Search Results - "In the Loop"

Market feasibility of faecal sludge and municipal solid waste-based compost as measured by farmers’ willingness-to-pay for product attributes: evidence from Kampala, Uganda by Danso, George K., Otoo, Miriam, Ekere, W., Ddungu, S., Madurangi, Ganesha

“…There is a great potential to close the nutrient recycling loop, support a ‘circular economy’ and improve cost recovery within the waste sector and to create viable businesses via the conversion of waste to organic fertilizers. …”
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Validation of a diagnostic tool for the diagnosis of lumpy skin disease by Mwanandota, J.J., Macharia, Mercy, Ngeleja, C.M., Sallu, R.S., Yongolo, M.G., Mayenga, C., Holton, Timothy A.

“…Although PCR provides for a rapid and sensitive diagnosis, it has limited use due to its complexity in terms of cost, time and equipment. Loop‐mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) is a simple, specific and cost‐effective method with a diagnostic accuracy similar to PCR.To compare the detection rate (DR) of two LAMP assays versus PCR for the detection of CaPV.This study used 105 apparently health animals (AHA) and 59 clinically sick animals (CSA).PCR and LAMP assays (LAMP1 and LAMP 2) were compared for detection of CaPV from AHA and CSA using blood and tissue samples. …”
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Identification and functional characterization of cation-chloride cotransporters in plants by Colmenero-Flores, José M., Martinez, German, Gamba, Gerardo, Vazquez, Norma, Iglesias, Domingo J., Brumos, Javier, Talón, Manuel

“…In Xenopus laevis oocytes, the A. thaliana CCC protein (At CCC) catalysed the co-ordinated symport of K+, Na+ and Cl-, and this transport activity was inhibited by the 'loop' diuretic bumetanide, a specific inhibitor of vertebrate Na+:K+:Cl- cotransporters, indicating that At CCC encodes for a bona fide Na+:K+:Cl- cotransporter. …”
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Identification and Characterization of a Variant of Citrus viroid V (CVd-V) in Seminole Tangelo by Serra, Pedro, Pina, José A., Durán-Vila, Núria

“…The variant has 97.6% sequence identity with the reference sequence of CVd-V and shows three characteristics: (I) two compensatory changes that modify an A-U base pair between the upper and lower “strands” into a G-C base pair, (II) a U→A change located in a loop that does not seem to disturb the viroid secondary structure, and (III) two sets of changes located in the upper and lower strands that result in a rearrangement of the base pairing between the upper and lower strands. …”
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Blackwater sanitization with urea in Sweden by Vidal Estévez, Brenda

“…The blackwater (wastewater from toilets only) represents the major proportion of the plant nutrients found in household wastewater (about 90 % of the phosphorous and nitrogen from the total effluent) and thus they should be recycled in order to close the nutrients loop in the environment. The aim of this research was to analyze the possible use of blackwater as fertilizer in agriculture by comparing three different scenarios: conventional wastewater treatment, separate storage with addition of urea 1 % and separate storage with addition of urea 0.5 % and heat from different sources. …”
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Beyond fixes that fail: identifying sustainable improvements to tree seed supply and farmer participation in forest and landscape restoration by Valette, Michel, Vinceti, Barbara, Gregorio, Nestor, Bailey, Arwen, Thomas, Evert, Jalonen, Riina

“…In this study, we used a dynamic system approach to understand the inter-related problems that constrain the supply of good quality and site-adapted tree seeds to meet smallholders’ and other stakeholders’ demand in Burkina Faso and the Philippines, and to identify leverage points for intervention. Causal loop diagrams were constructed for each country, based on a framework of indicators of effective tree seed supply systems, literature review, semistructured interviews, and expert validation. …”
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Assessment of women's benefits and constraints in participating in agroforestry exemplar landscapes by Nguyen, M.P., North, H., Duong, M.T., Nguyen, M.C.

“…Women are highly constrained by gender norms, access to resources, decision-making power and a prevailing positive-feedback loop of time poverty, especially in H'mong community. …”
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Genetic Dissection of Heat Stress Tolerance in Faba Bean (Vicia faba L.) Using GWAS by Maalouf, Fouad, Abou-Khater, Lynn, Ahmed, Zayed Babiker Mahgoub, Jighly, Abdulqader, Alsamman, Alsamman M., Hu, Jinguo, Ma, Yu, Rispail, Nicolas, Balech, Rind, Hamwieh, Aladdin, Baum, Michael, Agrawal, Shiv Kumar

“…Through the annotation of the discovered significant SNPs, we found that SNPs from transcription factor helix–loop–helix bHLH143-like S-adenosylmethionine carrier, putative pentatricopeptide repeat-containing protein At5g08310, protein NLP8-like, and photosystem II reaction center PSB28 proteins are associated with heat tolerance.…”
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High-throughput characterization and phenotyping of resistance and tolerance to virus infection in sweetpotato by Kreuze, Jan F., Ramírez, D., Fuentes, S., Loayza, H., Ninanya, J., Rinza, J., David, M., Gamboa, S., Boeck, B. de, Díaz, F., Pérez, A., Silva, L., Campos, Hugo

“…Virus loads were assessed using ELISA, (RT-)qPCR, and loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) methods, and also through multispectral reflectance and canopy temperature collected using an unmanned aerial vehicle. …”
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Conditions for a second wave of COVID-19 due to interactions between disease dynamics and social practices by Pedro, Sansao A., Ndjomatchoua, Frank T., Jentsch, Peter, Tchuenche, Jean M., Anand, Madhur, Bauch, Chris T.

