Essays about: "21st"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 566 essays containing the word 21st.

  1. 16. Evaluation of the Effect of Quinoa-containing bread varieties on acute blood glucose and insulin responses

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Livsmedelsteknik och nutrition (master)

    Author : Cecilia Nilsson; [2023]
    Keywords : applied nutrition and food chemistry; quinoa; bread; postprandial blood glucose; insulin; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : Three quinoa-containing breads made from three different varieties of quinoa were presented as test products to be compared with a control of regular white wheat bread. The study was a randomised controlled single-blind, crossover in which blood glucose, insulin and subjective appetite sensations “Hunger”, “Satiety” and “Desire to eat” were measured in regular intervals during a three hours period after food consumption. READ MORE

  3. 17. Pa Per Waste : An innovation journey about disposable consumers products

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för design (DE)

    Author : Xinchi Dai; [2023]
    Keywords : Sustainability; Disposable products; End-plastic-pollution; Product lifecycle; Service design; Subscription;

    Abstract : This report is about an innovative project on the sustainable design of disposable products triggered by critical thinking related to the environmental protection and use of paper-based disposable products.   The project is set against the backdrop of the UN End-plastic-pollution initiative, in the 21st century when plastic waste is proliferating and microplastics spread across the planet's ecosystems are already causing a serious environmental crisis. READ MORE

  4. 18. Framing Russia in the National Security Strategy of the United States of America

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutet för Rysslands- och Eurasienstudier; Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informatik och media

    Author : Elvira Sitkevica; [2023]
    Keywords : USA; Russian Federation; National Security Strategy; international politics; international relationships; framing analysis; qualitative study; social constructivism;

    Abstract : Historically, the USA and Russian Federation have been two world powers that used to compete for a dominant power position in the bipolar world and spread influence on less developed countries. Relationships between the USA and Russia have mostly been complex and tense,with several escalation periods during the Cold War. READ MORE

  5. 19. Extraction and optimization for modeling ofdesalination by capacitive deionization

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för teknikvetenskap (SCI)

    Author : Max Rehman Linder; Zeshen Bao; [2023]
    Keywords : Desalination; Capacitive Deionization; ELC model; Adsorption; Simulation;

    Abstract : Water scarcity is set to become a big challenge in the 21st century and more efficient desalinationtechnologies will be needed in the future. In this project, one desalination method called capacitivedeionization (CDI) is explored and we used a model called the ELC model to simulate CDI withComsol. READ MORE

  6. 20. From wheat to lawns : urban expansion to agricultural lands in Finland from 2000 to 2018 and its implications to food security

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Antti Olof Ilari Säkkinen; [2023]
    Keywords : agriculture; food security; GIS; Sustainable Development; urban expansion;

    Abstract : This thesis evaluates the extent of urban expansion on agricultural lands in Finland, its effects on the national agricultural output and the implications to national food security and sheds some light to the reasons of why agricultural land is converted to urban land in Finland. This complex issue was approached through mixed research methods. READ MORE