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Straw Bale Construction: Assessing and Minimizing Embodied Energy
… natural materials, with particular emphasis on straw bale construction, by undertaking an embodied energy analysis. Firstly, the existing published sources were studied to obtain the embodied energy values of various construction materials relevant to conventional residential and straw bale …
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Improving Brassica napus straw for cellulosic ethanol production
… to saccharification efficiency of Brassica napus straw were investigated using steam explosion. Screening methods were developed to gather suitable data for association mapping. Areas of the B. napus transcriptome related to processing traits were highlighted and assessed. The results show that …
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Ecological Studies on the Microbial Upgrading of Straw
… method of increasing the digestibility of waste straw using a selected microorganism. The experiments which are the subject of the thesis were carried out to investigate the ecology of the environmental niche thus created and to examine the possibilities of controlling this environment to allow a …
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The villa : an architectural study in straw building
Design and develop an environmentally sound home for a single family. Explore the concept that making a that making a home "green" or "sustainable" need not overwhelm the aesthetic, spatial or conceptual components of a house.
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Development of bio-composite filaments for drinking straw application
… of comfort have led to an increased reliance on straws for consuming beverages. This trend has contributed to the growing environmental concern related to plastic waste. Plastic straws and stirrers accounted for ~7% of the debris found in the ocean, with most being non-recyclable. This …
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Rice straw fiber polymer composites: thermal and mechanical performance
Rice straw fiber can be considered as important potential reinforcing filler for thermoplastic composite because of its lignocellulosic characteristics. It is thus of practical significance to understand and predict the thermal decomposition process of rice straw fibers. A method proposed by Málek, …
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Balanced at the Last Straw: Reflections on Sandwich Generation
… <p>My dissertation, Life at the Last Straw, is a multimedia hybrid collection of poems and essays in two parts: written poetry collection and recorded poetry album. The album includes an accompanying reading list. This project is about coping with caretaking, neuro-divergence, deep, …
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Study on the Utilization of Wheat Straw by Sheep
Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-13T19:42:42Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 7709185.pdf: 7085216 bytes, checksum: 53fb0c0218ab356bca4e6e720b1e2b55 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1976
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Seismic load-resisting capacity of plastered straw bale walls
Straw bales have been incorporated into buildings for centuries, but only recently have they been explored in academic settings for their structural potential. Straw bale building is encountering a growing audience due to its social and economic benefits. Plastered and reinforced straw bale wall …
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Utilization of wheat straw in rations for lactating dairy cows.
… study the effect of substituting chopped wheat straw for alfalfa in diets for lactating dairy cows. The results of these trials have shown that in complete mixed diets or diets containing long alfalfa hay, replacement of half of the alfalfa in rations containing 45% roughage for lactating dairy …
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Development of straw insulation board : fabrication methods, structure, thermal performance
… .036 W/m-K. The initial effort is to produce a straw insulation board suitable for northern Pakistan, where we are studying the needs and construction of schools and houses. Some type of rigid insulation is needed, as opposed to loose fill, because the buildings have solid masonry walls without …
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Time-Temperature Curing Relationship of an Adhesive Binder with Rice Straw
Rice straw is a global and proliferate agricultural waste whose production grossly outstrips viable uses. Current disposal methods are not sustainable, and more convenient methods – such as incineration – exude poor environmental stewardship. Although the direct use of straw bales in building …
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Ammonia and urea treatment of wheat straw for feeding to ruminants
… jackbean meal on the nutritive value of wheat straw was investigated. The moisture content of the straw was raised to 40% by addition of water. Crude protein and in vitro dry matter digestibility were highest for the bottom layers, which had the highest moisture. The mean temperature during the …
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Quantifying and evaluating the risk posed to straw bale constructions from moisture
… an adverse effect on health and structure. Using straw, an organic material, as the construction medium, introduces concerns about biodegradability and spore germination, highlighting the uncertainties surround the level at which straw is susceptible to decay. A physical model is presented in this …
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Catalytic Production of Furfural by the Subcritical Hydrothermal Gasification of Flax Straw
… when used in producing fuels and chemicals. Flax straw is an example of biomass that accumulates in Canada in high amounts. It is difficult to dispose of because it does not decompose easily as a result of its tough fibrous nature. However, it can be used through a hydrothermal gasification …
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The Moisture performance of Straw Bale Construction in a Temperate Maritime Climate
… investigation into the moisture performance of straw bales used in the construction of buildings. The principle of taking bales of straw off the field and stacking them up on themselves to form the walls of a simple building is a practise that started over a hundred years ago. The modern form of …
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Influence of lignin in barley straw on agronomic traits and biofuel applications
… methodology for the assessment of straw lignin content and composition across a large population of elite varieties in the economically important cereal crop, barley. Saccharification yield was also measured across the same population along with a number of other agronomically …
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