The availability of resources for economic activities differs between regions, and the importance of the resources is consequently observed to be different within regions compared to a global scale. With the current s...The availability of resources for economic activities differs between regions, and the importance of the resources is consequently observed to be different within regions compared to a global scale. With the current situation in Chinese mining industry and its statistic characteristics, the characterization procedures of abiotic resource in life cycle impact assessment (LCIA) have demonstrated certain limita-tions in the Chinese materials industry. The aim of this paper is to propose new characterization and normalization factors for abiotic resource depletion categories such as metals and non-renewable en- ergy resources in a Chinese context. The actual production of abiotic resources calculated by a modi- fied model is compared to the reserve base in line with the new national standard to determine char- acterization factors in equivalence units, with antimony as the reference mineral. The normalization factors are based on the total base reserves of the most important minerals in China. A case study on primary magnesium production using the Pidgeon process is used to compare LCIA results for abiotic resource categories that are between current LCIA factors and the new Chinese factors. These factors not only reflect the importance of abiotic resource with respect to region-specific resource depletion, but also can compare with the global factors.展开更多
Table of contents Preamble 1 Introduction 1.1 Class of recommendations and level of evidences 1.2 Definition and categories of hypertension in the elderly 1.3 Current status of epidemiology of hypertension in the elde...Table of contents Preamble 1 Introduction 1.1 Class of recommendations and level of evidences 1.2 Definition and categories of hypertension in the elderly 1.3 Current status of epidemiology of hypertension in the elderly 1.4 The characteristics of hypertension in the elderly.展开更多
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 50525413)the National Key Technology R&D Program (Grant No. 2006BAE04B09-6)+1 种基金the Na-tional Basic Research Program of China ("973" Project) (Grant No. 2007CB613706)Beijing Natural Science Foundation (Grant No. 2081001)
文摘The availability of resources for economic activities differs between regions, and the importance of the resources is consequently observed to be different within regions compared to a global scale. With the current situation in Chinese mining industry and its statistic characteristics, the characterization procedures of abiotic resource in life cycle impact assessment (LCIA) have demonstrated certain limita-tions in the Chinese materials industry. The aim of this paper is to propose new characterization and normalization factors for abiotic resource depletion categories such as metals and non-renewable en- ergy resources in a Chinese context. The actual production of abiotic resources calculated by a modi- fied model is compared to the reserve base in line with the new national standard to determine char- acterization factors in equivalence units, with antimony as the reference mineral. The normalization factors are based on the total base reserves of the most important minerals in China. A case study on primary magnesium production using the Pidgeon process is used to compare LCIA results for abiotic resource categories that are between current LCIA factors and the new Chinese factors. These factors not only reflect the importance of abiotic resource with respect to region-specific resource depletion, but also can compare with the global factors.
文摘Table of contents Preamble 1 Introduction 1.1 Class of recommendations and level of evidences 1.2 Definition and categories of hypertension in the elderly 1.3 Current status of epidemiology of hypertension in the elderly 1.4 The characteristics of hypertension in the elderly.
