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The reality of self-sufficiency

Transfusion Clinique et Biologique, 2005
In this article, some points concerning the self-sufficiency in Europe will be discussed. After the definition of the self-sufficiency, the situation in Central and Eastern Europe will be briefly presented, as well as the problems connected with national and community self-sufficiency.
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Assessment of self-sufficiency in ultraoctagenerians

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 1996
Among the age-related problems, a progressive loss of self-sufficiency is an important issue. We conducted a detailed analysis on 400 ultraoctagenarians to detect the most frequent deficits and needs. Our study series consisted of 168 males and 232 females, grouped into age classes.
M, Malaguarnera, G, Pistone, M, Motta, P C, Lo Manto, I, Di Fazio   +4 more
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When ‘self-sufficiency’ is not sufficient: Refugee integration discourses of US resettlement actors and the offer of refuge

, 2021
Resettlement in a third country is fundamental in the protection of displaced persons, yet the offer of refuge encompasses more than mere admission into a country.
Emily Frazier, Micheline van Riemsdijk
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Towards Energy Self-consumption and Self-sufficiency in Urban Energy Communities

, 2021
Received: 10 December 2020 Accepted: 6 February 2021 In Europe, 70% of citizens live in urban areas and consume around 75% of the primary energy supply.
V. Todeschi, P. Marocco, Guglielmina Mutani, A. Lanzini, M. Santarelli   +4 more
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Energy Self-Sufficiency for Hawaii

Science, 1982
Currently, Hawaii is almost totally dependent for energy on imported oil. The island state has a wide variety of renewable energy resources, however, and for the past decade has supported the development of these resources as substitutes for seaborne petroleum.
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The potential for integration of hydrogen for complete energy self-sufficiency in residential buildings with photovoltaic and battery storage systems

, 2020
This paper presents an analysis of energy production in a pilot building located in Slovenia, which is a typical residential house with an installed photovoltaic (PV) system and pilot battery storage system.
J. Lokar, P. Virtič
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Individual Self-Sufficiency in Energy

Science, 1974
Individual lifestyles, food, housing, and transportation are examined for self-sufficiency in energy. The search for alternative lifestyles that began in the 1960's developed a market for windmills, solar-heated houses, methane digestors, household composters, electric cars, energy-saving cookware, wood stoves, solar collectors, and a renewed market ...
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The Self-Sufficient Airplane

SAE Technical Paper Series, 1965
<div class="htmlview paragraph">Various methods of starting the turbo-prop engines of the De Havilland Buffalo are discussed. As a result of the evaluation, the system adopted results in an airplane which is self-sufficient, i.e., needing no ground power for its continuing operation anywhere in the world.
F. Cracknell, C. C. Barker
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Uncertainty in China's food self-sufficiency: A dynamic system assessment

Sustainable Production and Consumption, 2023
Xinyuan Liang, Xiaobin Jin, Xiaoxia Xu, Hefeng Chen, Jing Liu, Xuhong Yang, Weiyi Xu, Rui Sun, Bo Han, Yinkang Zhou   +9 more
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The Self-Sufficient Text

Diacritics, 1973
ed from the roots of Science. (Night IX, 11) But when Blake does this, either he makes it quite explicit, or, if the equation of Man and insect is not stated. Michael Riffaterre is Professor of French and Romance Philology at Columbia. Much of his pioneering contributions to the field of stylistics is contained in the recent Essais de stylistique ...
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