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Results and conclusions. China is by far the global PV industry leader. In the past its PV production was mainly used for export, but more and more it is used to develop a home market, thereby solving the global PV industry’s overcapacity. As a result, the Chinese PV market is now the largest in the world, with an annual world- record of more than 11 GW of PV installations in 2013. This development is good news for the Netherlands as well, since a bunch of Dutch companies has a leading position in the supply of specialized PV production machines. These companies are to a large extent complementary to each other. Therefore, it is suggested that enhanced collaboration between them and with well-positioned Dutch research organizations in China like ECN might create synergy. Their business potential in China is estimated to be at least a few hundred million euros per year. Another interesting business opportunity seems to be building-integrated PV (BIPV). With enormous amounts of new buildings in China and a strong demand for distinctiveness, this niche market is increasingly attracting investors. Dutch architects in China are already successful in this BIPV-market, thereby affirming the historically good position of the Netherlands and ‘Dutch Design’ in this field.
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Results and conclusions. In 2009 we were well prepared for our retail debut of the Beautiful Gardens® ‘plants of distinction’ (a promotion of underutilized plants that we select each that precedes our first new plant introductions in 2012). Twenty independent retail garden centers in Virginia were selected for their locations around the state, potential for sales and interest in supporting the Beautiful Gardens® program. Posters, banners, brochures and plants signs were very well received. They were used at each garden center to make attractive displays featuring the Beautiful Gardens® plants. They continue to be updated each year. Plant tags and pot stickers created some logistical problems in application and cost and will be used only on the new plant introductions in the future. We have emphasized the ‘locally grown’ aspect of the Beautiful Gardens® plant introduction program to date. However, we will be promoting the program regionally (appropriate grow zones) as we introduce new plants.
Results and conclusions. Per our review of the above data and prior year agreed-upon procedure reports:  The Company had ten (10) full-time Lubbock employees as of March 1, 2012 (baseline).  The Company had eleven (11) full-time Lubbock employees as of February 28, 2013.  The Company had eleven (11) full-time Lubbock employees as of February 28, 2014.  The Company had eleven (11) full-time Lubbock employees as of February 28, 2015.  The Company had twelve (12) full-time Lubbock employees as of February 29, 2016. LUBBOCK ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ALLIANCE PERFORMANCE AGREEMENT WITH RESEARCH & TESTING LABORATORY of the SOUTH PLAINS, LLC FOR THE PERIOD BEGINNING MARCH 1, 2015 AND ENDING FEBRUARY 29, 2016 Based on the above, the Company exceeded the baseline employment level of ten (10) full-time Lubbock employees during year four of the Agreement. Of the net increase of two employees, the two highest compensated individuals were selected for purposes of calculating the eligible incentive for the February 29, 2016 incentive period. Number of Employees Incentive per Employee Total Incentive 1 $ 10,000.00 $ 10,000.00 1 $ 7,500.00 $ 7,500.00 2 $ 17,500.00 Accordingly, the Company is entitled to receive one-fifth (1/5) of the total fourth year earned incentive of $17,500, or $3,500. Based on procedures performed, there were no questions or issues raised that needed to be discussed with company personnel.
Results and conclusions. In patients with a stable anticoagulation, the median time to a first low INR was 40 weeks. A subtherapeutic INR occurred twice as often in patients using acenocoumarol as in those using phenprocoumon (hazard ratio [HR] 2.1, 95% Confidence Interval [95%CI]: 2.0-2.3) and was more common in patients with a high therapeutic range compared to a low therapeutic range (HR 1.8, 95%CI: 1.5-2.2). Occurrence of a low INR also depended on indication for anticoagulant therapy, with the highest risk in patients who used anticoagulants as prophylaxis and the lowest risk in patients with mechanical heart valves. In 30% of cases the subtherapeutic INR was preceded by an event necessitating vitamin K or discontinuation of the anticoagulant drug.
