Agriculture, forestry, and fisheries topic list of research papers
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Short Steel Thin-walled Columns Subjected to Eccentric Axial Loads
Abstract A simple analytic solution for the stresses and displacements of short thin-walled columns of open bisymmetric cross-sections subjected to eccentric axial loads is proposed. The theory of bending and torsion with influence of shear is...
2016 / Radoslav Pavazza, Frane Vlak, Marko Vukasović -
Evaluation Models for Decision Support in the Context of Organic Farming System
Abstract This paper presents the application of the combination of simulation model and multi-criteria decision models for evaluating investment in agricultural processing. The simulated alternatives are evaluated with multi-attribute decision tools ...
2016 / Boonyong Punantapong -
Search for the Synthesis of Urban Space and Forest Areas
Abstract On the basis of the “canvas” of the spatial structure of urban and rural populated areas one can trace the character of the cultural historical building layering, which in the context of natural base elements, forms a higher or lower...
2016 / Aija Ziemelniece, Una Ile -
The new Italian Climatic Data and their Effect in the Calculation of the Energy Performance of Buildings
Abstract Reference climatic data have been available since the early 90s in order to ensure uniformity of assessment and repeatability of energy performance calculations: they include monthly means of meteorological elements, as reported in national ...
2016 / Giovanni Murano, Vincenzo Corrado, Domenico Dirutigliano -
Industry and Community in Anina
Abstract After the industrial “Big-Bang”, we can see only the devastating effects of a postindustrial “Big-Crunch”. The problems of the post-industrial cities are (with some differences like the geographical region, local culture, and the typology...
2016 / Dinu Dan – Răzvan, Ioan Andreescu, Gabriela Paşcu -
¿Hacia dónde debe dirigirse la enseñanza de la Ciencia de Materiales?
Resumen En la actualidad es evidente la necesidad de discutir la orientación curricular que debe darse a la Ciencia de Materiales como asignatura clave en las carreras universitarias de ciencias, ingenierías y profesiones afines con aplicaciones de...
2016 / José G. Carriazo, Martha J. Saavedra, Manuel F. Molina -
Replicators, Ground Drones and Crowd Logistics A Vision of Urban Logistics in the Year 2030
Abstract How will logistics in cities be carried out in the midterm future? To answer this question an overview of different existing and emerging transport logistics operations is provided, the pros and cons of these different operations are set...
2016 / Oliver Kunze -
Modern Technologies of Treatment and Stabilization for Sewage Sludge from Water Treatment Plant
Abstract In this paper we propose to make an overview of modern technologies for sewage sludge treatment collected from municipal wastewater treatment plants. The topic became important in juncture of fast growth of water supply and sewerage...
2016 / Valentin Feodorov -
A Green Infrastructure Typology Matrix to Support Urban Microclimate Studies
Abstract This paper proposes a typology to classify green infrastructure (GI) from a climatological perspective. This standardised classification scheme requires the logical division of GI features into vegetation layers, ground surfaces and...
2016 / Carlos Bartesaghi Koc, Paul Osmond, Alan Peters -
Research Regarding Blood Glucose Dynamic in Horses Used at Complete Trial Competition
Abstract The choice for this paper was determine by the necessity to identify some practical and objective ways to evaluate the energetic and effort capacity at sport horses, which serve to measure the period and intensity of training and to...
2016 / Eugenia Şovărel -
Studies on the Seed Germination Changes after Thermal Decontamination of Crude Oil Polluted Soils
Abstract Given that the world population will reach nearly 10 billion by 2050, removing all the causes that result in reduced yields of cereals and technical plants is vital. It is known that soil affects plants through its physical (texture,...
2016 / Maria Popa, Ion Onuţu -
The Synergies of the Italian Wine and Tourism Sectors
Abstract Italy is a worldwide known destination for tourism. In the Italian food industry, wine is a major sector. We analyse the synergic relations between the domestic tourism in Italy and wine industry exploring data on flows of ...
2016 / Fabio Gaetano Santeramo, Antonio Seccia, Gianluca Nardone -
Institutional innovation and forest landscape restoration in China: Multi-scale cross-sector networking, household fiscal modernization and tenure reform
Abstract From 1999, China launched the Conversion of Cropland to Forest Program, an expansive forest landscape restoration project engaging 17% of the rural population in tree planting and management on ca. 30 million ha of degraded land and...
2016 / Kun Zhang, Louis Putzel -
Landscape Interventions and Appreciations with Program Software RO
Abstract Huge interventions in the landscape are accompanied with land arranging operations known as land procedures. They are based on geodetic evidence data. Their historic development can be equalised with development of the geodetic evidence....
2016 / Boštjan Kovačič, Rok Kamnik, Andrey Pustovgar, Nikolai Vatin -
Data on enterobacteria activity on biofilm formation at surface mango fruit (Mangifera indica L.) cv Ataulfo
Abstract Abiotic factors influenced the capacity of the strains to form biofilms. Classification of the adhesion type is related with the optical density measured on the biofilm formation of tested strains. The relationship between the biofilm...
2016 / Juan A. Ragazzo-Sánchez, Ramsés R. González-Estrada, Martha A. Santana-Martínez, María del Carmen Wacher-Rodarte, Carlos A. Eslava-Campos, et al. -
Intestinal Microbiome and Atherosclerosis – Authors' Reply2016 / Lin Chen, Tomoaki Ishigami
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Comparing smallholder farmers’ perception of climate change with meteorological data: A case study from southwestern Nigeria
Abstract This paper examines smallholder farmers’ perceptions of climate change, climate variability and their impacts, and adaptation strategies adopted over the past three decades. We use ethnographic analysis, combined with Cumulative Departure...
2016 / Ayansina Ayanlade, Maren Radeny, John F. Morton -
Yield, Physiological and Biochemical Parameters of Cynara Scolymus L. under Foliar Ecological Fertilization
Abstract The artichoke (Cynara scolymus L.) is an important medicinal and culinary herb, cultivated since Antiquity (4th century BC). It has been used in therapy since 16th century, but its coleretical action was discovered only in 1931. It was used ...
2016 / Vasilica Onofrei, Marian Burducea, Andrei Lobiuc, Maria-Magdalena Zamfirache, Gabriel-Ciprian Teliban, et al. -
Genomic advancement: Aiming to affirm and improve human life2016 / Carol Isaacson Barash, Nigel G. Halford
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Bio-based Energy Scenarios: Looking for Waste
Abstract Bioenergy remains as a reference of global sustainable energy production. There is a plethora of raw materials, which may be used as biomass for energy – including agricultural residues and straws, wood, and urban garbage, which may be put...
2016 / Maria Ester Dal Poz, José M.F.J. da Silveira, Carolina S. Bueno, Leonardo Andrade Rocha