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Confronting the realities of wastewater use in agriculture by International Water Management Institute

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Application of scaling frameworks to grazing exclosures in Ethiopia by Sircely, Jason A.

“…Knowledge gaps and learning opportunities in exclosure management and policy solutions are identified to draw attention to possible ‘blind-spots' and ‘win-win' solutions that may affect the widespread success of exclosures in Ethiopia and elsewhere. …”
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Seaweed on the plate : an analysis of the consumer willingness to improve the health of the Baltic sea by Hansson Lillås, Peder

“…An experiment that included sample testing was carried out under three conditions (blind, expected, informed) where the participants received additional information of the product between the sample tests. …”

En enkelblindad, prospektiv, randomiserad pilotstudie för att utvärdera behandlingseffekten av KalvatinTM vid intertrigo hos hund. by Sebelius Oxalaryd, Daniella

Open property and complex mosaics: Variants in tenure regimes across pastoralist social-ecological systems by Robinson, Lance W.

“…In elaborating the complex mosaic regime model, this paper addresses a blind spot in scholarship on property rights and commons, deepening the understanding of why pastoralist systems tend not to conform to mainstream theory, as well as helping to explain some of the differences among pastoralist systems. …”
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Biofortified Yellow-Fleshed Potatoes Provide More Absorbable Zinc than a Commonly Consumed Variety: A Randomized Trial Using Stable Isotopes in Women in the Peruvian Highlands by Liria Domínguez, M.R., Penny, M.E., Kroon, P.A., Burgos, G., Dainty, J., Zeder, C., Zimmermann, M., King, J.C., Mithen, R., Boy, Erick, Al-Jaiballi, O., Fairweather-Tait, S.

“…Methods We undertook a single-blinded randomized crossover study (using 67Zn and 70Zn stable isotopes) in which 37 women consumed 500 g biofortified or regular potatoes twice a day. …”
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Irie Classroom Toolbox: A study protocol for a cluster-randomised trial of a universal violence prevention programme in Jamaican preschools by Baker-Henningham, Helen, Vera-Hernandez, Marcos, Alderman, Harold, Walker, Susan

“…We aim to determine the effectiveness of a school-based violence prevention programme implemented in Jamaican preschools, on reducing the levels of aggression among children at school, and violence against children by teachers.This is a 2-arm, single-blind, cluster-randomised controlled trial with parallel assignment. …”
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Integrating consumer traits is key to increasing uptake of improved crop varieties: Evidence and policy insights from seed sample packs and cooking events in Uganda by Van Campenhout, Bjorn, Nabwire, Leocardia, Kramer, Berber, Trachtman, Carly, Abate, Gashaw T.

“…The second intervention consists of organizing cooking demonstrations and blind tasting sessions to compare maize from improved variety with local varieties, focusing on consumption traits like palatability, texture, and ease of cooking…”
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The impact of zinc supplementation on morbidity from diarrhea and respiratory infections among rural Guatemalan children by Ruel, Marie T., Rivera, Juan A., Santizo, Maria-Claudia, Lonnerdal, Bo, Brown, Kenneth H.

“…A community-based, randomized, double-blind intervention trial was conducted to measure the impact of zinc supplementation on young Guatemalan children's morbidity from diarrhea and respiratory infections.Methods. …”
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Guidelines for gender-responsive seed systems development by Bomuhangi, Allan, Yila, Jummai, Puskur, Ranjitha, Khan, Afreen

“…As this guideline has presented, achieving this requires a deliberate and systemic shift from gender-blind approaches to those that are genuinely gender-responsive. …”
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Assessing hydrologic changes across the Lower Mekong Basin by Lyon, S.W., King, K., Polpanich, O., Lacombe, Guillaume

“…Without this connection, we might be blind to future hydrological shifts that can have significant impact on development.…”
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Virus detection by high-throughput sequencing of small RNAs: large-scale performance testing of sequence analysis strategies by Massart, S., Chiumenti, M., Jonghe, K., Glover, R., Haegeman, A., Koloniuk, I., Kominek, P., Kreuze, Jan F., Kutnjak, D., Lotos, L., Maclot, F., Maliogka, V., Maree, Hans J.

