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Effects of altered body weight and body fat content on performance, recovery response and locomotion asymmetry in the Icelandic horse by Ásgeirsson, Einar

“…Blood samples were collected together with measurements of rectal temperature, respiratory rate and heart rate. …”

Host Decoy Trap, alternative technique for evaluating the effect of vector control measures on disease carrying insects such as black flies and mosquitoes, in African settings by CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health

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Exploiting a constellation of satellite soil moisture sensors for accurate rainfall estimation by Tarpanelli, A., Massari, C., Ciabatta, L., Filippucci, P., Amarnath, Giriraj, Brocca, L.

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Performance of Swedish sustainable equity funds during Covid-19 : a comparative study on sustainable and conventional equity funds by Andersson, Olle

“…Ten funds with high sustainability rating, and ten funds with low sustainability rating. To evaluate the performance of the funds, the risk-adjusted return was calculated through three types of measurement models, the Sharpe ratio, the Treynor ratio and the Jensen’s alpha. …”

Impacts assessments without true baselines: assessing the relative effects of training on the performance of water user associations in southern Tajikistan by Balasubramanya, Soumya, Price, Joseph P.G., Horbulyk, Theodore M.

“…Not only is assignment to process often not random, but when the process of creating new institutions starts, outcomes and other performance-influencing covariates are not measurable because the yet-to-be created institutions are not functioning at baseline. …”
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Locally adapted planting basin technology to ameliorate impact of drought (low and variable rainfall) on crop yield and tree survival by CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry

“…Implemented using planned comparisons with performance measurement across >3,500 farmers in three counties in Kenya, four woredas (districts) in Ethiopia, and in Mali…”
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Characterisation of trypanotolerant cattle: a case study by Trail, J.C.M., D'Ieteren, G.D.M.

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The effects of supplementing roughage diets with leguminous tree forages on intake, digestion and performance of crossbred cattle in Coastal lowland Kenya. by Abdulrazak, S.A.

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Evaluating the performance of xanthophyll, chlorophyll and structure-sensitive spectral indices to detect water stress in five fruit tree species by Ballester, Carlos, Zarco-Tejada, Pablo J., Nicolás, Emilio, Alarcón, Juan J., Fereres, E., Intrigliolo, Diego S., Gonzalez-Dugo, V.

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Performance and meat quality of native and continental cross steers grazing improved upland pasture or semi-natural rough grazing by Fraser, M.D., Davies, D.A., Vale, J.E., Nute, G.R., Hallett, K.G., Richardson, R.I., Wright, Iain A.

“…The third experiment assessed the performance of spring-born Welsh Black and Limousin cross steers aged 14 months when grazing PP and SNRG. …”
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Dry season performance of four tropical pasture legumes in subhumid West Africa as influenced by superphosphate application and weed control by Peters, Michael, Tarawali, Shirley A., Alkamper, J.

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Agronomic performance and yield stability of elite white Guinea yam (Dioscorea rotundata) genotypes grown in multiple environments in Nigeria by Olatunji, A.A., Gana, A.S., Tolorunse, K.D., Agre, A.P., Adebola, P., Asfaw, A.

“…A total of 25 genotypes were evaluated at three locations in two consecutive growing seasons, 2022 and 2023, for fresh tuber yield, disease resistance, and tuber quality traits. The genotype’s performance and stability for the measured traits were assessed using various analytical tools such as additive main effects and multiplicative interaction (AMMI) and multi-trait stability index (MTSI). …”
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Dry season performance of four tropical pasture legumes in subhumid west Africa as influenced by superphosphate application and weed control by Peters, Michael, Tarawali, Shirley A., Alkamper, J.

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Enhancing individual animal resilience to environmental disturbances to address low productivity in dairy cattle performing in sub-Saharan Africa by Oloo, Richard Dooso, Ojango, Julie M.K., Ekine-Dzivenu, Chinyere C., Gebreyohanes, Gebregziabher, Mrode, Raphael A., Okeyo Mwai, Ally, Chagunda, Mizeck G.G.

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Performance evaluations of CMIP6 model simulations and future projections of rainfall and temperature in the Bale Eco-Region, Southern Ethiopia by Gashaw, Temesgen, Abeyou, Abeyou, Teferi Taye, Meron, Belay Lakew, Haileyesus, Seid, Abdulkarim, Haileslassie, Amare

“…Identifying best performing climate models is indispensable for better understanding of the future climate and its impact as well as for planning effective climate change adaptation and mitigation measures. …”
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Supplementation of a tropical low-quality forage with Calliandra calothyrsus improves sheep health and performance, and reduces methane emission by Mwangi, Paul M., Eckard, Richard, Gluecks, Ilona V., Merbold, Lutz, Mulat, Daniel Girma, Gakige, Jesse, Marquardt, Svenja, Pinares-Patino, Cesar S.

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Cover crops influence soil properties and tree performance in an organic apple (Malus domestica Borkh) orchard in northern Patagonia by Sanchez, Enrique Eduardo, Giayetto, Alejandro Lorenzo, Cichon, Liliana, Fernandez, Dario Eduardo, Aruani, María Cristina, Curetti, Mariela

“…To Wll this gap, this work aimed at examining the eVects of several cover crops on soil fertility, nitrate dynamics, populations of nematodes and tree performance in an organic orchard of apple cv. Royal Gala/EM 26 planted in 1994 at 4 £ 2 m. …”
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The effects of graded doses of heptachlor-A chlorinated hydrocarbon pesticide-on the reproductive performance of adult female (sprague dawley) rats. by Oduma, J.A.

“…This study was thus designed with the objective of investigating the effect of heptachlor on mammalian reproductive performance using the adult female laboratory rat as a model. …”
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Translating theory into practice: a flexible decision-making tool to support the design and implementation of climate-smart agriculture projects by Walsh, Conor, Renn, Mara, Klauser, Dominik, de Pinto, Alessandro, Haggar, Jeremy, Rouf Abdur, Hopkins, Richard J., Farhad Zamil

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Mid-upper-arm and calf circumferences are useful predictors of underweight in women of reproductive age in northern Vietnam by Nguyen, Phuong Hong, Ramakrishnan, Usha, Katz, Benjamin, Gonzalez-Casanova, Ines, Lowe, Alyssa E., Nguyen, Hieu, Pham, Hoa, Truong, Truong, Nguyen, Son, Martorell, Reynaldo

“…The utility of these measurements in predicting functional outcomes should be examined.…”
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