Search Results - Longitudinal method

Design and descriptive epidemiology of the Infectious Diseases of East African Livestock (IDEAL) project, a longitudinal calf cohort study in western Kenya by Bronsvoort, B.M. de C., Thumbi, Samuel M., Poole, Elizabeth J., Kiara, Henry K., Tosas Auguet, O., Handel, Ian G., Jennings, A., Conradie, I., Mbole-Kariuki, Mary N., Toye, Philip G., Hanotte, Olivier H., Coetzer, Jacobus A.W., Woolhouse, Mark E.J.

“…Blood and tissue samples were collected in association with all visits and screened using a range of laboratory based diagnostic methods for over 100 different pathogens or infectious exposures.The study followed the 548 calves over the first 51 weeks of life or until death and when they were reported clinically ill. …”
Get full text

Mortality as the primary constraint to enhancing nutritional and financial gains from poultry: A multi-year longitudinal study of smallholder farmers in western Kenya by Otiang, E., Campbell, Zoë A., Thumbi, Samuel M., Njagi, L.W., Nyaga, P.N., Palme, G.H.

“…Whether this reflects decision-making to maximize benefits per unit labor by voluntary reduction of chicken numbers by consumption or sale versus involuntary losses due to mortality is a significant gap in knowledge relevant to improving smallholder household welfare. Methods In a 4-year longitudinal study of 1,908 smallholder households in rural western Kenya, the number of chickens owned by quarterly census at each household was determined. …”
Get full text

Understanding female and male empowerment in Burkina Faso using the project-level Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (pro-WEAI): A longitudinal study by Crookston, Benjamin T., West, Josh H., Davis, Siena F., Hall, P. Cougar, Seymour, Greg, Gray, Bobbi L.

“…The purpose of this study was to determine whether the Building the Resilience of Vulnerable Communities in Burkina Faso (BRB) project, an agricultural development program, improved women’s empowerment, as measured by the project-level Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (pro-WEAI). Methods: This study used a longitudinal, quasi-experimental study design. …”
Get full text

End of Initiative Report of Agroecology: ICRISAT Longitudinal Impact Assessment of Natural Farming on Soil Health, Microbial Diversity, and their Interconnected Response Functions... by Jat, Mangi L., Rooyen, Andre F. van, Singh, Ramesh, Pasumarthi, Rajesh, Choudhari, Pushpajeet

Get full text

Seasonality and day-to-day variability of dietary diversity: Longitudinal study of pregnant women enrolled in a randomized controlled efficacy trial in rural Burkina Faso by Hanley-Cook, Giles T., Argaw, Alemayehu, de Kok, Brenda, Toe, Laeticia Celine, Dailey-Chwalibóg, Trenton, Huybregts, Lieven

“…Methods: FG consumption was assessed twice weekly by qualitative list-based 24-h recalls among 1,757 pregnant women (892 control, 865 intervention). …”
Get full text

Methods of assessment of the impact of COVID-19 on community dietary patterns by Kwofie, Mabel Kyei, Kwofie, Ebenezer Miezah, Ngadi, Michael

“…Broadly, there are two methods—namely, a priori and a posteriori—that have been employed in assessing dietary patterns. …”
Get full text

Evaluation of the potential in a measurement method for minimizing food waste in public sector food service by Simon, Katalin

“…In comparison with results from previous research based on weighing under short periods of time, estimates of food waste at a school kitchen could prove much more reliable with this longitudinal method. The potential to reveal systematic mistakes seems to be verified from the example of the data base collected at K.K. through a longer time interval. …”

Empowerment and Climate Resilience in Nandi, Kenya: Insights from a Mixed Methods Approach Using Pro-WEAI by DuttaGupta, Tanaya, Kariuki, Eunice, Omondi, Immaculate A., Ewell, Hanna, Kibet, Walter, Bullock, Renee, Rietveld, Anne, Mwambi, Diana, Habermann, Birgit

“…Future research using longitudinal data and mixed methods approach would be important for a deeper understanding of the causal mechanisms linking empowerment and resilience.…”
Get full text

A simple and fast method for the extraction of high‐quality phloem in Microcitrus and its dependence on some physiological measures by Martínez-Cuenca, Mary-Rus, Primo-Capella, Amparo, Catala-Senent, Laura, Forner-Giner, María A.

