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The Role of Ancient Grains in Alleviating Hunger and Malnutrition

Foods, 2023
Meeting the United Nation’s sustainable development goals for zero hunger becomes increasingly challenging with respect to climate change and political and economic challenges.
Mahsa Majzoobi, Shima Jafarzadeh, Shahla Teimouri, Mehran Ghasemlou, Milad Hadidi, Charles S. Brennan   +5 more
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A Robust Deep Temporal Causal Discovery Platform for Single‐Cell Gene Regulatory Network Reconstruction

Advanced Intelligent Discovery, EarlyView.
scTIGER2.0 is a deep‐learning framework that infers gene regulatory networks from single‐cell RNA sequencing data. By integrating correlation, pseudotime ordering, deep learning and bootstrap‐based significance testing, it reduces false positives and reveals directional gene interactions.
Nishi Gupta, Madison Dautle, Shaoqiang Zhang, Yong Chen   +3 more
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Fruit and vegetable intake among Nigerian University students: patterns, preferences, and influencing factors

Open Agriculture
Adequate consumption of fruits and vegetables is globally recognized as a cornerstone of healthy living and a critical strategy for preventing micronutrient deficiencies and non-communicable diseases.
Solaja Sodipe O., Bamiro Olasunkanmi M., Ayeni Matthew D., Mohammed Glory   +3 more
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ARAN: Age-Restricted Anonymized Dataset of Children Images and Body Measurements

Journal of Imaging
Precisely estimating a child’s body measurements and weight from a single image is useful in pediatrics for monitoring growth and detecting early signs of malnutrition.
Hezha H. MohammedKhan, Cascha Van Wanrooij, Eric O. Postma, Çiçek Güven, Marleen Balvert, Heersh Raof Saeed, Chenar Omer Ali Al Jaf   +6 more
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2016 Global Hunger Index: Africa edition

, 2023
The 2016 Global Hunger Index Africa Edition is produced by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Concern Worldwide, and Welthungerhilfe in conjunction with NEPAD.
von Grebmer, Klaus; Bernstein, Jill; Nabarro, David; Prasai, Nilam; Amin, Shazia; Yohannes, Yisehac; Sonntag, Andrea; Patterson, Fraser; Towey, Olive; Thompson, Jennifer, http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0182-420X Prasai, Nilam; http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6908-5773 von Grebmer, K.; http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7932-1816 Yohannes, Yisehac   +1 more
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Balancing Exploration and Exploitation Through a Sequential Hybrid of Roach Infestation and Mayfly Algorithms for Constrained Engineering Design Optimization

AI &Innovation, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Maintaining an effective balance between exploration and exploitation is essential during optimization processes, from mathematical functions to more complex problems such as constrained engineering design optimization, particularly when addressing highly nonlinear issues with numerous local optima and strict feasibility requirements.
Enrique Lizárraga, Fevrier Valdez, Oscar Castillo, Patricia Melin   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Enhancing digital road networks for better transportation in developing countries

Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives
Data scarcity in developing countries often poses significant challenges to the use of analytics in addressing development issues. In transportation research, digitized road data is one of the most fundamental data structures, and a poorly digitized road
V.F. Stienen, D. den Hertog, J.C. Wagenaar, J.F. de Zegher   +3 more
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Accounting for animal health in efficiency analysis: An application to Swedish dairy farms

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Poor animal health is a central concern in modern livestock production. Despite the necessity to incorporate animal health in efficiency analysis, the theoretical and empirical developments are limited on this subject. This article appropriately characterizes the axiomatic properties of animal health within a production framework.
Frederic Ang, Enoch Owusu‐Sekyere, Karin Alvåsen, Helena Hansson   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Extension agents’ attitudes and participation in disseminating climate-smart agricultural practices in North-Central, Nigeria

Frontiers in Nutrition
Low uptake of Climate-Smart Agricultural Practices (CSAPs) continues to exacerbate food insecurity and vulnerability in regions already burdened by poverty.
Ibukun Elizabeth Ojo, Ibukun Elizabeth Ojo, Ibukun Elizabeth Ojo, Ayorinde Ebenezer Kolawole, Ayorinde Ebenezer Kolawole, Abigail Gbemisola Adeyonu, Abigail Gbemisola Adeyonu, Ayotunde Olayinka Owolabi, Ayotunde Olayinka Owolabi, Dare Akerele, Toluwalase Eniola Awe, Toluwalase Eniola Awe, Ikechukwu Chike, Deborah Pelumi Ogunsuyi, Abisola Adeola Ogundele   +14 more
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Border harm and affective injustice: The politics of anger at the Melilla border, Spain

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines protests in a detention center in Melilla, Spain—a site where structural violence intersects with the everyday harms of confinement. Adopting a justice and dignity‐centered perspective, we analyze grassroots forms of resistance emerging at the border. The study focuses on the protests of Tunisian migrants and explores the
Corina Tulbure
wiley   +1 more source