Resultados de búsqueda - "subjectivity"

Resilience of Sudanian: savanna-woodlands in Burkina Faso por Savadogo, P., Tiveau, D., Sawadogo, L., Zida, D., Dayamba, Sidzabda Djibril

“…The savanna-woodlands of West Africa have been subject to disturbance by fire, grazing and tree cutting for centuries. …”
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AvGI, an index of genes transcribed in the salivary glands of the ixodid tick Amblyomma variegatum por Nene, Vishvanath M., Lee, D., Quackenbush, J., Skilton, Robert A., Mwaura, S., Gardner, M.J., Bishop, Richard P.

“…Random clones from a cDNA library made from mRNA purified from dissected salivary glands of feeding female Amblyomma variegatum ticks were subjected to single pass sequence analysis. A total of 3,992 sequences with an average read length of 580 nucleotides have been used to construct a gene index called AvGI that consists of 2,109 non-redundant sequences. …”
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Village chicken characteristics and their seasonal production situation in Jamma District, South Wollo, Ethiopia por Mengesha, M., Tamir, B., Dessie, Tadelle

“…A single-visit and multi-subject type of survey was conducted using structured questionnaires between November and December 2005, which was complemented by one arrival survey in August 2005 aiming at assessing seasonal variation in village chicken production. …”
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The relative importance of rainfall, temperature and yield data for a regional scale crop model por Watson, J., Challinor, Andrew J.

“…Given that cropping systems are subject both to a changing climate and to ongoing efforts to reduce the yield gap, both potential and actual crop productivity at the regional scale need to be measured. …”
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Evaluation of anthelmintic activities of crude leaf extracts of three indigenous herbal plants against ovine gastrointestinal nematodosis por Biftu, D., Nurfeta, A., Jobre, Y.

“…However, further experiments need to be carried out to determine the optimal curative dose without any untoward toxicity effect on recipient subjects. In addition, it is recommended to evaluate the medicinal effects of the roots and barks of Albizzia gummifera against various species of helminths. …”
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Evidence for different nutrient partitioning in Boran (Bos indicus) and Boran x Holstein cows when re-allocated from low to high or from high to low feeding level por Jenet, A., Fernández Rivera, S., Tegegne, Azage, Wettstein, H.R., Senn, M., Saurer, M., Langhans, W., Kreuzer, M.

“…A total of 27 cows of these two genotypes were subjected either to a low or a high feeding level from their first oestrus as heifers until birth of their third calf. …”
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Edible forage production, chemical composition, rumen degradation and gas production characteristics of Calliandra calothyrsus (Messin) provenances in the humid tropics of West Afr... por Larbi, Asamoah, Duguma, B., Smith, Jimmy W., Mollet, M., Akinlade, A.

“…In Experiment 2, DM degradation characteristics of 14 provenances of C. calothyrsus planted on an acid soil in Yaounde, Cameroon, were evaluated. Data were subjected to cluster analysis for grouping, and the 14 provenances were placed into four distinct cluster groups. …”
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Targeting rural development interventions: Empirical agent-based modeling in Nigerien villages por Saqalli, M., Gerard, Bruno G., Bielders, Charles L., Defourny, Pierre

“…Villagers are differentiated according to the social and agro-ecological constraints they are subjected to. Two development project interventions are simulated, assuming no land scarcity: increasing the availability of inorganic fertilizers for farmers and an inventory credit technique based on millet grain. …”
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Effects of land-use and tsetse fly control on bird species richness in southwestern Ethiopia por Wilson, C.J., Reid, Robin S., Stanton, N.L., Perry, Brian D.

“…Bird species richness and composition (using Timed-Species counts) and habitat structure (using field sampling and remote sensing) were sampled in four land cover/land-use types in areas subjected to tsetse fly control and adjacent areas without control. …”
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Management and cultivar effects on ruminant nutritional quality of pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.) stover. II. Effects of cultivar choice on stover quality and produc... por Blümmel, Michael, Bidinger, F.R., Hash, C.T.

