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Effects of terpenes administration on fatty acid profile and coagulation properties of ewes’ milk
(2019)The presence of lipids in animal products have attracted scientific and consumers’ attention due to the health beneficial effects of mono- (MUFA) and polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA). Various factors may affect their ... -
Morphometry as a Key to Investigate the Stability to a Wind-Induced Rollover of Agricultural Equipment for Irrigation
(2020)A problem that is common in agriculture but not very publicized, thanks to the absence of victims, is the rollover of Centre Pivot and Lateral Move irrigation systems. These accidents are due to particularly-strong winds ... -
Multi-year and reference year weather data for building energy labelling in north Italy climates
(ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA, 2014)Representative weather information is essential for a reliable building energy performance evaluation. Even if detailed energy analyses can be carried out considering the multi-year weather data, generally a single reference ... -
Ausbreitung und Management von Götterbaum und Robinie in Niederwäldern: Erkenntnisse aus einer Fallstudie zu invasiven Baumarten in Südtirol
(2014)Dispersal and Management of Heaven and Black Locust in Coppiced Forests - Results of a case study in Southern Tyrol Throughout Europe, both anthropogenic and near-natural habitats are invaded by black locust (Robinia ... -
Farmers' perceptions of the impacts of Human-Wildlife Conflict on rural livelihoods and Natural Resource Management efforts in Cheha Woreda of Guraghe Zone, Ethiopia
(2014)There are several livelihood improvement and natural resource management campaigns being undertaken in Ethiopia. In Cheha Woreda District of Guraghe Zone, a research team from the Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research, ... -
Egg production dynamics and fecundity of Heterakis gallinarum residing in different caecal environments of chickens induced by fibre-rich diets
(2014)In modern husbandry systems, feed rations for laying hens may contain high levels of dietary fibre, which may only be fermented intestinally. Depending on fermentation properties, the type of dietary fibre may influence ... -
Managing coppice forests for rockfall protection: lessons from modeling
(SPRINGER FRANCE, 2014)Context: One eighth of Europe’s forests are still managed as coppice. In some European countries, more than half of the forest exhibits coppice structures from the past or present coppice management. Many of these forests ... -
Quizzical societies: A closer look at sustainability and principles of unlocking its measurability
(2014)The functionality of measuring the sustainability of societies is a quizzical concept. The foundation of this manuscript utilises the index of sustainable functionality (ISF) via four key recommendations: (1) uncertainty ... -
Seasonal uptake rate dynamics and partitioning of mineral nutrients by bourse shoots of field-grown apple trees
(2014)Strategies to improve the nutrient use efficiency in the orchard should allow a synchronization of the dynamics of nutrients demand by trees with their availability in the soil. In the present study we assessed the dynamics ... -
Density related effects on lifetime fecundity of Heterakis gallinarum in chickens
(2014)Background: Density related effects, both inverse density- and density-dependent, contribute to regulating population dynamics of parasites. We investigated whether density related effects are directly controlling lifetime ... -
Safe-site effects on rhizosphere bacterial communities in a high-altitude alpine environment
(2014)The rhizosphere effect on bacterial communities associated with three floristic communities (RW, FI, and M sites) which differed for the developmental stages was studied in a high-altitude alpine ecosystem. RW site was an ... -
Practical considerations regarding the implementation of a temperament test into horse performance tests: Results of a large-scale test run
(2014)Considering the ever-growing demand of various breeding organizations for an objective, inexpensive, reliable, and easily conducted assessment of the behavior of horses, the aim of our study was to implement a novel-object ... -
Dietary supplementation of usnic acid, an antimicrobial compound in lichens, does not affect rumen bacterial diversity or density in reindeer
(2014)Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus) may include large proportions of lichens in their winter diet. These dietary lichens are rich in phenolic secondary compounds, the most well-known being the antimicrobial usnic acid. ... -
Cloning, purification, crystallization and 1.57 angstrom resolution X-ray data analysis of AmsI, the tyrosine phosphatase controlling amylovoran biosynthesis in the plant pathogen Erwinia amylovora
(WILEY-BLACKWELL, 2014)The Gram-negative bacterium Erwinia amylovora is a destructive pathogen of plants belonging to the Rosaceae family. Amongst its pathogenicity factors, E. amylovora produces the exopolysaccharide amylovoran, which contributes ... -
Impronta carbonica e consumi di energia primaria nelle filiere di produzione della frutta
(2014)L’aumento del numero dei consumatori attenti ad un uso migliore delle risorse coinvolte nel processo produttivo ha stimolato l’interesse verso sistemi di analisi della filiera produttiva per quantificare i costi in termini ... -
What plant traits tell us: Consequences of land-use change of a traditional agro-forest system on biodiversity and ecosystem service provision
(2014)Traditional agro-forest systems (TAFS) link the two ecosystems forest and grassland and are an attractive, species-rich land-use type in the European cultural landscape. In the past decades, particularly in mountainous ... -
Water allocation and water consumption of irrigated agriculture and natural vegetation in the Aksu-Tarim river basin, Xinjiang, China
(2015)A significant part of the world's largest river basins are located in areas of arid and semi-arid climate, such as the Amu Darya, Jordan, Murray-Darling, Yellow River, and Aksu-Tarim river basin. These river basins are ... -
CHP Gasification Systems Fed by Torrefied Biomass: Assessment of the Energy Performance
(2014)The aim of this work is to assess the effect of torrefaction pre-treatment on the energy efficiency of cogeneration biomass gasification systems, using a multistage modelling approach. The gasification unit has been simulated ... -
Axiomatic Design und TRIZ: Erfolgsduo für die Produktentwicklung : Kombinierter Methodeneinsatz für die erfolgreiche Entwicklung innovativer Produkte in kleinen und mittelständischen Betrieben
(2014)This paper describes the successful combination of the two methods Axiomatic Design and TRIZ based on the practical use case in a product development project at a small enterprise. The task included the design and prototypical ... -
Gravity-Superconductors Interactions as a Possible Means to Exchange Momentum with the Vacuum
(2014)We report on work in progress in quantum field theory about possible interactionsbetween coherent matter, i.e. matter described by a macroscopic wave function or a classical field, and a certain class of vacuum fluctuations, ...
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