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The “Pesticide Chip”: Chemical Legacies and Agrarian Futures in Costa Rica

open access: yesAntipode, EarlyView.
Abstract For decades, agro‐industrial capital has adopted cascading chemical and biotechnical interventions, or fixes, to secure accumulation through the cultivation of monocrops. We develop a framework that centres on how monocrop‐induced susceptibility to pests and pathogens—and the patchwork of fixes to address these—produces uneven chemical ...
Soledad Castro‐Vargas, Marion Werner
wiley   +1 more source

Effect of bird age and storage system on physical properties of eggs from brown laying hens [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
A total of 108 eggs from a group of 100 brown laying hens housed in standard cages were analyzed. Thirty-six eggs were retired when the hens had 30 week of age, other 36 eggs were retired when the hens had 35 week of age and the remaining 36 eggs were ...
Buxade Carbo, Carlos   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Have the environmental benefits of insect farming been overstated? A critical review

open access: yesBiological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Insect farming is frequently promoted as a sustainable food solution, yet current evidence challenges many environmental benefits claimed by industry proponents. This review critically examines the scientific foundation for assessing the environmental impacts of insect farming in both human food and animal feed applications.
Corentin Biteau   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

A complex network perspective on brain disease

open access: yesBiological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT If brain anatomy and dynamics have a complex network structure as it has become standard to posit, it is reasonable to assume that such a structure should play a key role not only in brain function but also in brain dysfunction. However, exactly how network structure is implicated in brain damage and whether at least some pathologies can be ...
David Papo, Javier M. Buldú
wiley   +1 more source

Laying the Groundwork for a Caseworker Engagement Questionnaire: Theoretical and Practice‐Oriented Reflections From a Nordic Welfare Context

open access: yesChild &Family Social Work, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Engagement—defined as the quality of the collaborative relationship between caseworkers and families and level of involvement in case work—is essential for effective intervention in statutory social work. However, it is often challenged by inherent power imbalances and the involuntary nature of the setting.
Anne Marie Villumsen   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Grit for Laying Hens

open access: yesPoultry Science, 1958
James E. Hill   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

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