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Nitrogen flow in Scania : substance flow analysis on a regional level by Hellstrand, Johanna

“…The results showed that emissions to air mainly come from agriculture, transport and combustion. Agriculture contains the largest Nr flows, consisting of mineral fertilizer, deposition and nitrogen fixation. …”

A competitor’s reflections : reflections about competing in an international architectural competition: LE:NOTRE Student Competition - (re)discovering the emerald necklace of Cole... by Wedlin, Arvid

“…To examine a competitor’s reflection of an international competition, I entered and competed in LE:NOTRE Student Competition, a competition for students where the task was to develop 25 kilometers of complex urban periphery along a chain of natural and artificial lakes in Bucharest, Romania. My working process contained a five step method of Research - Conceptual ideas - Inventory - Analysis - Proposal where I went from knowing nothing at all about the site and the task, to completing a proposal and submitting it in the competition. …”

Kvicksilver, kadmium och zink i avfall som förbränns i Kiruna kraftvärmeverk by Andersson, Elin

“…The purpose of this study is to identify where in society mercury, cadmium and zinc are found and to examine the type of waste going to Kiruna power and heating plant which contains the greatest concentration of these heavy metals. …”

Towards a core approach for cross-sectional farm household survey data collection: a tiered setup for quantifying key farm and livelihood indicators by Wijk, Mark T. van, Álvarez, Cristina, Anupama, Guvvala, Arnaud, Elizabeth, Azzarri, Carlo, Burra, Dharani Dhar, Caracciolo, Francesco, Coomes, David A., Garbero, Alessandra, Gotor, Elisabetta, Heckert, Jessica, Johnson, Nancy L., Kim, Soonho, Miro, Berta, Muliro, Jacqueline, Shikuku, Kelvin Mashisia, Tyszler, Marcelo, Valdivia, Roberto O., Viviani, Sara, Vrolijk, Hans, Kruseman, Gideon K.

“…The Big Data platform of the CGIAR has therefore stimulated an effort to define how a common core of a cross-sectional household survey focusing on rural households could look like, the so-called 100Q exercise (with 100Q standing for 100 Questions that that core should contain). The core survey should deliver key information around the agricultural activities and off farm income of the household, as well as key welfare indicators focusing on poverty, food security, dietary diversity and gender equity. …”
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The central African soil spectral library: a new soil infrared repository and a geographical prediction analysis by Summerauer, L., Baumann, P., Ramírez Lopez, L., Barthel, M., Bauters, M., Bukombe, B., Reichenbach, M., Boeckx, P., Kearsley, E., Oost, K. van, Vanlauwe, Bernard, Chiragaga, D., Heri-Kazi, A., Moonen, P., Sila, A., Shepherd, K ., Mujinya, B.B., Ranst, E. van, Baert, G., Doetterl, S., Six, Johan

“…Currently, our CSSL contains over 1800 soil samples from 10 distinct geoclimatic regions throughout the Congo Basin and along the Albertine Rift. …”
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First report of banana bunchy top virus in banana (Musa spp.) and its eradication in Togo by Kolombia, Y.A., Oviasuyi, T., Dzola, A., Gonh-Goh, A., Atsu, T., Oresanya, A., Ogunsanya, P., Alabi, T., Kumar, P. Lava

“…This study illustrates the importance of regular surveillance for early detection of invasive virus threats and the value of rapid eradication to contain viruses before spread and establishment in a new territory.…”
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Soybean (Glycine max) response to rhizobia inoculation as influenced by soil nitrogen levels by Nyaguthii, M.C.

“…The main plot as Sympal (contains phosphorus, potassium, Sulphur, calcium, magnesium, and zinc) applied at a rate of 30 kg P ha-1and the sub-plots had Phymyx at 5 levels with and without inoculation. …”
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Development of a multi-layer gene regulatory network perturbation simulation model for host-pathogen interaction studies by Olagunju, T.A.

“…The model was applied to GC data containing 3,146 genes, and NGS data comprising 383,105,237 sequences from five Cassava genotypes labelled as A, B, C, D and E. …”
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Effects of aflatoxins and fumonisins, alone or in combination, on performance, health, and safety of food products of broiler chickens, and mitigation efficacy of bentonite and fum... by Ochieng, P.E., Croubels, S., Kemboi, D., Okoth, S., Baere, S. de, Cavalier, E., Kang'ethe, Erastus K., Faas, J., Doupovec, B., Gathumbi, J., Douny, C., Scippo, M.-L., Lindahl, Johanna F., Antonissen, G.

