Fuel, such as biogas or biodiesel, which is produced from renewable resources, especially plant biomass, vegetable oils or treated municipal and industrial wastes. (FAO. 2017. World Programme for the Census of Agriculture 2020. Volume I Programme, concepts and definitions. https://openknowledge.fao.org/handle/20.500.14283/i4913e)
Biopesticides (biological pesticides) are a generic term, not specifically definable, but generally applied to a biological control agent, usually a pathogen, formulated and applied in a manner similar to a chemical pesticide, and normally used for the rapid reduction of a pest population for short-term pest control. (International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures 1 to 24, 2005)
Inflammation of the epididymis. Its clinical features include enlarged epididymis, a swollen scrotum; pain; pyuria; and fever. It is usually related to infections in the urinary tract, which likely spread to the epididymis through either the vas deferens or the lymphatics of the spermatic cord. (https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/37583)
Vessel or container in which a biological reaction occurs. Often used in manufacturing efforts to produce pharmaceuticals. (http://ucbiotech.org/glossary/index.html)
A biosensor is a device that measures biological or chemical reactions by generating signals proportional to the concentration of an analyte in the reaction. Biosensors are employed in applications such as disease monitoring, drug discovery, and detection of pollutants, disease-causing micro-organisms and markers that are indicators of a disease in bodily fluids (blood, urine, saliva, sweat). (Bhalla N, Jolly P, Formisano N, Estrela P. Introduction to biosensors. Essays Biochem. 2016 Jun 30;60(1):1-8. doi: 10.1042/EBC20150001. PMID: 27365030; PMCID: PMC4986445.)
Butanol (also called butyl alcohol) is a four-carbon alcohol with a formula of C4H9OH, which occurs in five isomeric structures (four structural isomers), from a straight-chain primary alcohol to a branched-chain tertiary alcohol. (Wikipedia, 2024. Butanol. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butanol)
The Law of the Sea Convention defines the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) as a zone extending up to 200 nautical miles from a coastal state's territorial sea baselines. It grants the coastal state rights and duties over activities such as resource exploration, exploitation, conservation, and marine environment management, while also recognizing the rights and duties of other states within the EEZ. (FAOLEX. 2025. Glossary https://www.fao.org/faolex/)
Specific energy is energy per unit mass. It is used to quantify, for example, stored heat and other thermodynamic properties of substances. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Specific_energy)
Abnormal number or structure of chromosomes. Chromosome aberrations may result in chromosome disorders. (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/cgi/mesh/2014/MB_cgi?mode=&index=2743&field=all&HM=&II=&PA=&form=&input=)
