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Digesting Duck

Known as: Vaucanson Duck, Shitting duck of France, Canard Digérateur 
The Canard Digérateur, or Digesting Duck, was an automaton in the form of a duck, created by Jacques de Vaucanson in 1739. The mechanical duck… 
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2018
2018
Digesting Femininities: The Feminist Politics of Contemporary Food Culture, Natalie Jovanovski, Palgrave Macmillan, 2017, 213 p.
Review
2016
Review
2016
Fungal treatment of lignocellulosic biomass
Summary PhD thesis Sandra J.A. van Kuijk Carbohydrates in plant cell walls are highly fermentable and could be used as a source… 
2014
2014
The Impact of Dairy Housing and Manure Management on Anaerobic Digestion
When considering the development of an anaerobic digester system, it is important to understand how differences in dairy housing… 
2014
2014
Mild Process for Dehydrated Food-grade Crude Papain Powder from Papaya Fresh Pulp: Lab-scale and Pilot Plant Experiments
Proteases are protein digesting biocatalysts long time used in the food industry. Although many authors reported the… 
2011
2011
Bone Tool Texture Analysis and the Role of Termites in the Diet of South African Hominids
The Swartkrans cave, part of the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site in South Africa, has yielded bone tool artifacts… 
2011
2011
CFD Simulations and Wind Tunnel Experiments of a Generic Split-Canard Air-to-Air Missile at High Angles of Attack in Turbulent Subsonic Flow
A generic split-canard air-to-air missile was simulated at angles of attack up to 60 degrees in turbulent subsonic flow using… 
2007
2007
X-ray absorption spectroscopic analysis of raw and processed hog manure
Anaerobic digestion technology is a process that allows livestock producers to generate electricity and heat by digesting manure… 
2005
2005
Variables Influencing Predation of Artificial Duck Nests in Northwest Coastal California
Nest predation can greatly affect reproductive success of waterfowl. We studied factors influencing duck-nest predation near… 
1986
1986
Lectin binding sites inParamecium tetraurelia cells
SummaryThough all three lectins tested (ConA, RCA II, WGA) bound to the entire cell membrane, none bound selectively to the… 
Highly Cited
1963
Highly Cited
1963
Micro-Organisms in the Intestines of Earthworms
SUMMARY Actinomycetes and bacteria, but not fungi, increase rapidly in numbers during the passage of food through the worm gut… 
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