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ZBED6 Knockout Promotes Skeletal Muscle Development in Bama Pigs by Relieving Transcriptional Repression of CDKN1A

Animal Research and One Health, EarlyView.
Integrated transcriptomic and functional analyses identify CDKN1A as a direct target of ZBED6 in Bama pigs. ZBED6 knockout relieves transcriptional repression of CDKN1A, thereby promoting myogenic differentiation and skeletal muscle development.
Yitian Ma, Xiu Lin, Pengtao Yuan, Yabin Pu, Yuehui Ma, Zixiao Jiang, Lin Jiang, Chongyang Li, Dandan Wang   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Animal Welfare Assessment and Meat Quality through Assessment of Stress Biomarkers in Fattening Pigs with and without Visible Damage during Slaughter

Animals
The study aimed to investigate the physiological and meat quality differences between Non-Ambulatory, Non-Injured (NANI), and without apparent abnormalities (non-NANI) pigs in a commercial slaughterhouse setting, focusing on the impact of stress and ...
Natália Nami Ogawa, Giovanna Lima Silva, Ana Paula Ayub da Costa Barbon, Karina Keller Marques da Costa Flaiban, Caio Abercio da Silva, Luiene Moura Rocha, Ana Maria Bridi   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Developing a critical caste analysis within information science and technology: A research review: An annual review of information science and technology paper

Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract Caste—an ascriptive social hierarchy in South Asia and its diaspora—is a globalized phenomenon. Recent caste‐based discrimination, particularly in technology companies and anti‐caste efforts to address it, has compelled academia, policy, and the technology industry to better understand contemporary mechanics of caste.
Nayana Kirasur, Britt Paris
wiley   +1 more source

Between public service and market: Portraying the bifront university in a platformized world

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper contributes to the international debate on the changes affecting recruitment and orientation processes toward higher education. Based on qualitative research involving 19 Italian public universities, the study analyses the transformations in communication, recruitment and orientation activities within platformization and increasing ...
Marco Pitzalis, Ciro Cangiano, Alessandro Lovari   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Social and economic impacts of the donkey skin trade on donkey-dependent women and communities in Kenya

Human-Animal Interactions
Women in sub-Saharan Africa experience considerable economic vulnerability, with many living on less than US$1.90 per day. These women rely heavily on donkeys to perform essential daily tasks, enabling them to balance family and livelihood ...
David Obiero Oduori, Gilbert Kirui, Robert Ofwete, Ronald K. Sang, Christine Were, Laura M. Kubasiewicz   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Carcass Quality Volume and Grid Pricing: An Investigation of Cause and Effect [PDF]

The relationship between publicly reported weekly grid premiums and discounts for specific carcass characteristics and the percentage of those characteristics reflected in total weekly slaughter volume (i.e., proportional slaughter volume) is ...
Scott W. Fausti, Jing Li, Bashir A. Qasmi   +2 more
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Between soft power and suspicion: Chinese international students as diasporic actors in U.S.‐China geopolitical tensions

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines the under‐theorized political role and identity of Chinese international students, who emerge as significant actors caught between U.S. soft power ambitions and rising geopolitical suspicion. Amid escalating U.S.‐China tensions, these students are forced to confront environments shaped by competing geopolitical discourses ...
Jing Yu
wiley   +1 more source

Assessing the use of a mechanical rump pusher in a commercial cattle slaughter plant

Animal Welfare
Commercial cattle slaughter operations have shown an increasing trend towards automation, with the aim being to improve animal welfare, product quality and efficiency.
Eleanor Wigham, Megan French
doaj   +1 more source

How wildlife respond to tropical cyclones: short‐term tactics and long‐term impacts

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT From butterflies to lizards and from sharks to seabirds, wildlife exhibit tactics to survive the impacts of tropical cyclones, also known as hurricanes, cyclones, or typhoons depending on where they occur. Some species seek refuge during the storm by moving, some remain in place and ride it out, and others move longer distances, avoiding the ...
Erin L. Koen, Mohamed Khalil Meliane, Zachery B. Holmes, Karl E. Miller, William J. Barichivich, Emilie Dedeban, Alex Furst, Miranda Imeri, Peyton E. Niebanck, Samantha Nunn, Kailee Pearson, Nicole Rita, Brier Ryver, Dakotah Shaffer, Susan C. Walls, E. Hance Ellington   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

Does Stakeholder Pressure Promote Green Innovations and Performance of Agribusiness Companies?

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The sustainability of agribusiness companies is guided by multiple, sometimes paradoxical, interests. Green innovation is strategic for sustainable development; however, literature shows inconsistencies regarding its impact on environmental and economic‐financial performance.
Vanderlei dos Santos, Ilse Maria Beuren, Adrian Odelli, Rodrigo Rengel, Daniele Cristina Bernd   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source