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By‐product of heparin extraction as a sustainable alternative to enhance the use of nitrogen in agriculture

open access: yesEnvironmental Progress &Sustainable Energy, EarlyView.
Abstract This study evaluates the potential of a new organic fertilizer derived from porcine intestinal mucosa (designated BHE), a by‐product of the heparin extraction process, as a sustainable nitrogen (N) source for agriculture. The work was conducted in two stages: (i) chemical and spectroscopic characterization of BHE compared with poultry litter ...
Aline Zanquetti   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Conflict between cultural development and wildlife conservation: A potential threat to Reeves's pheasant (Syrmaticus reevesii)

open access: yesConservation Letters
Reeves's pheasant feathers are used to make headgears for the Chinese opera—Xiqu; however, this posed a considerable threat to the bird's population before it was banned from hunting/trade.
Xinming Li   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Transcriptomic analyses of regenerating adult feathers in chicken

open access: yesBMC Genomics, 2015
Feathers have diverse forms with hierarchical branching patterns and are an excellent model for studying the development and evolution of morphological traits.
C. Ng   +16 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Notable Impact of Paleotectonic Stress on Gold Mineralisation in the West Qinling Orogen

open access: yesGeological Journal, EarlyView.
By applying fuzzy clustering and multiple inverse methods, we systematically processed the data of vein and fault slip in this ore deposit to reveal the transition of orogenic geological environment and paleotectonic stress field. Our research results show two different stress states: the northwest–southeast extensional stress field and the northeast ...
Hongyan Wang   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Culling the Poultry Flock [PDF]

open access: yes, 1922
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Dakan, E. L.
core  

Accounting for the Opportunity Cost of Children's Time in Economic Evaluation: Challenges and Frequently Asked Questions

open access: yesHealth Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Economic evaluations carried out from a societal perspective ought to account for the opportunity cost of a range of resources, including those committed by care recipients. People's time is such a resource: it is limited, valuable and it has an opportunity cost that should be reflected in cost calculations.
Lazaros Andronis   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Characterisation of untreated and treated biodegradable wastes [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
As part of a Defra sponsored project (WRT220), approximately 40 biodegradable wastes were characterised according to biodegradability (DR4 and BM100), total PTE content, C:N ratio and biochemical composition.
Blakey, N.   +4 more
core  

ESG Performance and Credit Risk: Evidence From Chinese Manufacturing Companies

open access: yesInternational Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the effect of corporate environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance on credit risk using a sample of manufacturing firms listed on China's Shanghai and Shenzhen A‐share markets from 2009 to 2021. Employing fixed effects, the generalised method of moments, and instrumental variable models, we find that ...
Yanan Wang   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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