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Potential Use of Plant Waste from the Moth Orchid (Phalaenopsis Sogo Yukidian “V3”) as an Antioxidant Source

Foods, 2017
This research was conducted to exploit the waste of used plant parts from the widely marketed moth orchid cultivar (Phalaenopsis Sogo Yukidian “V3”). Various extracts of roots, stems, and leaves were evaluated for total phenolics, total flavonoids, and ...
Truong Ngoc Minh, Phung Thi Tuyen, Do Tan Khang, Nguyen Van Quan, Pham Thi Thu Ha, Nguyen Thanh Quan, Yusuf Andriana, Xinyan Fan, Truong Mai Van, Tran Dang Khanh, Tran Dang Xuan   +10 more
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Competition and quality of care under regulated fees: evidence from Ghana

Health Economics Review, 2022
Background How competition affects the quality of care is still not well understood empirically because of limited and mixed results. This study examined whether competition leads to higher or lower quality health outcomes in Ghana.
Adolf Kwadzo Dzampe, Shingo Takahashi
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Effects of community health volunteers on infectious diseases of children under five in Volta Region, Ghana: study protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial

BMC Public Health, 2017
Background In many low- and middle-income countries, community health volunteers (CHVs) are employed as a key element of the public health system in rural areas with poor accessibility.
Yeonji Ma, Heunghee Kim, Yinseo Cho, Jaeeun Lee, Joseph Kwami Degley, Abdul-Ghaffa Adam, Gyuhong Lee, Hoonsang Lee, Seungman Cha   +8 more
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Isolation and Purification of Potent Growth Inhibitors from Piper methysticum Root

Molecules, 2018
Piper methysticum (kava) root is known to possess promising weed suppressing activity. The present study was conducted to search for potent plant growth inhibitors from the root of this medicinal pepper plant.
Truong Mai Van, Tran Dang Xuan, Truong Ngoc Minh, Nguyen Van Quan   +3 more
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Estrus Synchronization and Pregnancy Rate Using Ovsynch Method in Uganda Dairy Farms

Journal of Animal Reproduction and Biotechnology, 2017
The artificial insemination (AI) is one of the best assisted reproductive technologies for increasing reproductive capacity and facilitating the genetic improvement in farm animals.
Dae-Jin Kwon, Seok Ki Im, Hyun Kim, Hak-Kyo Lee, Ki-Duk Song   +4 more
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Producing a village input–output table (VIOT) from household survey data: a case study of a VIOT for a rural village in northern Lao PDR

Journal of Economic Structures, 2021
In this study, a village input–output table (VIOT) is built from household survey data from a rural village in a developing country to capture the interdependency between households through their transactions in 2016.
Soulixay Hongsakhone, Moinul Islam, Masaru Ichihashi   +2 more
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Is Self-Transcendence Philanthropic? Graded Response Model Approach

Frontiers in Psychology, 2022
This study reveals that strong feelings of altruism were found to be statistically significant in explaining prosocial and pro-environmental behaviors. However, this was not the case for the latent trait biosphere in explaining pro-environmental behavior
Bandos Ros, Bandos Ros, Shinji Kaneko
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Involvement of Secondary Metabolites in Response to Drought Stress of Rice (Oryza sativa L.)

Agriculture, 2016
In this study, responses of rice under drought stress correlating with changes in chemical compositions were examined. Among 20 studied rice cultivars, Q8 was the most tolerant, whereas Q2 was the most susceptible to drought.
Nguyen Thanh Quan, La Hoang Anh, Do Tan Khang, Phung Thi Tuyen, Nguyen Phu Toan, Truong Ngoc Minh, Luong The Minh, Do Tuan Bach, Pham Thi Thu Ha, Abdelnaser Abdelghany Elzaawely, Tran Dang Khanh, Khuat Huu Trung, Tran Dang Xuan   +12 more
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Current Situation and Sustainable Development of Rice Cultivation and Production in Afghanistan

Agriculture, 2019
Poverty is a critical issue that is stagnating the development of Afghanistan. In 2007, more than 42% of the population of the country was reported as being below the poverty line, but until 2014, 78.2% of households even in the urban areas were still ...
Kifayatullah Kakar, Tran Dang Xuan, Mohammad Ismael Haqani, Ramin Rayee, Imran Khan Wafa, Saidajan Abdiani, Hoang-Dung Tran   +6 more
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The Kindness of Strangers: Exploring Interdependencies and Shared Mobilities of Elderly People in Rural Japan

Social Inclusion, 2017
For over forty years, most residents in rural areas of Japan have relied on private vehicles to meet their mobility needs. Today, however, the rapid ageing of the population, coupled with low birth rates and migration of young people to urban areas, is ...
Fuyo (Jenny) Yamamoto, Junyi Zhang
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