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The Implication of Incorporating Environmental Costs in Utility Rate Setting [PDF]

Electric and natural gas are the two major sources of energy for residents of Washington State. Several states have adopted a policy whereby utility companies decide on the choice of mixes of resources by incorporating cost effectiveness, conservation ...
Mariam, Yohannes
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Impact of energy on the environment the case of Japan [PDF]

, 2016
The purpose of this paper is to examine how energy resources affect Ja-pan’s environment, using data over a period from 2000 to 2014. Today, prevention of environmental pollution and conservation of environment have a dimension exceeding national borders.
Abban, A.
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Understand the energy demand behaviours for a sustainable management of the natural resources in Cameroon. [PDF]

In order to fall under a prospect for sustainable management of the natural resources in Cameroon, this communication tries, using a 1996 survey carried out from 400 households in the towns of Yaounde, Mbalmayo and Ebolowa, to understand the demand ...
Nkendah, Robert
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Microstructure and magnetism of Ga+-irradiated IrMn-based spin-valve multilayered film

AIP Advances, 2020
An IrMn top-nailed spin-valve multilayer film was synthesized using direct-current magnetron sputtering on a naturally oxidized silicon substrate. The multilayered film microstructure and magnetism were analyzed using x-ray diffraction, transmission, and
Xianjin Qi, Fengyan Hao, Xuezhu Li, Xiaoxu Duan, Nina Yang   +4 more
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Strategies for adapting to climate change in rural Sub-Saharan Africa [PDF]

The ten ASARECA member countries (Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda) have adopted, or are planning to adopt, a range of climate change adaptation strategies in agriculture ...
Kyotalimye, Miriam, Mulwa, Richard Mbithi, Nelson, Gerald, Nzuma, Jonathan Makau, Waithaka, Michael   +4 more
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Human-caused climate change in United States national parks and solutions for the future [PDF]

, 2020
Human-caused climate change has exposed the US national park area to more severe increases in heat and aridity than the country as a whole and caused widespread impacts on ecosystems and resources.
Gonzalez, Patrick
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Space-air-ground remote sensing-based spatial database design for cultivated land monitoring integrated with InSAR analysis

Science Progress
With the continuous reduction of cultivated land in China, this study aims to develop a comprehensive monitoring system to support sustainable cropland management in complex terrains.
Wang Zhenda, Teng Yue, Huang Xinyi, Guo Ming, Wei Yaxuan, Wang Ruoxin, Chen Jiangjihong   +6 more
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Endophytic Trichoderma gamsii YIM PH30019: a promising biocontrol agent with hyperosmolar, mycoparasitism, and antagonistic activities of induced volatile organic compounds on root-rot pathogenic fungi of Panax notoginseng

Journal of Ginseng Research, 2016
Background: Biocontrol agents are regarded as promising and environmental friendly approaches as agrochemicals for phytodiseases that cause serious environmental and health problems.
Jin-Lian Chen, Shi-Zhong Sun, Cui-Ping Miao, Kai Wu, You-Wei Chen, Li-Hua Xu, Hui-Lin Guan, Li-Xing Zhao   +7 more
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"No-Till" Farming Is a Growing Practice [PDF]

Most U.S. farmers prepare their soil for seeding and weed and pest control through tillage—plowing operations that disturb the soil. Tillage practices affect soil carbon, water pollution, and farmers’ energy and pesticide use, and therefore data on ...
Ebel, Robert M., Horowitz, John K., Ueda, Kohei   +2 more
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Energy as a substancelike quantity that flows: Theoretical considerations and pedagogical consequences

Physical Review Special Topics. Physics Education Research, 2011
Utilizing an energy-as-substance conceptual metaphor as a central feature of the introductory physics curriculum affords students a wealth of conceptual resources for reasoning about energy conservation, storage, and transfer.
Eric Brewe
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