Farmers’ perception on the potential impact of Coronavirus disease on their livelihood in Malawi [PDF]
Scientific African, 2023 Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was a global health crisis. Its effects did not spare the smallholder farmers. This study aimed at assessing smallholder farmers’ perceived potential impact of COVID-19 on their livelihood in Malawi.
Daniel Chiumia +5 more
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A comparative study of Machine Learning-based classification of Tomato fungal diseases: Application of GLCM texture features [PDF]
Heliyon, 2023 Globally, agriculture remains an important source of food and economic development. Due to various plant diseases, farmers continue to suffer huge yield losses in both quality and quantity.
Chimango Nyasulu +7 more
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The raptor Chimango Caracara (Milvago chimango) (Aves: Falconiformes) - A new host for Trichomonas gallinae (protozoa: Trichomonadidae) [PDF]
International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2019 This work describes a specimen of Chimango Caracara (Milvago chimango - Vieillot, 1816), from southern Brazil, as a new natural host for Trichomonas gallinae (Rivolta, 1878).
Mirian Pinheiro Bruni +9 more
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Nest-site selection and breeding success of passerines in the world’s southernmost forests [PDF]
PeerJ, 2020 Background Birds can maximize their reproductive success through careful selection of nest-sites. The ‘total-foliage’ hypothesis predicts that nests concealed in vegetation should have higher survival.
Rocío Fernanda Jara +4 more
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Wing myology of Caracaras (Aves, Falconiformes): muscular features associated with flight behavior [PDF]
Vertebrate Zoology, 2018 Caracaras (Aves, Falconiformes, Falconidae) are Neotropical diurnal raptors that belong to the subfamily Polyborinae. The forelimb myology of this group has not been comprehensively studied or compared with that of other Falconidae.
Mariana Beatriz Julieta Picasso +1 more
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Perineuronal satellite neuroglia in the telencephalon of New Caledonian crows and other Passeriformes: evidence of satellite glial cells in the central nervous system of healthy birds? [PDF]
PeerJ, 2013 Glia have been implicated in a variety of functions in the central nervous system, including the control of the neuronal extracellular space, synaptic plasticity and transmission, development and adult neurogenesis.
Felipe S. Medina +4 more
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The first record of the ectoparasite fly Carnus hemapterus for the Southern Hemisphere [PDF]
International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and WildlifeThe genus Carnus (family Carnidae, Order Diptera) comprises five species of small-bodied and blood-sucking flies that parasitize nestlings of wild bird species.
Paula Maiten Orozco-Valor +2 more
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Can a Village Headman Use an Electronic Village Register and a Simplified Community-Based Verbal Autopsy Tool to Record Numbers and Causes of Death in Rural Malawi? [PDF]
Frontiers in Public Health, 2018 Introduction: Most people in Africa die without appearing in official vital statistics records. To improve this situation, Malawi has introduced solar-powered electronic village registers (EVR), managed by village headmen, to record birth and death ...
Chimango V. T. Munthali +10 more
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A reassessment on the state of knowledge of Chilean Falconidae in the last hundred years [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2017 Eight species of falcons (Falconidae) have been recorded in Chile. To date, all relevant studies considered birds of prey in general, with no specific focus on this family. Based on a comprehensive review of the literature, an updated report is presented
Ricardo Soto-Saravia +4 more
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Integrating family planning services into HIV care: use of a point-of-care electronic medical record system in Lilongwe, Malawi [PDF]
Global Health Action, 2017 Background: Integrating family planning (FP) services into human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) clinical care helps improve access to contraceptives for women living with HIV.
Hannock Tweya +8 more
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