CHARACTERIZING HONEYBEE CUTICULAR HYDROCARBONS DURING FORAGING

Characterizing Honeybee Cuticular Hydrocarbons During Foraging

Honeybees (Apis mellifera) adjust their time and effort during foraging activity.Their metabolic rates together with body temperature rise while gathering profitable resources.These physiological changes may result in a differential cuticular profile, which in turn may bear communicational value.We evaluated if sucrose concentration of collected fo

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Optimization of Power Dispatch With Load Scheduling for Domestic Fuel Cell-Based Combined Heat and Power System

This study proposes an optimization scheme of thermal power and electric power dispatch integrated with load scheduling for the domestic fuel cell-based combined heat and power (DFCCHP) system.The scheme is implemented in home energy management systems installed in smart homes.To provide accurate energy cost evaluation for the optimization scheme,

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COMMERCIAL FICTION CINEMA AS A DIFFUSER OF OFFICIAL SPEECHES IN MEXICO (1946-1952). INDUSTRY, AUDIENCE AND MAIN GENRES

During the presidency of Miguel Alemán (1946-1952), the film industry in Mexico was one of the most fertile fields for the state intervention in the economic and social life.This industry developed based on three parameters: profitability, low quality and predominance of conservative speeches.It is understood that these Display Figure aspects are

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Building the E-Commerce Supply Chain of the Future: What Influences Consumer Acceptance of Alternative Places of Delivery on the Last-Mile

Background: To cope with the expected further growth in e-commerce and to be able to continue delivering at low costs, new concepts for the last-mile are needed.This paper reviews the literature and qualitatively investigates which factors influence the acceptance of four alternative place-of-delivery innovations in a business-to-consumer (B2C) con

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Building the E-Commerce Supply Chain of the Future: What Influences Consumer Acceptance of Alternative Places of Delivery on the Last-Mile

Background: To cope with the expected further growth in e-commerce and to be able to continue delivering at low costs, new concepts for the last-mile are needed.This paper reviews the literature and qualitatively investigates which factors influence the acceptance of four alternative place-of-delivery innovations in a business-to-consumer (B2C) con

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