Disputes about genetically engineered crops are linked to wider debates about the globalization of agro-food systems and its consequences for food security, social equity, and rural life.
By adopting a historical philosophical analysis methodology, this paper analyzes how three fundamental concepts (engineering, engineer, and education) are linked to a variety of beliefs, assumptions, and ideas that are partially unique to the Chinese cultural context.
TOKYO — Scrambling to corral a widening crisis, engineers linked a power cable to the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station early Saturday as they struggled to restart systems designed to prevent overheating and keep radiation from escaping.
Meanwhile, the Fed sat back and watched as Wall Street's financial wizards engineered diabolically complicated investments linked to mortgages, generating huge amounts of speculative capital that turned real estate into a conflagration.
The genetically engineered corn that is linked to a widening web of food recalls has not been approved for human consumption because it contains a protein that is not normally part of the human food supply and that shares some characteristics of known food allergens.
Many of the functional attributes of pectin, whether in the plant cell wall or in engineered food materials, are linked to its gelling properties and in particular to its ability to assemble in the presence of calcium.
Firestone engineers attribute the tire failures linked to the deaths of more than 100 Americans to a unique combination of tire and vehicle design, tire manufacturing and customer abuse.
[A28.] Corn Developer Cancels License The Environmental Protection Agency said that Aventis, the developer of the genetically engineered corn that has been linked to the recalls of two brands of taco shells, had agreed to voluntarily cancel its marketing license.
The immunotoxins E4rGel and C7rGel, fusion proteins based on the plant-derived toxin gelonin linked to an engineered fibronectin domain targeting the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) or carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), respectively, were constructed and produced according to previous literature.
