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Employing a Socio-Technical System Approach in Prospective Life Cycle Assessment: A Case of Large-Scale Swedish Sustainable Aviation Fuels

open access: yesFrontiers in Sustainability, 2022
Ambitious fossil-free targets imposed on the aviation industry worldwide demand a large volumetric supply of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to meet. Sweden's commitment to a 30% volume SAF blending target by 2030 attracts interest in local production ...
Yat Yin Lai   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

From Doktor Kurowski's Schneegrenze to our modern glacier equilibrium line altitude (ELA) [PDF]

open access: yesThe Cryosphere, 2015
Translated into modern terminology, Kurowski suggested in 1891 that the equilibrium line altitude (ELA) of a glacier is equal to the mean altitude of the glacier when the whole glacier is in balance between accumulation and ablation.
R. J. Braithwaite
doaj   +1 more source

Seed Coat Development and Dormancy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Two major types of dormancy mechanisms exist: embryo dormancy where the agents inhibiting germination are inherent to the embryo, and coat-imposed dormancy where inhibition is conferred by the seed envelopes (Bewley, 1997). Generally, complex interactions between the embryo and covering structures determine whether a seed will germinate.
Debeaujon, Isabelle   +3 more
openaire   +4 more sources

Farmers’ preferences for cotton cultivation characteristics : a discrete choice experiment in Burkina Faso [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
While a fierce debate about the advantages and disadvantages of genetically modified crops is ongoing, it is surprising that farmers are often not consulted.
Gheysen, Godelieve   +5 more
core   +1 more source

War and Migration in the White African Tropics: Lauren St John’s Rainbow’s End

open access: yeseTropic: electronic journal of studies in the tropics, 2016
This paper explores voyage and migration in tropical Africa through Lauren St John’s Rainbow’s End, a memoir contributing to debates of white African identity that now include more contemporary renditions of identity in female self-reflective accounts ...
Richard Gehrmann   +1 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Exploring Values and Beliefs in a Complex Coastal Social-Ecological System: A Case of Small-Scale Fishery and Dried Fish Production in Sagar Island, Indian Sundarbans

open access: yesFrontiers in Marine Science, 2021
The survivability of the small-scale fishery and dried fish production in Indian Sundarbans, despite increasing threats posed by climate, environmental, economic, and policy drivers, suggests that they possess certain unique strengths and capabilities ...
Sevil Berenji   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Analysis of Seed Potato Systems in Ethiopia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
This study aimed to analyze the seed potato systems in Ethiopia, identify constraints and prioritize improvement options, combining desk research, rapid appraisal and formal surveys, expert elicitation, field observations and local knowledge. In Ethiopia,
Hirpa, A.   +6 more
core   +1 more source

The Big BIT maize experiment: A large multi‐location, multi‐year, multi‐tester, multi‐population predictive breeding validation study

open access: yesThe Plant Genome
The Big Breeding Innovation Team (Big BIT) maize (Zea mays L.) experiment was one of the largest genomic data‐informed predictive breeding validation studies ever conducted.
Michael Jines   +27 more
doaj   +1 more source

Real‐World Pediatric Blinatumomab Administration: Access to Outpatient Care Delivery and Impact of a Hospital‐Dispensed Model

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Blinatumomab has been shown to be highly effective for patients with pediatric B‐ALL and has recently become standard of care therapy. Due to its past use in the clinical trial setting, there is limited information available about real‐world administration.
Katelyn Oranges   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Impact of Detail, Shadowing and Thermal Zoning Levels on Urban Building Energy Modelling (UBEM) on a District Scale

open access: yesEnergies, 2022
New modelling tools are required to accelerate the decarbonisation of the building sector. Urban building energy modelling (UBEM) has recently emerged as an attractive paradigm for analysing building energy performance at district and urban scales.
Xavier Faure   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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