Poultry industry is playing the biggest role in the industries of the developing countries with respect to the capital generated by this industry as well as the fulfillment of the nutritional requirements. The improvement in the production potential of the existing layer population is more imperative as compared to the size of the flock. In this aspect induced moulting is a valuable as well as ...

In the context of these financing difficulties it does not seem too likely that larger-thanneeded commercially available units will be purchased and operated at low capacity as an alternative to small units. This approach can be economical over the long term and is an immediate way to purchase a commercially available reactor. It does not seem likely, however, since it would exacerbate the prob...

Solar energy plays an important role in the global energy framework for future. Comparing with conventional generation systems using fossil fuels, the cost structure of photovoltaic (PV) systems is different: the capital cost is higher while the operation cost is negligible. Reliabilities of the PV system can also influence the cost for producing electricity. Investors, planners and regulators ...

For significant impact any method to remove CO2 from the atmosphere must process large amounts of carbon efficiently, be repeatable, sequester carbon for thousands of years, be practical, economical and be implemented soon. The only method that meets these criteria is removal of crop residues and burial in the deep ocean. We show here that this method is 92% efficient in sequestration of crop r...

Previous work was done to create a baseline capital cost model for the SFR in which case studies were performed to identify ways to decrease the capital costs while maintaining safety and performance. This thesis expands on the capital cost model to include uncertainty analysis, as well as performing qualitative cost evaluations for the fuel cycle and O&M costs. An uncertainty model was develop...

We study the topological structure of the network of shareholding relationships in the Italian stock market (MIB) and in two US stock markets (NYSE and NASDAQ). The portfolio diversi1cation and the wealth invested on the market by economical agents have been shown in our previous work to have all a power law behavior. However, a further investigation shows that the inner structure of the capita...

Planning for the optimal use of productive resources in agricultural systems leads to the conservation in addition to the promotion of farmers’ socio-economical conditions. Being certain or precise in any decision making in agricultural planning is impossible. Fuzzy mathematical programming techniques, developed in recent decades, are the most appropriate and applicable approaches to include th...

A major challenge to economically produce ethanol from lignocellulosic biomass is to achieve industrially relevant ethanol titers (>50 g L) to control operating and capital costs for downstream ethanol operations while maintaining high ethanol yields. However, due to reduced fermentation effectiveness at high biomass solids loadings, excessive amounts of enzymes are typically required to obtain...

Corrosion of offshore oil and gas pipelines is an important problem that can generate catastrophic failures if not adequately managed. The issues are more important and critical for deepwater pipelines due to complexity of the designs and also due to difficulty in inspection, monitoring, and repair. Pipelines exposed to these severely corrosive environments require the use of corrosion resistan...

The concept of advanced maintenance management technique in the field of heavy duty mining machinery/equipment has recently been developed in India. This maintenance concept has the significance of creating a support system for mining equipment functioning. Functional maintenance is one of the most frequently used methods in maintenance management for mining industries. Management of a custom b...