Results and conclusions. BIOCORE vs. conventional systems The BIOCORE concept facilitates the production of a wide range of potential products from the three major biomass components (cellulose, lignin and hemicellulose). These products can be combined into hundreds of different product portfolios. Unsurprisingly, the overall sus- tainability impacts can be either positive or negative depending on the product portfolio, technical implementation, capacity and biomass feedstock type. Hence, no general conclu- sion can be drawn for the BIOCORE concept as a whole, but only for its individual im- plementations. Product portfolio and technical implementation of the biorefinery – both related to the bio- mass conversion step – are very relevant in terms of global/regional environmental impacts and economics, whereas the biomass production step (location of biomass sourcing area and biorefinery unit) is dominating the local environmental impacts as well as the social im- pacts. Thus, it is very important to consider the entire value chain. From a sustainability point of view, the choice of product portfolios is very important: some product portfolios are promising (e.g. xylitol, itaconic acid-based polymers, and lignin- based polymers), others are less recommendable (e.g. SHF ethanol) – at least under stand- ard conditions. In order to achieve environmental advantages and economic viability, all three biomass fractions (cellulose, lignin and hemicellulose) need to be turned into value- added products, i.e. none of them can be omitted. It is of special importance to exploit the potentials of the C5 and lignin fraction, respectively, since these lead to substantial credits arising from the substituted conventional products. Regarding the lignin fraction, our analysis shows that the high-quality CIMV Organosolv lignin (BioligninTM) should definitely not be used for energy. In addition, we could show that the size of smallest intermediate molecule often has an important influence on the results: molecules with only 1 - 2 carbon atoms should be avoided if alternatives exist. This means that drop-in molecules such as ethanol or ethylene are less favourable than novel bio-optimised platform molecules from a sustainability point of view. In addition to the choice of product portfolio, a close-to-optimum technical implementation is paramount: under favourable conditions, environmental advantages and economic viability increase substantially. Both biomass fractionation (i.e. the Organosolv process)...
Results and conclusions. A short circuit study was performed on the Southern New Mexico system comparing the maximum fault current on the system at various substations: Xxxx Substation (both 345 kV and 115 kV) and each substation directly connected to Xxxx, both with and without the three new generators proposed by XXXX. The results of this study show that the maximum fault current with the three new generators is less than the minimum interruption rating of any effected existing circuit breaker: Maximum Minimum Circuit Breaker Fault Current with 3 Substation Interruption Rating (Amps) New Generators (Amps) Xxxxxx 345 kV 40,000 5,767.9 Diablo 345 kV 40,000 5,512.0 Xxxxxxx 345 kV 40,000 7,387.3 Xxxx 345 kV 40,000 11,124.9 Xxxxxx 345 kV 40,000 8,385.8 Diablo 115 kV 31,500 19,693.9 Xxxx 115 kV 40,000 11,129.0 Mimbres 115 kV 17,500 8,563.6 Xxxxxx 115 kV 40,000 29,670.3 Therefore, the operation of the three new generators with the parameters as given by XXXX connected to the Xxxx 345 kV bus will not cause any existing circuit breaker to operate outside its interruption rating limit.
Results and conclusions. 3.1 Educational outcomes Approximately 90% of the students that did the exam wrote their answers in their home language (Portuguese) and only 10% wrote them in English. This suggests that, although they felt comfortable to be taught and ask questions during the lessons in a foreign language, they didn’t have time to assimilate the terminology with the level required to properly express their knowledge in the exam. Nevertheless, they all evaluated being taught in English as a very positive experience. The visiting lecturer elaborated a short and anonymous questionnaire for the students to gather their opinion about the visiting lecturer. The first two questions aimed at evaluating the percentage of lessons taught by the visiting lecturer they had attended and whether they had found the subject interesting. Since all the students that answered the questionnaire had attended all the lessons and all of them found the subject interesting, their answers to the rest of the questions can be treated in the same manner. The remaining questionnaire consisted in three multiple choice questions focused on evaluating the contents of the subject taught by the visiting lecturer and the distribution of the lessons. The first one asked if the subject provided and added value to the MaCS program and gave the following four choices: (1) Yes, because it was different from the subjects taught at the University and it provided new knowledge; (2) Yes, because we learned new skills; (3) No; (4) Other. About 53% of the students gave only one answer; among them, 80% chose option (2) and the remaining 20% gave a personal reply (option (4)) that included, increasing their already existing knowledge in the topic and helping them to better understand contents from other subjects or the linkage among them. The latter brings to light the interdisciplinary characteristic of Oceanography and the importance of studying it from different points of view. Only one of the students provided a negative answer, claiming that the time schedule of the lectures was too limited. Finally, from the 47% that gave multiple answers, the majority of them (60%) selected options (1) and (2) together. Overall, the students’ answers to this question revealed that the first two objectives oriented towards them were fulfilled. It must be pointed out that many of them took advantage of the visiting lecturer transient situation to ask doubts about other subjects during the breaks. In this regard, students are often ...
