Agriculture, forestry, and fisheries topic list of research papers
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ZIka virus infection in Asia: Reappraisal on phylogenetic data of Asian lineage2016 / Somsri Wiwanitkit, Viroj Wiwanitkit
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Prevalence of Lawsonia intracellularis Infections in Pig Herds from the Western Romania
Abstract Porcine proliferative enteritis (PPE) is an important enteric disease and is widespread in intensive pig production. It is caused by Lawsoniaintracellularis, intracellular bacteria which affect more frequently postweaned pigs between 6 and...
2015 / Corina Pascu, Luminiţa Costinar, Ioana Mernea, Daniel Tătar, Viorel Herman -
LOCAL PREMIUM OR LOCAL DISCOUNT: THE CASE OF PACKAGED FRESH TOMATOES IN HAWAII2015 / XUN XU, KRISTOPHER KEAHIOLALO, MATTHEW K. LOKE, PINGSUN LEUNG
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Sustaining the shelf life of fresh food in cold chain – A burden on the environment
Abstract Energy consumption in cold chains has been predicted to rise significantly in view of the increasing world population. Of critical attention is the increasing number of road transport refrigeration which is highly gaining enormous ground...
2016 / Oludaisi Adekomaya, Tamba Jamiru, Rotimi Sadiku, Zhongjie Huan -
Effect of pH and Temperature on Bacillus sp. R2 Chitinase Activity and Stability
Abstract The purified chitinase of Bacillus sp. R2 showed a molecular weight of 41.68 KDa, an optimal pH and temperature of 7.5 and 40°C respectively. The enzyme was stable between pH 7 to 8 but it lost 57% and 62% of its initial activity at the pH...
2016 / Ben Amar Cheba, Taha Ibrahim Zaghloul, Ahmad Rafik EL-Mahdy, Mohamad Hisham EL-Massry -
Holistic Approach to Assess the Sustainability and Utility of Refurbishment Measures
Abstract The current set of building sustainability rating tools developed for application to new building designs focus mainly on technical aspects. Sustainable building developments are usually assessed by use of building performance indicators,...
2015 / Tatjana Vilutienė, Darius Migilinskas, Aurimas Bružas -
Projected Impact of Future Climate on Drought Patterns in Complex Rainfed Environments
Abstract Understanding how climate change is likely to affect crop productivity is essential for global food security. Climate change studies predict an increase in rainfall variability in future decades, which is likely to affect crops grown in...
2015 / James Watson, Bangyou Zheng, Scott C. Chapman, Karine Chenu -
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Productivity of sodic soils can be enhanced through the use of salt tolerant rice varieties and proper agronomic practices
Abstract Regaining the agricultural potential of sodic soils in the Indo-Gangetic plains necessitates the development of suitable salt tolerant rice varieties to provide an entry for other affordable agronomic and soil manipulation measures. Thus...
2016 / Y.P. Singh, V.K. Mishra, Sudhanshu Singh, D.K. Sharma, D. Singh, et al. -
High-grading and over-quota discarding in mixed fisheries2015 / J. Batsleer, K. G. Hamon, H. M. J. van Overzee, A. D. Rijnsdorp, J. J. Poos
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Experimental Investigation of Internal Fluidisation Due to a Vertical Water Leak Jet in a Uniform Medium
Abstract This paper presents an experimental study on internal fluidisation which can occur in the soil outside of a leak in a buried water distribution pipe. The study proposes an experimental method of measuring excess pore pressure and flow...
2015 / Nicholas D. Bailey, Jakobus E. Van Zyl -
An Example of Science Students’ Interaction in a Foreign Language for the Implementation of Inter-university Research Projects
Abstract This article presents an activity which aimed at allowing the students interact with their peers in a foreign language in order to increase their participation level in the research field, to enable them to use the specialized language in...
2014 / Elena Petrea, Elena Velescu -
Impact of Climate Change on Global Agricultural Potentials
Abstract Agriculture is challenged by feeding 9 Billion until 2050, while at the same time it is faced with changing climate conditions. We analysed climate change impacts on agricultural production potentials, in terms of the area ...
2015 / F. Zabel, W. Mauser, T. Hank -
Experiment of "No-Tillage" Farming System on the Volcanic Soils of Tropical Islands of Micronesia
Abstract The soils of southern Guam are formed from very deep; well-drained Saprolite derived from volcanic based tuff and tuff breccias. These soils suffer severe erosion as the result of rapid overland flow, wind and intensive rain events typical...
2015 / Mohammad H. Golabi, S.A. El-Swaify, Clancy Iyekar -
Immunocastration of Male Pigs – Situation Today
Abstract Immunological castration of male pigs is an attractive alternative to surgical castration and nowadays is increasingly used in many countries to reduce boar taint and improve pork quality. Moreover, immunocastrated pigs showed reduced...
2015 / Galia Zamaratskaia, Martin Krøyer Rasmussen -
Assessment of the irrigation feasibility of low-cost filtered municipal wastewater for red amaranth (Amaranthus tricolor L cv. Surma)
Abstract Because of the scarcity of clean water, treated wastewater potentially provides an alternative source for irrigation. In the present experiment, the feasibility of using low-cost filtered municipal wastewater in the irrigation of red...
2015 / Gokul Chandra Biswas, Animesh Sarkar, Md H. Rashid, Monirul Hassan Shohan, Mirajul Islam, et al. -
The Peculiarities of Precedential Situations in the Discourse of the Representative of Volga Germans of Siberia
Abstract The present article is devoted to the description of the precedential situations in the context of the study of the most important component of anthropocentric paradigm of linguistics – language personality. The aim of this study is to...
2015 / Peter Kostomarov, Olga Bolotnikova -
Resiliency Assessment Model
Abstract The paper introduces anew approach capable to estimate the over all resiliency of water distribution network regarding three aspects namely; water flow, pressure, and water quality. The model begins by evaluating three kinds of resiliencies ...
2015 / Rafet Ataoui, Ruggero Ermini -
Health Risk Assessment and Incidence of Shoulder Pain Among Office Workers
Abstract A prospective cohort study was conducted to assess the incidence of shoulder pain following a survey study on baseline of health risk of shoulder pain (SP) among University office workers. A health risk assessment of SP was performed by...
2015 / Sunisa Chaiklieng, Maytinee Krusun -
Bibliometric Analysis of the Product-Service System Research Field
Abstract The interest for the product-service system (PSS) approach has increased substantially in the last decade. New born research fields such as the PSS require the understanding of their knowledge structure as well as of their evolving...
2015 / Maicon G. Oliveira, Glauco H.S. Mendes, Henrique Rozenfeld