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2013
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Andreas TreuSammendrag
Wood protection by means of electro pulsing Electric fields have been evaluated for the protection of wood against attack by wood-destroying fungi. We could show that a low-pulsed electric field (PLEOT) had an inhibiting effect on wood destroying fungi compared with the tested reference power sources alternating and direct current. The study examined the suitability of PLEOT for use in wood preservation and evaluated the use of different wood and fungi species, different wood dimensions, the use in ground contact, as well as the test setup in the laboratory and the installation of the technology in the field. Different wood species could be protected by means of PLEOT against degradation by white and brown rot. Additionally, the degradation of wood could be stopped after four weeks establishment of the fungi. The use of PLEOT in ground contact resulted in lower weight loss of PLEOT-protected samples compared with untreated samples.
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Eric N. Hansen Erlend Nybakk Rajat PanwarSammendrag
The recent economic downturn severely affected the US forest sector from a macro-economic perspective but little is known about changes in firm-level performance. In this study we investigate the changes in financial, social and environmental performance of forest sector firms during a period approximately corresponding to the downturn. We also assess industry dynamism and industry’s view about social and environmental responsibility as a competitive tool. We conducted a national survey of wood, furniture and paper companies. Approximately sixty percent of our respondents reported a decline in financial performance during the downturn. With respect to social and environmental performance, customer oriented actions show mixed trends, employee matters remained somewhat unaltered, community engagement significantly decreased, and engagement in environmental activities significantly increased. Respondents view their operating business environment as highly dynamic and difficult and they do not view engagement in social and environmental responsibility activities leading to either financial or non-financial benefits.
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The ground-based harvesting system consisting of a harvester and a forwarder is the dominant harvesting system in parts of the world, due to its high productivity. Both machines usually operate along extraction trails, and are equipped with cranes that can reach some distance from the extraction trail. In this work we optimize the layout of an extraction trail network by considering how terrain topography influences the cost of forwarding. Given the complexity of finding optimal machine trails for terrain transportation, traditional optimization methods might be limited due to the problem size. In this study, the optimization is done with a greedy constructive heuristic and a Greedy Randomized Adaptive Search Procedure (GRASP) metaheuristic, and the results of the two solution techniques are compared. Both the greedy heuristic and the GRASP metaheuristic were examined for a semi-random terrain and a smooth cone-shaped terrain, and provided useable extraction trail layouts in terms of how a forest machine operates on slopes. The objective value of the solution found by the GRASP metaheuristic was 5.6% better than the greedy heuristic in the semi-random terrain, and 2.3% better in the cone-shaped terrain. The result of this study showed that the GRASP metaheuristic is useful for finding feasible routes in the terrain, increasing efficiency. The method could be useful for planning feasible routes in the terrain, thereby increasing efficiency, or for acquiring a better estimate of the cost of terrain transport in price setting.
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Ermias Deribe Bjørn Olav Rosseland Reidar Borgstrøm Brit Salbu Zinabu Gebremariam Elias Dadebo Lindis Skipperud Ole Martin EkloSammendrag
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Thiago de Castro Vitalis Wekesa Rafael de Andrade Moral Borges Demetrio Italo Jr Delalibera Ingeborg KlingenSammendrag
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Gayaneh Kyureghian Rodolfo M. Jr. NaygaSammendrag
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Georgia S. Papoutsi Andreas C. Drichoutis Rodolfo M. Jr. NaygaSammendrag
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