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Effects of the antiparastic moxidectin on non target organisms by García, Andrés, Eichberg, Carsten, Diekötter, Tim, Donath, Tobias W.

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Environmentally sound resource valuation for a more sustainable international trade : case of argentine maize by Rotolo, Gloria Claudia, Francis, Charles A., Ulgiati, Sergio

“…Resource trade imbalance clearly appears when it is measured in emergy terms but not when it is accounted for in monetary units. …”
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Laboratory and field assessment of the capacitance sensors Decagon 10HS and 5TE for estimating the water content of irrigated soils by Visconti, Fernando, De-Paz, José M., Martínez, Delfina, Molina, María J.

“…A simplified power-law dielectric mixing model was calibrated in the laboratory to estimate the theta of a clay loam soil from the measurements of apparent dielectric permittivity (epsilon(b)) performed with both sensors. …”
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Poverty-environment dividends of rural community enterprises: insights from a cross-sectoral study in Latin America and the Caribbean by Stoian, D., Donovan, J.

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Old-growth neotropical forests are shifting in species and trait composition by Van der Sande, Masha T., Arets, Eric J.M.M., Peña Claros, Marielos, Avila, Angela Luciana de, Roopsind, Anand, Mazzei, Lucas, Ascarrunz, Nataly, Finegan, Bryan, Alarcón, Alfredo, Cáceres Siani, Yasmani, Licona, Juan Carlos, Ruschel, Ademir, Toledo, Marisol, Poorter, Lourens

“…To identify the drivers of compositional change, we used data from 29 permanent sample plots and measurements of 15 leaf, stem, and whole-plant traits that are important for plant performance and should respond to global change drivers. …”
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Relaxin as a tool for pregnancy diagnosis in al-pacas : evaluation of the point-of-care test FASTest Relaxin by Lindgren Kero, Linnea

“…Therefore, alpacas have a poor breeding performance which makes advances in breeding slow. It is estimated that only half of the alpacas produce offspring each year. …”

The effect of brooders on the synchronization of behaviour in broilers by Yngve, Elin

“…However, more synchronized resting was not found to have an effect on their fearfulness nor on their performance in a reversal learning test. Further research would be needed to evaluate what effect access to heated brooders, and what effect synchronization, has on sleep disturbances.…”
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Differences in risk-adjusted return between conventional and sustainable funds : a study of the swedish fund market by Michaelsson, Adrian, Svensson, Edward

“…The sustainable funds profiled in “S” have performed the best risk-adjusted return, followed by the conventional funds profiled in “G”. …”

Effects of food quantity, dietary fatty acids and temperature on fitness of Daphnia magna : a factorial experiment with Scenedesmus acutus and EPA amendments by Pree, Bernadette

“…The performance of zooplankton has a major impact on the efficiency in trophic transfer in pelagic food webs and is therefore examined in this study. …”

Beteskoccidios - påverkan på kalvhälsa och tillväxt by Andersson, Amelie

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Valorisation of organic waste by Dortmans, Bram

“…The aim of this study was to identify specific process parameters leading to op- timised performance of a continuous black soldier fly composting system. …”
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Making material handling more efficient : reduction of non-value-adding activities at a wood products company by Gyllengahm, Karin

“…The collection of data was analysed to conduct a value stream map and calculate the lead time for ten orders, corresponding to 81 order lines. The performance was measured for each order line, including productivity, cycle time, and financial measures. …”

Hipercetonemia y la evaluación de los niveles de Beta-hidroxibutirato (ΒHB) y Acetona (Ac) en leche by Huertas Molina, Oscar Felipe, Olivera Angel, Martha, Zambrano Varón, Jorge Luis

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Improved analytical capacity for determination of forage quality, utilising the gas production technique by Niva, Katarina

“…Voluntary intake and digestibility of forages are characteristics that affect the animal's performance (Mertens, 1994). Today there are several techniques that can be used for studying forage quality and from where the results can be correlated to feed intake and animal performance. …”
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Enhancing drought tolerance and Striga hermonthica resistance in maize using newly derived inbred lines from the wild maize relative, Zea diploperennis by Shaibu, A.S., Badu-Apraku, Baffour, Ayo-Vaughan, M.A.

“…The results revealed the predominance of GCA over SCA effects for most measured traits, suggesting that additive gene action governed the inheritance of Striga resistance and drought tolerance related traits in the inbreds. …”
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Impact of best management practices on sustainable crop production and climate resilience in smallholder farming systems of South Asia by Anantha, K.H., Garg, K.K., Barron, Jennie, Dixit, S., Venkataradha, A., Singh, R., Whitbread, Anthony M.

“…In situ conservation measures helped enhance crop yields by 200–1000 kg/ha, reduced cost of cultivation and enhanced incomes by US$ 10–200/ha/year. …”
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Assessing trade-offs and synergies in climate smart agriculture across timescales by Arenas Calle, Laura N.

“…The results of this thesis contribute to the call to generate reliable and transparent measures of climate smartness. The results of this thesis contribute to the call to generate reliable and transparent measures of climate smartness.…”
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Watershed modeling for reducing future non-point source sediment and phosphorus load in the Lake Tana Basin, Ethiopia by Moges, M.A., Schmitter, Petra S., Tilahun, Seifu A., Steenhuis, Tammo S.

“…The PED-WM modules were evaluated using the statistical model performance measuring techniques. The model parameter based prediction of source areas for the non-point source sediment and P was also evaluated spatially and compared with the Topographic Wetness Index (TWI) of the watershed. …”
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Predictive characteristics of male fertility in alpacas with special reference to seminal NGF by Carrasco, R. A., Bogle, O. A., Ratto, M. H., Ulloa Leal, C., Mamani Cato, Rubén Herberht, Adams, Gregg Patrick

“…The concentration of NGF was measured by radioimmunoassay in semen samples collected from male alpacas (n = 47) and correlated with sperm morphology and motility, and measurements of the male reproductive anatomy. …”
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Equitable and effective area-based conservation: towards the conserved areas paradigm by Jonas, H.D., Ahmadia, G.N., Bingham, H.C., Briggs, J., Butchart, D.H.M., Cariño, J., Chassot, O., Chaudhary, S., Darling, E., DeGemmis, A., Dudley, N., Fa, J.E., Fitzsimons, J., Garnett, S., Geldmann, J., Kroner, R.G., Gurney, G.G., Harrington, A.R., Himes-Cornell, A., Hockings, M., Jonas, H.C., Jupiter, S., Kingston, N., tebrakunna country and Lee E., Lieberman, S., Mangubhai, S., Marnewick, D., Matallana-Tobón, C.L., Maxwell, S.L., Nelson, F., Parrish, J., Ranaivoson, R., Rao, M., Santamaría, M., Venter, O., Visconti, P., Waithaka, J., Painemilla, K.W., Watson , J.E.M., Weizsäcker, C. von

“…Taken as a whole, the advice and voluntary guidance provides further clarity about the CBD Parties’ understanding of what constitutes equitable and effective area-based conservation measures within and beyond protected areas and provides standardised criteria with which to measure and report areas’ attributes and performance. …”
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