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  2. Microbial cell factory - Wikipedia

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    Microbial cell factory is an approach to bioengineering which considers microbial cells as a production facility in which the optimization process largely depends on metabolic engineering. [1] MCFs is a derivation of cell factories, which are engineered microbes and plant cells. [ 2 ]

  3. Factory - Wikipedia

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    Arkwright's factory was the first successful cotton spinning factory in the world; it showed unequivocally the way ahead for industry and was widely copied. Between 1770 and 1850 mechanized factories supplanted traditional artisan shops as the predominant form of manufacturing institution, because the larger-scale factories enjoyed a ...

  4. Factory-to-consumer - Wikipedia

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    Factory-to-consumer (F2C) describes commerce transactions between a manufacturer and a consumer. Contrasting terms are business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-consumer (B2C). Consumers can (individual or in group) buy large quantities directly from the factory. For example, large private constructions or events.

  5. Factory system - Wikipedia

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    Reconstructed historical factory in Žilina for production of safety matches.Originally built in 1915 for the firm Wittenberg and Son.. The factory system is a method of manufacturing whereby workers and manufacturing equipment are centralized in a factory, the work is supervised and structured through a division of labor, and the manufacturing process is mechanized.

  6. Pesticide - Wikipedia

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    The word pesticide derives from the Latin pestis (plague) and caedere (kill). [5]The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has defined pesticide as: . any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing, destroying, or controlling any pest, including vectors of human or animal disease, unwanted species of plants or animals, causing harm during or otherwise interfering with the ...

  7. Cradle-to-cradle design - Wikipedia

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    When they outgrow the shoe or it is damaged, they return it to the manufacturer. When the manufacturer separates the sole from the upper parts (separating the technical and biological nutrients), the biological nutrients are returned to the natural environment while the technical nutrients can be used to create the sole of another shoe.

  8. AP Biology - Wikipedia

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    Advanced Placement (AP) Biology (also known as AP Bio) is an Advanced Placement biology course and exam offered by the College Board in the United States. For the 2012–2013 school year, the College Board unveiled a new curriculum with a greater focus on "scientific practices".

  9. Food science - Wikipedia

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    Food scientists working in Australia A food science laboratory. Food science (or bromatology [1]) is the basic science and applied science of food; its scope starts at overlap with agricultural science and nutritional science and leads through the scientific aspects of food safety and food processing, informing the development of food technology.