Agriculture, forestry, and fisheries topic list of research papers
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A New Concept for Seed Precision Planting
Abstract Mechanically driven seed metering devices currently perform their function efficiently and are a good solution to the problem of metering rates as seed is planted, but there are many voids that could be filled with a substantial change to...
2015 / Cristian Iacomi, Octavian Popescu -
Isoflavones - from Biotechnology to Functional Foods
Abstract Isoflavones are isolated from about 300 plant species and belong to the group of phytoestrogens. Having structural similarity with estrogens, they are related to the estrogen receptors, and may exhibit estrogenic and anti-estrogenic...
2015 / Radmila Markovic, Milan Z. Baltic, Marija Pavlovic, Milica Glisic, Stamen Radulovic, et al. -
Agricultural Productivity and European Industrialization, 1890-19802006 / Patrick K. O'Brien, Leandro Prados, De La Escosura
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Can we make participatory NTFP monitoring work? Lessons learnt from the development of a multi-stakeholder system in Northern Laos2013 / M. Boissière, F. Bastide, I. Basuki, J. L. Pfund, A. Boucard
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Assessment of aquatic plants evapotranspiration for secondary agriculture drains (case study: Edfina drain, Egypt)
Abstract This research was set in order to estimate aquatic plants evapotranspiration, (ET) in Edfina drain, Nile Delta, Egypt, which had an in-stream treatment wetland that was taken as a case study. A simple field scale approach is presented to...
2014 / Ahmed Ali Rashed -
The effect of bioenergy expansion: Food, energy, and environment
Abstract The increasing prices and environmental impacts of fossil fuels have made the production of biofuels to reach unprecedented volumes over the last 15 years. Given the increasing land requirement for biofuel production, the assessment of the...
2014 / J. Popp, Z. Lakner, M. Harangi-Rákos, M. Fári -
Risk Assessment of Non-repetitive Production Processes
Abstract The purpose of this paper is to support the process of production batch size definition in non-repetitive production like MTO or ETO based on reliability assessment. Although theory supposes the production batch size to be equal to customer ...
2014 / Martin Behún, Jana Kleinová, Tomáš Kamaryt -
Estimated dietary intake and major food sources of polyphenols in the Polish arm of the HAPIEE study
Abstract Objective The aim of this study was to estimate the intake of known individual polyphenols and their major dietary sources in the Polish arm of the HAPIEE (Health, Alcohol and Psychosocial factors In Eastern Europe) study. ...
2014 / Giuseppe Grosso, Urszula Stepaniak, Roman Topor-Mądry, Krystyna Szafraniec, Andrzej Pająk -
Containment Risk Management for CO2 Storage in a Depleted Gas Field, UK North Sea
Abstract In order to show that a CO2 offshore storage site is secure, it must be effectively characterized and a full understanding of any risks, and their management, must be in place. The Goldeneye candidate CO2 storage site, centred on a depleted ...
2013 / Owain Tucker, Martin Holley, Richard Metcalfe, Sheryl Hurst -
A Systems Engineering Approach to Quantitative Comparison of Molecular Instruments for Use on the International Space Station
Abstract The presence of microorganisms on the International Space Station (ISS) poses a threat to the health and safety of the ISS crew. Currently the ISS utilizes culture-based methods to detect and identify microorganisms. These methods are out...
2014 / Kimberly Lineberger, Jennifer Levitt, David J. Smith, Troy Van Nguyen, Adrian M. Peter -
Symptomatologia chorób alergicznych u dzieci – marsz alergiczny
Streszczenie Choroba atopowa powstaje w wyniku ścisłego współdziałania czynników środowiskowych (alergenów i adiuwantów) i genetycznych (wrodzonej predyspozycji) na wszystkich etapach rozwoju procesu chorobowego. Łącznie z czynnikami swoistymi...
2011 / Grażyna Swincow, Mieczysława Czerwionka-Szaflarska -
“My Fries were the Size of an iPhone®”: How Portion Size is Reported in the Fuel 2 Fight Study
Abstract Capturing portion size estimates is a constant challenge. Our objective was to characterize reported portion size during face-to-face and telephone 24-hour diet recalls among career fire fighters in the Fuel 2 Fight study. Trained...
2013 / Amber D. Brown, Deirdre D. Douglass, Sara A. Jahnke, W. S. Carlos Poston, C. Keith Haddock, et al. -
How do High School Students Know Diffusion and Osmosis? High School Students’ Difficulties in Understanding Diffusion & Osmosis
Abstract The previous researches results seem to suggest that some aspects of learning of diffusion and osmosis concepts such as membranes, kinetic energy of matter, and elements of the particulate and random nature of matter could lead to...
2014 / Fulya Oztas -
Investigation of the Effects of Different Emollients on the Structure and Skin Moisturizing Potential of the Cosmetic Creams2014 / Dragana Stojiljković, Ivana Arsic, Marija Tasić Kostov, Zoran Jovanović, Vanja Tadić, et al.
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Effect of Cutting Interval and Cutting Height on Yield and Chemical Composition of King Napier Grass (Pennisetum Purpureum x Pennisetum Americanum)
Abstract The experiment was conducted to determine the effects of cutting interval and cutting height on the yield and nutrient composition of King Napier grass (Pennisetum purpureum x Pennisetum americanum) when grown on a sandy soil in the...
2014 / Pipat Lounglawan, Wassana Lounglawan, Wisitiporn Suksombat -
Impact of using raw or fermented manure as fish feed on microbial quality of water and fish
Abstract The microbial water and fish quality was assessed due to feeding of chicken manure (CM) and fermented chicken manure (FCM) to fish in ponds, using Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) which were classified into 7 groups (G). Each group...
2015 / Nagham Elsaidy, Fatma Abouelenien, Ghada A.K. Kirrella -
Building materials in eco-energy houses from Iraq and Iran
Abstract Builders from the Western part of Asia are trained to make buildings that can fulfil certain required functions while giving full consideration to all sites and environmental conditions. The research covers the zone between Iraq and Iran....
2015 / Amjad Almusaed, Asaad Almssad -
Communal Mosques: Design Functionality towards the Development of Sustainability for Community
Abstract The aim of this paper is to describe on the design of prominent communal mosque found in Muslim and non-Muslim countries and understanding on how these mosques are developed to fulfill the needs of the Muslim community and create a...
2014 / Nurul ‘Athiqah Baharudin, Alice Sabrina Ismail -
Economic Impact of Climate Change on Agriculture Sector of Coastal Odisha
Abstract The present study tries to explore the economic impact of climate change on agriculture of the coastal zone of Odisha using Ricardian approach. The climate response function of the farm level net revenue has been estimated through pooled...
2014 / Diptimayee Mishra, Naresh Chandra Sahu -
The interaction triangle as a tool for understanding stakeholder interactions in marine ecosystem based management
Abstract Expectations about ecosystem based management (EBM) differ due to diverging perspectives about what EBM should be and how it should work. While EBM by its nature requires trade-offs to be made between ecological, economic and social...
2014 / Christine Röckmann, Judith van Leeuwen, David Goldsborough, Marloes Kraan, Gerjan Piet