Does Contract Farming Improve Diet Quality? The Case of Senegalese Smallholders
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The institution of contract farming has gained prominence in most developing countries owing to its numerous benefits. While several studies have already highlighted the welfare benefits of contract farming, very few have investigated the effects on diet quality, despite poor quality diets being a serious challenge in most parts of the ...
Francis E. Ndip, Takeshi Sakurai
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Long‐Term Nutritional Benefits of Laparoscopic Pancreatoduodenectomy Over Open Surgery
Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.Minimally invasive laparoscopic pancreaticoduodenectomy (LPD) significantly improves long‐term nutritional outcomes compared to open pancreaticoduodenectomy (OPD). LPD patients demonstrated better preservation of muscle mass index (PMI) and a lower incidence of postoperative fatty liver.
Koki Kurahashi +9 more
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Effects of frequency and period of feeding on growth and feed utilisation in two Asian catfishes, Pangasius bocourti (Sauvage, 1880) and Pangasius hypophthalmus (Sauvage, 1878) [PDF]
, 1998 Feeding to satiation in P. bocourti, resulted in higher growth with increased meal frequency. However, growth performance of two-meal or three-meal feeding was not significantly different at all.
Hung, Le Thanh +2 more
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Development and Application of Organic Sonosensitizers in Cancer Therapy
Aggregate, EarlyView.This review provides a comprehensive overview of organic sonosensitizers employed in cancer treatment, describing their underlying mechanisms and structure‐activity relationship in terms of sonodynamic therapy. The significance of nanotechnology and combination therapy with other oncological modalities (photothermal therapy, photodynamic therapy, etc.)
Yuhan Ding +5 more
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Gut throughput rate and satiation of the invasive Lionfish (Pterois volitans) and its potential impact on an endemic, endangered Labrid fish Halichoeres socialis [PDF]
, 2017 The invasive Indo-Pacific Lionfish Pterois volitans has been recognized as a severe threat to indigenous fish species on Caribbean reefs. Previous studies have identified an extensive variety of Caribbean fishes in the stomachs of lionfish, but few have ...
Garner, James Graham
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Mast years increase wind pollination and reduce seed predation in sugar maple (Acer saccharum)
American Journal of Botany, EarlyView.Abstract Premise In general, mast seeding (intermittent and synchronous seed production) increases plant fitness through economies of scale in which reproduction is more successful in high‐seed years. These benefits have been most studied in wind‐pollinated trees.
Elizabeth E. Crone, Joshua M. Rapp
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Understanding preference formation in a matching market [PDF]
, 2001 We analyze the role of formal and informal information gathering in students' preference formation. We analyzed this role in the college admission process using Spanish individual data.
Mora, Ricardo, Romero-Medina, Antonio
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RNAseq analysis of fast skeletal muscle in restriction-fed transgenic coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) : an experimental model uncoupling the growth hormone and nutritional signals regulating growth [PDF]
, 2015 Background Coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) transgenic for growth hormone (Gh) express Gh in multiple tissues which results in increased appetite and continuous high growth with satiation feeding. Restricting Gh-transgenics to the same lower ration (TR)
Devlin, Robert +2 more
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Cost‐Effectiveness of Ferritin Screening Thresholds for Iron Deficiency in Reproductive‐Age Women
American Journal of Hematology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Iron deficiency (ID) is a top five leading cause of disability‐adjusted life‐years in women of reproductive age around the world. Despite its enormous health burden, no screening guidelines exist for the detection and treatment of ID in women of reproductive age.
Daniel Wang +7 more
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American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Prader‐Willi syndrome (PWS) is a neurodevelopmental disorder typically caused by large deletions or imprinting defects on chromosome 15q11.2, encompassing multiple genes. While the contribution of individual genes to the PWS phenotype remains unclear, previous studies suggested that isolated deletions of MAGEL2, NDN, and MKRN3, excluding the ...
Jannis Buecking +6 more
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