“…Therefore, we compared the ability of 21 plant virology laboratories, each employing a different bioinformatics pipeline, to detect 12 plant viruses through a double-blind large-scale performance test using 10 datasets of 21- to 24-nucleotide small RNA (sRNA) sequences from three different infected plants. …”
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Blood glucose response on consumption of cassava varieties (Garri) in healthy Nigerian subjects by Ogbonna, OC, Fadeiye, EO, Ikem, RT, Oladipo, KO, Soyoye, DO, Olulana, TM, Kalejaiye, Olatundun Adeoti, Ilona, Paul, Boy, Erick

“…The study employed single blind, randomized, cross-over investigation on 40 consenting apparently healthy adult volunteers with a documented normal fasting blood glucose level prior to recruitment. …”
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Rationale, design, methodology and sample characteristics for the Vietnam pre-conceptual micronutrient supplementation trial (PRECONCEPT): A randomized controlled study by Nguyen, Phuong Hong, Lowe, Alyssa E., Martorell, Reynaldo, Nguyen, Hieu, Pham, Hoa, Nguyen, Son, Harding, Kimberly B., Neufeld, Lynnette M., Reinhart, Gregory A., Ramakrishnan, Usha

“…This paper provides an overview of study design, methodology and sample characteristics from baseline survey data and key lessons learned.We have recruited 5011 WRA in a double-blind stratified randomized controlled trial in rural Vietnam and randomly assigned them to receive weekly supplements containing either: 1) 2800 μg folic acid 2) 60 mg iron and 2800 μg folic acid or 3) MM. …”
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Making climate-smart technologies work for women farmers: Insights from socio-technical innovation bundling (STIBs) approach in India by Mukhopadhyay, Prama, Chadha, Deepali, Gartaula, Hom Nath, Puskur, Ranjitha, Goel, Kritika

“…Technological development commonly disregards gender considerations, perpetuating a ‘gender blind’ approach. Drawing from different regions and livelihood systems of India, this paper synthesizes four case studies where the projects and programmes have bundled social, and technical, innovations in their programming. …”
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A crowdsourcing approach to detect farmers’ preferences: evidences from Ethiopia for adapting to climate change by Fadda, Carlo, Mancini, C., Mengistu, D.K., Gebrehawaryat Kidane, Yosef, Dell'Acqua, M., Pe, M.E.

“…Each farmer was given 3 blind varieties and the check, each variety being equally represented in the sample. …”
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Consumption of Iron-Biofortified Beans Positively Affects Cognitive Performance in 18- to 27-Year-Old Rwandan Female College Students in an 18-Week Randomized Controlled Efficacy T... by Murray-Kolb, Laura E., Wenger, Michael J., Scott, Samuel P., Rhoten, Stephanie E., Lung'aho, Mercy G., Haas, Jere D.

“…Objective: Our aim was to determine the efficacy of iron-biofortified beans in improving cognition in WRA compared with control beans. Methods: A double-blind, randomized intervention study was conducted in 150 women aged 18–27 y with low iron status (ferritin <20 μg/L). …”
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Assessing uncertainties in crop and pasture ensemble model simulations of productivity and N2O emissions by Ehrhardt, F., Soussana, J.F., Bellocchi, G., Grace, P., McAuliffe, R., Recous, S., Sándor, R., Smith, P., Snow, V., Merbold, Lutz

“…Using a multi‐stage modelling protocol, from blind simulations (stage 1) to partial (stages 2–4) and full calibration (stage 5), 24 process‐based biogeochemical models were assessed individually or as an ensemble against long‐term experimental data from four temperate grassland and five arable crop rotation sites spanning four continents. …”
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Efectos de la ingesta de maíz de alta calidad de proteína (QPM) versus maíz convencional en el crecimiento y la morbilidad de niños nicaragüenses desnutridos de 1 a 5 años by Ortega Aleman, EC, Coulson Romero, AJ, Ordoñez Argueta, L.I., Pachón, Helena

“…Quality protein maize (QPM), with twice the amount of tryptophan and lysine than conventional maize, has improved the nutritional status of severely malnourished children. This double-blind clinical study evaluated the impact of QPM on the growth and morbidity of mild and moderately malnourished children. …”
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An Ibero-American inter-laboratory trial to evaluate serological tests for the detection of anti-Neospora caninum antibodies in cattle by Campero, Lucía María, Moreno-Gonzalo, Javier, Venturini, María Cecilia, Moré, Gastón, Dellarupe, Andrea, Rambeaud, Magdalena, Echaide, Ignacio Eduardo, Valentini, Beatriz Susana, Campero, Carlos Manuel, Moore, Prando Dadin, Cano, Dora Beatriz, Fort, Marcelo Cristian, Mota, Rinaldo A., Serrano-Martínez, Marcos E., Cruz-Vázquez, Carlos, Ortega-Mora, Luis M., Álvarez-García, Gema

“…A total of eight laboratories participated from the following countries: Argentina (n = 4), Brazil (n = 1), Peru (n = 1), Mexico (n = 1), and Spain (n = 1). A blind panel of well-characterized cattle sera (n = 143) and sera representative of the target population (n = 351) was tested by seven in-house indirect fluorescent antibody tests (IFATs 1–7) and three enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs 1–3; two in-house and one commercial). …”
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