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Beyond Protein Synthesis: The Multifunctional Role of Functional Amino Acids in Modulating Meat Quality in Ruminants

open access: yesAnimal Research and One Health, EarlyView.
Multifunctional roles of functional amino acids in regulating meat quality in ruminants: Functional amino acids (FAAs) regulate ruminant meat quality through multiple interconnected mechanisms, including antioxidant protection, metabolic regulation, signal transduction, structural support, and gene expression modulation.
Zixin Liu   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Value Chain and Marketing of Iranian Cashmere

open access: yesMedia Peternakan, 2014
Iran together with Afghanistan is the third largest producer and exporter of cashmere in the world, after China and Mongolia. This paper assesses the status of cashmere marketing of Iran in order to evaluate sustainability, and to identify some ...
H. R. Ansari-Renani
doaj   +1 more source

Melatonin Regulates the Periodic Growth of Cashmere by Upregulating the Expression of Wnt10b and β-catenin in Inner Mongolia Cashmere Goats

open access: yesFrontiers in Genetics, 2021
Secondary hair follicle growth in cashmere goats has seasonal cycle changes, and melatonin (MT) has a regulatory effect on the cashmere growth cycle. In this study, the growth length of cashmere was measured by implanting MT in live cashmere goats.
Junyang Liu   +26 more
doaj   +1 more source

What Constitutes an Attractive Product‐as‐a‐Service Offer? Examining Consumer Preferences for (Circular) Business Patterns

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Little is known about consumer preferences for combinations of circular business model patterns, despite their potential to benefit the design of product services. This study examines consumer preferences for product‐as‐a‐service offers, combined with circular product attributes, across Sweden and the Netherlands.
Steven Sarasini   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Strategic Adaptation or Strategic Confusion? Fashion Organisations' Engagement With Sustainability Certifications

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite considerable costs associated with environmental certifications, fashion organisations consistently adopt multiple schemes to address sustainability challenges. As key mechanisms of sustainability governance, certifications expand legitimacy signalling opportunities, yet questions remain about their practical implementation and ...
Josephine Alice Mckenzie   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Influence of the growing area on cone yield and alpha and beta acid content in Cascade hops: An Italian case study

open access: yesJSFA reports, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Territorial food production is a well‐known quality trait, which is attracting new customer preferences for different agricultural products. In this context, many microbreweries and agricultural breweries started to cultivate their own small hopyard to exploit the so‐called “terroir” effect.
Paolo Loreti   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effect of sex and rearing system on the quality and mineral content of fiber from raeini cashmere goats

open access: yesJournal of Animal Science and Biotechnology, 2012
The aim of this study was to compare the quality characteristics and mineral content of the fiber from male and female cashmere goats raised under different management systems. Male and female Raeini cashmere goats (
Shamsaddini-Bafti Mehrdad   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Analysis of states of water in cashmere fibers and utilizing water as molecular probe for pore size distribution

open access: yesPolymer Testing, 2021
Fundamental understanding of cashmere–water interaction is a critical part both for the manufacturing of cashmere processing and the development of cashmere-based heat-moisture management textiles.
Liuxiang Zhan   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Proposal to Achieve Sustainable Development Goals in the Luxury Fashion Industry

open access: yesBusiness Ethics, the Environment &Responsibility, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The luxury industry stands at a crossroads between tradition and sustainability. The objective of this paper is to analyse the relationship and effects of the luxury fashion industry on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and identify opportunities to improve its management.
Alicia Parro‐Ruiz   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Realizing the unexpected: How cospecialization supports the serendipity journey in SMEs' digital transformation

open access: yesEuropean Management Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Although innovation is often portrayed as arising deterministically from deliberate strategy and calculated decisions, many significant breakthroughs emerge not from planning but serendipitously. Building on this insight, this paper bridges the literatures on dynamic capabilities and serendipity to examine how SMEs realize serendipitous value ...
Marco Balzano   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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