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Showing 1 to 20 of 26 for “"Sugar Production"”.
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Climatic Adaptation and Economic Possibilities of Sugar Production in Iran
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The decline of sugar production and the rise of cocoa production in Grenada 1870-1917: the changing fortunes of a cocoa peasantry
… the agricultural transformation from large-scale sugar production to small-scale peasant cultivation of cocoa in the latter half of the nineteenth century. Much of the written history concerning post-emancipation society in the Caribbean has tended to underline the collective impoverishment …
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Impetus, Options and Consequences for Sugar Policy Reform in the United States
Sugar has a long history of being a contentious commodity important in international trade. Initially, the global framework for sugar trade was based on sugarcane, a grass grown in the tropics with trade being dictated largely by the British. In the Napoleonic wars, commercialization of the beet …
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Inventing purity in the Atlantic sugar world, 1860-1930
… capitalism. Chapter 1 shows that the notion that sugar has a single valuable molecular essence sucrose- has been used to explain its history as a commodity. Yet this essentialism is not a natural fact but a product of the political economy of the late nineteenth century itself. From the …
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Ecossistemas da Escravidão: histórias de trabalhadores potiguares (São José de Mipibu, década de 1970)
… within slavery. Furthermore, the history of sugar production in the region and its relations with slavery are discussed. In the second part, we examine a criminal case relating to a revolt against the 1874 conscription law, observing how these rural workers organized themselves around common …
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Investigating Nectar Rhythms in Squash (<em>Cucurbita pepo</em>): Effects on Honey Bee (<em>Apis mellifera</em>) Foraging Behavior.
… of nectar secretion (volume, concentration, sugar production) in male squash flowers as well as to discover what physical component of nectar honey bees use to trigger their time-memory. Squash plants were grown in the greenhouse and in the field under both constant and variable watering …
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Development of Photocatalytic Reactor Technology for the Production of Fermentable Sugars
… petrol. The first step in cellulosic bioethanol production is the release of fermentable sugars via pre-treatment. Conventionally, physico-chemical and biological pre-treatment methods are energy intensive, environmentally unfavourable and expensive. This study, however reports on the use of a …
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Methods Of Analysis For Fermentation Science Products Using Various Analytical Techniques
… fermentation process has been utilized for the production of alcoholic beverages. More recently, however, the production of bioethanol and biodiesel as a fuel source alternative to classical fossil fuels has gained increased popularity. As with any synthetic process, derivations and …
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Understanding the role and impact of introduced honey bees in a submontane indigenous forest ecosystem
… trees used extensively for monofloral honey production in New Zealand. Research focused on three key areas: 1) timing and availability of floral nectar resources; 2) impacts on plants, particularly I. brexioides and W. racemosa; and 3) impacts on invertebrate flower visitor communities. …
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The condition of sustainable development : a realist explanation of the causes of unsustainable development in the sugar industries of Barbados and Australia
… in their application to case studies of cane sugar production in Barbados and Australia. Chapter 4 outlines and justifies the methodology adopted in the research. Chapter 5 provides a general description of cane sugar production and consumption and the global sugar economy. This provides a …
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Electricity production from sugar industries in Africa : a case of South Africa
… at the potential of using bagasse, a waste from sugar production, to produce electricity beyond the sugar factory to the national grid. It shows that bagasse generated electricity can contribute to increasing this access in Africa as a whole by as much as 9.4 TWh, using Condensing Extraction …
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Assessment of the Validity, Reliability, and Sensitivity of Fingerstick δ¹³C as an Added Sugar Biomarker in Adolescents: A Controlled Feeding Study Approach
… in 2011 – 2014. Consumption of added sugars (AS) has been linked with adverse effects on weight and cardiovascular disease risk factors. Approximately 16% of adolescents’ calories come from AS, of which sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) are a major contributor. However, the relationship …
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Nanomaterials from lignocellulosic biomass : tailorable synthesis via surface functionalization and self-assembly mechanisms
… can be utilized in high concentration enzymatic sugar production. The recovered lignin can be converted into morphology-tunable (compact-/hollow-dominant) LNPs due to the variation of [beta]-O-4 preservation and modification determined by diol structure. Thirdly, one-pot DES pretreatment and …
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Social geographies of seasonal labor migration in rural western India
… that have reconfigured rural social relations of production. Second, through a gendered spatiotemporal analysis of seasonal migration of rural laborers, I show how masculinity at the margins of the society is iteratively constructed both in opposition to dominant forms of masculinity, as well as …
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Contributions to crop improvement and sustainable agriculture in tropical and subtropical Australia
… of crop improvement and sustainable agricultural production. These contributions were made during three phases of activity (i) through postgraduate studies at the University of Queensland (M Agr Sc, 1968-1971) and at the University of Minnesota (Ph D, 1971-1973); (ii) as a research scientist with …
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Effects Of De-Polymerization Of Cellulose In Producing Sugar From Cellulosic Biomass At Low-Temperature
… as an efficient alternative energy source. Sugar production is one of the key steps in converting biomass to fuels and chemicals. In order to enhance the accessibility of lignocellulosic biomass to catalytic enzyme, microorganism, and other types of catalysis during bioprocessing, the …
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Techno-economic modelling of cogeneration options for the South African sugar industry
Cogeneration is a core part of the SA sugar industry operations. Most factories in SA already cogenerate, but not to their full potential. Improving cogeneration through better energy utilisation than the usual status-quo can potentially enhance profitability. However, investment in cogeneration in …
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A life cycle assessment of ethanol produced from sugarcane molasses
The environmental performance of production companies is increasingly becoming part of strategies for the competitive marketing of their products, as consumers grow more aware of environmental issues surrounding industry. Similar products can be compared by the tool of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) …
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Feasibility for value addition to sucrose in South Africa through conversion to platform chemicals
The world sugar price is constantly changing in response to supply and demand and is currently very low as compared to the prices it is sold at domestically in South Africa. The drop in the worldwide price of sugar is due to its oversupply as yields of sugar production have increased in recent …
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Characterization of structure and enzymic activity of endo-l, 4-β-D-glucanases purified from Trichoderma viride
… and from this substrate release reducing sugars at rates of 29.1, 28.2 and 9.16 µmole minute⁻¹ mg protein⁻¹, respectively. The specific activities of these endoglucanases are less when crystalline cellulosic substrates are employed. Endoglucanases II, III and IV have, respectively, …
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