Search Results - "Humanism"

Carbon forestry and local livelihoods : a case study on poverty in Uganda by Ellingsen, Tove

“…The forms of capital considered were human, financial, natural, social and physical capital. …”

Inactivation of the urease enzyme by heat and alkaline pH treatment : retaining urea-nitrogen in urine for fertilizer use by Geinzer, Magdalena

“…Potential approaches have been found to retain urea in human urine with the aim to concentrate the nutrients in the urine by dehydration to use it as a valuable fertilizer for plants. …”

Are trees on islands more exposed to lightning-strokes than trees at mainland? by Ahlander, Susanne

“…All vegetation is subject to different kinds of disturbances. Before human intervention, lightning strikes were the principal natural cause of ignition in conifer dominated European forests (Gromtsev 2002; Granström 2001). …”

Socio-ecological preditors of moose body condition across a latitudinal gradient in Sweden by Gentsch, Regina

“…Population sex ratio (male:female) and ungulate species richness (number of sympatric ungulate species present) were highly relevant in the models for the northern region, while densities of other ungulates (red deer, fallow deer, roe deer, wild boar) and human disturbance were significantly correlated with moose body mass in southern Sweden. …”

Identiteter i landskapet : relationen mellan människor och platser by Axelsson, Johanna

“…My conclusions of identity are that it's strongly linked to human intervention. This brings me to the methods of analysis, which includes the involvement and participation of civil society groups. …”

Not everything that glitters is gold by Etienne, Michelle

“…This maladaptive behaviour is often a consequence of human induced rapid changes in their natal environment, such as the development of linear infrastructure, where roads and railways create novel feeding conditions through traffic induced mortality of other species and powerline areas provide perching or nesting sites. …”
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Closed ecological life support systems : cycling of carbon, nitrogen and water by Persson, Hugo

“…Materially closed life support systems containing biological components that provide atmosphere, food and water for a human crew has been investigated for use in space travel since the 1960s. …”

Förgiftningar hos hund och katt by Niemi, Caroline

“…Many foods that are considered harmless to humans can be harmful and in some cases even fatal to animals. …”

Anaplasma phagocytophilum : förekomst i Sverige, profylax och behandling by Grossman, Judith

Tissue distribution of Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors in salmon fish (Salmo salar L.) by Gimeno Zafón, Carlota

“…Changing the dietary pattern influences the fatty acid composition in fish tissues with the decrease of the n-3 highly unsaturated fatty acids, as main consequence rendering fish less beneficial for human health. One way to find new approaches for using vegetable oil or other ways to feed farmed fish, is to study changes on gene expression, or on receptors that affect lipid's genome and one of those are PPARs. …”

Identification of Wild Edible Mushrooms of Uyuca Biological Reserve with Productive Potential by Romero R., Grecia A.

“…On the other hand, edible mushrooms represent the future of food security and human development due to their high nutritional potential. …”
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Second External Management Review of CIP, 1989 by CGIAR Secretariat

“…The panel identified three major challenges:1. preparing itself for the era that would follow the departure in early 1991 of its founding director general, Richard Sawyer;2. improving its research management structures and processes, and formulating a clearly articulated center-wide strategy; and3. improving the operations of its board, and upgrading its systems and procedures for managing human, financial, and physical resources.The panel made a number of recommendations for the center to consider. …”
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Second External Management Review of IITA, 1990 by CGIAR Secretariat

“…In a jointly prepared chapter the two panels recommended an extensive reorganization to improve communication and effectiveness.Under human resources, the panel suggested priority to systematic evaluation of senior scientific staff, management development of managers and scientists, and introduction of renewable fixed-term contracts. …”
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Second External Programme Review of ICARDA, 1988 by CGIAR Technical Advisory Committee

“…The panel endorsed the focus on lentils because of their importance as livestock feed and in human diets.Members recommended stopping faba bean improvement research and reducing work on food legumes, increased staffing of socioeconomic research (including a full time social anthropologist), and increased livestock research. …”
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Third Meeting of the Executive Council, September 24, 2002, Washington, DC: Summary Record of Proceedings by CGIAR Secretariat

“…Based largely on those recommendations, the Council endorsed the challenge programs on Water and Food, and Biofortified Crops for Improved Human Nutrition, while calling for further development of the Unlocking Genetic Diversity in Crops for the Resource-Poor Challenge Program. …”
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Fourth External Programme and Management Review of IRRI, 1992 by CGIAR Technical Advisory Committee, CGIAR Secretariat

“…It noted major improvement in management systems, but a need for further reduction of inefficiency, and made recommendations concerning human resource management and center security.Agenda document at TAC 60 and the CGIAR meeting in May 1993, as part of the overall consideration of rice research in the CGIAR.…”
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Application of genetic engineering for control of bacterial wilt disease of enset, Ethiopia's sustainability crop by Merga, I.F., Tripathi, L., Hvoslef-Eide, A.K., Gebre, E.

“…Enset serves as a food security crop for humans, animal feed, and source of fiber for the producers. …”
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Innovation platforms: synopsis of innovation platforms in agricultural research and development by Schut, Marc, Klerkx, Laurens, Kamanda, J., Sartas, Murat, Leeuwis, Cees

“…As the implementation of innovation platforms can consume significant human and financial resources, research and development donors will require evidence on their results and impact. …”
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Innovation platform and governance of local rice value chains in Benin: Between game of power and internal democracy? by Hinnou, L.C., Mongbo, R.L., Kamanda, J., Sanyang, S.

“…Moreover, the perverse effects of financial and human resources management limit the impact of improvement actions in various value chains. …”
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User Manual. Training Manual Terra-i. by Reymondin, Louis, Paz-García, Paula, Tello Dagua, Jhon Jairo, Coca-Castro, Alejandro, Bautista, Oscar, Menzinger, Bernadette

“…Description: Terra-i is a tool that detects vegetal land cover changes product of human activities in near real time. It has the capability to produce data every 16 days. …”
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