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No Cocoa Without Deforestation? A Field‐Type Analysis of Forest Frontiers in West Africa

Journal of Agrarian Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper analyses the interrelations of production systems, class relations and deforestation in a smallholder forest frontier. Using the concept of field types, we provide a plot‐level analysis of deforestation processes in West Africa, where smallholders convert forest into cocoa farms.
Sarah Lena Graf, Christianah Oyenpemi, Christine Bosch, Oyakhilomen Oyinbo, Emmanuel A. Codjoe, Stéphanie Eileen Domptail   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

INFLUENCE OF PREGNANCY AND LACTATION ON GLUCOSE METABOLISM OF NUBIAN GOATS

Tropical and Subtropical Agroecosystems, 2009
Two in vivo metabolic challenges were conducted to assess the changes in glucose metabolism during three intervals prepartum (-6, -4, -2 weeks) and three postpartum (+2, +4, +6 weeks) in six multiparous pregnant Nubian goats.
J. Chávez, Guadalupe Bernal, A. Rodríguez, K. Mark, E. Díaz, A. Aguilera, T. Reis de Souza, C. Betancourt, M. Cárdenas   +8 more
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How Institutions Shape the Effects of Agricultural Cooperatives on Their Members

Kyklos, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Agricultural cooperatives represent a promising way of improving the quality of life of half a billion smallholders, who account for the vast majority of the world's food production. Yet, little is known about the institutional factors that explain the potential benefits of being a member of a cooperative.
Simon Cornée, Madeg Le Guernic, Damien Rousselière   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Diet and leishmaniasis in the Ecuadorian Amazon

Medical Anthropology Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract In Ecuador's Amazon, Indigenous communities affected by leishmaniasis often modify their diets as part of their health‐seeking practices. Drawing on qualitative research with sixty‐eight participants from seven Indigenous groups, this study explores how and why patients’ diets shift in pursuit of healing from leishmaniasis.
Veronica Cristina Vargas Roman
wiley   +1 more source

Taro Diseases [PDF]

, 1990
Although taro is susceptible to attack by at least twenty-three pathogens, only a few cause serious reduction in growth and production. Phytophthora blight (Phytophthora colocasiae) and Pythium root and corm rot (Pythium spp.) are the most serious fungal
Ooka, Jeri J.
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Supervivencia al paro cardiaco extrahospitalario en México: experiencia en el CRUM de Querétaro

Revista de Educación e Investigación en Emergencias
Introducción: El paro cardiaco es una de las principales causas de mortalidad en todo el mundo, y es reconocido como un problema crítico de salud pública.
Javier R. Piña-Renaud, Carlos I. Casillas-Cuéllar, Carmina Vera-Uehara, Luis M. Pinet-Peralta, Jessie Castillo, Charlotte Rogers   +5 more
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Plant‐Based Diet and Sleep Quality in Adults: Exploring the Role of Lifestyle and Health Mediators

Nutrition Bulletin, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigated the association between plant‐based dietary indices (PDI) and sleep quality and examined the mediating roles of lifestyle and health‐related factors. A total of 5260 participants (18–65 years) were included. Sleep quality was assessed using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI). PDI—including overall (oPDI), healthy
Márcia de Oliveira Lima, Júlia Souza de Melo, Larissa de Lima Soares, Risia Cristina Egito de Menezes, Renan Serenini, Giovana Longo‐Silva   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

MODIFICATION OF TARO FLOUR WITH FERMENTATION PROCESS [PDF]

, 2015
Taro is a food ingredient which contains a lot of carbohydrate. Product, that is come from taro, is still limited because taro flour hasn’t been available at any market.
Lingganingrum, Farid Sri, Srihari M., Endang   +1 more
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Unusual Giant Sialocyst Arising From Wharton's Duct: A Case Report

Oral Surgery, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Head and neck masses in adults are a common reason for referral to maxillofacial surgeons and otolaryngologists, and most are benign. True salivary duct cysts (sialocysts) are extremely rare, accounting for < 1% of salivary duct lesions, and primarily involve minor salivary glands. Involvement of major salivary glands is exceptional,
Maksym Skrypnyk, Margarita Skikevych, Roman Skrypnyk, Volodymyr Mykytenko, Igor Skrypnyk, Liudmyla Voloshyna, Tetiana Yatsenko, Chun Xu, Satoshi Takahashi, Taro Osada, Koichi Hattori, Beate Heissig   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bioremediation of Olive Mill Wastewater Using Free and Immobilized Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Efficiency and Phytotoxicity Assessment

Water and Environment Journal, EarlyView.
The graphical abstract compares the bioremediation performance of olive mill wastewater using P. aeruginosa immobilized in agar beads and fixed on activated carbon. Both systems effectively reduced chemical oxygen demand (COD), phenols, colour, phosphorus and lipids.
Mariem Ben Arif, Wiem Tahri, Afef Gamraoui, Ahmed Landoulsi, Abdelwaheb Chatti   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source