UNIT 02: PLANT LAYOUT Definition Plant Layout involves the allocation of space and the arrangement of equipment in such a manner that overall operating costs are minimized. It includes the arrangement and location of work centres and various service centres like inspection‚ storage and shipping within the factory building. Characteristics of an Efficient Layout 1. Smooth flow of production – Raw materials and workers have access to each machine without any difficulty and delay. 2. Maximum utilization
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Experimenting with Plant Growth Team Rocket Science Introduction: The purpose of the experiment was to establish whether the concentration of Schultz fertilizer that was added to the radish seeds effects the speed of growth during the six-week time frame of the study. The major variables with this study are proficient communications among the team‚ the seeds‚ soil‚ water concentration‚ fertilizer‚ light exposure‚ temperature of the room‚ consistency of following watering (watering the plant same time every
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LEAVES BIODIVERSITY HOTSPOTS? A. ELIZABETH ARNOLD1 AND F. LUTZONI Department of Biology‚ Duke University‚ Durham‚ North Carolina 27708 USA Abstract. Fungal endophytes are found in asymptomatic photosynthetic tissues of all major lineages of land plants. The ubiquity of these cryptic symbionts is clear‚ but the scale of their diversity‚ host range‚ and geographic distributions are unknown. To explore the putative hyperdiversity of tropical leaf endophytes‚ we compared endophyte communities along
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Pandora’s Box Source: Greek Mythology Pandora was created to punish mankind because Prometheus stole fire from mount Olympus to give to man as a special gift. Hephaestus made Pandora and each of the gods gave her a gift; (Aphrodite gave her beauty‚ Athena clothed her‚ etc.) most important‚ Hera‚ Zeus’s wife‚ gave her the "gift" of curiosity. Hermes was to take Pandora down Mt. Olympus to Earth to present Pandora to Epimetheus as his new wife. Hermes gave Pandora a golden box (in some versions
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and tactics of the Wagon Box Fight were truly amazing. Both the Sioux Indians and the American Armies had special methods‚ which served as an advantage for both sides. With Americans scattering everywhere throughout the west tensions became high for the Sioux Indians. Eventually Ambushes and even war would occur between the two sides causing a need for better strategies and technology. While some moves were better than others were‚ the strategies involved in the Wagon Box Fight proved to be some
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EXPERIMENT 1: THE EFFECTS OF PACKAGING MATEIAL ON SHELF LIFE OF CRACKERS Introduction The type of food‚ chemical composition‚ size‚ storage conditions‚ expected shelf life‚ moisture content‚ aroma and appearance are just a few of the characteristics that must be taken into consideration when selecting the right material for a food product. A continuing trend in food packaging is the design of packages to extend the shelf life of foods while maintaining fresh-like quality. This places a high demand
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a global scale‚ they need to produce materials for packaging that is compatible with the environment in order to reduce waste. The whole aim is to create a packing that doesn’t have much of an impact‚ but that is still practical‚ providing the necessary things such as protection of the product as a demand for consumers‚ thus affecting the life cycle (Teags‚ 2009). There are a number of factors to consider that determines the product’s life cycle. Eco-friendly packaging is created to show appreciation
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A Local Ecosystem Biotic and Abiotic * Biotic Factors – living organisms (trees‚ birds‚ predators etc…) * Abiotic Factors – non living variables (temperature‚ oxygen levels etc…) Abiotic Characteristics of Environments Characteristics | Aquatic | Terrestrial | Viscosity (measure of a medium’s resistance to an object moving through it) | HIGH VISCOSITYDifficult for organisms to move through | LOW VISCOSITYEasy for organisms to move through | Buoyancy (amount of support experienced
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Animal Physiology Friday January 13‚ 2012 What are Animals? Invertebrates No spinal column Vertebrates Spinal column Major Animal Phyla Porifera Cnidaria Platyhel-minths Mollusca Annileda Nematoda Arthro-poda Echino-dermata Chordata What is Animal Physiology? What is Physiology? “The study of how animals work” (function) Knut Schmidt-Nielsen (1915–2007) – came up with the whole scheme of animal physiology from cell to whole organism temperature
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Project Report – Herbal Processing Plant Sector: Forest‚ Environment and Herbal Project Title: Processing Plant for Wild Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Project Description Associated side effects and high cost of allopathic medicines are key reasons‚ herbal medications are being increasingly preferred over their synthetic counterpart. Around the world herbal industry is growing faster than the traditional pharmaceutical industry. India has a thriving herbal industry and there is a high potential for
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