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Embedding mutually supportive implementation of the Plant Treaty and the Nagoya Protocol in the context of broader national policy goals: A Workshop for National Teams of Policy Ac... by ABS Capacity Development Initiative, Bioversity International

“…It was organized by the ABS Capacity Development Initiative and Bioversity International in cooperation with the African Union Commission and the Secretariats of the Convention on Biological Diversity and the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, held at the International Livestock Research Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 16th – 20th November 2015.…”
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Leptospira bacteria detected in rodents in Tana River and Garissa counties of Kenya by Wainaina, M., Bett, Bernard K., Ontiri, E., Picozzi, K., Agwanda, B., Strand, T., Grace, Delia, Lundkvist, Å., Lindahl, Johanna F.

“…Focus group discussions revealed that the local population perceived an increase in the rodent population and febrile illnesses not responsive to malarial treatment, a possible attestation of importance of non-malarial acute febrile illnesses such as leptospirosis in the communities. …”
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The effects of volcanic ash from Puyehue-Caulle range eruption on the survival of Dichroplus vittigerum (Orthoptera: Acrididae) by Fernandez Arhex, Valeria Cristina, Buteler, Micaela, Amadio, Maria Emilia, Enriquez, Andrea Soledad, Pietrantuono, Ana Laura, Stadler, Teodoro, Becker, Guillermo Fernando, Bruzzone, Octavio Augusto

“…To test this, we carried out 2 experiments: (i) an acute toxicity test, which consisted of exposing adults of D. vittigerum differentially to volcanic ash and diatomaceous earth, and (ii) a study to determine the survival time of the adult stage by separately exposing the insects to diatomaceous earth and volcanic ash, and by simulating with fans the wind gusts that occur naturally in the area of influence of the volcano. …”
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Dying alone due to COVID-19 : do the needs of the many outweigh the rights of the few—or the one? by Capozzo, Alejandra

“…The COVID-19 pandemic, caused by infection with the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has been striking the world since it was first identified in December 2019 in China. …”
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What happens during breakdown and repair of the suspensory ligament and what are different treatments aimed at? by Granswed, Izabella

“…Existing treatments aim at minimizing the acute inflammation that occurs directly after the injury and then ease the process of regaining the structure of the ligament tissue. …”
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Estimates and determinants of sexual violence against women in the Democratic Republic of Congo by Peterman, Amber, Palermo, Tia, Bredenkamp, Caryn

“…Not only is sexual violence more generalized than previously thought, but our findings suggest that future policies and programs should focus on abuse within families and eliminate the acceptance of and impunity surrounding sexual violence nationwide while also maintaining and enhancing efforts to stop militias from perpetrating rape.…”
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Systems thinking on the gendered impacts of COVID-19 in Bangladesh: A systematic review by Sarker, Mou Rani, Sarkar, Md. Abdur Rouf, Alam, Mohammad Jahangir, Begum, Ismat Ara, Bhandari, Humnath

“…The evidence suggests that the advancement of women during this pandemic was hampered by poor reproductive health outcomes; girls' dropping out of school; job loss; less income; a comparable wage gap; a lack of social security; unpaid work burnout; increased emotional, physical, and sexual abuse; an increase in child marriages; and less participation in leadership and decision-making. …”
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Institutional deficit, representation, and decentralized forest mangement in Cameroon: elements of natural resource sociology for social theory and public policy by Oyono, P.R.

“…This shift permits the diversion of forest governance and the setup of legal “gangsterism” in a field where corruption and abuse of power was already deeply entrenched. This study also enumerates different forms of instrumentalization of decentralized management of Cameroon’s forests, as well as the indicators of socio-economic and ecological counter-performance linked to current social and institutional arrangements.…”
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The livelihood impacts of oil palm: smallholders in Indonesia by Rist, L., Feintrenie, L., Levang, P.

“…The human side of the issue, highlighted with reports of negative livelihood outcomes and rights abuses by oil palm companies, has also led to controversy. …”
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Marketing value-chain of smallholder sheep and goats in crop-livestock mixed farming system of Alaba, Southern Ethiopia by Kocho, T., Abebe, G., Tegegne, Azage, Gebremedhin, Berhanu

“…Supply, demand and price of animals have clear seasonal variations. Abuse by brokers, lack of price information, access to incentive markets, poor market infrastructure and seasonality of markets are the major challenges in improving benefit and livelihood of smallholder sheep and goat producers. …”
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MarkSim standalone.V2 for DSSAT users by Jones, Peter G.

