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Roofs
https://greenhome.osu.edu/passive-design/roofs
a roof cool. A composite rating system known as the solar reflectance index (SRI) considers both ... Savings for Flat Roofs with Non-Black Surfaces "Solar Reflectivity (R) & Solar Reflectance Index ... (SRI) by Color" by Dean Steel Buildings- Reflectance and Solar Reflectance Index of different ...
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Moderate summer harmful algal bloom predicted for western Lake Erie
summer. This year’s bloom is expected to measure 4.5 on the severity index – among the smaller blooms ... since 2011 – but could possibly range between 4 and 5.5, compared to 7.3 last year. An index above ... index is based on the bloom’s biomass – the amount of algae – over a sustained period. The largest ...
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Revised Phosphorus Index Can Help Curb Agricultural Runoff
https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/revised-phosphorus-index-can-help-curb-agricultural-runoff
Risk Index is a program developed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resource Conservation ... revised index is the result of the multiyear On-Field Ohio project led by Elizabeth (Libby) Dayton, ... University. The index has significant water quality implications statewide, considering that misapplied ...
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Ohio State Researcher to Re-write Ohio’s Phosphorus Index to Improve Water Quality
https://cfaes.osu.edu/node/842
Conservation Service Ohio Phosphorus (P) Risk Index to better predict the risk of phosphorus moving off farm ... agribusinesses to complete the project. Her goals are to make the Ohio P Risk Index accurate, add more best ... their P Risk Index scores, evaluate management options and make informed decisions to better manage ...
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Chow Line: Fridge organization can lessen food waste
https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/chow-line-fridge-organization-can-lessen-food-waste
of it is thrown away. The UNEP Food Waste Index Report 2021 also found that 8%–10% of global ...
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Investigating the Impact of Climate Change on Index Insurance Demand
https://aede.osu.edu/news/investigating-impact-climate-change-index-insurance-demand
systemic shocks faced by smallholder farmers in the developing world. Index insurance has been proposed as ... part of the solution to this increased risk, but little research has examined whether index insurance ... actuarially fair premiums that the sustainability of index insurance programs could be imperiled due to lower ...
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2020 Agricultural Policy and Outlook Conference Day 4
https://agnr.osu.edu/events/2020-agricultural-policy-and-outlook-conference-day-4
according to the consumer confidence sentiment survey. This is the highest level for the index since the ...
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Biometric Screening Day
https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/events/biometric-screening-day
Council It’s important that you Know Your Numbers! By knowing your height, weight, body mass index ...
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New Research from Professor Mario Miranda and Katie Farrin Looks at Index Insurance Options for the Developing World
Index insurance, which relies on an observed value of a specified “index” or some other closely ... empirical research on index insurance for developing countries and summarizes lessons learned from index ... restraints. Index insurance offers a real work-around for these types of problems. For example, in the case of ...
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OSU-ACET Index Insurance Program
https://ipa.osu.edu/worldwide-projects/africa/osu-acet-index-insurance-program
agricultural credit using index insurance The Ohio State University (OSU) and the African Center for Economic ... developing world about the potential for index insurance to promote economic transformation of the ... aggressive outreach and education program to raise public awareness about the use of contingent-credit index ...