Agriculture, forestry, and fisheries topic list of research papers
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Sustainable Optimization of Agricultural Production
Abstract This paper presents a model for sustainable optimization of agricultural production. The model is a mathematical programming model, based on multicriteria techniques, and can be used as a tool for the analysis and simulation of agricultural ...
2013 / Basil Manos, Parthena Chatzinikolaou, Fedra Kiomourtzi -
Networked Design Decisions in Balanced Life Cycles
Abstract Many decisions, both conscious and unconscious, have to be made during a product development process. In reaching a decision, it is essential to take the consequences of the different alternatives into consideration. To assess preconditions ...
2014 / J. de Lange, E.J. Oude Luttikhuis, E. Lutters -
Ultrasound in evaluating ovarian reserve, is it reliable?
Abstract The objective of this study was to compare the diagnostic accuracy of transvaginal ultrasound (TVS), as a less invasive technique instead of hormonal assay to evaluate the ovarian reserve. This study included fifty-five females with breast...
2015 / Eman Ahmaed Shawky Sabek, Ola I. Saleh, Howida A. Ahmed -
Characterization of Fusarium Isolates From Rice, Sugarcane and Maize Using RFLP-IGS2011 / Heng Hsuan, Latiffah Zakaria, Baharuddin Salleh
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Anti-Cancer Effect of Kaffir Lime (Citrus Hystrix DC) Leaf Extract in Cervical Cancer and Neuroblastoma Cell Lines
Abstract Previous study showed that kaffir lime leaf contains alkaloid, flavonoid, terpenoid, tannin and saponin. The objective of this study was to examine the cytotoxic effect of kaffir lime leaf extract on cervical cancer and neuroblastoma cell...
2015 / Woro Anindito Sri Tunjung, Jindrich Cinatl, Martin Michaelis, C. Mark Smales -
Origins and Evolution of the National Nutrient Databank Conference
Abstract Food composition tables are largely a twentieth century product. The early tables in America developed by W. O. Atwater in the 1890's at the Storrs Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station grew exponentially during the first half of the...
2015 / Phyllis J. Stumbo -
Socio-economic factors affecting the conservation of natural woodlands in Central Riyadh Area – Saudi Arabia
Abstract This study aimed to identify some socioeconomic factors affecting local people in central Riyadh area for the utilization of wood and other energy sources in cooking and heating in order to develop some recommendations for conserving...
2015 / Faisal Sultan Al-Subaiee -
Interdisciplinary Approach to British Place-names Studies
Abstract Realization of culture, history and geography in the morphological structure of British place-names is observed. New tends of the interdisciplinary approach to place-names system development, the relationship of place-names and vocabulary...
2014 / Tamara V. Khvesko -
Dakar Food: Between Permanence and Change. Adaptation to Environmental Context
Abstract In Senegal and Dakar in particular, overfishing and fisheries management policies focus mainly on export and generation of economic flows which lead to scarcity of fish in the sea and on the Dakar markets. Some species such as thiof are now ...
2014 / Leport Julie -
Modelling and Forecasting Energy Demand in Rural Households of Bangladesh
Abstract Bangladesh, the eighth largest populous country in the world, has a significant rural population (70%), which is contributing to the energy demand of the country. The major portion in energy demand of rural households is biomass energy....
2015 / Kumar Biswajit Debnath, Monjur Mourshed, Samuel Pak Kheong Chew -
The Combination Effects of Zinc, Magnesium, Sulphur Foliar Fertilizer Management on Cassava Growth and Yield Grown on Map Bon, Coarse-loamy Variant Soil
Abstract Microelement fertilization is an important for adding efficiency of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) production in Thailand. It had grater effects on quality of cassava root. The cassava cultivar KU 50, HB 60 and HB 80 were grown on Map...
2013 / Kingkan Panitnok, Sakol Chaisri, Ed Sarobol, Supranee Ngamprasitthi, Pacharada Chaisri, et al. -
Land constraints and agricultural intensification in Ethiopia: A village-level analysis of high-potential areas
Abstract Highland Ethiopia is one of the most densely populated regions of Africa and has long been associated with both Malthusian disasters and Boserupian agricultural intensification. This paper explores the race between these two countervailing...
2014 / Derek Headey, Mekdim Dereje, Alemayehu Seyoum Taffesse -
Teachers’ Learning about Climate Change Education
Abstract Climate change education occupies a major node in school education. It is cross-disciplinary and therefore can be a subject challenge for many teachers; its knowledge claims are based on modelling from uncertain and partial data that...
2015 / John Oversby -
Food Authenticity and Safety in China: What about the Western World?2014 / Djuro Josic, Jasminka Giacometti
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Energy and water use of a small-scale raft aquaponics system in Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Abstract Aquaponics is a form of aquaculture that integrates hydroponics to raise edible plants and fish. There is growing interest in aquaponics because it can be practiced in non-traditional locations for agriculture such as inside warehouses and...
2015 / David C. Love, Michael S. Uhl, Laura Genello -
Prevalence and pathogenicity of binary toxin–positive Clostridium difficile strains that do not produce toxins A and B
Abstract Clostridium difficile causes antibiotic-associated diarrhoea and pseudomembranous colitis. The main virulence factors of C. difficile are the toxins A (TcdA) and B (TcdB). A third toxin, called binary toxin (CDT), can...
2014 / C. Eckert, A. Emirian, A. Le Monnier, L. Cathala, H. De Montclos, et al. -
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Optimum Cost for Ethanol Production from Cassava Roots and Cassava Chips
Abstract This study aimed to evaluate the optimal proportions of two forms of feedstocks such as cassava roots and chips to minimize total cost of 340,000 liter/day ethanol production capacity by solving a linear programming problem. The time period ...
2014 / Chutima Wichitchan, Wanwisa Skolpap -
The Water Footprint Assessment of Ethanol Production from Molasses in Kanchanaburi and Supanburi Province of Thailand
Abstract This study aims to assess water footprint of ethanol production from molasses in Kanchanaburi and Suphanburi Provinces of Thailand, based on the water footprint concept methodology. The water footprint of ethanol from...
2013 / P. Chooyok, N. Pumijumnog, A. Ussawarujikulchai -
Comparative Safety Assessment of Chlorination Unit in Tehran Treatment Plants with HAZOP & ETBA Techniques
Abstract Different techniques and tools have been introduced for the analysis of process systems that each has their own capabilities and limitations namely HAZOP and ETBA. One of the process systems which require to be analyzed by these techniques...
2012 / I. Mohammadfam, S. Mahmoudi, A. Kianfar