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New York State's Recycling Agricultural Plastics Project (RAPP): Hurdles and High Points
No full textThe Northeast United States supports a vibrant and diversified agriculture that generates lots of different types of plastic waste.
This presentation focuses on logistical decision points in developing a sustainable recycling infrastructure and viable recycling markets suited for agriculture and non-organic agricultural wastes.
The Recycling Agricultural Plastics Project (RAPP) is a Cornell University initiative working in collaboration with agricultural producers, and with organizations, agencies and businesses that support agriculture, environmental protection, regional economic development and recycling
IMAGE Love Your Body Day Speaker Emily Rapp discusses "Disabilities and Body Image"
No full textIncludes descriptive metadata provided by producer in MP3 file: "Politics, Economics and Social Issues - Podcasts - IMAGE Love Your Body Day Speaker Emily Rapp discusses 'Disabilities and Body Image'." Rapp, the author of the book Poster Child, speaks on Oct. 15, 2008, drawing partially on her experiences living with a prosthetic leg and with anorexia nervosa. She reads a passage from her book. The event was sponsored by the activist organization IMAGE and was a celebration of Love Your Body Day. Part of the address at the beginning is missing
Emily Rapp Black, 41st Annual ODU Literary Festival
No full textEmily Rapp Black is the author of Poster Child: A Memoir, and The Still Point of the Turning World, which was a New York Times bestseller. Her next book, Sanctuary, is forthcoming from Random House in 2019. She was recently awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship and is associate professor of creative writing at the University of California-Riverside
Chicago or/oder Berlin: Grootstedelijk ensemble van Kollhoff en Rapp + Rapp in Den Haag
No full textMet de drie imposante torens van de Duitsers Prof. Hans Kollhoff Architekten en Rapp + Rapp architecten in het Wijnhavenkwartier lijkt het hoogtepunt van de 'compacte stad' en 'Den Haag Nieuw Centrum' voltooid. Eindelijk heeft Den Haag het stadsbeeld van een metropool, maar tegen welke prijs?UrbanismArchitecture and The Built Environmen
RAPP: A Robotic-Oriented Ecosystem for Delivering Smart User Empowering Applications for Older People
No full textInternational audienceIt is a general truth that increase of age is associated with a level of mental and physical decline but unfortunately the former are often accompanied by social exclusion leading to marginalization and eventually further acceleration of the aging process. A new approach in alleviating the social exclusion of older people involves the use of assistive robots. As robots rapidly invade everyday life, the need of new software paradigms in order to address the user's unique needs becomes critical. In this paper we present a novel architectural design, the RAPP [a software platform to deliver smart, user empowering robotic applications (RApps)] framework that attempts to address this issue. The proposed framework has been designed in a cloud-based approach, integrating robotic devices and their respective applications. We aim to facilitate seamless development of RApps compatible with a wide range of supported robots and available to the public through a unified online store
Studi Gregoriani per la storia della « libertas Ecclesiae », t. IX, Rome, Pontificio Ateneo Salesiano, 1972
No full textRapp Francis. Studi Gregoriani per la storia della « libertas Ecclesiae », t. IX, Rome, Pontificio Ateneo Salesiano, 1972. In: Revue d'histoire et de philosophie religieuses, 57e année n°2,1977. Non-Conformistes du 16e siècle. p. 244
Expérimentations géomorphologiques sur versants : O. Slaymaker, T. Dunne, A. Rapp (eds.), Geomorphic Experiments on Hillslopes
No full textFaugères Lucien. Expérimentations géomorphologiques sur versants : O. Slaymaker, T. Dunne, A. Rapp (eds.), Geomorphic Experiments on Hillslopes. In: Annales de Géographie, t. 94, n°526, 1985. pp. 734-736
La edición de obras electroacústicas del compositor Jorge Rapp
No full textResumen: Luego de una breve referencia a la vida y obra de Jorge Rapp, la autora se enfoca en la edición de dos CDs conteniendo obras electroacústicas de dicho compositor.Abstract: After a brief reference to the life and work of Jorge Rapp, the author focuses on the two CD edition containing electroacustic works of the composer
Furcodontichthys Rapp Py-Daniel 1981
No full textFurcodontichthys Rapp Py-Daniel, 1981. Type species: Furcodontichthys novaesi Rapp Py-Daniel, 1981. Holotype: INPA T.79-014, Brazil, State of Amazonas, Rio Solimões, Tefé Lake at Caititu. Gender: masculine. This monotypic genus is known from the middle Amazon at Lake Tefé and from the upper Jurua River drainage in the Solimões River basin. Furcodontichthys inhabits sandy substrates. Evers & Seidel (2005) captured Furcodontichthys novaesi at night, on a sand bank, in black waters of the Rio Tefé. As with representatives of the Loricariichthys group, males of Furcodontichthys show a hypertrophied development of the lips suggesting that this genus is a lip brooder. The presence of conspicuous fringed barbels at the lip corners is unique among the Loricariinae. These barbels have branching patterns comparable to those of the Pseudohemiodon group.Published as part of Raphael Covain & Sonia Fisch-Muller, 2007, The genera of the Neotropical armored catfish subfamily Loricariinae (Siluriformes: Loricariidae): a practical key and synopsis., pp. 1-40 in Zootaxa 1462 on page 2
Monitoring of a Cold Roof Thatched with Reed (Phragmites australis) Using Wooden Substitute Sensors for Moisture Content Measurements
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Reed (Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.) is a traditional building material in many parts of the world and provides service lives of more than 50 years when used for thatching. However, during the last decades a significant number of thatched roofs showed premature failure due to decay. Potential reasons for this are manifold but not clearly identified, yet. This monitoring project aimed therefore on investigating the moisture and temperature conditions within a thatched roof structure showing severe degradation after only seven years in service to obtain more information about the decay risk of reed and its potential causes. Highest moisture loads were found on the outermost layers of the North-faced roof, which also showed superficial growth of algae, lichens, and mosses. However, it stayed unclear if increased moisture content (MC) was the reason for or the consequence of decay. An increased MC was also found where the roof pitch turned from steep to flat. The use of so-called substitute sensors made from preservative treated wood turned out as a useful method to determine equilibrium moisture contents as well as time of wetness in reed structures and might be applied also for further field testing and monitoring with reed, straw, or other organic fibrous materials.</jats:p
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