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Characterization of porcine milk exosomes from different stages of lactation
(2023-05-11)
Exosomes are membranous vesicles considered major players in cell-cell communication. Milk provides adequate nutrition, transfers immunity, and promotes neonate development, and milk exosomes are suggested to have a key ...
Governing the Ethiopian Coffee Forests: A Local Level Institutional Analysis in Kaffa and Bale Mountains
(2007)
This work analyses institutional frameworks that determine the use, management and conservation of two afromontane rain forests, namely Koma Forest (Kaffa Zone, Southern Region) and Kankicho Forest (Bale Zone, Oromiya ...
Farmer Innovation in Rural Ghana: Determinants, Impacts and Identification
(2015-11-23)
Innovation is essential for agricultural and economic development, especially in today’s rapidly changing global environment. While farmers have been recognised as one of the key sources of innovation, many studies on ...
Sustainability performance of organic and conventional farming systems in Kenya: Murang'a, Kirinyaga and Machakos Counties
(2022-03-17)
The concept of sustainable farming systems focuses on the need to develop techniques and practices that have positive effects on social outcomes, the environment, and food productivity. In Africa, there are limited empirical ...
Short-term individual nutritional care as part of routine clinical setting improves outcome and quality of life in malnourished medical patients
(2012-11-12)
Nutritional strategies to treat malnutrition are rare and lack practicability in the hospital setting. This study aims at providing nutritional risk patients with individual nutrition care in order to raise energy and ...
Preferences for high-value agricultural products in developing countries: Demand analyses for livestock products in Vietnam
(2015-09-01)
This thesis comprises three papers that aim to analyze demand for livestock products in Vietnam as a case study for preferences for high value agricultural products in developing countries.
Chapter 2 is based on the ...
Chapter 2 is based on the ...
Effectiveness and Perspectives of Access and Benefit-sharing Regimes in the Convention on Biological Diversity: A Comparative Analysis of Costa Rica, the Philippines, Ethiopia and the European Union
(2007)
The decline of biodiversity has reached an alarming rate and all the approaches that have been undertaken in the past were not sufficient to stop the on-going process. One of these approaches is Access and Benefit-Sharing ......
Effektivität und Perspektiven von Zugangs- und Vorteilsausgleichsregimen im Rahmen des Übereinkommens über die Biologische Vielfalt - Eine vergleichende Analyse von Costa Rica, den Philippinen, Äthiopien und der ......
Effektivität und Perspektiven von Zugangs- und Vorteilsausgleichsregimen im Rahmen des Übereinkommens über die Biologische Vielfalt - Eine vergleichende Analyse von Costa Rica, den Philippinen, Äthiopien und der ......
Exploring the potential of multipurpose tree species for revegetating abandoned cropping sites in the lower Amu Darya Basin
(2015-03-04)
The land degradation due to soil salinization that results from elevated groundwater table (GWT) is common in intensively irrigated and poorly drained cropping areas in the lower Amu Darya Basin. Given the decreasing ......
Das Potenzial von Mehrzweckbaumarten für die Rekultivierung von aufgegebenen Ackerflächen im unteren Amu Darya Becken
Im bewässerten Flachland des Amu Darya Beckens (ADB) verursachen hohe, saline ......
Das Potenzial von Mehrzweckbaumarten für die Rekultivierung von aufgegebenen Ackerflächen im unteren Amu Darya Becken
Im bewässerten Flachland des Amu Darya Beckens (ADB) verursachen hohe, saline ......
Assessment of different packaging atmospheres for the poultry meat industry based on an overall quality index
(2014-11-10)
The objective of this thesis was the development of an Overall Quality Index (OQI) for modified atmosphere packaged (MAP) poultry fillets to compare and to assess the influence of different environmental factors on the ......
Bewertung unterschiedlicher Gaszusammensetzungen für die Geflügelfleischindustrie auf Grundlage eines Gesamtqualitätsindex
Das Ziel der vorliegenden Arbeit war die Entwicklung eines Gesamtqualitätsindex ......
Bewertung unterschiedlicher Gaszusammensetzungen für die Geflügelfleischindustrie auf Grundlage eines Gesamtqualitätsindex
Das Ziel der vorliegenden Arbeit war die Entwicklung eines Gesamtqualitätsindex ......
An approach to environmental services assessment: functional biodiversity in tropical agroforestry systems (The case of Tomé-Açú, Northern Brazil)
(2009-04-21)
Agriculture is one of the main sources of income in developing countries and at the same time one of the major drivers causing environmental conflicts like loss of biodiversity. Agroforestry, which combines agricultural ...
