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Bioscience Journal, 2021 Lettuce is susceptible to several diseases, especially soft rot caused by bacteria of the genus Pectobacterium. Due to the adaptability of this pathogen and the lack of disease control registered for the crop, the objective of this work was to evaluate ...
Karol Alves Barroso +7 more
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Alternatives to the Randomized Controlled Trial
American Journal of Public Health, 2008 Public health researchers are addressing new research questions (e.g., effects of environmental tobacco smoke, Hurricane Katrina) for which the randomized controlled trial (RCT) may not be a feasible option. Drawing on the potential outcomes framework (Rubin Causal Model) and Campbellian perspectives, we consider alternative research ...
Stephen G, West +10 more
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Chitosan reduces infection by Guignardia citricarpa in postharvest 'Valencia' oranges
Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology, 2009 Citrus fruits are affected by the black spot disease caused by Guignardia citricarpa. Resistance induction is an alternative control measure and chitosan exhibits potential as resistance inducer. The effect of chitosan on G.
Maria Cristina Canale Rappussi +3 more
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Revista Brasileira de Fruticultura, 2004 Na fase de pós-colheita da manga, a antracnose (Colletotrichum gloeosporioides Penz.) é a doença mais importante em termos de expressão econômica. Seu controle vem sendo feito pela imersão dos frutos por 5 minutos, em água a 55 ºC, acrescida de ...
Nilton Tadeu Vilela Junqueira +5 more
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Alternative Bloat Control Methods [PDF]
, 2004 Bloat control is an important aspect of evolutionary computation methods, such as genetic programming, which must deal with genomes of arbitrary size. We introduce three new methods for bloat control: Biased Multi-Objective Parsimony Pressure (BMOPP), the Waiting Room, and Death by Size.
Liviu Panait, Sean Luke
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Revista Brasileira de Fruticultura, 2002 O objetivo do trabalho foi verificar a ocorrência de sinergismo entre misturas de produtos alternativos aos fungicidas, para o controle do bolor verde (Penicillium digitatum) em pós-colheita de citros. Foram testados dez produtos individualmente e trinta
DANIEL ANDRADE DE SIQUEIRA FRANCO +1 more
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Fungicidal effect of silver nanoparticles on toxigenic fungi in cocoa [PDF]
Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira, 2016 : The objective of this work was to evaluate the microbicidal effect of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) on potentially toxigenic fungi affecting cocoa (Theobroma cacao) crops. These fungi, isolated from diseased cocoa pods, were characterized phenotypically
Raquel Villamizar-Gallardo +2 more
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Alternating Optimisation and Quadrature for Robust Control
Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 2018 Bayesian optimisation has been successfully applied to a variety of reinforcement learning problems. However, the traditional approach for learning optimal policies in simulators does not utilise the opportunity to improve learning by adjusting certain environment variables: state features that are unobservable and randomly determined ...
Paul, Supratik +5 more
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Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Pediatric gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms (GEP‐NENs) are extremely rare and clinically heterogeneous. Management has largely been extrapolated from adult practice. This European Standard Clinical Practice Guideline (ESCP), developed by the EXPeRT network in collaboration with adult NEN experts, provides (adult) evidence ...
Michaela Kuhlen +23 more
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Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária, 2019 This study aimed to evaluate the anthelmintic activity of Eucalyptus citriodora essential oil and citronellal on sheep gastrointestinal nematodes. Essential oil composition was determined by gas chromatography mass spectrometry.
José Vilemar de Araújo-Filho +10 more
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