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In the industrial arena, the term power generation most typically refers to the production of electrical or mechanical power via any of several energy conversion processes. Early examples of practical power generation devices include water-wheel-powered mills for grinding grain, which were reportedly used as early as 100 BC in the Balkans and areas of the Middle East, and wind-powered mills, which were widely used as early as the tenth century in the Middle East. 

European Union plus Norway and Switzerland, includes Russia and the Balkans. 

On an annual basis, temperature increase will be between 2.5 and 3.5°C for this scenario, lower on the sea itself and in coastal areas, higher in the interior of Iberian and Balkan peninsulas and in Northern Africa. These increases are slightly lower in winter, and remarkably higher in summer, when temperature increases of more than... 

Terzic S, Senta I, Ahel M, Gros M, Petrovic M, Barcelo D, Muller J, Knepper T, Marti I, Ventura F, Jovancic P, Jabucar D (2008) Occurrence and fate of emerging wastewater contaminants in Western Balkan Region. Sci Total Environ 399 66-77... 

This is a region of critical importance. Not withstanding the potential for conflict in the Pacific Rim, the Balkans, and between Israel and the Arabs, the Southern Caucasus/Northem Mesopotamia region is probably the most geo-strategically important piece of real estate in the world. 

Pfohl-Leszkowicz A, Petkova-Bocharova T, Chernozemsky IN and Castegnaro M (2002), Balkan endemic nephropathy and associated urinary tract tumours a review on aetiological causes and the potential role of mycotoxins , Food Add. Contam., 19, 282-302. 

This proxy approach has recently been used to provide the earliest evidence for prehistoric milk use (Evershed et cd. 2008). A study of the lipid content of >2200 pottery vessels from sites in the Near East and the Balkans dating from the fifth to seventh millennia was carried out. It was shown that milk was in use by the seventh millennium... 

This can be achieved only by. . . expanding and improving the greater economic domain, corresponding to the improved raw material basis of the coalition, peaceably at first to the Balkans and Spain. 

Skoulikidis NT (2009) The environmental state of rivers in the Balkans-A review within the DPSIR framework. Sci Total Environ 407 2501-2516... 

Greenfield, H.J. (1988). The origins of milk and wool production in the Old World a zooarchaeological perspective from the Central Balkans. Current Anthropology 29 573-593. 

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (1994) Surveillance for selected tobacco-use behaviors - United States, 1900-1994, Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 43(3) 1 3 Charlton A (2004) Medicinal uses of tobacco in history, J R Soc Med 97(6) 292-296 Christofides N (2003) Tobacco control and sustainable development in Africa, INWAT workshop presentations from the 12th world conference on tobacco or health, 24 Nov 2007, http //www,inwat,org/ppp/inwatmain,htm. Last accessed 20 Oct 2008 Derezic D, Zurak N, Marekovic Z (2001) Tobacco extract used as a remedy for urinary retention 150 years ago by the native population of the Balkans, J Ethnopharmacol 76(1) 133 Doll R (1999) Tobacco a medical history, J Urban Health 76(3) 289-313... 

Molina JM, Goguel J, Sarfati C, Michiels J-E, Desportes-Livage I, Balkan S, Chastang C, Cotte L, Maslo C, Struxiano A, Derouin E, Decazes J-M. (2000) Trial of oral fumagillin for thetreatment of intestinal microsporidiosis in patients with HIV infection. AIDS 14 1341-1348. 

Either over the eastern Alps towards the interior of Eastern Europe, or along the North coast of the Mediterranean towards the Balkans [13]. 

Vrabcheva, T., Usleber, E., Dietrich, R., and Martlbauer, E. (2000). Co-occurrence of ochratoxin A and citrinin in cereals from Bulgarian villages with a history of Balkan endemic nephropathy. J. Agric. Food Chem. 48, 2483-2488. 

Ochratoxin, citrinin Contaminant (mycotoxin) Produced by Penicillium strains nephropathy (endemic Balkan nephropathy)... 

Yildiz L, Balkan KS, Tiitem E, Apak R. Combined HPLC-CUPRAC (cupric ion reducing antioxidant capacity) assay of parsley, celery leaves, and nettle. Talanta. 2008 77(1) 304-313. 

The quantities of oakmoss (mousse de chene) and tree moss (mousse d arbre) that are collected annually in the Balkan countries, France, and Morocco exceed 40001 [656]. 

Several qualities of savory oil exist, depending on the Satureja species used. The main cultivation areas are France, Spain, some of the Balkan countries, and some midwestem states of the United States. Characteristic of savory oil is its high content of carvacrol [499-75-2] [774-777a]. 

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