Tropical technology

Tomita, B., Yoshida, Y. and Hse, C.-Y, In Adhesive Technology and Bonded Tropical Wood Products, Proceedings, USDA Forest Service and Taiwan Forestry Research Institute, Taipei, 1993, pp. 71-83. 

S mm and which, as indicated earlier, places strict limitations on the usefulness of the coating for protection against severely corrosive liquid environments. The value of rhodium in resisting atmospheric corrosion in environments ranging from domestic to marine and tropical exposure has, however, been amply demonstrated by experience, and it appears probable that further developments in technology may lead to still wider application. 

In conclusion, the technology of total liquefaction of apple allows to work with a continuous process with less labour and faster than with a classical one, to get a high and constant yield during the whole processing season at a very high level (93- 95%), to get a pulp with a low content of solids (about 20% in volume) which can be centrifuged instead of pressed (lower investment in equipment), to decrease the quantity of waste pomace, to decrease the production costs. Liquefaction technology allows to process different fruits with the same process, at last to liquefy fruits for which no equipment had been developed to extract the juice or for which the use of pectinases did not allow to get juice such as tropical fruits. 

Ali M (1999) Evaluation of green manure technology in tropical lowland rice systems. Field Crops Res 61 61-78... 

Oil spill technology is very advanced and can operate under very divergent conditions (from the cold seawaters to the tropic seas). The biggest difference arises from the oil, which may contain varying amounts of heavy components (such as tar). 

On the basis of current research it may be possible to speculate about future directions for vaccine development. For example, controlled-release drug systems are well recognized and have appeared in clinical practice. It seems reasonable to ask if the same technology could be applied to vaccines. What would be ideal is a vaccine that only required a single dose which incorporated that booster dose so often necessary for complete effectiveness. If this in turn was combined with heat stability to overcome the problem of maintaining an effective cold chain for distribution in tropical countries we would be well on the way to providing an ideal product. 

Kok, L.T., 1973. Toxicity of insecticides used for Asiatic rice borer control to tropical fish in rice paddies. In Farvar, M.U., Milton, J.P. (Eds.), The Careless Technology, Chapter 26. The Natural History Press, New York. 

Purseglove, J.W. (1987) Tropical Crops. Dicotyledons. Longman Science and Technology, London, pp. 204-206. 

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