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Showing 1 to 20 of 41 for “"Food Energy"”.
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Valuation tool for food-energy-water portfolio outcomes
… the ever-growing literature on valuation of Food-Energy-Water System (FEWS) portfolio elements, there remains no resource that consolidates methods for valuing multiple FEWS elements in one space. This study addresses this need by developing a valuation module that uses established methods …
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Building a Knowledge Graph for Food, Energy, and Water Systems
… an approach to build a knowledge graph for the Food, Energy, and Water (FEW) systems given the vast amount of data that is available from federal agencies like the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the U.S. Geological …
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Mapping the phosphorus recovery benefits from centralized infrastructure in the food-energy-water nexus
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2024-09-16 without embargo terms
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Exposure of urban food-energy-water (FEW) supply chains to water scarcity in China
Meeting the basic needs of urban residents for food, energy, and water (FEW) resources is a national security concern for China. FEW systems are tightly interconnected, with food and energy production heavily reliant on water resources. Urban areas face local water scarcity challenges in their …
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Quantifying The Linkages Between US' Water Resources And Its Production Of Food, Energy, And Water
… an increasing body of research focusing on the Food-Energy-Water (FEW) nexus. There is a mismatch between the spatial resolution of data availability and the resolution that water resources follow. Lack of quality sub-county water data also makes the research of micro-level food-water dynamics …
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Consumers’ accuracy in estimating energy content of common foods in New Zealand (EIT Food Energy Survey)
… Obesity is the result of taking in more food energy than needed, and given the risks that arise from obesity, it is important to understand and investigate the multiple factors that contribute to obesity, such as how do people know how much they have eaten. Thus, the purpose of this study …
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Multi-criteria decision making using reinforcement learning and its application to food, energy, and water systems (FEWS) problem
… the model provides an optimal solution to the food, energy, and water systems (FEWS) problem.
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The resource demands and water stress of cities: A study of the U.S. urban food-energy-water nexus
… growth increase demands for commodities such as food, energy, and water in cities. Energy and food production depend on water resources, and piped treated water and wastewater systems depend on energy resources, representing aspects of the food-energy-water nexus. Because water resources are used …
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The food-energy-water-land-biodiversity (FEWLB) nexus through the lens of the local level : an agricultural case study
… focuses on the local level implementation of the food, energy, water, land and biodiversity (FEWLB) nexus framework, and assesses farmers' understanding and implementation of nexus thinking in relation to the support of the Bergrivier Municipality. Agriculturalists (farmers) have been described as …
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Sustainable Management of Water Resources and Hydropower Projects in the Context of the Food-Energy-Water Nexus in the Mekong River Basin
… The construction of the dams for the supply of energy has a wide-ranging effect on the downstream regions of reservoirs, causing unprecedented and devastating damage to the environment and livelihood of people. The dissertation examines the optimal operation of the dams for the equitable …
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Striking a balance between water for food, energy, and the environment: a quantitative framework to guide sustainable water management for a changing future
Humans and hydrology are strongly interconnected. Growing populations and improving technologies have led to a rising demand for fresh water, increasing the difficulty of finding a sustainable balance between competing water needs in a changing world. A major challenge to achieving this balance is …
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Factors affecting energy expenditure and the efficiency of fuel utilization : feeding and exercise models
… human responses to short-term perturbations in energy balance brought about through food energy restriction and refeeding, exercise training and the cessation of exercise training or surgical lipectomy. The second aim of this dissertation was to identify factors which might explain differences …
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Energy Requirements and Expenditure, Economics, and Health
… `state-of affairs' regarding the measurement of energy requirements, energy expenditure, and their relationship with health, and second, to perform economic analyses of an existing health intervention. Multiple manuscripts were created to address these interdisciplinary and challenging topics. …
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Convenience food use by the elderly population
Of the fifty foods used by the greatest number of elderly households in the USDA 1977 - 78 Nationwide Food Consumption Survey, 62 percent were nonconvenience foods. The percentages of nonconvenience and of basic, complex and manufactured convenience food classes reported most frequently by elderly …
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An Exploratory Analysis of the Scottish Diet 2001-2009 Using Household Purchase Data
Robust, longitudinal measures of national food and nutrient intake are key for informing and monitoring public health policy on diet related health. In order to estimate food and drink consumption and assess diet quality in Scotland, household food purchase data, from 2001 to 2009, were analysed. …
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VALORIZATION OF POLYHYDROXYLATED AND HALOGENATED COMPOUNDS THROUGH ELECTROCHEMICAL OXIDATION-REDUCTION REACTIONS
… growing population and consequent production of food, energy and materials is increasing the pressure on non-renewable fossil resources, with a consequent climate awareness. As a consequence, renewable energy-based processes are experiencing an acceleration. A significant number of …
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Development and Evaluation of System Dynamics Education Modules for Complex Socioenvironmental Systems
Complex socioenvironmental problems such as food, energy and water shortages, health impacts from environmental contamination and global climate change present significant challenges to the global community. Addressing these problems will require an interdisciplinary systems-thinking approach that …
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GROUNDWATER WITHDRAWAL ESTIMATION USING INTEGRATED REMOTE SENSING PRODUCTS AND MACHINE LEARNING
<p>"The rising demands for water, food, and energy primarily driven by the increasing global population constitute a pressing issue worldwide. Therefore, the water-food-energy nexus plays a substantial role in developing globally applicable sustainable solutions. Recent technological advancements, …
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Intervention model for sustainable food security in the drylands of Kenya : case study of Makueni district
A chronic problem of household food insecurity in Kenya is concentrated in the rural drylands constituting two-thirds of the country’s land mass. Drought is cited as the main culprit, aggravated by inappropriate policy, such as the Structural Adjustment Programmes (SAPs) of the 1990s, said to have …
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The development and evaluation of a novel online tool for assessing dietary intake and physical activity levels for use in adult populations
… mean values. Outcome variables were percentage food energy from fat (%fat), number of fruit and vegetable portions (FV), and minutes of moderate to vigorous activity (MVPA). Single measure intra-class correlations (ICC) ranged from 0.62 to 0.72 and average measure ICC range from 0.76 to 0.84. …
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