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Read  full  paper  at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=54083#.VO1wYizQrzE Author(s)   Kris J. Mahoney 1* , Jonathan H. Klapwyk 2 , Greg A. Stewart 3 , Greg A. Stewart 3 , W. Scott Jay 1 , David C. Hooker 1   Affiliation(s) 1 University of Guelph, Ridgetown Campus, Ridgetown, Canada . 2 Klapwyk Farms, Elora, Canada . 3 Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, Guelph, Canada . ABSTRACT Growers in northern corn (Zea mays L.) producing regions forgo the typical autumn harvest for various reasons, but not without the risk of significant yield loss. Therefore, strategies are needed for managing the risks to harvestable yield when harvesting corn in spring. Field experiments, with various management strategies, were initiated in Ontario, Canada near Belmont and Ridgetown in 2009 and near Belmont, Ridgetown, and Lucan in 2010. Management strategies investigated the use of hybrids with a range i...

Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=52609#.VJy8CcCAM4 Author(s)   Nouha Jaafar , Sonia Naamen , Hafsia Ben Rhaiem , Abdesslem Ben Haj Amara * Affiliation(s) Laboratory of Physics of Lamellar Hybrid Materials and Nanomaterials, Department of Physics, Faculty of Science of Bizerte, University of Carthage, Bizerte, Tunisia . ABSTRACT Keying of lithium chloride alkali halide salt into the interlamellar space of nacrite clay mineral leads to a stable hybrid material that after calcination under inert atmosphere at 723 - 873 K induces an amorphous metahybrid. The electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) was performed to investigate the electric/dielectric pro...

Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=50738#.VEm6CFfHRK0 Author(s) Fabio Cignini 1* , Sergio De Domenico 1 , Leone Martellucci 1 , Roberto Capata 2 Affiliation(s) 1 Department of CTL, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy . 2 Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy . ABSTRACT This paper presents a novel concept, the Hybrid Power Pack (HPP), which consists of a hybridization kit for transforming small city cars, powered by an original diesel engine, into a parallel hybrid vehicle. The study was jointly conducted by the University of Rome “Sapienza” and the Enea Casaccia research center. The idea is to design a hybrid powertrain t...