“…Four hundred one-day-old Cobb 500 broiler chickens were randomly assigned to 20 treatments with either a control diet, a diet with moderate AFB1 (60 μg/kg feed) or high AFB1 (220 μg/kg feed), or FBs (17,430 μg FB1+FB2/kg feed), alone or in combination, a diet containing AFB1 (either 60 or 220 μg/kg) and/or FBs (17,430 μg FB1+FB2/kg) and bentonite or fumonisin esterase or both, or a diet with bentonite or fumonisin esterase only. …”
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Supply chain risk assessment and management toolkit by Wiegel, Jennifer Rebecca, Siles, Pablo, Claros Trujillo, Luisa María, Angulo, Jessenia, Charry, Andres, Mai Vu, Nguyen Phuong, Nguyen, Thuy Thanh, Talsma, Tiffany, Celi, Giacomo

“…This information is used to guide the development of recommendations and action planning to prevent, minimize and mitigate risks. Each tool contains specific instructions and is accompanied by relevant supplementary materials, including data collection instruments and templates designed to streamline the process of inputting and analyzing data. …”
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Establishment of critical control points of informally marketed raw milk in Kiambu and Nairobi districs based on microbiological safety. by Mwangi, A.

“…Two market channel types (retail agents other than dairy co-ops and multiple selling steps) and four risk factors: scooping of milk, higher milk temperature, piped water and use of plastic versus metal containers were associated with higher coliform counts (the former three risk factors were also associated with higher total bacterial counts). …”
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Validation of the world food programme’s food consumption score and alternative indicators of household food security by Wiesmann, Doris, Bassett, Lucy, Benson, Todd, Hoddinott, John F.

“…Our validation work has the following components: (1) collecting and analyzing survey data from three countries—Burundi, Haiti, and Sri Lanka—that contain information about calorie consumption at the household level and information needed to construct the FCS; (2) establishing the extent to which an assessment of food security status based on the FCS mimics food security status based on household calorie consumption; and (3) assessing whether changes to the construction of the FCS would improve its predictive power and whether such changes are feasible, given the environment in which these assessments are typically conducted. …”
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Low-methane forages: Discovery, development, and preparation for deployment in the Global South by Marin, Alejandra, Wenzl, Peter, Habte, Ermias, Jones, Chris, Arndt, Claudia, Rischkowsky, Barbara, Costa Junior, Ciniro, Muetzel, Stefan, Jaramillo, Andrés, Ku Vera, Juan Carlos, Makkar, Harinder, Chavarriaga, Paul, Idupulapati, Rao, Arango, Jacobo

“…Forages, including browses, legumes and grasses containing anti-methanogenic compounds (AMC), such as tannins, saponins, flavonoids, H2-sinks, or methanogenesis inhibitors, constitute LMF. …”
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Developing Methane Conversion Factor (Ym) for Kenyan Dairy Cows: Diet Quality’s on Emissions and Productivity by Vihowanou, Gaius, Idibu, Joachine, Garcia, Edward, Poole, Elizabeth J, Gakige, Jesse Kagai, Kiprotich, Linus, Korir, Daniel, Jones, Christopher S, Katongole, C.B, Assouma, M.H., Niu, M, Dossa, L.H., Lind, Vibeke, Arndt, Claudia

“…According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Tier 2 methodology, key factors to estimate livestock GHG emissions include ruminant diets containing 18.45 MJ of gross energy (GE) per kg of dry matter (DM) and methane energy content of 55.65 MJ/kg. …”
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The development of Trichostrongylus colubriformis larvae on a range of herbage species or on plots of differing topographical aspect by Niezen, J.H., Robertson, H.A., Miller, C.M., Hay, F.S.

“…Five "contaminations", where faeces containing Trichostrongylus colubriformis eggs were deposited on pasture and serially recovered, were used to compare the rate of decline of faecal mass and larval development. …”
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Sustainability is good business for agriculture by Institute of Agricultural and Forest Management and Certification

“…Based on robust methods, the three studies analyzed large databases that contain information from dozens of farmers covered by programs designed to stimulate sustainability in several regions of Brazil either through the provision of credit, technical assistance or certification. …”
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The role of gender in dairy value chain: The case of central Zone of Tigray by Gebremichael, Z.

“…At the process side or milk container cleaning, milk storage and preparation, milking and milk churning dominated by females. …”
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Optimal utilization of legume fodder banks and low quality roughages by grazing cattle. by Mani, R.I.

“…Feeding urea-molasses block containing 12.5% urea to provide non protein nitrogen (NPN) while animals were confined at night improved the intake of the low quality roughage in stall-fed cattle without access to forage legume supplement and increased the intake of the legume supplement in those with access to both, but did not improve digestible dry matter intake. …”
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Use of an antigen trapping elisa kit for field diagnosis of trypanosoma evansi infections in dromedary camels (camelus dromedarius). by Waithanji, Elizabeth M.

“…From each camel 3 ml of blood was collected by jugular venipuncture into a vacutainer tube containing ethylene diamine tetra acetate (EDTA) as anticoagulant, mixed and stored in a cool place. …”
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Organisational Baseline Study: Overview report for Pailom CSV, LAO PDR(LA02) by Villanueva, Jerome, Mienmany, Soytavanh, Souvannaxayyavong, Chantha, Phonevisay, Silivong, Xayachack, Anousith, Khodyhotha, Khamphamy

“…As a whole, Savannakhet Province is thought to contain rich in natural resources and immense traditional agriculture production system (rain-fed rice production, aquaculture and small livestock raising) but pressure of change in weather pattern specially prolonged dry season will have a consequential impacts in the dynamics of farming communities undermining food security and livelihoods. …”
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