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Barriers for Use of Wood in Architecture: The Latvian Case

open access: yes, 2017
Wood in general is a traditional building material in Northern Europe including Latvia and other Baltic countries, but nowadays it is used less in Latvia than in other EU countries.
Antra Viļuma, Uģis Bratuškins
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Introduction Of Energy Saving Principles: Technologies And Awareness, Latvian Experience

open access: yesLatvian Journal of Physics and Technical Sciences, 2018
The article presents an overview of the current situation of awareness of the Latvian citizens in the field of state-of-the-art energy-saving technologies.
A. Mutule, J. Teremranova
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Comparative LC‐MS Proteomics of Quinoa Grains: Evaluation of Bioactivity and Health Benefits by Combining In Silico Techniques With In Vitro Assays on Colorectal Adenocarcinoma Cells

open access: yesMolecular Nutrition &Food Research, EarlyView.
Identifying health‐promoting molecules such as bioactive peptides in complex food mixtures is a major challenge. In this study, we investigated proteins and protein hydrolysates from four quinoa varieties to evaluate their potential anticancer effects on colorectal adenocarcinoma cells.
Alessandro Zaccarelli   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Effectiveness of the Pension System in Latvia: pensioner’s point of view [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Purpose system, which is considered the most progressive and modern system in the world, for the pensioners themselves. Scientific aim The aim of the paper is to analyze the effectiveness of the Latvian pension system and find out minimal values of the ...
Kozlovskis, Konstantins
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Global prevalence of short bowel syndrome–associated intestinal failure in adults and children: A targeted literature review and analysis

open access: yesNutrition in Clinical Practice, EarlyView.
Abstract Short bowel syndrome–associated intestinal failure (SBS‐IF) is a rare disease caused by loss of function of the intestinal surface area and the subsequent inability to maintain nutrient and fluid balance on a normal diet, which results in the need for parenteral nutrition (PN) and/or intravenous fluids.
Bilal Khokhar   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Issues of sustainable food production in Latvia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
The article presents main results of the first in Latvia study addressing the issues of the development of Latvia’s sustainable food production. For detailed research two main themes for Latvia’s agri-food sector’s sustainability were chosen: 1) the ...
Melece, Ligita, Romanova, Dina
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New information technologies use for Latvian stock companies financial health evaluation

open access: yes, 2017
Financial health of companies in certain region is the foundation on which the prosperity of region is based. If companies in region are healthy and successful, there are good reasons to believe that all social problems can be solved relatively easy ...
Sergejs Hilkevics, Gaļina Hiļķeviča
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The current state of peas in the United Kingdom; diversity, heritage and food systems

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Landraces and traditional pea varieties hold great potential for enhancing agrobiodiversity and promoting pulse consumption, offering a rich historical and cultural resource for the UK food system. Unfortunately, many traditional pea varieties are lost, and those saved are often kept in seed banks or used only by small‐scale growers.
Szymon Wojciech Lara, Philippa Ryan
wiley   +1 more source

The IMF's Stand-by Arrangements and the Economic Downturn in Eastern Europe: The Cases of Hungary, Latvia, and Ukraine [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
This paper looks at three countries that have been hard-hit by the world economic recession, and have turned to the IMF for assistance: Hungary, Latvia, and Ukraine.
Jose Antonio Cordero
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How safe are peat‐free growing media? An exploration of plant pathogen risks to the horticultural industry and recommendations for risk mitigation

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
The UK's horticultural industry is shifting from reliance on unsustainable peat‐based growing media to products that contain alternative constituents, including coir, bark, wood fibre and composted green waste. Some peat‐alternatives carry an elevated risk of harbouring plant pathogens, including the potential to introduce novel pathogens from overseas,
Audrey M. Litterick   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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