed a number of key financial indicators of enterprises producing construction materials under the Ministry of Construction The ... industry The target in 2020 of the industry of building materials is to strive to basically complete the process of industrialization and modernized toward 2030 and aims to reach the level of the ... Although there are many theories to explain the Chapter 4: Analyze and Identify competitive advantages of building creation of these competitive advantages but these theories can be divided into materials...

Ngày tải lên: 30/10/2014, 10:54

... A ; ^LAl Formation of a layer of hot gases Fig The thermal equilibrium of any part of the world is affected by ventilation We not particularly think of the hottest parts of the world as being ... solution If the air currents are too strong then the air inputs on the windward side have to be throttled off so that the air enters on the leeward faces driven by the thermo syphon effect of the reservoir ... representation of convective turbulence, but it is not able to model the momentum of incoming air, nor the thermal capacity of the bounding surfaces Fig Air flows in the National Theatre Then at the Royal...

Ngày tải lên: 09/06/2015, 17:22

... quality or the safety of the food? • (Similar to above) In general, are people in China concerned about such matters as the nutritional value of the food or the contents of the food they buy (for ... to the food)? FQ (This question might include: the packaging and the origin of the food) • What are the possible results if all (or the majority of) the people were not very concerned about the ... about the contents of the food they eat? （假设的问题） • (Similar to above) What could happen if all (or the majority of) the people were not very concerned about the contents of the food they eat? Food...

Ngày tải lên: 04/10/2013, 17:20

... the presentation of the material in this publication not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the World Health Organization concerning the legal status of any country, ... explored HOW SIGNIFICANT IS THE IMPACT OF ENVIRONMENT ON HEALTH? An estimated 24% of the global disease burden and 23% of all deaths can be attributed to environmental factors Of the 102 major diseases, ... improve the health and the lives of urban slum dwellers – one of the key targets of MDG-7 GOAL DEVELOP A GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP FOR DEVELOPMENT The underlying message of this study is that both the health...

Ngày tải lên: 12/02/2014, 12:20

... non-profit that advocates for affordable housing, retained Civic Economics to analyze the economic impact of the 2006 commitment and to consider the prospective impact of another round of bonds ... of these costs, we elected to take a conservative approach b The costs of these supportive services are here treated as positive in terms of local economic impact There exists a strong body of ... 3.6 THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING MAY 2012 Map Civic Economics THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING THE ECONOMIC IMPACT...

Ngày tải lên: 15/02/2014, 13:20