as one of the most important products of iran, pistachio has a significant share in non-oil revenues. its annual foreign exchange earnings are over 800 million dollars. however, production of this nut in the country’s major production centers is faced with many problems regarding the efficiency and productivity of the inputs. this study was performed by using two-stage cluster sampling method. ...

A ‘Just Transition’ seeks to protect the rights of workforce throughout transition away from high carbon industries and towards sustainable economic sectors. This includes reskilling where appropriate a fair distribution benefits, alongside recognition participation affected communities. Drawing on systematic literature review case study delineated by 38 English Local Enterprise Partnerships we...

Decarbonizing the building sector is extremely important to mitigating climate change as contributes 40% of overall energy consumption and 36% total greenhouse gas emissions in world. Net-zero buildings are one promising decarbonization attempts due their potential decreasing use increasing share renewable energy. To achieve a net-zero building, it necessary decrease demand by applying efficien...

This review outlines the energy sources available to the horse, from its diet and from its body stores, at rest and while exercising. It looks at the current ways of describing the energy potential of diets fed to horses and discusses the relative advantages and disadvantages of the digestible energy and net energy systems. The more empirical net energy system for calculating the energy availab...