“…In phloem sap extraction method, stems of 10–20 cm (0.5 cm diameter) were collected and cut into pieces (1.5 length) by pruning shears. …”
Get full text

The burdens of participation: A mixed-methods study of the effects of a nutrition-sensitive agriculture program on women’s time use in Malawi by Margolies, Amy, Colantuoni, Elizabeth, Morgan, Rosemary, Gelli, Aulo, Caulfield, Laura E.

“…Measuring women’s participation through mixed-method evaluations can aid interpretation to avoid harm and to better understand the tradeoffs of women’s time.…”
Get full text

A random regression model based on a single-step method for improving the genomic prediction accuracy of residual feed intake in pigs by Wang, Y., Diao, C., Kang, H., Hao, W., Mrode, Raphael A., Chen, J., Liu, J., Zhou, L.

“…These results provide a feasible method of genomic prediction using longitudinal data in animal breeding.…”
Get full text

Variations of macro- and microelements in yellow-fleshed cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) genotypes as a function of storage root portion, harvesting time, and sampling method by Alamu, Emmanuel Oladeji, Maziya-Dixon, Busie, Sibeso, Consent, Parkes, Elizabeth, Dixon, Alfred Gilbert

“…In total, 44 genotypes were grown in replicated field trials of 2 sets (set 25 and set 19) and were harvested at 9 and 12 months after planting. Two sampling methods, sampling with a cork borer (A = proximal, B = middle, C = distal or method 1) and sampling without a cork borer (L = Longitudinal or method 2), were used. …”
Get full text

Bayesian survival analysis with BUGS by Alvares, Danilo, Lázaro, Elena, Gómez-Rubio, Virgilio, Armero, Carmen

“…In addition, the computational advances in the last decades have favored the use of Bayesian methods in this context, providing a flexible and powerful alternative to the traditional frequentist approach. …”
Get full text
Get full text

Secular trends in adult and child anthropometry in four Guatemalan villages by Ruel, Marie T., Rivera, Juan A., Castro, Hilda, Habicht, Jean-Pierre, Martorell, Reynaldo

“…No secular trends are observed in the age-adjusted height or the head circumference of the adults studied; similar results are obtained whether a longitudinal or a cross-sectional method is used to correct height for the effects of ageing. …”
Get full text

Genetic resources of cacao: a catalogue of the CATIE collection by Engels, J.M.M.

Get full text

Association between dietary patterns and depressive symptoms over time: A 10-year follow-up study of the GAZEL cohort by Le Port, Agnès, Gueguen, Alice, Kesse-Guyot, Emmanuelle, Melchior, Maria, Lemogne, Cédric, Nabi, Hermann, Goldberg, Marcel, Zins, Marie, Czernichow, Sébastien

“…Methods A total of 9,272 men and 3,132 women, aged 45–60 years in 1998, completed a 35-item Food Frequency Questionnaire (FFQ) at baseline. …”
Get full text

Women Empowerment Status in the Coastal Fishing Communities of Bangladesh by Rahman, M. Wakilur, Haque, A.B.M., Zaman, Tasnuva, Nahiduzzaman, Md, Palash, Md Salauddin, Nazia, Tanzina

“…The study employed a mixed method approach to collect data from ECOFISH II project intervention villages. …”
Get full text

Impact assessment of Benazir Nashonuma Programme (BNP) on maternal, child health and nutritional status in Pakistan: A quasi-experimental study protocol by Muhammad, Shah, Malik, Asma Abdul, Soofi, Sajid, Habib, Atif, Umer, Muhammad, Rizvi, Arjumand, Ahmed, Imran, Leroy, Jef L., Cousens, Simon, Bhutta, Zulfiqar Ahmed

“…This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of the BNP in reducing childhood stunting and improving maternal and child health outcomes. Methods and analysis A quasi-experimental longitudinal study comprising baseline, midline and endline surveys will be conducted across 18 districts (9 intervention and 9 control) in Pakistan. …”
Get full text

Kalkylmodell för produkter inom korslimmat trä by Andersson, Simon

Get full text

Modernization of family farms improves the sustainability of food security for farm households in Burkina Faso by Bougma, Moussa, Kaboré, Sidbewendé Théodore, Becquey, Elodie

“…This study used data from recent national longitudinal surveys and Cox semi-parametric regression methods to explore the effect of factors of modernization on the food security of farm households in Burkina Faso. …”
Get full text