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Empowerment of Girls and Women in Rural Pakistan: Migration, Decision-making and Consciousness
(2020-11-24)
This thesis analyses the effect of migration of men on women and children left behind in rural households in Pakistan. Part one analyses the impact on left-behind women’s participation in household decisions and number of ...
Efficient Semantic Scene Understanding for Mobile Robots
(2021-12-16)
Over the last few years, robots have been slowly making their way into our everyday lives. From robotic vacuum cleaners picking up after us already working in our homes, to the fleets of robo-taxis and self-driving vehicles ...
Establishment of an experimental model for dairy cows of divergent peripartal mobilization of body reserves: Profiling circulating steroid hormones and the mRNA abundance of steroid metabolizing enzymes in liver and in adipose tissue
(2021-12-16)
The lactation cycle of dairy cows is characterized by physiological, metabolic, and endocrine changes that also affect adipose tissue (AT) function and portion. These changes include lipogenesis during periods of nutrient ...
Characterization of Root System Architectures from Field Root Sampling Methods
(2020-10-21)
Background and objectives: The root system architecture (RSA) of a plant determines the plant’s ability to capture resources efficiently from the soil and directly linked to plant performance. The development ...
Broken Roads and Broken Laws: How Infrastructure and Law Enforcement Shape Amazonian Deforestation Frontiers
(2020-06-29)
Deforestation of tropical rainforests contributes significantly to global climate change and accelerated biodiversity loss. To mitigate these impacts, the goal of drastically reducing tropical deforestation has been a ...
Robot Navigation Beyond Planning the Shortest Path
(2021-04-16)
Over the last decade, the demand for autonomous mobile robots has been growing continuously. Applications range from mobile manipulators operating on factory floors to autonomous cars driving in urban environments. A common ...
Towards bamboo-agroforestry development in Ghana: exploring socio-economic and ecological potentials
(2021-01-14)
In Ghana, the rising need for household energy from wood fuels and food needs is considered a major threat to forest resources conservation. Government and scientists believe that the alarming rate of deforestation and ...
Diagnosing and managing zinc and boron deficiencies in emerging crop production systems of Nepal
(2020-12-02)
The productivity and sustainability of the prevailing crop production systems are being challenged throughout the Indo-Gangetic Plains. Limiting water resources, depletion of soil fertility, social changes and economic ...
The role of post-harvest supplementary light exposure for ripening and quality development of tomato fruit
(2020-11-23)
The major aim of the present work was to evaluate the optimal exposure time and effects of red light and short periods of daily ultraviolet (UV) on the post-harvest quality of green tomato fruit during ripening. The ...
Biogas production in the light of the German Fertilization Ordinance: An economic and environmental assessment at farm and regional scale
(2021-11-26)
In Germany, the expansion of biogas plants is fostered by the Renewable Energy Sources Act to support the energy transition. Beneficial aspects of biogas such as providing flexible renewable energy and generating additional ...