Essays about: "plastic age"

Showing result 16 - 19 of 19 essays containing the words plastic age.

  1. 16. Estimation of the possible waste reduction by the implementation of SODIS : A numerical-, experimental- and social study executed in Ghana

    University essay from Avdelningen för energi-, miljö- och byggteknik

    Author : Daniel Arvidsson; [2013]
    Keywords : SODIS waste reduction sustainable development; SODIS avfallsreducering hållbar utveckling;

    Abstract : Lack of safe drinking water is one of the biggest humanitarian problems in the world today. Over one billion people in developing countries have no access to good quality drinking water, and subsequently, diarrhoea caused by unclean water leads to 1.8 million deaths of children under the age of five. READ MORE

  3. 17. Local adaptation of larval life history in the moor frog Rana arvalis across a landscape mosaic

    University essay from Institutionen för biologisk grundutbildning; Populationsbiologi och naturvårdsbiologi

    Author : Monique Lustenhouwer; [2012]
    Keywords : rana arvalis; moor frog; growth rate; local adaptation; life history; landscape mosaic; predation;

    Abstract : Growth rate is an important life history trait, which impacts fitness indirectly through its effect on the age and size at maturity, as well as directly through costs associated with accelerated growth such as increased predation risk. Genetic variation and plasticity in growth are widespread in nature, and local adaptation of growth rate may evolve due to divergent selection in different environments, for example related to predation risk, temperature or time constraints. READ MORE

  4. 18. Asymmetry in Elite Snowboarders : A Study comparing Range of Motion in the Hip and Spine, Power in Lower Extremities and Circumference of Thigh

    University essay from Sektionen för ekonomi och teknik (SET); Biomekanik och biomedicin

    Author : Tommy Danielsson; [2010]
    Keywords : Snowboard; asymmetry; range of motion; goniometry;

    Abstract : Snowboarding is a relatively young sport and has grown since the birth in the 1960-70. Today, snowboarding still is a lifestyle to many, but also an accepted mainstream sport and has been an Olympic sport since the Olympic Winter Games in Nagano, Japan 1998 (18,35,36). READ MORE

  5. 19. Fear reactions in riding horses : a comparison between dressage and jumping horses

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Environment and Health

    Author : Märta Claesson Lundin; [2005]
    Keywords : horses; behaviour; fear reactions;

    Abstract : It is common knowledge among "horse people" that dressage horses are more easily spooked and more skittish than show jumping horses however, to my knowledge, no scientific research has been made earlier to test this assumption. It is also important to have the right horse-rider combination in different situations to avoid accidents. READ MORE