“…The paper investigates the variation in laboratory fodder quality traits in stover of 16 cultivars of pearl millet grown over 2 consecutive years and subjected to two different fertilizer regimes and planting densities. …”
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Enhancing immunity to nematode parasites in single-bearing Merino ewes through nutrition and genetic selection por Kahn, L.P., Knox, M.R., Gray, G.D., Lea, J.M., Walken-Brown, S.W.

“…One hundred and twenty ewes from lines selected for increased resistance (R) to Haemonchus contortus or at random (C) were subjected to one of the three supplement groups that provided 0 or 250 g per day cottonseed meal for 5 weeks prior to, or for 6 weeks after the start of lambing. …”
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The risk management dilemma for fumonisin mycotoxins por Shephard, G.S., Kimanya, M.E., Kpodo, K.A., Gnonlonfin, G.J.B., Gelderblom, W.C.A.

“…These mycotoxins have also been assessed by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) and have twice been the subject of risk assessments by the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA). …”
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Traditional seed management and genetic diversity in barley varieties in high-hill agro-ecosystems of Nepal por Bajracharya, J., Brown, A.H.D., Joshi, B.K., Panday, D., Baniya, Bimal K., Sthapit, B.R., Jarvis, Devra I.

“…In the present study, the seed flows and the pattern of genetic diversity in barley were investigated to detect differences between the two varieties and test the divergence among populations of each variety These data suggested that Chawali, the more common variety, was less subject to homogenising gene flow between farms than was Lekali. …”
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Water implications of foreign direct investment in Ethiopia's agricultural sector por Bossio, Deborah A., Erkossa, Teklu, Dile, Y.T., McCartney, Matthew P., Killiches, F., Hoff, H.

“…The extent to which these investments also constitute significant acquisitions of water is the subject of this paper. It is apparent that water availability is a strong driver of the recent surge of investments in agricultural land globally, and in general the investments occur in countries with significant 'untapped' water resources. …”
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The impact of climate change on countries’ interdependence on genetic resources for food and agriculture por Fujisaka, S., Williams, D., Halewood, Michael

“…Cross- sectoral studies have been commissioned to analyse use and exchange patterns in light of climate change, subject of the present background study paper, and to review the extent to which policies and arrangements for access and benefit-sharing take into consideration the use and exchange of genetic resources for food and agriculture in particular. …”
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Urbanisation, nutrition transition and cardiometabolic risk: the Benin study por Delisle, H., Ntandou-Bouzitou, Gervais D., Agueh, V., Sodjinou, R., Fayom, B.

“…The aim of the present study conducted in Benin was to examine the mediating role of nutrition transition in the relationship of urbanisation level and socio-economic status (SES) to cardiometabolic risk markers. A total of 541 subjects in apparent good health were randomly selected from the main city of Cotonou, a small town and its surrounding rural areas. …”
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Screening the banana biodiversity for drought tolerance: can an in vitro growth model and proteomics be used as a tool to discover tolerant varieties and understand homeostasis por Vanhove, A.C., Vermaelen, W., Panis, Bartholomeus, Swennen, Rony L., Carpentier, Sebastien C.

“…Five varieties representing different genomic constitutions in banana (AAAh, AAA, AAB, AABp, and ABB) were selected and subjected to a mild osmotic stress. The ABB variety showed the smallest stress induced growth reduction. …”
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Characterisation and validation of farmers’ knowledge and practice of cattle trypanosomosis management in the cotton zone of West Africa por Grace, Delia, Randolph, Thomas F., Affognon, Hippolyte D., Dramane, D., Diall, O., Clausen, Peter-Henning

“…Despite this, therapeutic outcomes were both objectively (clinical parameters) and subjectively (carer assessment) satisfactory in 89% of cattle treated by farmers. …”
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Environmental and social values of river water: examples from the Menik Ganga, Sri Lanka por Dissanayake, Priyanka, Smakhtin, Vladimir U.

“…The paper intends to stimulate discussion and further research on the complex subject of valuing the social and environmental benefits of water ? …”
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Impact of climate change on water resources and potential adaptations for Indian agriculture por Sharma, Bharat R.

“…After a brief introduction to the importance of the subject, this paper describes in detail the impact of climate change on water resources in India, with special reference to the Indus and the Ganges River systems which constitute the major food basket of the country. …”
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