Sentences with phrase «for water transport»

Opportunities for water transport, tourism, and trade will increase.

Specialized membrane domains for water transport in glial cells: high - resolution immunogold cytochemistry of aquaporin - 4 in rat brain.

It generates a driving force for water transport.

Even with a ferry dock, however, the area will still need ferry boats for water transport to other boroughs — which Mayor Bill de Blasio has said is one of the objectives of his administration.

Not exact matches

Second, the Israeli public bears the cost of sourcing, transporting, and cleaning water; there are no government subsidies for water.

Water transports nutrients to the brain as well as flushes out harmful toxins for increased efficiency.

For the northeast, supplies can be relatively easier to get but can be expensive due to the Jones Act, a maritime policy that requires goods transported by water between US ports to be carried on US - flagged ships.

For this analysis to hold water, you'd have to show that the barrels which would be transported by Keystone XL are, in fact, the marginal future barrels of oil sands production.

They show in the halt which was put to the water privatisation project in Montreal by the water co-ordination and in the foundation of a city of 30,000 inhabitants in the surroundings of Lima (Villa San Salvador), inspired by the principles of full employment, housing for all and a priority for public transport.

Even the best people will not attain the best potential of their lives when they live in a very imperfect society; for example a society that does little about the way industry pollutes the air and water and whose transport system is inadequate.

«Our previous solution was to transport the waste and disk it into the surrounding fields we farmed, which created numerous problems for the growers, such as pests and potential water contamination,» Rodoni explains.

For example, it takes 88 % less fuel to ship a container by water from New Zealand to the east coast of North America than it takes to transport a truckload of fruit from the west to east coast of the United States.

Producing, processing, transporting, preparing, storing, and disposing of discarded food uses inputs such as land, water, labor, and energy that could be available for other purposes.

We put it in empty water bottles for easy transport.

Solutions Inc. was named a winner of the 29th DuPont Awards for Packaging Innovation, earning a Diamond Award for the Fritz ™ Water Vest, a simple but appropriate packaging solution for water - transport issues in developing countWater Vest, a simple but appropriate packaging solution for water - transport issues in developing countwater - transport issues in developing countries.

Transport links to Monks Cross would have to be massively improved for one as it is too far a walk for most and a distinct lack of watering holes in the area will surely have an impact!

2) Parents traveling with babies and toddlers do not need to conform to the 3oz rule for liquids if they are transporting breastmilk, formula, juice, water in a bottle or cup, or medication.

Formula feeding in emergency and relief situations is difficult when the basic resources needed — clean water, fuel for heating, transport, and adequate storage conditions — are unavailable.

Not only is there a dump truck, which is perfect for holding and transporting sand and shells or water, but also a watering can, sail boat and more.

«An important consideration is that our national infrastructure, which guarantees our energy and water supplies and enables safe and reliable use of road, rail and air transport, is increasingly interconnected and interdependent (for example flooded power stations mean power cuts, which result in telecommunications failures).

It enables long and short distance movement of people and goods, access to other transport modes such as rail, air and sea, and is a conduit for delivery of water, energy, information and waste.»

Numerous NYCHA residents, those in affected rent - stabilized apartments and others in the Haven Plaza complex on East 12th Street, which saw residents transporting buckets of water to darkened apartments for days, have also begun to question whether they should withhold their rents, Rivera added.

With more than 100,000 Hudson Valley residents dependent on the Hudson River for drinking water, Riverkeeper has urged community leaders in Dutchess County, Poughkeepsie, Hyde Park, Rhinebeck, Highland and Port Ewen to understand the risks posed by crude oil transport on the Hudson River, and actions they can take to protect their drinking water supplies.

There were jobs for those who test our water, treat and transport wastewater and keep gas - well operators honest.

This 1.5 - millimeter - wide cross section of a vascular bundle (green and red center) is responsible for transporting water, minerals and nutrients through the trunk.

Logic would suggest that steeper streambeds should allow for easy sediment transport since, as the angle of the slope increases, gravity should assist with moving water and sediment downstream.

He says this energy could be vital for many marine life forms, and it could play a role in water transport and the redistribution of carbon dioxide and heat to deeper waters, thereby sustaining a healthy marine environment.

The xylem (the scientific name for wood) is the non-living tissue of a plant that transports water and nutrients from the soil to the stems and leaves.

