biocycle

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biocycle

(1) Biorhythm, see there.
(2) Any cycle of biological phenomena which occurs in a particular organism—e.g., menstruation in humans, the daily sleep cycle, migration of flocks of birds, etc.

biocycle

1. Biorhythm, see there.

2. A cycle of biological phenomena that occurs in a particular organism–eg, menstruation in humans, the daily sleep cycle, the disturbance of which results in jet lag.

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The sheep are brought to graze on the Biocycle Farm from a local farm at no cost, Gray said.

Will work for food

Goldstein is the Editor of BioCycle, a magazine for Advancing Composting, Organics Recycling and Renewable Energy.

Bohn and Voell Join Biogas Council Board

OBJECTIVES: We examined the associations between cadmium, lead, and mercury, and anovulation and patterns of reproductive hormones [estradiol, progesterone, follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), luteinizing hormone] among 252 premenopausal women 18-44 years of age who were enrolled in the BioCycle Study in Buffalo, New York.

Cadmium, lead, and mercury in relation to reproductive hormones and anovulation in premenopausal women

Greenhouse Gas Inventory Report, EPA 430-R-I0-006, April 2010, http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/emissions/usinventoryreport.html, citing 16th Annual BioCycle Nationwide Survey: The State of Garbage in America (2008).

Methane capture: options for greenhouse gas emission reduction

Composting grease trap wastes, BioCycle 47(8): 27-31.

Development of fatty waste composting technology using bacterial preparation with lipolytic activity/Riebaliniu atlieku kompostavimo technologijos sukurimas naudojant lipazinio aktyvumo bakterini preparata

Gaskins and her colleagues analyzed data from 259 healthy, normally menstruating women, aged an average of 27 years, and who were followed for up to two menstrual cycles in the BioCycle Study.

Measuring CRP levels: menstrual phase matters

Still, according to BioCycle magazine, large-scale food composting projects nearly doubled between 2000 and 2007, from 138 to 267.

Not your grandma's compost: in-vessel composting offers great green promise

Over in the west of the region, Biocycle South Shropshire, the Ludlow Greenfinch anaerobic digestion facility earlier this year won part of a pounds 10 million funding package from Defra's Anaerobic Digestion Demonstration Programme.

Biffa plans new site to turn waste into energy

A bicicleta utilizada e da marca Moviment, modelo Biocycle 4000PRO que pesa 36 quilogramas e mede 146 x 63 x 104 centimetro (CxLxA) e possui um sistema de carga progressiva medida em quilowatts, sua velocidade foi executada em km/hora.

Comparation of the difference of the reply of the cardiac frequency, the arterial pressure and the hydration in women submitted to the exercise in ergometrics bicycles horizontal and vertical/Comparacao da diferenca da resposta da frequencia cardiaca, da pressao arterial e da hidratacao em mulheres submetidas ao exercicio em bicicletas ergometricas horizontal e vertical

As micro-organisms consume the degraded plastic, carbon dioxide, water, and biomass are produced and returned to nature by way of the biocycle.

Oxo-Biodegradable plastics: addressing the problem of plastics persistence in the environment

"Regional composting of waste paper and food." BioCycle 36 (1) January: 66-8.

A cross-Canada analysis of the efficiency of residential recycling services

Related publications include "Biomass Magazine" published by BBI International Media (Grand Forks, ND), "Biofuels Business" from Sosland Publishing (Kansas City MO), "Bioenergy Research," published by Springer Science + Business (New York), "Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining" from Wiley-Blackwell (Chichester, UK), and "BioCycle," a monthly magazine, and the quarterly "Compost Science & Utilization," both produced by The JG Press (Emmaus, PA).