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Economic impact of postoperative delirium – Detection of risk factors for further prevention program
Kirfel, Andrea (2022-09-19)<strong>Introduction: </strong> Postoperative delirium (POD) is an underdiagnosed and adverse complication in older adults. The aim of the PRe-Operative Prediction of postoperative DElirium by appropriate Screening (PROPDESC) ... -
Economic incentives of the WTO dispute settlement system with an empirical focus on the agro-food sector
Götz, Christian (2012-11-14)The thesis contributes to the understanding of the drivers in countries’ decision to adjudicate trade issues under the Dispute Settlement Mechanism (DSM) of the World Trade Organization (WTO). The DSM is a rules-based ... -
Economic partnership agreements in the EU's post-Lomé trade regime: negotiations with West Africa
Rommel, Claudia (2012)Trade is a key element of the development policy of the European Union (EU). As the most important trading partner of developing countries, the EU attempts to facilitate the participation of developing countries in global ... -
Economics of consumer and business behavior related to environment: studies in Belarus
Shershunovich, Yauheniya (2023-11-23)Environmental problems constitute a major risk to humanity. This thesis empirically analyzes the implications of consumer and business behavior related to environment on three levels: on a micro-; on a meso-; and on a ... -
Economics of Female Labor Force Participation: Overcoming Barriers in Pakistan
Amber, Hina (2024-05-28)The active participation of females in the labor force advances gender equality and empowers them to access economic opportunities. The thesis empirically investigates the dynamics of female labor force participation and ... -
The Economics of Irrigation Systems in Ethiopia: Technological and Institutional Analysis
Bekele, Rahel Deribe (2021-12-14)The Government of Ethiopia has made a strong commitment to developing and expanding various types of irrigation systems, technologies, and institutions among smallholder farmers. As a result, the irrigated area in the ... -
Economics of Land Degradation, Sustainable Land Management and Poverty in Eastern Africa: The Extent, Drivers, Costs and Impacts
Kirui, Oliver Kiptoo (2016-05-24)Land degradation – defined by the Economics of Land Degradation (ELD) initiative as a “reduction in the economic value of ecosystem services and goods derived from land” – is a serious impediment to improving rural livelihoods ... -
Ecophysiological diversity of wild Coffea arabica populations in Ethiopia: Drought adaptation mechanisms
Beining, Alice Marie (2007)Drought is a wide-spread limiting factor in coffee (Coffea arabica L.) production, but the development of adapted cultivars is hampered by a limited understanding of the physiological resistance mechanism and the extreme ... -
eCTD - Neue Wege der elektronischen Einreichung: Vernetzung elektronischer regulatorischer Prozesse
Schnitzler, Jörg (2013-12-13)Die Arzneimittelzulassung ist mit der Einführung des eCTD – Standards dem erklärten Ziel der papierlosen Einreichung einen großen Schritt näher gekommen. Seit nun mehr als 20 Jahren arbeiten Behörden und Antragssteller ... -
Ectopic expression of the sialic acid modifying enzyme CMAH in human THP1 macrophages
Is, Ozkan (2018-09-03)Throughout evolutionary processes, organisms gain or lose functions because of emerging mutations. The frameshift mutation emerged in the human CMAH gene is one of these loss of function mutations and it caused the human ... -
Ectopic expression of transcription factors to overcome the lineage barrier between embryonic stem cells and trophoblast stem cells in mouse and human
Kaiser, Franziska (2023-04-19)The placenta is a transient organ that exhibits various essential functions during pregnancy that allow for proper development of the embryo. Placenta and embryo originate from the first lineage separation in mammalian ... -
Edible weeds and food and nutrition security in the face of the herbicide revolution: A case study from Zambia
Daum, Thomas; Vehre, Alysha; Schweizerhof, Carolin; Schunko, Christoph (2021-01)Herbicides are on the rise across the developing world. Herbicides may come with several advantages, for example, they may help to improve yields, thereby contributing to food and nutrition security. However, they may ... -
Educación ambiental comunitaria como escenario de decolonización del conocimiento en el contexto escolar urbano
Rocha-Bravo, Mónica; Golovátina-Mora, Polina (2024-03-18)La educación ambiental comunitaria fomenta la conexión entre la escuela y su contexto local. Tréllez (2002) cuestiona que se limite a la práctica y a solucionar problemas ambientales, haciendo a un lado el reconocimiento, ... -
The effect of air exposure before and after ensiling on maize silage quality and dietary choice by goats
Brüning, Dave (2018-07-11)The overall aim of the thesis was to determine the effect of air exposure before and after ensiling on quality of whole-crop maize silage and to determine the influence of the resulting changes on dietary choice by goats. ... -
Effect of an inflammatory stimulus on mitochondrial functionality in liver cells of dairy cows
Alaedin, MohamadTaher (2021-05-26)Mitochondria are essential organelles with key roles in metabolism and health; their function is influenced by various exogenous and endogenous factors. Dairy cows undergo a negative energy balance (EB) and a systemic ... -
Effect of blossom thinning on apple quality with conventional methods and study on laser application for selective thinning
Netsawang, Prud (2022-09-27)Crop-load regulation by blossom thinning has an important role to improve the fruit quality and mitigate an alternate bearing on apple fruit production. This method aims to reduce excessive flowers to regulate the final ... -
Effect of cannabidiol on cytokine-induced killer cells in multiple myeloma and pancreatic cancer
Garofano, Francesca (2022-09-06)<em>Background/Aim:</em> Cytokine-induced killer cells (CIKs) are a heterogeneous population of polyclonal T lymphocytes showing a potent anti-tumor activity. Cannabinoids have been recently used for the treatment of cancer. ... -
The effect of climate variability on wheat in Iran
Rahmani, Elham (2015-01-22)In this study, we investigated the impact of temperature variability on wheat phenology in Iran. Temperature is the most appropriate climate variable affecting wheat production wheat in cultivation under irrigation in Iran. ... -
Effect of cow’s metabolic status on the epigenome profile of oocytes and embryos
Poirier, Mikhaël (2020-01-07)In lactating cows, intensive genetic selection for improved milk production has been associated with reduced reproductive capacity, leading to increased early embryo loss. During post-calving lactation, the cow’s dietary ... -
The Effect of Cyclic Loading On Fracture Strength of 3D Printed Zirconia Crowns and CAD/CAM Zirconia Crowns: An In-Vitro Study
Refaie, Ashraf Mohamed (2024-05-21)<strong>Objectives:</strong> This study aimed to evaluate and compare the marginal gap using two different methods and the internal fit of 3D printed and zirconia crowns and evaluate the effect of cyclic mechanical loading ...