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The Role of Storage and Information in Stabilizing Food Prices and Supplies
(2016-08-03)High and volatile food prices can push people into poverty, impact production and consumption, discourage investments, and lead to social unrest. Thus, due to occasional global food shortages as in 2007/08 and frequent ... -
Bodenphysikalische, bodenchemische und vegetationskundliche Eigenschaften von Rasensportplätzen in "bodennahen Bauweisen"
(2016-07-25)Untersuchungen an 10 Rasensportplätzen in bodennahen Bauweisen in Deutschland. Erfassung Bodenaufbau, bodenphysikalische Parameter, bodenchemische Eigenschaften, Deckungsgrad, Pflanzenbestand und Durchwurzelung. -
Above- and belowground carbon stocks in semi-arid land-use systems under integrated watershed management in Gergera watershed, Ethiopia
(2016-12-06)Enhanced carbon stocks help to improve the productivity and resilience of farming systems, especially in smallholder communities relying on subsistent agriculture. This study investigated the total terrestrial stock of ... -
High-Level Facade Image Interpretation using Marked Point Processes
(2016-07-06)In this thesis, we address facade image interpretation as one essential ingredient for the generation of high-detailed, semantic meaningful, three-dimensional city-models. Given a single rectified facade image, we detect ... -
Regulation of adiponectin expression by trans-cinnamic acid and niacin in murine and bovine adipocytes in vitro
(2016-06-24)Adipose tissue secretes multiple metabolically important proteins known as adipokines, one of the most abundant is adiponectin (AdipoQ). Known as an important modulator of glucose and fat metabolism, adipoQ is a key regulator ... -
Studies on fatty acid de novo synthesis and metabolism in free-living and parasitic nematodes and their feeding sites in plants
(2016-06-30)Lipids are essential constituents of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells being involved in membrane biogenesis, signaling and energy storage. Furthermore, organisms have evolved different ways to obtain and synthesize these ... -
Water Policy in South Africa: Effects, impacts, and the associated transaction costs in the Olifants Basin
(2016-06-24)South Africa as a water scarce country recognizes that it is no longer possible to augment existing water supplies. The country has therefore intensified efforts to implement its comprehensive National Water Act, which ... -
Complementary feeding practice during infancy and its relevance for dietary behaviour in infancy and childhood
(2016-06-10)Emerging research indicates that besides innate taste preferences early sensory experiences in infancy via amniotic fluid, breast milk, and infant formula play a crucial role in the development of individual food preferences ... -
Erfassung und Bewertung der Einzelung von Feinstsämereien in Einzelkornsägeräten: Entwicklung eines Prüfstandes zur Erfassung der Ablagegenauigkeit von Einzelkornsägeräten für Feinsämereien
(2016-06-21)Die Wertschöpfung von Arzneipflanzen auf dem deutschen Markt als Humanphytopharmazeutika ist sehr hoch und wird größtenteils durch Importe aus dem Ausland gedeckt. Die importiere Ware hat gegenüber der heimischen einen ... -
Metabolic markers as determinants of future waist-gaining or hip-gaining phenotype in weight-gaining individuals: A targeted metabolomics approach in population-based prospective German cohort studies
(2016-05-31)Overweight and obesity are major public health problems in Germany. The associated comorbidities are highly depending on individual body fat distribution. A distinction is made between android and gynoid body fat distribution, ... -
Nutrition of giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis) in captivity: Evaluation of feeding practice and analysis of rations in European zoos
(2016-06-28)Compared to other zoo herbivores, the nutrition of captive giraffes is particularly challenging. They belong to the group of browsing ruminants and developed adaptations which enable optimal ingestion, comminution and ... -
Epigenetic regulation of CD14 in TRIF pathway in pulmonary alveolar macrophages of German Landrace pigs
(2016-05-24)Diseases of the respiratory system are a main problem in pig production. Pulmonary alveolar macrophages (PAMs) are key players to defend these respiratory diseases like lung inflammation caused by bacterial infection. ... -
Resilience, collapse and reorganization of a rangeland socio-ecological system in South Africa
(2016-05-24)Communal rangelands in semi-arid areas are complex socio-ecological systems (SES). Their complexity arises from non-linear feedbacks between the social- and the ecosystem. To understand the social system requires tackling ... -
Economics of Land Degradation, Sustainable Land Management and Poverty in Eastern Africa: The Extent, Drivers, Costs and Impacts
(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 ... -
Influence of body condition and dietary energy supply on lipolysis, ketogenesis and immune system of periparturient dairy cows with special regard to dipeptidyl peptidase-4
(2016-07-21)The increased energy requirements and the decreased dry matter intake during late gestation and early lactation, in particular relative to the requirement, cause a catabolic state in the dairy cow, characterized by a ... -
Public Services, Social Protection, and Poverty: Evidence from Indonesia
(2016-04-25)Although global poverty reduction strategies have achieved some positive results, 1.2 billion people still live in extreme poverty. Two principal strategies are commonly used to tackle poverty: the provision of public ... -
Assessing the Role of Trade and Reserve Cooperation in the Food Price Dynamics: Indonesia in the Regional and Global Economic Architecture
(2016-04-25)The dissertation discusses the potential roles of trade and food reserve cooperation among countries in pursuing more stable food prices, with a special focus on Indonesia. The study starts by analyzing food price movements ... -
Fluorescence-based systems for detection of abiotic stresses on horticultural crops
(2016-05-10)The main objective of this thesis was to assess the impact of economically important abiotic stresses on the plant physiology using non-destructive fluorescence indices, and to evaluate the potential use of the sensor ... -
Potential of organic manures in rainfed lowland rice-based production systems on sandy soils of Cambodia
(2016-04-25)Rainfed lowland rice is the dominant food crop in the low-input agricultural systems of Cambodia. The main production area is characterized by sandy soils with low contents in nitrogen, phosphorus and organic matter, as ... -
Streamwater transit time distributions at the catchment scale: constraining uncertainties through identification of spatio-temporal controls
(2016-04-08)Precipitation water traveling through a catchment takes faster and slower flow paths to reach the outlet. The knowledge about the distribution of relevant flow paths in a catchment and their respective transit times of ...