This Directional Water Transport Tester (DWTT) is a sensitive, accurate and reliable instrument for fabrics» water absorption and transport measurements developed by researchers at The Hong Kong Polytechnic UniverWater Transport Tester (DWTT) is a sensitive, accurate and reliable instrument for fabrics» water absorption and transport measurements developed by researchers at The Hong Kong Polytechnic UnTransport Tester (DWTT) is a sensitive, accurate and reliable instrument for fabrics» water absorption and transport measurements developed by researchers at The Hong Kong Polytechnic Univerwater absorption and transport measurements developed by researchers at The Hong Kong Polytechnic Untransport measurements developed by researchers at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

Water and other materials necessary for biological activity in trees are transported throughout the stem and branches in thin, hollow tubes in the xylem, or wood tissue.

«Directional water transport tester (DWTT) for fabrics.»

In 2016, Collins and colleagues published evidence of proteins on ostrich shells that were almost 4 million years old — the connection to human evolution may not be readily apparent, but such shells have been used by hominins for millions of years to transport water and other resources.

When fuel for public transport was scarce in the second world war, some British buses ran on water gas generated in trailers behind the bus, with the product stored in a balloon on top of the bus.

For example, ATP1B1 encodes a sub-unit of the sodium - potassium plasma membrane pump, which is essential for water and ion transpoFor example, ATP1B1 encodes a sub-unit of the sodium - potassium plasma membrane pump, which is essential for water and ion transpofor water and ion transport.

Of general importance for systemic calcium signaling is the wounding of the vascular system of the leaf, which is also responsible for the internal transport of water and nutrients in the plant.

It is not uncommon during drilling for a site to have at least 10 trucks with 1,000 - horsepower pumps and for dozens of tanker trucks to make 800 to 1,200 trips transporting water if there is no on - site source.

So if that's the case this may be an important supply for future lunar explorers because it's that expensive to transport water to the moon, and...

In contrast to more developed vascular plants with roots, stems, leaves, and vasculature, which are necessary for the transport of water and nutrients, it remained unclear in the case of mosses, which have no vasculature, which genes are responsible for the development of stomata.

The study found that the pathways most frequently recorded as transporting invasive species are ballast water and biofouling for both regions, while aquaculture has also been a very significant route of introduction and spread of invasive species in the NE Atlantic.

The most convincing evidence for this, says Jouzel, comes from isotope ratios; ice that has frozen in site has a higher proportion of water molecules containing the heavy form of oxygen, oxygen - 18, than that of ice that has been transported over long distances by weather systems.

Its combination with oxygen in the atmosphere produces energy and water as its sole by - product, making it one of the main candidates to substitute fossil fuels as a source of energy for the transport sector.

Researchers have come up with a technique to freeze - dry water for easier transport.

It's a record for vascular plants — those with special tissues to transport water and carbohydrates — although algae and mosses can grow even higher because they are more drought and frost - tolerant.

Well, so the whole notion of water in biology is something that concerned a group of physiologists and biophysicists because for theoretical reasons it was impossible to explain how rapid transport of water across some tissues occurred but not others; and even that the rapid transport seem to be regulated.

So for more than a century, physiologists had argued about the nature of the water transport mechanism.

Adriaan Slob, Senior Researcher, TNO Strategy and Policy Tara Geerdink, Senior Researcher, TNO Strategy and Policy Piotr Magnuszewski, Scientific Director, Centre for Systems Solutions Dejan Komatina, Secretary, International Sava River Basin Commission Fred Heuer, Former Director General in the Dutch Ministry of Transport, Water and infrastructure Philippe Pypaert, Programme Specialist, UNESCO Venice Office Samo Grošelj, Deputy Secretary for Protection of Waters and Aquatic Eco-system, International Sava River Basin Commission

Large trees are more vulnerable, in part, due to their physiology: it's harder for them to transport the water and nutrients they need to their leaves and evaporative demands are higher.

For example, freezing and thawing creates air bubbles in plants» internal water transport systems, which can block the flow of water from the roots to the leaves killing the plant.

Comprising tiny rolled sheets of graphene oxide, these structures can zip around easily through both oil and water, picking up any oil particles they encounter and transporting them as cargo for later release.

Likewise, knowing how pollutants are transported or trapped in the minerals of sediments has implications for environmental management of water and soil.