OPTIMIZATION OF PRE-PRODUCTION AND PRODUCTION OPERATIONS IN THE FORESTRY INDUSTRY USING RFID TECHNOLOGY [PDF]
Acta Tecnología, 2016 The main objective of this paper is to improve logistics and design to improve the register timber in stock and timber in the sale itself to optimalization of pre-production and production operations in the forestry industry.
Zuzana Šoltysová, Lukáš Skarupa
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Markets, government policy, and China's timber supply
Silva Fennica, 2012 China's domestic demand and exports of wood products are rising rapidly compared to domestic supply. The determinants of timber supply in China were investigated with panel data from 25 provinces from 1999 to 2009. The results indicated that Chinaâs
Zhang, Han, Buongiorno, Joseph
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Simulation of How Jack Pine Budworm (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) Affects Economic Returns From Jack Pine Timber Production in Michigan [PDF]
, 2017 The impact of jack pine budworm on economic returns from jack pine timber production in Lower Michigan and management actions that might be taken to reduce this impact were evaluated with a simulation model.
Mosher, Daniel G +3 more
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Markets Mitigate Land‐Use Competition From Energy Crops and Increase Farm Revenues
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Meeting the US Sustainable Aviation Fuel Grand Challenge target of 35 billion gal annually by 2050 will require an estimated 380 million–700 million dry tons of agricultural biomass feedstock. This study evaluates the implications of large‐scale biomass production for land use, crop production, and market outcomes under mature market ...
Daniel G. De La Torre Ugarte +2 more
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A model for analyzing influence of timber production on lichens for reindeer grazing
Rangifer, 1987 A model for long-term analysis of the influence of timber production on lichens for reindeer grazing (Cladina, Alectoria, Bryoria spp and others) in Sweden is presented.
Olof Eriksson +2 more
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Carbon versus Timber Economy in Mediterranean Forests
Atmosphere, 2021 Forests produce goods and services, but the forest economy is based on goods, with market price, more than on services. Under Mediterranean climate conditions forests have low timber production, being frequently financially loss-making, despite the ...
Álvaro Enríquez-de-Salamanca
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Smart Bioinspired Material‐Based Actuators: Current Challenges and Prospects
Advanced Intelligent Systems, Volume 7, Issue 3, March 2025.This work gathers, in a review style, an extensive and comprehensive literature overview on the development of autonomous actuators based on synthetic materials, bringing together valuable knowledge from several studies. Furthermore, the article identifies the fundamental principles of actuation mechanisms and defines key parameters to address the size
Alejandro Palacios +4 more
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The main challenges of sustainable forest management in the Amazon: why sustainable forest management in the Amazon should be reinforced? [PDF]
, 2019 Since the last 50 years, tropical natural forests have been intensively logged in the tropics to supply the increasing demand of tropical timber. Unplanned logging operations caused forest degradation leading to their conversion due to the loss of their ...
De Oliveira, Marcus Vinicius +10 more
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Enabling Metal‐Based Soft Robotics Through Investment Casting
Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.Vacuum investment casting enables manufacturing of compliant soft robotic structures out of AA7075 high‐strength aluminum alloy. Additively manufactured patterns are converted into metal soft robotic structures addressing long lasting challenges like durability and nonlinearity of elastomer‐based soft robotics.
Felix Pancheri, Tim C. Lueth, Yilun Sun
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Fallows, agroforests and forests: should tropical silviculture go beyond the forest margin? [PDF]
, 2011 Over the recent years, studies on small scale, chainsaw logging in a number of countries of West and Central Africa have documented the gap between timber production as recorded in official statistics vs. actual national production.
Cerutti, Paolo Omar +3 more
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