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  2. Ecological efficiency - Wikipedia

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    Out of a total of 28,400 terawatt-hours (96.8 × 10 ^ 15 BTU) of energy used in the US in 1999, 10.5% was used in food production, [3] with the percentage accounting for food from both producer and primary consumer trophic levels. In comparing the cultivation of animals versus plants, there is a clear difference in magnitude of energy efficiency.

  3. Biological value - Wikipedia

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    A BV of 100% indicates complete utilization of a dietary protein, i.e. 100% of the protein ingested and absorbed is incorporated into proteins into the body. The value of 100% is an absolute maximum, no more than 100% of the protein ingested can be utilized (in the equation above N e(u) and N e(f) cannot go negative, setting 100% as the maximum ...

  4. Percentage - Wikipedia

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    The percent value is computed by multiplying the numeric value of the ratio by 100. For example, to find 50 apples as a percentage of 1,250 apples, one first computes the ratio ⁠ 50 / 1250 ⁠ = 0.04, and then multiplies by 100 to obtain 4%. The percent value can also be found by multiplying first instead of later, so in this example, the 50 ...

  5. Duty cycle - Wikipedia

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    The duty cycle is defined as the ratio between the pulse duration, or pulse width and the period of a rectangular waveform Spectrum in relation to duty cycle. A duty cycle or power cycle is the fraction of one period in which a signal or system is active.

  6. Casimir effect - Wikipedia

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    In 1997 a direct experiment by Steven K. Lamoreaux quantitatively measured the Casimir force to be within 5% of the value predicted by the theory. [ 7 ] The Casimir effect can be understood by the idea that the presence of macroscopic material interfaces, such as electrical conductors and dielectrics , alter the vacuum expectation value of the ...

  7. Specific heat capacity - Wikipedia

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    2 at constant volume is , = (at 15 °C, 1 atm), which is . [28] That is the value expected from the Equipartition Theorem if each molecule had 5 kinetic degrees of freedom. These turn out to be three degrees of the molecule's velocity vector, plus two degrees from its rotation about an axis through the center of mass and perpendicular to the ...

  8. Relative change - Wikipedia

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    A percentage change is a way to express a change in a variable. It represents the relative change between the old value and the new one. [6]For example, if a house is worth $100,000 today and the year after its value goes up to $110,000, the percentage change of its value can be expressed as = = %.

  9. Physics - Wikipedia

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    Physics is the scientific study of matter, its fundamental constituents, its motion and behavior through space and time, and the related entities of energy and force. [1] Physics is one of the most fundamental scientific disciplines. [2] [3] [4] A scientist who specializes in the field of physics is called a physicist.