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Modular Electronic Microrobots With Onboard Sensor‐Program‐Steered Locomotion

Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
Modular electronic smartlet microrobots integrate ambient‐light energy harvesting, photodetection, programmable CMOS control, and bubble‐based actuation within a sub‐millimeter fold‐up architecture. A 58‐bit on‐board CMOS chiplet enables sensor–program steered switching between independently addressable actuators, achieving closed‐loop 2D navigation in
Vineeth K. Bandari, Yeji Lee, Pranathi Adluri, Daniil Karnaushenko, Dmitriy D. Karnaushenko, John S. McCaskill, Oliver G. Schmidt   +6 more
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Uncovering renewable energy policy impact channels on land values, the local farm structure, and farmland heterogeneity

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Germany's Renewable Energy Sources Act (REA), enacted in 2000 and subsequently amended, subsidized national renewable energy production with fixed feed‐in tariffs for renewable energy sources (RE) from wind, solar, and biogas. Empirical studies suggest that the policy was creating windfall effects for landowners and attribute farmland use ...
Lars Isenhardt, Stefan Seifert, Saskia Wolff, Tobia Lakes, Marten Graubner, Axel Werwatz, Silke Hüttel   +6 more
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Effects of Lactiplantibacillus plantarum, combined with konjac flour or lignocellulose, on silage quality and bacterial diversity of high-moisture forage rape silage

Microbiology Spectrum
The combination of Lactiplantibacillus plantarum (LP) and konjac flour (KF) were found to improve the silage quality of high-moisture forage rape previously.
Encun Du, Na Zhao, Wei Zhu, Wanzheng Guo, Jintao Wei   +4 more
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Forage Yield and Quality Indices of Silage-Corn Following Organic and Inorganic Phosphorus Amendments in Podzol Soil under Boreal Climate

Agronomy, 2019
Dairy and livestock industry drives the economy and food security through sustainable supply of dairy products and meat across the globe. Dairy farm operations produce a large quantity of manure, which is a cheap and abundant plant nutrient source ...
Waqas Ali, Muhammad Nadeem, Waqar Ashiq, Muhammad Zaeem, Raymond Thomas, Vanessa Kavanagh, Mumtaz Cheema   +6 more
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Accounting for animal health in efficiency analysis: An application to Swedish dairy farms

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Poor animal health is a central concern in modern livestock production. Despite the necessity to incorporate animal health in efficiency analysis, the theoretical and empirical developments are limited on this subject. This article appropriately characterizes the axiomatic properties of animal health within a production framework.
Frederic Ang, Enoch Owusu‐Sekyere, Karin Alvåsen, Helena Hansson   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effect of Experimental Warming on Forage Nutritive Value and Storage in Alpine Meadows at Three Different Altitudes of Nianqing Tanggula Mountain, Northern Tibet: A Long-Term Experience

Agronomy
Effects of climate warming on nutrition quality and storage of alpine grasslands are still controversial, which is not conducive to the management and utilization of alpine grasslands.
Fusong Han, Wei Sun, Shaowei Li, Chengqun Yu, Jun Xu, Tianyu Li, Yujie Deng, Dorblha, Chuhong Chen, Dawaqiongda, Luobu, Gang Fu   +11 more
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Animal research in the UK: Regulation, implementation, welfare and development of new approach methodologies

Animal Models and Experimental Medicine, EarlyView.
Scientific research with animals in the UK is regulated by the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 with the National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research providing support for best practice and facilitating development of new approach methodologies.
Ewan St. John Smith, James Bussell, Maggie Gentry, Elliot Lilley, Cathy Merry, Judy MacArthur Clark, William Reynolds   +6 more
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Improved forage quality through more frequent cutting regimes: Impacts on farm economics, domestic feed share, and GHG emissions on dairy farms

Agricultural and Food Science
Increased forage quality from more frequent grass silage harvesting is often promoted as a measure to improve farm profitability, raise the domestic feed share, and reduce GHG emissions on dairy farms.
Rasmus Bang, Bjørn Gunnar Hansen, Mario Guajardo, Jon Kristian Sommerseth, Ragnhild Borchsenius   +4 more
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Climate and vegetation in a semi-arid savanna: Development of a climate–vegetation response model linking plant metabolic performance to climate and the effects on forage availability for large herbivores

Koedoe: African Protected Area Conservation and Science, 2012
A framework to establish the expected effects of climate on forage quantity and quality in a local savanna system was developed to interpret large herbivore population performance patterns in the Kruger National Park.
Armin H. Seydack, Cornelia C. Grant, Izak P. Smit, Wessel J. Vermeulen, Johan Baard, Nick Zambatis   +5 more
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Pearl's causality for integrating ecological datasets: A case study on Myricaria germanica in northern Italy

Applications in Plant Sciences, EarlyView.
Abstract Premise Applied ecology can significantly influence policy decisions on environmental issues. Therefore, research in this field should be as transparent and reproducible as possible. Existing expertise from a broad range of disciplines should also be integrated into ecological research to allow researchers to maximize understanding of complex ...
Kailin Weitkämper, Kilian Rückschloß, Tommaso Sitzia, Bruno Michielon, Silke Werth, Felix Weitkämper   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source