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hermonthica. The C-glucosyle flavonoids are really active in the elimination of the parasitic weed. This compound could be a good reference to find the same type of product into the Desmodium's roots and to be able to create a molecule which send a chemical signal (or semiochemical) to Striga and destroy it without environmental impact. The products until the C-glycosyl compound were synthesized. Résumé Le but de mon stage était de synthétiser le 6-C-arabinopyranosylapigénine qui

2nd World Conference on Biomass for Energy, Industry and Climate Protection, 10-14 May 2004, Rome, Italy PELLETS IN SOUTHERN EUROPE. THE STATE OF THE ART OF PELLETS UTILISATION IN SOUTHERN EUROPE. NEW PERSPECTIVES OF PELLETS FROM AGRI-RESIDUES Authors Fulvio Passalacqua*, Corrado Zaetta, ETA-Renewable Energies, Piazza Savonarola 10, 50132 Florence, Italy, Tel. +39 055 500 2174, fulvio.passalacqua@etaflorence.it Rainer Janssen, Maurice Pigaht, WIP-Munich, Sylvensteinstr.2, 81369 Munich, Germany

e c o l o g i c a l e n g i n e e r i n g 3 5 ( 2 0 0 9 ) 230–237 available at www.sciencedirect.com journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/ecoleng Can vertical-flow wetland systems treat high concentrated sludge from a food industry? A mesocosm experiment testing three plant species Runying Wang a,∗ , Nathalie Korboulewsky a , Pascale Prudent b , Virginie Baldy a , Gilles Bonin a a Aix-Marseille Université, Institut Méditerranéen d’Ecologie et de Paléoécologie (UMR CNRS IRD)-Diversité

Central America, and in South America as far south as Peru. It has also been introduced to New Zealand and some countries in Europe, such as Finland and the Czech Republic. The species is most common east of the Rocky Mountains, and is absent from much of the western United States, including Nevada, Utah, California, Hawaii, and Alaska (though its close relatives, the mule deer and black-tailed deer Odocoileus hemionus, can be found there). It does, however, survive in aspen parklands and deciduous river

when it comes to gastronomy and wine. Located in the south west of France, the region welcomes a lot of tourists every year. Indeed, they’re coming from all over the world to discover these particular aspects. Malvina is now going to tell you about the food in our region. And then I’ll talk to you about the wine industry. WINE IN AQUITAINE A) Particular introduction The wine of Bordeaux is known all over the world. It owes its reputation to the particularly high quality of all the productions

le pôle social, économique et environnemental. Mots clés : Androy, forêt sèche, ressources naturelles, méthode de la dynamique des systèmes, multidisciplinaire. Abstract The tropical dry forest in Androy, southern Madagascar, is threatened with disappearance by many activities. We can see in the literature and government documents the fact that the rural population is little concerned by natural resources conservation. To debate this complicated subject, multidisciplinary approach allows us to

marijuana at least once in their life, and more than 25 million has used this frequently in the past year. About 162 million adults use marijuana at least once every year and 22.5 million use this drug daily.* Just because this drug is familiar in our society, it doesn’t mean that it is good for our health. Some people don’t even know or realise the dangerous effects of what they are using. So what exactly is marijuana, what effects does marijuana have on health and why is it known as the gateway drug

terminals and connectors ................................................................................................. 12 4. WHAT TYPE OF BATTERY SHOULD BE CHOSEN? ................................................................ 13 5. BATTERY VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS .............................................................................. 15 5.1 The higher the discharge rate - the lower the battery voltage .............................................................. 15 5.2 Higher voltage

Topography and Climate in California California’s topography is very diverse. In fact this is the only state in the US with an extensive seacoast (840 miles, to be exact) , high mountains, and deserts. Mountains : There are 41 mountains in California that are more than 10,000 feet high. The major mountain in California are the Coast Ranges in the western part of the state, and the Sierra Nevadas in the east. The Coast Ranges cover more than 1200 miles along the coastline, with the

is an area with a high density of trees . Une forêt (appelé aussi bois, forêts, Wold, Weald ou Holt) est une zone à forte densité de arbres . There are many definitions of a forest, based on the various criteria. [ 1 ] These plant communities cover approximately 9.4% of the Earth 's surface (or 30% of total land area), though they once covered much more (about 50% of total land area), in many different regions and function as habitats for organisms, hydrologic flow modulators , and soil conservers