“…This suggests that the COVID-19 pandemic exemplifies a coupled behavior-disease system where disease dynamics and social dynamics are locked in a mutual feedback loop. Here we develop a minimal mathematical model of the interaction between social support for school and workplace closure and the transmission dynamics of SARS-CoV-2. …”
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Impact of farm size on the function of landscape-level payments for ecosystem services: An agent-based model study by Wu, Vince, Bell, Andrew Reid, Zhang, Wei

“…Enhancing natural pest control ecosystem services through the integration of non-crop habitats (NCH) offers promising potential, creating a positive feedback loop by harnessing insect biodiversity to reduce pesticide reliance. …”
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Impact of farm size on the function of landscape-level payments for ecosystem services: An agent-based model study by Wu, Vince, Bell, Andrew Reid, Zhang, Wei

“…Enhancing natural pest control ecosystem services through the integration of non-crop habitats (NCH) offers promising potential, creating a positive feedback loop by harnessing insect biodiversity to reduce pesticide reliance. …”
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A systematic scoping review of irrigation development and agricultural water management in South Africa by Mabhaudhi, T., Dirwai, Tinashe Lindel, Taguta, C., Kanda, E. K., Nhamo, L., Cofie, Olufunke O.

“…This information is vital as a feedback loop to identify opportunities, challenges, and potential investment gaps to boost irrigation development in the continent. …”
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Hygiene system modeling for toileting in schools by Crocker, J., Walters, J., Chipungu, J., Bhagwan, J., Dione, Michel M., Dreibelbis, R., Dumlao, M.C., Faruque, A.S.G., Flint-O'Kane, M., Gautam, O.P., Lakhe, N.A., Muga, R., Muralidharan, A., Ndiaye, I., Sarr, M., Freeman, M.C.

“…Participants identified and prioritized hygiene system factors, created systems models, and performed structural analyses using influence maps and causal loop diagrams to compare key leverage points driving hygienic toileting in schools. …”
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East Asian contributions to Dutch traditional and western commercial chickens inferred from mtDNA analysis by Dana, N., Megens, H.-J., Crooijmans, R.P.M.A., Hanotte, Olivier H., Mwacharo, Joram M., Groenen, M.A.M., Arendonk, Johan A.M. van

“…To this end, a 365-bp fragment of the chicken mtDNA D-loop region of 16 Dutch fancy breeds (113 individuals) was surveyed, comprising almost the entire breed diversity of The Netherlands. …”
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Spatial integration and price transmission in selected cassava products markets in Nigeria: a case of gari by Ojiako, I., Ezedinma, C.I., Asumugha, G.N., Okechukwu, R.U.

“…The Granger causality runs one-way from the rural to the urban market, without a feedback loop. Also, the impulse response analysis revealed that the rural price was more responsive to shocks emanating from the rural market, the effect of which was computed as 95.6% using the forecast error variance decompositions. …”
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Molecular based detection, validation of a LAMP assay and phylogenetic analysis of Capripoxvirus in Kenya by Omoga, D.C.A., Macharia, M., Magiri, E., Kinyua, J., Kasiiti, J., Holton, T.

“…Aims: To optimize the different available molecular based techniques, validate the Loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assay for detection of Capripoxviruses (CaPVs) DNA and deep sequencing to confirm the results of the LAMP assay and ensure that an effective and reliable detection method is recommended and adopted for use in Capripox diagnosis. …”
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High genetic diversity and population differentiation in Clarias gariepinus of Yala Swamp: Evidence from mitochondrial DNA sequences by Barasa, J.E., Abila, R., Grobler, J.P., Agaba, Morris, Chemoiwa, E.J., Kaunda-Arara, B.

“…In order to improve the conservation and sustainable utilization of the African catfish Clarias gariepinus of the Yala Swamp in Kenya, genetic diversity and population structure of Lakes Kanyaboli and Namboyo populations of the species were studied using DNA sequences of the mitochondrial D-loop control region. Genetic diversity inferred as haplotype and nucleotide diversities and number of singletons and shared haplotypes was higher in the Lake Kanyaboli population (LKG) than the Lake Namboyo population (LNG) of C. gariepinus. …”
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Mitochondrial DNA variation reveals maternal origins and demographic dynamics of Ethiopian indigenous goats by Mekuriaw, Getinet, Tesfaye, K., Okeyo Mwai, Ally, Djikeng, Appolinaire, Dessie, Tadelle, Birungi, Josephine, Osama, S., Zergaw, N., Alemu, A., Achieng, G., Tutah, J., Mutai, C., Njuguna, J., Mwacharo, Joram M.

“…Through the analysis of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) d-loop region in 309 individuals from 13 populations, we reveal the maternal genetic variation and demographic dynamics of Ethiopian indigenous goats. …”
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Genetic diversity and phylogeographic structure of sixteen Mediterranean chicken breeds assessed with microsatellites and mitochondrial DNA by Ceccobelli, S., Di Lorenzo, P., Lancioni, H., Monteagudo Ibanez, L. V., Tejedor, M. T., Castellini, C., Landi, V., Martinez Martinez, A., Delgado Bermejo, J. V., Vega Pla, J. L., Leon Jurado, J. M., Garcia, N., Attard, G., Grimal, Amparo, Stojanovic, S., Kume, K., Panella, F., Weigend, S., Lasagna, E.

“…The genetic diversities and relationships among 16 local breeds of chicken originating from five countries (Italy, Spain, Serbia, Albania and Republic of Malta) within the Mediterranean basin were assessed by sequencing part of the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) D-loop region and by genotyping individuals at 27 autosomal microsatellite loci. …”
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