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The Quest for Functional Ingredients for Sustainable Aquaculture Feeds in Sub‐Saharan Africa

open access: yesAquaculture Nutrition, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.
The aquaculture sector plays a key role in ensuring food and nutritional security as well as fostering economic growth in sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA). However, as the sector continues to grow, its future faces economic, environmental, and sustainability challenges.
Arnold Ebuka Irabor   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Initiation of a Stable Convective Hydroclimatic Regime in Central America Circa 9000 Years BP [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Many Holocene hydroclimate records show rainfall changes that vary with local orbital insolation. However, some tropical regions display rainfall evolution that differs from gradual precessional pacing, suggesting that direct rainfall forcing effects ...
Cheng, Hai   +11 more
core   +2 more sources

Optimizing Bus Rapid Transit Systems: A Simulation Approach to Scheduling

open access: yesJournal of Advanced Transportation, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.
Driven by increasing urbanization and traffic congestion challenges, efficient and cost‐effective public transportation solutions have become essential, positioning bus rapid transit (BRT) systems as an attractive alternative to conventional modes.
Safwan Altarazi, Nadia Janho, Tao Liu
wiley   +1 more source

Del clientelismo político a la contrainsurgencia. La masacre de copreros en Acapulco, Guerrero en perspectiva histórica: 1940-1967

open access: yesHistoria Mexicana El Colegio de México
Este artículo aborda el proceso de dominación y el clientelismo político del Estado mexicano para coaccionar a los campesinos de las costas de Guerrero, quienes fueron cooptados por el Partido Revolucionario Institucional en la Unión Regional de ...
Francisco Ávila Coronel
doaj   +1 more source

Coconut (Cocos nucifera L.) genetic improvement in Vanuatu: Overview of research achievements from 1962 to 2002.

open access: yesOléagineux, Corps gras, Lipides, 2005
From 1962 to 2002, at the Saraoutou research station on the island of Santo in Vanuatu, a hybrid creation programme was implemented to improve the productive potential of coconut cultivars. The first stage was to create a collection by introducing around
Labouisse Jean-Pierre   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF A LOW COST SEMI DIRECT TYPE COPRA DRYER

open access: yesCORD, 1993
Coconut farmers in the Philippines use different types of copra dryer in copra processing. Copra quality and income are very much affected by the type of dryer used. In the country, there are indirect, direct, and semi‑direct type dryers.
Eutiquio E. Sudaria
doaj   +1 more source

Design and Development of Semi-Direct Copra Dryer for Flat Terrain

open access: yesCORD, 2020
The study was conducted to design and develop a semi-direct dryer for flat terrain. This dryer was designed to provide farmers an alternative to traditional and existing dryers particularly the semi-direct and indirect dryers. The components of the dryer
Mencius B. Lesidan
doaj   +1 more source

Effects of dietary inclusions of oilseed meals on physical characteristics and feed intake of diets for the Nile Tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
The present study investigated the effects of the inclusion of three oilseed by-products (soybean, copra and palm kernel meals) on some physical characteristics of pelletized feeds as well as on voluntary feed intake and faecal matter production by the ...
Amisah, Stephen   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

Unlocking Therapeutic Avenues: A Comparative Study of Coconut Oil and Chlorhexidine Mouthwash Efficacy in Treating Plaque‐Induced Gingivitis During Fixed Orthodontic Treatment—A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

open access: yesInternational Journal of Dentistry, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.
Objective This study was done to compare the efficacy of coconut oil with that of chlorhexidine mouthwash for treating plaque‐induced gingivitis in patients receiving fixed orthodontic treatment. Material and Method The study followed a double‐blind randomized controlled trial design.
Swati Bhatnagar   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

A TECHNICAL AND ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF A SMALL SCALE COCONUT OIL EXPELLER OPERATION IN THE COOK ISLANDS

open access: yesCORD, 1987
Small‑scale processing of copra was demonstrated to be technically feasible and potentially very profitable in the Cook Islands using equipment comprising a copra chopper, a screw press and a filter press.
J. C. Barrett T W. Hammonds   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

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