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Section properties of palm petioles, Part 1: The influence of section shape on the flexural and torsional properties of selected palm petioles [PDF]
, 2008 Shape factors have been used to calculate the shape efficiency of palm leaf petiole sections in order to understand how palms compensate for the torsional and bending forces put upon them by their environment.
Cutler, DF +3 more
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Early‐Onset Wild‐Type Transthyretin Amyloidosis Polyneuropathy
Muscle &Nerve, EarlyView.
Chafic Karam +7 more
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Environmental Toxicology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Long‐term exposure to low‐dose food contact materials (FCMs) has raised concerns regarding developmental toxicity. In the present study, we prioritized FCMs with potential developmental toxicity using a weight‐of‐evidence computational model, which predicted 127 chemicals to be of high concern.
Chia‐Chi Ho +7 more
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Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.This article analyses the ways characteristics associated with the ‘Schedule Tribe’ (‘ST’) category in India shape situated acts of relating to others with either deference or assumed superiority. Ethnography shows how within an indigenous Adivasi community the traits that determine identification within the group generate feelings of entitlement and ...
Thomas Herzmark
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SUSTAINING COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE IN THE OIL PALM INDUSTRY: SWOT ANALYSIS OF IOI CORPORATION [PDF]
IOI Corporation, or commonly referred to as IOI, is one of Malaysia's home grown business conglomerates which started off from humble beginnings in industrial gas manufacturing.
Cordelia Mason
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Text line segmentation of ancient Thai manuscripts on palm leaves [PDF]
, 2012 Segmentation of handwritten scripts with overlapping text is one of the challenging tasks in the pre-processing for document recognition and optical character recognition (OCR) systems.
Fung, C.C., Chamchong, R.
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GHOSTLY ENCOUNTERS IN LAGOS: Virtual Reality between Urban Marketing and Media Activism
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract This article examines the role of virtual reality (VR) technologies in mediating and contesting dominant visions of urban futures in West Africa. Drawing on theoretical insights from a hybridization of the work of the German‐born Jewish critic Walter Benjamin and the Nigerian writer Amos Tutuola, I introduce the concept of phantasmagoria as a ...
Hervé Roquet
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Phytophagous insects in peach palm (Bactris gasipaes K.) grown for heart of palm production.
, 2004 Las poblaciones de los insectos fitófagos asociadosal pejibaye (Bactris gasipaes) destinado para la producciónde palmito, fueron evaluadas en una prueba de variedadesen una localidad de la vertiente caribeña de Costa Rica. Nueveespecies de insectos fueron identificados: a.
Arroyo-Oquendo, Carlos +2 more
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Research lately has shown the prospects of graphite as an additive for diesel engines due to its favourable characteristics. Moreover, using pure palm oil (PPaO) as the primary fuel in diesel engines is not recommended because of numerous disadvantages ...
Sebayang, AH +10 more
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Treatability of oil palm frond and rubber wood chips with urea for the development of slow release fertiliser [PDF]
, 2015 Treatability of a material is fundamental in determining how much chemicals or fillers are retained in the material before it can be used for slow release fertiliser. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of urea retention in oil palm frond
Ashaari, Zaidon +4 more
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