Every person, plant, or animal needs to take in energy to live and grow. This process is going on around all the time. For example, grass grows on a prairie. It is a producer and makes its food from the sun. The grass is consumed by the rabbit, which is a consumer and needs to...
Imagine trying to produce something as complex as an automobile—or even something much simpler like the piece of glass used in its rear view mirror—without a step-by-step process in place. Using the piece of glass as an example the following questions need to be addressed for the ...
An example of a qualitative case study is Corvey's (2003) study based on Wenger's (1998) theory of communities of practice. His theory posits that learning is a social activity in which we collectively make meaning as we mutually engage in some activity. Further, that learning not only ...
From May 20 to 21, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) held the 17th National Science Week, themed “building a strong nation with science and fulfilling dreams with innovations.” During Science Week, key laboratories, observatories, large scientific infrastructures and installations were visited by ...
What Makes a Producer? Producers are by definitionautotrophs,which means they are self-feeding. This group of organisms uses solar energy (photosynthesis) – or more rarely inorganic chemical reactions (chemosynthesis) – to create food in the form of energy-rich molecules such as carbohydrates. ...
With sustainable bioenergy in the European energy mix, intermediate bioenergy carriers (IBC) become of growing importance, as they can ensure a more efficient utilisation of biomass feedstocks from agricultural and forest residues. A high potential for market uptake is foreseen for fast pyrolysis bio-...
See Figure 1 for a simple example of a .NET Framework app using an enterprise distributed cache. Figure 1 A .NET App Using an Enterprise Distributed Cache XML Copy using System; ... using Alachisoft.NCache.Web.Caching; namespace Client { class Progr...
In recent decades there has been a global rise in consumption of ultra-processed foods (UPFs) to the detriment of population health and the environment. Large corporations that have focused heavily on low-cost manufacturing and extensive marketing of UPFs to maximise profits have driven this dietary...
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And for this critical tradition, the notion of natural resources is problematic. The distinctions and differentiations enabled by the category ‘resources’ – between productive, valued assets, and unproductive ‘wastes,’ for example – play a key role in the organization of contemporary society ...