Agriculture, forestry, and fisheries topic list of research papers
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Durability Performance of Concrete Structures Built with Low Carbon Construction Materials
Abstract Here, we demonstrate the feasibility of industrial application of low carbon supplementary cementitious materials (i.e. geopolymer concrete) by investigating the durability performance of eight years aged reinforced geopolymer concrete...
2016 / Kirubajiny Pasupathy, Marita Berndt, Jay Sanjayan, Rajeev Pathmanathan -
The influence of nitrogen fertilizers on nitrate accumulation in leaves of orange Washington Navel
Abstract The goal of the present work was to find out the influence of norms and forms of nitrogen fertilizers on the accumulation of nitrates in young and old leaves of Washington –Navel plants. The researches took place of the experimental plot of ...
2016 / Shota Lominadze, Nunu Nakashidze -
Estimating the minimum delay optimal cycle length based on a time-dependent delay formula
Abstract For fixed time traffic signal control, the well-known Webster’s formula is widely used to estimate the minimum delay optimal cycle length. However, this formula overestimates the cycle length for high degrees of saturation. In this paper,...
2016 / Ahmed Y. Zakariya, Sherif I. Rabia -
Determination of the Smartness of a University Campus: The Case Study of Aveiro
Abstract This study introduces the reader to a “people centered” and multidimensional definition of the “smartness” of an ecosystem and to its bottom-up detection, that here has been specialized to the case of a learning ecosystem: a university...
2016 / Diego Galego, Carlo Giovannella, Óscar Mealha -
Rickettsiologist Pavel F. Zdrodovskii: larger than life, and not just for his famous book
Abstract This article highlights the biography and scientific accomplishments of Pavel F. Zdrodovskii and his contributions to understanding the biology, pathogenesis, treatment, prevention and epidemiology of brucellosis, rickettsioses and many...
2016 / M.E. Eremeeva, S.N. Shpynov, I.V. Tarasevich -
Malaysian Standards Crop Commodities in Agricultural for Sustainable Living
Abstract Environmental sustainability is important to protect and to ensure a high quality of life. Therefore, the Malaysian government had put an effort by establishing a Malaysia Standard for good practices in agriculture. However, some guidelines ...
2016 / Nor Izana Bt Mohammed Shobri, Siti Rasidah Md Sakip, Siti Syamimi Omar -
The Knowledge of Food Heritage Identithy in Klang Valley, Malaysia
Abstract Classical and traditional food was closely associate with food heritage has become a significant role in the life of society and also to an individual. A study examines how far Malaysian knows about their food heritage identity. A total of...
2016 / Adilah Md Ramli, Mohd Sallehuddin Mohd Zahari, Nurhasmilaalisa Abdul Halim, Mohammed Haidrin Mohamed Aris -
Design and Urban Shape for a Resilient City
Abstract Today the themes related to urban design are lacking of appropriate legislation references in Italian urbanism, falling in between the strictly urban issues related to the city and those concerning individual building objects. ...
2016 / Federico D’Ascanio, Donato Di Ludovico, Luana Di Lodovico -
System of Management and Traceability of Logistic Items through New Technologies
Abstract The article deals with management, controlling and traceability of transport containers through automatic and data capture technologies. The identification and monitoring of roll cages through new technologies, allows the administration and ...
2016 / Radovan Madleňák, Lucia Madleňáková, Zuzana Kolarovszká -
Collaborative and Multiscalar Practices for a New Metropolitan Identity: Naples and its Sea
Abstract The metropolitan dimension is an important resource to improve the competitiveness of the territories in economic terms and the quality of urban life in social and environmental terms. In Italy this topic is long overdue and the Law n....
2016 / Massimo Clemente, Eleonora Giovene di Girasole -
Spatio-temporal analyses of impacts of multiple climatic hazards in a savannah ecosystem of Ghana
Abstract Ghana’s savannah ecosystem has been subjected to a number of climatic hazards of varying severity. This paper presents a spatial, time-series analysis of the impacts of multiple hazards on the ecosystem and human livelihoods over the period ...
2016 / Gerald A.B. Yiran, Lindsay C. Stringer -
The Importance of Knowledge Transmission and its Relation towards the Malay Traditional Food Practice Continuity
Abstract This study is to justify the importance of Malay traditional food knowledge transmission towards young generation practice and gain further understanding of the methods of transfer of Malay traditional food knowledge. Ethnographic methods...
2016 / Mohd Shazali Md. Sharif, Mohd Salehuddin Mohd Zahari, Norazmir Md Nor, Rosmaliza Muhammad -
Cultural Heritage as a Tool of Polycentricity, Synergy and Territorial Cohesion: A Case Study from Northern Greece
Abstract Within what is now an international framework of spatial management and territorial cohesion, there is an increasing awareness of the importance of networking and polycentricity. The turn from monocentric to polycentric systems is a global...
2016 / Paraskevi-Kali Sofianou -
Parasites of cold climates: A danger or in danger?
Abstract The climate is rapidly changing in the Arctic and will undoubtedly affect the interaction between parasites, the environment, and their hosts with potentially detrimental impacts on the health and welfare of Arctic peoples. In this special...
2016 / Jean Dupouy-Camet -
From food security to food wellbeing: examining food security through the lens of food wellbeing in Nepal’s rapidly changing agrarian landscape2016 / Hom Gartaula, Kirit Patel, Derek Johnson, Rachana Devkota, Kamal Khadka, et al.
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Risk stratification of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease in Chinese adults
Abstract Objective This study aims to determine the distribution of observed atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) incidence in contemporary cohorts in China, and to identify cut-off points for ASCVD risk classification...
2016 / Xue-Li Yang, Ji-Chun Chen, Jian-Xin Li, Jie Cao, Xiang-Feng Lu, et al. -
Prediction of Flow Duration Curve in Ungauged Catchments Using Genetic Expression Programming
Abstract A set of multivariate equations have been developed using gene expression programming (GEP) based symbolic regression technique to generate the flow quantiles of flow duration curve (FDC) in the ungauged catchments in the East Coast of...
2016 / Salaudeen Abdul Razaq, Shamsuddin Shahid, Tarmizi Ismail, Eun-Sung Chung, Morteza Mohsenipour, et al. -
On Inertial Systems, Dust Cleaning and Dust Removal Equipment, and Work Areas in the Production of Aerated Concrete from the Hopper Suction Apparatus CSF
Abstract Production of concrete products, namely, applied technological equipment, the initial state of the raw materials used in the currently inefficient dust cleaning system, - everything contributes to the emission into the atmosphere of gas-air ...
2016 / A. Bogomolov, N. Sergina, T. Kondratenko -
High cell density cultivation of six fungal strains efficient in azo dye bioremediation
Abstract This work aims at optimizing the high cell density fungal cultivation for producing large quantities of fungal biomass to be used in azo dye residues bioremediation. In our previous studies the efficacy of using certain fungal strains to...
2016 / Wafaa M. Abd El-Rahim, Enas M. Mostafa, Hassan Moawad -
The Role of Financial Perspective of Entrepreneurship and Rural Development for the Purpose of Strengthening Serbian Economy
Abstract The focus of this paper is to show the necessity to change the existing policy on the importance of entrepreneurship and rural development in Serbia. It cannot be said that this area was not given importance in Serbia, but it can definitely ...
2016 / Mirjana Stevanović