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Showing 1 to 20 of 255 for “"Global population"”.
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Aeroponic System Optimization for Butterhead Lettuce Growth and Future Sustainability Using Flow Blurring Atomization
<p>The global population has grown by 6 billion people over the last century and is trending toward 9.7 billion people by the year 2050. Agriculture accounts for 70% of global fresh water usage. Technology must be developed to accommodate the increase of food production demanded by the growing …
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Riverine flood risk reduction in the Western Cape: a case study of the Baths River
Globally, floods are viewed as the most destructive of all naturally triggered disasters. This is indicated by reported flood losses that exceed one third of the estimated total cost associated with all disaster events triggered by natural hazards. Additionally, flood events account for two thirds …
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Evapotranspiration in Mid-South Rice Production
… much needed sustenance to a large portion of the global population, particularly in the developing world. With stress placed on food production systems under the reality of climate change and an increasing global population, rice production systems require solutions to a number of issues, …
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Common Pool Goods and New Technology Adoption: How Canada Can Implement New Vaccinology Strategies Related to Johne’s Disease
With a growing population, there are risks to food security that would negatively affect a great proportion of the global population. Dairy is a particularly valuable dietary resource that feeds a large proportion of the global population. One key potential constraint on growth of milk production …
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Sustainable Value Creation Through Mass Timber Development in North America
… real estate is at a crossroads; continued global population growth will necessitate significant additions to the current building stock, and new commercial space, if delivered using traditional construction methods and materials, will further increase the embodied carbon emissions of the …
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Patient-centric barriers to clinical trial participation in developing countries: A retrospective analysis
… findings to a significant portion of the global population. This study addresses this gap by conducting a retrospective analysis of published literature to identify patient-centric barriers to clinical trial participation in developing countries. A comprehensive search of PubMed, Web of …
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We Call It Pulling a Thread: Deconstructing Femininity at the Molly Brown House Museum
<p>Despite making up around half of the global population, women are consistently underrepresented in museums. Where women's experiences are present in exhibitions and programming, they are often misrepresented within an entrenched heteronormative and patriarchal framework. Through this thesis, I …
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Dissolving differences: Law and water's role in legitimizing global hierarchies
… constant for at least 2000 years while the global population has increased 33 fold during this same period. Rainfall remains the only form of renewable water resource and recycles around 45000 km3 of water per year, yet the world's population rises by around 85 million people per annum. …
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Water desalination and purification using renewable energy technologies
… around the globe. More than 10% of the global population consumes food grown using waste water on a daily basis. Desalination facilities are in operation around the globe but are extremely large consumers of energy. There are several options available today which can reduce this energy …
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Fully Coupled Fluid Structure Interaction Simulation of Bioprosthetic Heart Valves: A Numerical and Experimental Analysis
… stenosis impacts approximately 7% of the global population. In the past decade, the role of computational modeling has been becoming considerably important in the design of BHVs. To obtain reliable solutions in computational modeling, it is essential to consider accurate properties of …
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Yoga, Flow and Art Therapy: An Investigation Into Yoga's Effects on the Creative Process
… commonly referred to as flow. In a time of global population expansion, economic uncertainty and political chaos, the challenges we currently face are without precedent. Creativity is implicated in workplace success, healthy psychological functioning, and the maintenance of healthy …
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Designing for health and well-being: Implementing Human Centered Design principles into an existing workplace precinct through adaptive re-use practices
… healthier buildings. With more than half of the global population now residing in urban areas and sedentary lifestyles becoming prevalent, there has been a global surge in chronic diseases and mental well-being decline as a result of lack of movement and stimulus to nature. Through understanding …
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Designing for health and well-being: Implementing Human Centered Design principles into an existing workplace precinct through adaptive re-use practices
… healthier buildings. With more than half of the global population now residing in urban areas and sedentary lifestyles becoming prevalent, there has been a global surge in chronic diseases and mental well-being decline as a result of lack of movement and stimulus to nature. Through understanding …
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The "greening" of the concrete industry : factors contributing to sustainable concrete
… brought to light the environmental concerns of global warming, pollution, limited landfill space, and depleting natural resources. These concerns, compounded by the growing global population, have peaked interests in sustainability. In order to accommodate the world's people, industrialization …
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Účinek agonistů nukleárních receptorů (FXR, CAR, aj.) na játra a hepatocyty za různých stavů
… (MASLD) affects a substantial proportion of the global population, while currently available pharmacological treatment options remainlimited.Mitochondrialdysfunctionrepresentsone of the key pathophysiological mechanisms involved in the development and progression of this disease. The farnesoid X …
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Using microarrays to elucidate the genetic basis of wood density in sitka spruce and poplar
As the global population continues to increase, so will the demand for timber (and<br/>other raw materials) for building, construction, and also for the pulping industry.<br/>The high demand for wood and the increasing human population mean that<br/>natural forests are being lost and degraded. A …
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Bringing Urban Agriculture to the University of Cincinnati
… aspects of daily human life. With the global population growing at an exponential rate and the distribution of that population rapidly shifting to urban centers these basic needs are becoming more pressing. The paradigm of rural, monoculture agriculture has developed many systemic …
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Statistical Shape Modeling to Quantify Variation in the Proximal Humeral Anatomy
… be considered when designing implants for a global population or subpopulation.</p>
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Accretion processes in cataclysmic variable stars: insights from optical transient surveys
… to explore individual objects, as well as the global population of polars, with a focus on the Catalina Real-time Transient Survey (CRTS). Follow-up observations were carried out with the 1-m and 1.9-m telescopes and the 10-m Southern African Large Telescope (SALT) at the South African …
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Interferon-γ aptamers for the diagnosis of extra-pulmonary tuberculosis
Tuberculosis (TB) is a major global health problem. About 15-20% of the global population who are HIV negative have extra-pulmonary TB (EPTB) such as pleural TB. This increases to 50-70% in HIV positive people. The diagnosis of EPTB is challenging because of the low bacillary burden. Interferon …
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