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The Technological Economy Altering the Firms Limit: the GMO Soybeans in Brazil

Journal of Technology Management & Innovation, 2012
Technological changes afforded a development in the agricultural productivity, making use of less resources and producing more out of it. Aiming to analyze if the boundaries the firm (soy producer) were altered due to technological changes (GMO soy). The
Vitor Francisco Dalla Corte, Matheus Dhein Dill   +1 more
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Metal–Organic Frameworks for Gaseous Pollutant Management: From Capture to Neutralization and Reutilization

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This review maps how MOFs can manage hazardous gases by combining adsorption, neutralization, and reutilization, enabling sustainable air‐pollution control. Covering chemical warfare agent simulants, SO2, NOx, NH3, H2S, and volatile organic compounds, it highlights structure‐guided strategies that boost selectivity, water tolerance, and cycling ...
Yuanmeng Tian, Zeyu Tao, Kaikai Ma, Xiaoliang Wang, Bo Yu, Yiu Wan Yip, Zhijie Chen, Jin Shang, Bin Fei   +8 more
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Bioprinting Organs—Science or Fiction?—A Review From Students to Students

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Bioprinting artificial organs has the potential to revolutionize the medical field. This is a comprehensive review of the bioprinting workflow delving into the latest advancements in bioinks, materials and bioprinting techniques, exploring the critical stages of tissue maturation and functionality.
Nicoletta Murenu, Camilla Mussoni, Mateo S. Andrade Mier, Paula Buettner, Nathaly Chicaiza‐Cabezas, Yi‐Yu Robin Dai, Jessica Faber, Maren Fiedler, Zan Lamberger, Xuen Jen Ng, Vanessa Moessler, Anna Rederer, Jonas Roeder, Sabrina Stecher, Katinka Theis, Jeanette Weigelt, Silvia Budday, Gregor Lang, Natascha Schaefer   +18 more
wiley   +1 more source

Impacts of large-scale land acquisitions on smallholder agriculture and livelihoods in Tanzania

Environmental Research Letters, 2022
Improving agricultural productivity is a foundational sustainability challenge in the 21st century. Large-scale land acquisitions (LSLAs) have important effects on both well-being and the environment in the Global South.
J A Sullivan, D G Brown, F Moyo, M Jain, A Agrawal   +4 more
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Nitrogen Nutrition Differentially Affects Concentrations of Photosynthetic Pigments and Antioxidant Compounds in Mexican Marigold (Tagetes erecta L.)

Agriculture, 2023
Nitrogen is a major plant macronutrient and its supply affects the entire metabolism of plants. This study evaluated the effect of different nitrogen concentrations in the nutrient solution: 0, 4.2, 8.4, and 12.6 mg L−1 Mexican marigold (Tagetes erecta L.
María Guadalupe Peralta-Sánchez, Fernando C. Gómez-Merino, Olga Tejeda-Sartorius, Libia I. Trejo-Téllez   +3 more
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Agricultural productivity in past societies: toward an empirically informed model for testing cultural evolutionary hypotheses [PDF]

, 2015
Agricultural productivity, and its variation in space and time, plays a fundamental role in many theories of human social evolution. However, we often lack systematic information about the productivity of past agricultural systems on a scale large enough
Bogaard, Amy, Cesaretti, Rudolf, Currie, Thomas E., Edwards, Neil R., Francois, Pieter, Garcia, Juan Carlos Moreno, Holden, Philip B., Hoyer, Daniel, Korotayev, Andrey, Manning, Joe, Oyebamiji, Oluwole K., Petrie, Cameron, Turchin, Peter, Whitehouse, Harvey, Williams, Alice   +14 more
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Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles in Biomedicine: Advances and Prospects

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Mesoporous silica nanoparticles offer unique properties like high surface area, tunable pores, and functionalization. They excel in drug delivery, tissue engineering, and stimuli‐responsive therapies, enabling targeted and controlled treatments. With roles in cancer therapy and diagnostics, their clinical translation requires addressing challenges in ...
Miguel Manzano, María Vallet‐Regí
wiley   +1 more source

Differential Effects of Four Materials on Soil Properties and Phaseolus coccineus L. Growth in Contaminated Farmlands in Alpine Lead–Zinc Mining Areas, Southwest China

Agronomy
Soils in alpine mining areas suffer from severe heavy metal contamination and infertility, yet little is known about the effects of different materials on soil improvement in such regions.
Xiuhua He, Qian Yang, Weixi Meng, Xiaojia He, Yongmei He, Siteng He, Qingsong Chen, Fangdong Zhan, Jianhua He, Hui Bai   +9 more
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Impact of financial development on agricultural productivity in South Asia

Agricultural Economics (AGRICECON), 2019
The paper examines the impact of financial development on agricultural productivity in South Asia using data for the period 1973-2015. The other variables included are physical capital, human capital, trade openness and income level. It is found that all
Muhammad Zakaria, Wen Jun, Marium Farrukh Khan   +2 more
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Archeo‐Inspiration from the Cultural History of Glass: Historic Accounts, Anecdotes and Hard Facts as Challenges to Modern Material Science

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Glass, historically valued for its purity and durability, has long inspired artists and societies. This article introduces the concept of “Archeo‐Inspiration”, drawing on cultural and historical contexts of glass to guide future material innovations.
Eva von Contzen, Julia von Ditfurth, Fabian Stroth, Bastian E. Rapp   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source