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Results and conclusions. The activities related to Task 2.1 in WP2 provided a detailed sensory description of canned peas and sweet corn samples commonly available in the market. Main sensory differences among samples were identified for both products. This information is essential for achieving two aims: exploring sensory characteristics driving elderly and adolescents liking across Europe and studying the relationship between sensory and instrumental data to improve the quality control of these products. In the present study DA provided: 1) a validated sensory profile of each sample, 2) the relative importance of appearance, flavour and texture attributes in discriminating products by means of perceptual maps. The study of the relationship between sensory properties and instrumental measurements was then possible. The projection of Firmness and NMR data onto the obtained sensory spaces resulted in a good evidence of the potential use of these measurements to predict relevant sensory differences among samples. Results from activities related to Task 2.2 showed that the minimum number of consumers required for free sorting studies seems higher than that recommended in previous works in which product configurations were considered stable when working with about 25-30 consumers. For both adolescent and elderly a minimum number of 50 subjects are fair when working with familiar canned vegetables such as peas. A larger panel size (70 or more) is required when working with less familiar products such as sweet corn. However our results showed that product knowledge and in particular one of its components (respondent familiarity with the product under investigation) is a factor that should always be considered to define the panel size to perform a sorting task. Results from the consumer study (Task 2.3) showed that both elderly and adolescents are able to sort vegetable samples in relation to sensory properties that are relevant for their hedonic judgment about the product. High correlation values were found in comparing sorting configurations from each country and each age group with the perceptual maps from descriptive analysis for both peas and sweet corn. Sample grouping was consistent across countries with minor differences that seem to be related to the degree of familiarity of the product in a country rather than in another. When a sorting task is conducted with familiar products (like peas) differences among countries and age groups tend to be minimal. Both elderly and adolescent...
Results and conclusions. The main conclusions from the environmental, economic and social assessments are highlighted in the following bullet points: - Climate Change, impact on Ozone Layer Depletion and Acidification are categories where impact decreases with around 10 to 20% when PlastiCircle approach is implemented. However, other categories such as Land Use or Water Resource depletion increase due to the extra impacts from the implementation of intelligent collection technologies (i.e.: label dispenser, etc.). - Management costs on collection and transport appear to be balanced as extra cost on technologies investments are offset by the saving from optimized transport. Although higher recycling cost is incurred, revenues increase due to the recovery of higher quality material (less unwanted material per tonne) but also more material to be recycled per tonne of packaging waste collected. - On Social impacts, all parameters are improved as shown by the results from questionnaires with special attention in Transparency and Socio-economic repercussions. For the pre- and post-pilot situations, the integration of the results obtained for three cornerstones of the sustainability namely environmental, economic and social have been integrated and displayed in the spider diagram shown in Figure 1. The spider diagram with the largest surface area means the less sustainable scenario while the smallest surface area the most sustainable solution. The categories displayed on the diagram can imply a positive or negative effect (i.e. climate change, the higher the worse; while Revenue, the higher the better), and that is the reason some categories were reversed to have them all aligned. Pre-Pilot Post-Pilot Remuneration 100% Municipality Climate change Ozone depletion Revenues sales of granules Recycling costs 80% 60% 40% 20% 0% Acidification Land use Sorting costs Water resource depletion Collection & Transport Sustainability awareSnoecsios-economic repercussions Health and safety Consumer satisfaction Transpa rency
Results and conclusions. Per our review of the above data and prior year agreed-upon procedure reports:  The Company had ten (10) full-time Lubbock employees as of March 1, 2012 (baseline).  The Company had eleven (11) full-time Lubbock employees as of February 28, 2013.  The Company had eleven (11) full-time Lubbock employees as of February 28, 2014.  The Company had eleven (11) full-time Lubbock employees as of February 28, 2015.  The Company had twelve (12) full-time Lubbock employees as of February 29, 2016.  The Company had nine (9) full-time Lubbock employees as of February 28, 2017. LUBBOCK ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ALLIANCE PERFORMANCE AGREEMENT WITH RESEARCH & TESTING LABORATORY of the SOUTH PLAINS, LLC FOR THE PERIOD BEGINNING MARCH 1, 2016 AND ENDING FEBRUARY 28, 2017 Based on the above, the Company did not maintain the baseline employment level of ten (10) full-time Lubbock employees during year five of the Agreement. Accordingly, the Company is not entitled to receive a fifth year incentive. Based on procedures performed, there were no questions or issues raised that needed to be discussed with company personnel.
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