Essays about: "Wooden logs"

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  1. 1. Improving sawmill scheduling through Industry 4.0 : a CASE study at VIDA AB

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest Economics

    Author : Petter Dahl; [2021]
    Keywords : digitalization; forest industry; maturity analysis; process improvements; scheduling; wood processing;

    Abstract : Today, we are standing on the brink of the fourth industrial revolution, called Industry 4.0. This new era has developed from combining new technologies into the manufacturing system, such as artificial intelligence, additive printing, and cyber-physical systems. READ MORE

  3. 2. Behavioural responses of wolves (Canis lupus) and dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) to the odour of mammalian blood and to a blood odour component

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för fysik, kemi och biologi

    Author : Shannon Stubbs; [2019]
    Keywords : olfaction; dog; wolf; domestication; blood; blood odour component; enrichment; olfactory behaviour. behavioural responses;

    Abstract : Domestication is accompanied by marked changes in the phenotype of the domesticated form of a species relative to its wild ancestor. The domestic dog and its wild ancestor, the wolf, are a widely used model system to study the effects of domestication on cognition and behaviour. READ MORE

  4. 3. Assessing environmental impacts of a packaging product when transitioning towards Circular Economy

    University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

    Author : Ted Forslund; [2018]
    Keywords : Circular Economy; Life Cycle Assessment; Eco-Design; Pallet; Packaging; Cirkulär Ekonomi; Livscykelanalys; ekodesign; förpackning; pall;

    Abstract : Packaging is a fundamental part of the life cycle of products and today´s life. Its purpose is to protect and maintain the function of the goods during different stages of the life cycle. Hence, the packaging needs to fulfil the functional demands to contribute to a sustainable life cycle of the specific product (Muthu, 2016). READ MORE

  5. 4. Behavioural responses of Amur tigers (Panthera tigris altaica) and African lions (Panthera leo) to conspecific urine and to a component of tiger marking fluid

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Biologi

    Author : Joakim Cederlund; [2018]
    Keywords : Tiger; Lion; Olfaction; Communication; Enrichment; Behaviour;

    Abstract : Olfactory signals are an important means of social communication among felids. However, not much is known about how individual volatiles of body-borne odours influence behavioural responses. 2-acetyl-1pyrroline has recently been identified as a characteristic component of tiger marking fluid, while being absent from lion marking fluid. READ MORE

  6. 5. Extracting fungal DNA from drill- and biofilm samples from wood in logs

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest Mycology and Plant Pathology

    Author : Niklas Wickander; [2016]
    Keywords : lichen; DNA-extraction; ITS-region; barcode;

    Abstract : The fungal kingdom is a large group of eukaryotic organisms consisting of more than 100 000 known and an expected number of more than 1 million species with a wide variety of lifestyles. Among these lifestyles is a symbiotic lifestyle that has been of importance for lichen forming fungi. READ MORE