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Optimizing Snail Farming: Predictive Modelling of Terrestrial Snail Output Using Machine Learning

New Countryside
Heliciculture, the cultivation of edible land snails, is gaining prominence as a sustainable and economically viable agricultural sector. Despite this growth, productivity in snail farming remains inconsistent due to variable environmental conditions and empirical management practices.
Konstantinos Apostolou, Marianthi Hatziioannou, Dimitris Klaoudatos   +2 more
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Queen Anne's Wardrobe: Fashion, Sartorial Politics, and the Representational Strategies of the Last Stuart Queen

Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract The final Stuart monarch, Queen Anne, has often been overlooked in studies of visual and material culture, particularly of fashion and dress. This article is the first to undertake a qualitative and quantitative analysis of the wardrobe accounts of Queen Anne, situating her consumption within the context of the eighteenth‐century fashion ...
Sarah A. Bendall
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Socio-Economic Determinants of Adoption of Snail Farming Technologies by Small-Scale Farmers in Mbaitolu Local Government Area, Imo State, Nigeria

, 2017
The study examined the determinants of adoption of snail farming technologies in Mbaitolu LGA of Imo State. The objective of the study were to describe the socio-economic characteristics of snail farmers; determine the level of adoption of the technology
Ogbe, S. E., Anukam, M. U., Onumadu, F. N.   +2 more
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Bridging the Late Antique Gap in Northwest Arabia: New Archaeological Evidence on the Occupation of Wādī al‐Qurā (al‐ʿUlā [AlUla], Saudi Arabia) Between the Third and Seventh Centuries CE

Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In 2019, the Dadan Archaeological Project (CNRS/RCU/AFALULA) identified a Late Antique village 1 km south of ancient Dadan in the al‐ʿUlā valley (northwest Saudi Arabia). Three excavation seasons at this site (2021–2023) have uncovered a massive building constructed in the late third or early fourth cent.
Jérôme Rohmer, Abdulrahman Alsuhaibani, Charlène Bouchaud, Elora Chambraud, Vladimir Dabrowski, Hatem Djerbi, Fabien Lesguer, Hervé Monchot, Paul Picavet, Louise Purdue, Bertrand Riba, Shadi Shabo   +11 more
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The Late Agricultural Development of Central Arabian Oases—Archaeobotanical and Archaeozoological Studies of the al‐Kharj Oasis

Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While oasis settlements emerged during the Bronze Age in Eastern and Northern Arabia, the settlement process in Central Arabia was different. Excavations at al‐Yamāma—main ancient settlement of the al‐Kharj oasis (Riyadh Province, KSA)—suggest that the latter did not emerge before the second half of the first millennium BCE.
Elora Chambraud, Hervé Monchot, Vladimir Dabrowski, Charlène Bouchaud, Jérémie Schiettecatte   +4 more
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Rulers on the road: Itinerant rule in the Holy Roman Empire, AD 919–1519

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Itinerant rule, rule exercised through traveling, was a common yet insufficiently researched, premodern form of governance. Studying the determinants of ruler itineraries in the Holy Roman Empire, AD 919–1519, we argue that rulers' visits targeted “marginal” elites.
Carl Müller‐Crepon, Clara Neupert‐Wentz, Andrej Kokkonen, Jørgen Møller   +3 more
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Value-chain analysis of freshwater apple snail (Pila globosa) used for on-farm feeds in the freshwater prawn farming sector in Bangladesh

, 2014
Growth of the freshwater prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii) sector in Bangladesh since 1970s has been supported by natural availability of freshwater apple snail (Pila globosa), used for on-farm prawn feeds.
Nahid, SAA, Wahab, MA, Henriksson, PJG
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Mass mortality of Cornu aspersum in Italian snail farms: A histopathological survey

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology
The production demand of edible snails in the Mediterranean area is very high and the attention to snail borne diseases is increasing. Following mass mortality events, we have analyzed 240 samples of Cornu aspersum collected from farms across Italy. Anatomopathological examination showed the presence of alterations of the gastro-intestinal apparatus ...
Power, Karen, Leandri, Rebecca, Fierro, Angelo, Zottola, Tiziana, De Vico, Gionata   +4 more
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Dealing With Inbuilt Age: A Bayesian Approach to Radiocarbon Dating of Rice, Bamboo and Charcoal From Non Ban Jak, Thailand

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT New radiocarbon determinations from rice grains and bamboo have been obtained from Non Ban Jak, Northeast Thailand. These, along with charcoal, date a late Iron Age building sequence. The results come from short‐lived species and charcoal with potential inbuilt age. We built a series of Bayesian models to obtain a reliable chronology.
C. F. W. Higham, T. F. G. Higham
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Crushing and Cutting: Shape Variation and Morphological Integration Between the Claws of Two Swimming Crab Species (Brachyura: Portunidae)

Acta Zoologica, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigated shape variations and morphological integration between the components of crusher and cutter claws in two species of swimming crabs, Callinectes danae and Callinectes ornatus. The propodi and dactyli of the claws were analysed in males and females of both species, using geometric morphometric techniques to identify ...
Julia Tadiotto, Alexandre Ribeiro da Silva, Julia Fernandes Perroca, Rogerio Caetano Costa, Caio Santos Nogueira   +4 more
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