Waves of endemic foot-and-mouth disease in eastern Africa suggest feasibility of proactive vaccination approaches [PDF]
, 2018 Livestock production in Africa is key to national economies, food security and rural livelihoods, and > 85% of livestock keepers live in extreme poverty.
Auty, Harriet +26 more
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Experiences of women farmworkers in Michigan: Perspectives from the Michigan Farmworker Project
American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract Agricultural work presents significant physical and social challenges globally and in the United States, with women farmworkers facing unique risks that remain underexplored. This study examines the social and occupational hazards confronted by women farmworkers in Michigan using data from the Michigan Farmworker Project.
Alexis J. Handal +3 more
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Biogeomorphic recovery of a river reach affected by mining
Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, Volume 47, Issue 15, Page 3497-3514, December 2022., 2022 The Grogwynion reach of the River Ystwyth,Wales, affected by mining in the 19th and 20th centuries, has shown a progressive reversion to a sinuous single‐channel planform since 2001 from an active braided pattern. A critical factor has been a change in the extent and type of riparian vegetation occurring within the active zone of the river due to the ...
Martin Dawson +2 more
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The macroeconomic impacts of a foot-and-mouth disease outbreak: an information paper for Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet [PDF]
This memorandum provides a scenario analysis of the likely macroeconomic impacts of a limited foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) outbreak in New Zealand. It is worth stressing at the outset that it is not a forecast, nor a ‘central’ scenario, but an exercise ...
Ian Woolford +2 more
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Computational Approaches for Disease Gene Identification [PDF]
arXiv, 2017 Identifying disease genes from human genome is an important and fundamental problem in biomedical research. Despite many publications of machine learning methods applied to discover new disease genes, it still remains a challenge because of the pleiotropy of genes, the limited number of confirmed disease genes among whole genome and the genetic ...
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Penyuluhan Penyakit Mulut dan Kuku (LSD) Untuk Kelompok Peternak Dalam Rangka Peningkatan Kesejahteraan Masyarakat [PDF]
Community service discusses Livestock Vesicular Diseases (LSD) foot and mouth disease in cattle farmer groups who are susceptible to this disease.
Basia, Lumino +2 more
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The use of culture virus in the preparation of foot-and-mouth disease vaccine [PDF]
, 1953 W. M. Henderson, I. A. Galloway
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Tickborne Arbovirus Surveillance in Market Livestock, Nairobi, Kenya [PDF]
, 2006 Numerous tickborne viruses, including Dhori virus and foot-and-mouth disease virus, were ...
Coldren, Rodney +14 more
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Nanopore Sequencing Solves an Elusive Case of Sotos Syndrome
American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Sotos syndrome is a rare genetic disorder characterized by distinctive facial features, including a broad and prominent forehead, dolichocephaly, and learning disabilities ranging from mild to severe intellectual impairment. Affected individuals often show overgrowth in height and head circumference over two standard deviations.
Pasquale Di Letto +52 more
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Meta-analysis of Gene Expression in Neurodegenerative Diseases Reveals Patterns in GABA Synthesis and Heat Stress Pathways [PDF]
arXiv, 2019 Neurodegenerative diseases are characterized as the progressive loss of neural cells, e.g. neurons, glial cells. Ageing, monogenic variations, viral infections, and many other factors are determined and speculated as causes for them. While many individual genes, such as APP for Alzheimer disease and HTT for Huntington disease, and biological pathways ...
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