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Variation in the herd composition counts of sika deer
Herd composition counts (HCC) are commonly used to assess population status in deer. We evaluated the reliability of HCC of sika deer (Cervus nippon Temminck) using repeated counts and by comparing estimated sex ratios and calf-to-female ratios of marked deer on Nakanoshima Island, Hokkaido, Japan between April 1999 and October 2000. Although both total counts and sex and age ratios fluctuated ...
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Several Factors on the Accuracy of NC Servo Roll Feeder
Although the feeder is a rising star in the stamping industry, it is widely used as an automated production equipment because of its high precision, high stability, and multi-purpose use. It has gradually replaced the roller feeder as the leading feeding equipment in the industry. It is an industry that pays great attention to efficiency and precision. It is very precise. The details are very ...
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Toward a sustainable bioeconomy: A first nations perspective
Dan George thanked the Lheidli T’enneh First Nation for “the opportunity to gather on their traditional territory.” George said his key message was articulated by Satsan, the Wet’suwet’en hereditary chief, who said, “People must understand that our activity on the land is not a result of the mountain pine beetle epidemic. It is a result of Aboriginal title and rights.” In September 2005, First ...
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Hwy E, Freedom, Wisconsin
Wisconsin winters are notorious for the damage they can cause to roads. An example of winter’s influence was seen on Highway E, a winding, two-lane asphalt road that serves commuters between Little Chute and Oneida. Once called the worst stretch of road in Outagamie County, it was plagued by cracking and heaving during the winter months. Similar problems occur elsewhere in the region where ...
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The energy triangle of Japan, China and Russia: the political economics of Tokyo, Beijing and the East Siberian pipeline
In the 1970s and 1980s, economic relations between Japan and China were based on energy commodities, beginning the phase of '(Japanese) technology for (Chinese) oil'. By the beginning of the 1990s, Japan had changed priorities in energy needs and aimed to wean off dependence on oil to less than 50% of its overall energy needs so Sino-Japanese political economic ties moved onto a new plateau of ...
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Over the hedge: hidden networks in knowledge transfer
This paper develops the Edinburgh knowledge hedge (Bent et al., 2010) to introduce the largely hidden role formal and informal networks in the process of linking SMEs and business support agencies, presenting a model to assist in identifying remaining barriers to knowledge exchange. The model is applied to a detailed case study of primary business support experience, laying the foundation for ...
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Ethical concerns in cosmetics retailing: a comparative study of consumer attitudes towards cosmetics purchase between Europe and Asia with particular reference to Bangladesh and the UK
The purpose of this paper is to explore the ethical concerns in cosmetics retailing and its implications on comparative consumers' purchase decisions of cosmetics in the UK and Bangladesh. Consumer response to ethical and green issues in the recent years appears to vary considerably between developed and developing economies. In particular, this paper also intends to identify how and to what ...
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Ag Leader Software Hackathons Spur Innovation
Where do new products and existing product improvements come from? Sometimes they come from feature requests from our customers and dealers, sometimes from our own engineers, product managers and tech support who use our products on their farms. Other times they come from our engineers and developers through release planning and the product planning and development cycle. But once in a while, ...
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Enel Green Power - Case Study
PROJECT: Enel Green Power (Artist Rendering). LOCATION: Nola, Italy. SIZE: 25 MW. INSTALLATION DATE: 2010 (Construction ...
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Sterling Chemicals
Sterling Chemicals styrene plant produces 1.7 billion pounds of 99 percent styrene monomer annually. Sterling deployed Pavilion’s APC solution to help improve the profitability and performance of its styrene production at the Texas City ...
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Timber faced bin-wall, North Sydney N.S.
OWNER Public Works Canada LOCATION Cabot Trail Cape Breton Highlands National Park CONSULTANT Vaughan Engineering Associates Limited, Halifax N.S. CONTRACTOR Martell Construction, North Sydney, N.S. During the summer of 1991. Public Works Canada rebuilt more than seven kilometres of approach roads to the summit of North Mountain, on the Cabot Trail, in Cape Breton Highlands National Park. The ...
By Armtec
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Wormley Primary - Case Study
Project: Breakfast/After School Club Building Client: Wormley Primary School Completed: Summer 2014 Floor area: 95m² Duration: 6 weeks Value: £105,000 Turnkey service elements completed: Design Manufacture Delivery & installations Access facilities ‘We are extremely happy with the building and service provided by Modulek. The building has given us the essential ...
By Modulek
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The NALC Digital Mapping Toolkit
The National Association of Local Councils (NALC) has published the Digital Mapping Toolkit to help explain the importance of digital mapping. The guide aims to make it easier for local councils to understand how they could use the technology in order to benefit their community. In January Pear Technology and GeoXphere formed a partnership agreement to help NALC spread the word about digital ...
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Book Review; Forests, People and Power: The Political Ecology of Reform in South Asia by Oliver Springate-Baginski and Piers Blaikie
Forests, People and Power: The Political Ecology of Reform in South Asia, by Oliver Springate-Baginski and Piers Blaikie. London, Earthscan, 2007. 394pp. ISBN-10: 1844073475; ISBN-13: 978-1844073474Keywords: book ...
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Sorption of Pb(II) by poly(hydroxamic acid) grafted oil palm empty fruit bunch
This paper describes the sorption of Pb(II) from aqueous solution. Oil palm empty fruit bunch (OPEFB) fiber was first grafted with poly(methylacrylate) and then treated with hydroxylammonium chloride in alkaline medium to produce hydroxamic acid (PHA) grafted OPEFB. Sorption of Pb(II) by PHA-OPEFB was maximum at pH 5. The sorption followed the Langmuir model with maximum capacityof 125.0 mg g−1 ...
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Influence of humic acid on the uptake of aqueous metals by the killifish Fundulus heteroclitus
The role of humicacids was investigated over a concentration range of 0 to 20 mg L−1 in the uptake of three metals (Cd, Cr, and Hg—as both inorganic Hg [Hg(II)] and methylmercury [MeHg]) and a metalloid (As) from the aqueous phase by the killifish (Fundulusheteroclitus). Cadmium uptake showed no relationship with humic acid concentration, whereas Cr, Hg(II), and MeHg uptake showed an inverse ...
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Clustering analysis of regional reference evapotranspiration and its components based on climatic variables across northeast China, 1961–2010
Evapotranspiration integrates atmospheric demand and surface conditions. The Penman-Monteith equation was used to calculate annual and seasonal reference evapotranspiration (ET0) and thermodynamic and aerodynamic components (ETrad and ETaero) at 77 stations across northeast China, 1961–2010. The results were: (1) annual ETrad and ETaero had different regional distribution, annual ETrad values ...
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Triton and Oceanflex offer flexibility to future proof farm infrastructure
One of the advantages of our Triton and Oceanflex salmon pens is their ability to be extended so as to cater for future expansions in production. This involves cutting the existing polyethylene (PE) pen, adding in a new section, and then re-welding to a new and larger size, minimising capital outlay and future proofing the initial infrastructure investment. We use the most advanced, traceable ...
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Zero discharge - Make you Greenhouse Operation Compliant
We can show you how to recycle 100% of the drainage from your grow operation. Think of the benefits: reduced regulatory exposure, no more storage or hauling costs, reduced freshwaer usage, and most of all- lower operating costs. This new design is for California customers ...
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Project Digging Mine Mergelstetten, Germany - Case Study
Client: Hubert Schmid Bauunternehmen GmbH Client: Stadt Heidenheim an der Brenz Construction time RSB: May 2019 - September 2019 Dimensions: Cylinder: 12m diameter / 12,8m height Cone roof: 40 ° inclination ...
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