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maxRgain—An R Package for Maximising Genetic Gains in Polyclonal Selection

Plant Breeding, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Polyclonal selection, which was developed in the context of ancient grapevine varieties, uses intravarietal variability to improve the resilience and sustainability of viticulture. Based on quantitative genetics and linear mixed models, this approach predicts genotypic effects to select a group of clones that, as a whole, satisfy target ...
Sónia Surgy, Jorge Cadima, Elsa Gonçalves   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Controlled, before-and-after analysis and pre-post surveys to assess the effects of a community-wide sanitation system on environmental contamination, infection risk and well-being in Alabama's Black Belt: study protocol. [PDF]

BMJ Open
Harmon OA, Lott MEJ, Holcomb DA, McGlohn E, Elliott M, White K, Brown J.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Response of a simple span highway bridge to dynamic loading

, 1959
Thesis (B.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Sanitary Engineering, 1959.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 66-68).by Edwin C. Rossow.Thesis (B.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept.
Rossow, Edwin C.
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How Was Democracy Under the Administrative Presidency Supposed to Work?

Public Administration Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aggressive use of the administrative power of the presidency is a major source of public administrative concern about the health of American democracy. Many of these powers stem from executive branch reorganization in the late 1930s, which was conceived and implemented by founding figures in the modern field.
Ben Merriman
wiley   +1 more source

A Call to Action: Engaging with the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Panel on Chemicals, Waste and Pollution. [PDF]

Environ Sci Technol
Diamond ML, Sigmund G, Ågerstrand M, Bertram MG, Ford AT, Lohmann R, Schäffer A, Starling MCVM, Soehl A, Suzuki N, Vlahos P, Venier M, Scheringer M.   +12 more
europepmc   +1 more source

A study of the theory of rapid filtration of water through sand

, 1940
Thesis (Sc. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Sanitary Engineering, 1940.Vita.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 228-230).by P. Charles Stein.Thesis (Sc. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and
Stein, P. Charles(Philip Charles)
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Physical and chemical characterization of recycled glass sand for environmental restoration

Restoration Ecology, EarlyView.
Abstract Introduction We rely on coastal resources for food, water, and energy. However, over 75% of U.S. coastlines are eroding. Concurrently, the U.S. recycles less glass than other developed countries, landfilling hundreds of millions of tons every year.
Shehbaz Ahmad, Julie P. Vanegas, Nicholas Borne, Natalia Butler, Toby Mendels, Leah A. Michaeloff, Diego Molina, Mary Salvaggio, Samantha Tamayo, Franziska Trautmann, Nicholas Walton, Julie N. L. Albert   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Environmental drivers of broiler carcass condemnation in humid subtropical regions: an exploratory study on the association of lagged climatic effects. [PDF]

Trop Anim Health Prod
Lopes AS, Batista GFS, Stolf DO, Boiago MM, Galvão AC, da Silva Robazza W.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Feasibility of constructing minimum houses (small) using stabilized soils

, 1958
Thesis (B.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Sanitary Engineering, 1958.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 56-57).by Victor W. Carroll Carazo.Thesis (B.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept.
Carroll Carazo, Victor W.
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Periods, Pains, Pills, and Performance—Fighting Blood, Bodies and Biology

Sociological Forum, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper draws on various data from long‐term immersion in combat sports to explore the period experiences of cis women fighters. We blend theoretical ideas from the social scientific literature on menstruation and the sociology of medicalization, pain and injury.
Reem AlHashmi, Debra Forbes, Christopher R. Matthews   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source