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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. ...
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 ...
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 ...
An environmental and economic assessment of a novel Power-to-Fuel system for biogas plants
(2022-03-02)
Power-to-Fuel (PtF) systems use carbon dioxide and hydrogen as feedstock together for renewable fuel production and can hence contribute to climate change mitigation. This study tries to evaluate whether an innovative PtF ...
Towards the Development of a Continuous Spatio-Temporal Finite Element Based Representation of the Mean Sea Surface
(2022)
The mean sea surface has an important role both in the calculation of the mean dynamic topography and in the area of sea level change as a reference surface. This paper presents a new approach to estimate a continuous ...
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 ...