“…It eliminates their picking at a keyboard and abusing their eyesight by searching an on-screen map for the required data point. …”
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Characteristics that modify the effect of small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplementation on child growth: An individual participant data meta-analysis of randomized controlled... by Dewey, Kathryn G., Wessells, K. Ryan, Arnold, Charles D., Prado, Elizabeth L., Abbeddou, Souheila, Becquey, Elodie, Huybregts, Lieven, Leroy, Jef L., Ruel, Marie T.

“…Effects of SQ-LNSs on stunting, wasting, low MUAC, and small head size were greater among girls than among boys; effects on stunting, underweight, and low MUAC were greater among later-born (than among firstborn) children; and effects on wasting and acute malnutrition were greater among children in households with improved (as opposed to unimproved) sanitation. …”
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Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae infection in pigs, pork and raw pork handlers in Kamuli District, Eastern Uganda by Musewa, A., Roesel, Kristina, Nakanjako, D., Grace, Delia, Ssenyonga, R., Nangendo, J., Kawooya, I., Erume, J.

“…rhusiopathiae in pigs and humans in Uganda and East Africa. Previously, the acute form of swine erysipelas may have been confused for other diseases in pigs reported in Uganda which are characterized acute symptoms such as sudden death (for example, African swine fever). …”
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Situación actual de las Enfermedades Transmitidas por Alimentos (ETA) en Honduras by Pacheco, Marcela

“…El promedio anual de infecciones bacteriales en Honduras corresponde al 98.9% de los casos reportados. Así mismo, los virus suman cerca del 1% de los casos y los producidos por parásitos y agentes químicos, incluyendo toxinas bacteriales, no alcanzan el 0.1%. …”
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Sustainable and Equitable Growth in Farmer-led Irrigation in Sub-Saharan Africa: What Will it Take? by Lefore, Nicole, Giordano, Meredith A., Ringler, Claudia, Barron, Jennie

“…In the absence of sustainable natural resources management approaches to agricultural intensification, this situation may become more acute as natural resources become increasingly valuable, and therefore contested. …”
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Evaluation of a COVID-19 IgM and IgG rapid test; an efficient tool for assessment of past exposure to SARS-CoV-2 by Hoffman, T., Nissen, K., Krambrich, J., Rönnberg, B., Akaberi, D., Esmaeilzadeh, M., Salaneck, E., Lindahl, Johanna F., Lundkvist, Å.

“…Although the diagnostics of acute patients by RT-PCR is both efficient and specific, we are also crucially in need of serological tools for investigating antibody responses and assessing individual and potential herd immunity. …”
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Balancing livelihoods and environment: political economy of groundwater irrigation in India by Shah, T., Rajan, Abhishek, Rai, Gyan P.

“…The large-scale withdrawal of groundwater has caused acute groundwater stress in several parts of the country, leading to adverse environmental and sustainability challenges. …”
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Criteria for assessment of the residual value of fertilizer phosphorus by Sahrawat, K.L.

“…But more importantly, the residual P value varied depending on the criteria employed for crop response. …”
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High pathogenicity of a Chinese NADC34-like PRRSV on pigs by Yuan, L., Zhu, Z., Fan, J., Liu, P., Li, Y., Li, Q., Sun, Z., Yu, X., Hu Suk Lee, Tian, K., Li, X.

“…Histopathological changes, including interstitial pneumonia, lymphocyte depletion, acute hemorrhage, and infiltration of neutrophils in the lymphoid tissues, were observed with the viral proteins detected by immunohistochemistry staining using PRRSV-specific antibody. …”
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Telescoping error in recalled food consumption: Evidence from a survey experiment in Ethiopia by Abate, Gashaw T., de Brauw, Alan, Gibson, John P., Hirvonen, Kalle, Wolle, Abdulazize

“…To measure the extent of telescoping bias on food consumption measures, a survey experiment was conducted in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, randomly assigning households to either a two-visit bounded recall or a single visit unbounded recall. …”
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