D. A. Andow* and Claudia Zwahlen Department of Entomology, University of Minnesota, 219 Hodson Hall, St Paul, MN 55108, USA *Correspondence: E-mail: [email protected] Abstract By the end of the 1980s, a broad consensus had developed that there were potential environmental risks of transgenic plants requiring assessment and that this assessment must be done on a case-by-case basis, taking into acco...

• Quantitatively studied K-Capture by kaolin/coal fly ash at dust-firing conditions. K-capture reaction biomass combustion and K-salt feeding conditions was compared. Deposit probe inserted into reactor lively monitored deposit formation. Deposition propensity quantitatively with without additive addition. The deposition behavior when firing different (pulverized wheat straw, wood, bark, leaves...

SUMMARY The success of any project can be affected by requirements changes. Requirements elicitation is a series of activities of adding, deleting, and modifying requirements. We refer to the completion of requirements elicitation of a software component as requirements matura-tion. When the requirements of each component have reached the 100% maturation point, no requirement will come to the c...

The opening of new markets or trade routes has resulted in the deliberate or accidental introduction of new species, while the growth in the volume of trade has increased the frequency of species introductions. We model the connection between landscape heterogeneity, resource extraction, the level of biodiversity, and the level of trade. We show that the invasion risks of trade reduce the socia...

The theoretical expectations before and after this conference are contrasted. The unique theoretical opportunities for deciphering what sort of wind flows from pulsars in this system are outlined. We suggest that this system may provide evidence for fan beams, which should be clearer after a few years of spin-precession. There is also a reasonable expectation of a partially linearly polarized x...

The development of complex software and hardware systems has increased in recent years. One reason is the continuous development in information and communication technologies sectors that enable a smooth and seamless connection of single components or systems. Another reason is the changed way of life, e.g. urbanization leads to new challenges in city planning to deal with large crowds, highene...

Improving material efficiency is widely accepted as one of the key challenges facing manufacturers in the future. Increasing material consumption is having detrimental impacts on the environment as a result of their extraction, processing and disposal. It is clear that radical improvements in material efficiency are required to avoid further environmental damage and sustain the manufacturing se...

It is well known that the strongest and most frequent bora over the Croatian coast of the Adriatic Sea is found in the region of Senj (Figure 1) (e.g., Yoshino, 1976; Makjani}, 1978; Vu~eti}, 1991; Orli} et al., 1994; Penzar et al., 2001; Grubi{i}, 2004:, Dorman et al., 2006). According to field measurements (Yoshino, 1976), the strongest winds appear in the mountainous areas northeast of Senj,...

The relationship between free trade and the environment is one of the main issues of contention between environmental and ecological economics. Environmental economics assumes a positive relationship between free trade, economic growth and environmental policies. Environmental externalities may cause important damage. However, trade is not to be blamed for this. Instead, the fault lies with pol...