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Assessing agro-ecological practices using a combination of three sustainability assessment tools

Landbauforschung, 2021
The alignment of the environmental, economic and social sustainability of farms is necessary for enhancing the provision of public goods in farming. This study combines the use of three tools for the assessment of farm sustainability.
Landert, Jan, Pfeifer, Catherine, Carolus, Johannes, Schwarz, Gerald, Albanito, Fabrizio, Muller, Adrian, Smith, Pete, Sanders, Jürn, Schader, Christian, Vanni, Francesco, Prazan, Jaroslav, Baumgart, Lukas, Blockeel, Johan, Weisshaidinger, Rainer, Bartel-Kratochvil, Ruth, Hollaus, Alexander, Mayer, Andreas, Hrabalová, Andrea, Helin, Janne, Aakkula, Jyrki, Svels, Kristina, Guisepelli, Emmanuel, Smyrniotopoulou, Alexandra, Vlahos, George, Iordanidis, Yiannis, Szilágyi, Alfréd, Podmaniczky, László, Balázs, Katalin, Galioto, Francesco, Longhitano, Davide, Rossignolo, Letizia, Povellato, Andrea, Zīlāns, Andis, Jegelevičius, Gražvydas, Frățilă, Mihaela, Yoldi, UxueIragui, Astrain Massa, Carlos, Bienzobas Adrián, Jon, Resare Sahlin, Kajsa, Röös, Elin, Frick, Rebekka, Bircher, Richard, Aalders, Inge, Irvine, Katherine N., Kyle, Carol, Miller, David   +45 more
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Reducing tillage does not affect the long-term profitability of organic or conventional field crop systems

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2023
Reducing tillage and supporting continuous living cover (CLC) can improve agroecosystem sustainability under both organic and conventional field crop production.
Kirsten A. Pearsons, Craig Chase, Emmanuel C. Omondi, Gladis Zinati, Andrew Smith, Yichao Rui   +5 more
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Water footprint assessment of sheep farming systems based on farm survey data

Animal, 2019
Water scarcity is among the main challenges making vulnerable the livestock farming systems in drylands. The water footprint (WF) indicator was proposed as a metric to measure the impacts of livestock production on freshwater resources.
R. Ibidhi, H. Ben Salem
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An Assessment of Snail-Farm Systems Based on Land Use and Farm Components

Animals, 2021
In this study, the structural and management characteristics of snail farms in Greece were analyzed to maximize sustainable food production. Objectives, such as the classification of farming systems and assessing the effects of various annual production ...
Konstantinos Apostolou, Alexandra Staikou, Smaragda Sotiraki, Marianthi Hatziioannou   +3 more
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A Proposed Typology of Farming Systems for Assessing Sustainable Livelihood Development Pathways in the Tien Shan Mountains of Kyrgyzstan

Land
In Kyrgyzstan, most farming systems focus on animal husbandry, which depends on mixtures of crops and pastures around settlements and higher-elevation summer pastures.
Azamat Azarov, Roy C. Sidle, Dietrich Darr, Vladimir Verner, Zbynek Polesny   +4 more
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Technical Efficiency of Organic and Conventional Rice Farming in Central Vietnam: A Meta-frontier DEA Analysis [PDF]

Journal of Global Innovations in Agricultural Sciences
This study evaluates the technical efficiency (TE) of organic and conventional rice farming systems in Thua Thien Hue Province, Vietnam, using Meta-frontier Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA).
Hong Hieu Tran, Hisashi Datai
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Acute caffeine treatment protects the developing retina from ischemia‐induced cell death

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Caffeine reduces cell death in the developing retina under ischemia (OGD). This effect does not involve BDNF upregulation or antioxidant pathways (NRF2/VEGF). Neuroprotection occurs mainly through adenosine A2A receptor antagonism, decreasing glutamate release and excitotoxicity, highlighting caffeine's potential as an acute neuroprotective agent in ...
Amanda Alves Nascimento, Danniel Pereira‐Figueiredo, Gabriella Grossi de Lima Dias, Gabriel Ferreira dos Santos, Mariana Rodrigues Pereira, Rafael Brito, Karin C Calaza   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Treatment with KCL‐286, a first‐in‐class retinoic acid receptor‐β (RARβ) agonist, ameliorates neuronal DNA damage and inflammation in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Repair of neuronal DNA damage in Alzheimer's disease by KCL‐286. (A) Amyloid‐β oligomers and plaques impair neuronal DNA repair pathways, leading to DNA double‐strand breaks and glial activation. (B) KCL‐286 activates RARβ/RXR signalling via retinoic acid response elements (RAREs), associated with increased BRCA1 expression, enhanced DNA repair and ...
Natasha Hill, Hassan Yousef Othman AlMuallim, Elouisa Maddock, Carl Hobbs, Earl Clarke, Maria B. Goncalves, Jonathan P. T. Corcoran   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Creep Properties and Deformation Mechanism of Additively Manufactured NiAl‐CrMo Composites

Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
Additively manufactured NiAl‐CrMo composites contain numerous interfaces and cell boundaries that control their creep response. At 700°C under high applied stress, creep is dominated by dislocation‐controlled power‐law mechanisms. At 800°C–900°C and lower stresses, creep is primarily diffusion‐controlled along cell boundaries.
Jan Vollhüter, Andreas Bezold, Johan Westraadt, Katharina Fiegl, Subham Chattoraj, Benjamin Wahlmann, Carolin Körner, Michael Mills, Mathias Göken, Steffen Neumeier   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Efficiency Analysis of Sheep Farms in Cyprus

Agriculture
In this study, an empirical analysis was applied to measure the efficiency level of dairy farms in Cyprus and estimate the capacity of sheep farmers to support the increasing demand for halloumi cheese.
Sokratis Sokratous, Athanasios Ragkos, Georgios Arsenos, Alexandros Theodoridis   +3 more
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