Agriculture, forestry, and fisheries topic list of research papers
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First case report of Eustrongylidosis in eel (Anguilla anguilla) populations inhabiting Danube Delta lakes
Abstract Fish eustrongylidosis is a parasitic disease involving 3rd and 4th stages larvae of the Eustrongylides nematode (Ph: Nemathelminthes). Over the past 20 years, the number of case reportings on fish eustrongylidosis has increased, especially...
2015 / Laura D. Urdes, Monica P. Marin, Cristiana Diaconescu, Carmen G. Nicolae, Marius Hangan -
Straw Wastes from an Environmental Disaster to ECO-Board towards a Sustainable Urban Environment
Abstract The purpose of this paper is to develop an economical, sustainable, and environmentally friendly straw Medium Density Fiber board (MDF) process, capable of full-scale manufacturing and to produce ECO-MDF boards of requested quality. The...
2016 / Salwa Mostafa Shehata -
Probabilistic Back Analysis of Landslides in Arakli-Tasonu Quarry, Northeast Turkey
Abstract This study evaluates the landslides that occurred on 3 October 2005, 20 March 2006, and 19 October 2006 in Tasonu Limestone Quarry, Trabzon, and Northeast Turkey. The failure plane of the three landslides occurred on the same clay layer....
2015 / Nurcihan Ceryan, Ayhan Kesimal -
Case Study on a Possible External Mite Infestation (A. externusor A. Dorsalisor A. vagans) at Drone Brood of Apis Mellifera Carpathica Beesin a Apiaryfrom Southern Romania
Abstract So far, external parasites of Apis mellifera (A. externus, A. dorsalis, A. vagans) bees have been identified in many countries in Europe, but the level of infestation was not considered dangerous. In Romania cases of infestation with the...
2015 / Agripina Sapcaliu, V. Savu, Cristina Mateescu, I. Rădoi -
Pozytywna i negatywna adaptacja dzieci i młodzieży rodziców uzależnionych od alkoholu
Abstract Introduction Children of parents with alcohol related problems have been a focus of study for clinical psychologists for many years. This is due, on the one hand, to the unfortunately high incidence of alcoholism in modern ...
2015 / Iwona Grzegorzewska, Lidia Cierpiałkowska -
Food Safety Practices in a Teaching Hospital in Sri Lanka
Abstract The concept of food safety becomes critical when the food is prepared and served to hospitalized patients. This study was carried out to assess the knowledge and practices related to food safety and personal hygiene among food handlers in...
2016 / A.M.N.T. Adikari, M.S.Fathima Rizana, T. Priyanwada Amarasekara -
Understanding the Practice of Discovery in Enterprise Big Data Science: An Agent-based Approach
Abstract Scientific discovery is substantially a social process. It involves organizational and inter-personal dynamics, resource and data constraints, biases and fads, as well as serendipity and chance encounters that are usually hardly represented ...
2015 / Obinna Anya, Bob Moore, Cheryl Kieliszewski, Paul Maglio, Laura Anderson -
ICTH Preface 20142014 / Wendy MacCaull, Ellen A.A. Jaatun
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Effects of Thermal Treatment of Seeds on Quality and Oxidative Stability of Oils
Abstract Sustainable development, among other things, means seeking to improve the life quality associated with raising the requirements both for farmers and manufacturers producing and processing the agricultural goods. One aspect of a healthy diet ...
2015 / Magdalena Kachel-Jakubowska, Artur Kraszkiewicz, Edmund Lorencowicz, Milan Koszel, Artur Przywara -
Geostatistics Tailored to Address Nitrates Spatial Uncertainty in Groundwater (Douro Watershed, Spain)
Abstract The management of water resources is a priority for development of the places and welfare of people that supply, especially in water bodies most affected by anthropic pressures. Moreover, the increasing of sudden and extreme climatic...
2015 / Leticia Alonso, Teresa Albuquerque, Margarida Antunes, Roberto Martínez-Alegría, Germán Sanz -
Field Surveys of Recent Storm Surge Disasters
Abstract In these ten years since 2004, there were more than ten big disasters in coastal area including six storm surge events and five tsunami events. The author performed post disaster surveys on all these events as the team leaders of survey...
2015 / Tomoya Shibayama -
Preface2015 / Mauricio Ayala-Rincón, Ian Mackie
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Protecting the Egyptian monuments
Abstract The Egyptian culture is unique with its diverse facets of monuments, literature, folkloric dancing and music. In discussing strategies to protect this legacy, monuments stand out as a prime constituent of Egyptian culture under a vicious...
2013 / Adham M. Hany Abulnour -
Benchmark Irrigated under Cover Agriculture Crops
Abstract Managing water sustainably in a ‘green’ economy means using water more efficiently in all sectors and ensuring that ecosystems have the quantity and quality of water needed to function effectively. Despite the increasing demand for water...
2015 / E. Kitta, T. Bartzanas, N. Katsoulas, C. Kittas -
A Comparative Study on Antioxidant and DNA Protective Activity of Different Skin Coloured Brinjal (Solanum Melongena)
Abstract The aim of this study was to investigate the in vitro antioxidant activity and DNA damage inhibition potential of aqueous extract of S. melongena with different skin colours. Water extracts of brinjal with four different skin colours:...
2016 / K.M. Somawathi, V. Rizliya, H.A.M. Wickramasinghe, W.M.T. Madhujith -
Water scarcity and drought in WANA countries
Abstract Water Security was a central theme of WANA Forum 2010, where regional experts warned that the wars of the 21st century will be fought over water. Climate change will only exacerbate problems in a region already stressed by lack of water,...
2012 / Jauad El Kharraz, Alaa El-Sadek, Noreddine Ghaffour, Eric Mino -
Phosphorus recycling and food security in the long run: a conceptual modelling approach2016 / Hans-Peter Weikard
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Ethnic fermented and preserved fish products of India and Nepal
Abstract The people of the Eastern Himalayan regions of Nepal, Bhutan; and Darjeeling hills, Sikkim, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Tripura, Mizoram, and Manipur in North East India prepare and consume different types of traditionally...
2016 / Namrata Thapa -
Soil salinity, household wealth and food insecurity in tropical deltas: evidence from south-west coast of Bangladesh2015 / Sylvia Szabo, Md. Sarwar Hossain, W. Neil Adger, Zoe Matthews, Sayem Ahmed, et al.
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Systemic and Idiosyncratic Risk in EU-15 Sovereign Yield Spreads after Seven Years of Monetary Union2009 / Marta Gómez-Puig