ENERGY AND THE CITY

Energy and the city

Spatial planning should have a key role in creating urban environments that support less energy-intense lifestyles.A wise consideration of energy in urban land use policies should play an important role considering that, in spite of having a land occupation of 2% and accommodating 50% of the world population, cities produce 80% of GHG emissions and

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Identifying Resistance to the Colorado Potato Beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata Say) in Potato Germplasm: Review Update

Developing plant germplasm Womens Sunglasses that contains genetic resistance to insect pests is a valuable component of integrated pest management programs.In the last several decades, numerous attempts have been made to identify genetic sources of resistance to Colorado potato beetle Leptinotarsa decemlineata Say (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae).This

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Lessons Learned from Crowdsourcing Complex Engineering Tasks.

Crowdsourcing is the practice of obtaining needed ideas, services, or content by requesting contributions from a large group of people.Amazon Mechanical Turk is a web marketplace for crowdsourcing microtasks, such as answering surveys and image tagging.We explored the limits of crowdsourcing by using Mechanical Turk for a more complicated Mystery P

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