Effect of Sunflower (Helianthus annus L.) Hulls with Different Particle Sizes on Growth Performance and Physiological Responses of Broiler Chickens Fed Different Levels of Protein by Najibeh Beigzadeh, Smayyeh Salari, Faegheh Zaefarian, Shima Hosseinifar

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Pantothenate kinase 4 controls skeletal muscle substrate metabolism by Adriana Miranda-Cervantes, Andreas M. Fritzen, Steffen H. Raun, Ondřej Hodek, Lisbeth L. V. Møller, Kornelia Johann, Luisa Deisen, Paul Gregorevic, Anders Gudiksen, Anna Artati, Jerzy Adamski, Nicoline R. Andersen, Casper M. Sigvardsen, Christian S. Carl, Christian T. Voldstedlund, Rasmus Kjøbsted, Stefanie M. Hauck, Peter Schjerling, Thomas E. Jensen, Alberto Cebrian-Serrano, Markus Jähnert, Pascal Gottmann, Ingo Burtscher, Heiko Lickert, Henriette Pilegaard, Annette Schürmann, Matthias H. Tschöp, Thomas Moritz, Timo D. Müller, Lykke Sylow, Bente Kiens, Erik A. Richter, Maximilian Kleinert

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Expert projections on the development and application of bioenergy with carbon capture and storage technologies by Tobias Heimann, Lara-Sophie Wähling, Tomke Honkomp, Ruth Delzeit, Alessandra Pirrone, Franziska Schier, Holger Weimar

“…BECCS can substitute fossil fuels in energy production and reduce CO _2 emissions, while using biomass for energy production can have feedback effects on land use, agricultural and forest products markets, as well as biodiversity and water resources. …”
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Strong benefits of hedgerows to bats in three European winegrowing regions by Fernanda Chávez, Martin H. Entling, Rafael Alcalá Herrera, Emilio Benítez, Stefan Möth, Jo Marie Reiff, Silvia Winter, Verena Rösch

“…Thus, it is crucial to identify ways to enhance bat populations in agricultural landscapes. It has been shown that high landscape heterogeneity can benefit bat communities in arable fields. …”
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Estimation of crossbreeding and genetic parameters for reproductive traits of Boer x Central Highland goats in Ethiopia. by Zeleke Tesema, Belay Deribe, Mekonnen Tilahun, Alemu Kefale, Getachew Worku Alebachew, Kefyalew Alemayehu, Tesfaye Getachew, Damitie Kebede, Mengistie Taye, Solomon Gizaw

“…Pedigree and performance records comprised of Central Highland and their crosses with Boer goats were collected from 2009 to 2018 in the Sirinka Agricultural Research Center sheep and goat breeding station. …”
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Psychological effects of water scarcity on community members: a case study of Lephalale municipality, Limpopo province, South Africa by Mmakwena Linda Seretlo-Rangata, Tholene Sodi, Saraswathie Govender

“…IntroductionWater is essential for human survival and serves various purposes, including domestic, socioeconomic, and agricultural activities. However, water scarcity has emerged as a significant threat to this vital resource, posing a global challenge. …”
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Land use transition and its driving mechanisms in China’s human-elephant conflict areas by WANG Yuan, WANG Yahui, YANG Aoxi, FAN Hui, XIE Fei

“…In the core conflict areas, a multi-crop structure dominated by rubber has formed (accounting for 69.8% of the planting area). (2) Land use in the core conflict zone exhibits relatively extensive patterns, with land transfer rates and input-output efficiency demonstrating significantly lower values compared to those observed in peripheral regions. (3) Land use transition is influenced by multiple factors, including Asian elephant activities, economic development, and agricultural policy adjustments. The frequent crop destructions of by Asian elephants is the most direct factor for land use transformation in the study area. …”
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Evaluation of Satellite Rainfall Products over the Mahaweli River Basin in Sri Lanka by Helani Perera, Shalinda Fernando, Miyuru B. Gunathilake, T. A. J. G. Sirisena, Upaka Rathnayake

“…The Mahaweli River Basin (MRB), the largest river basin in Sri Lanka, is the heart of the country’s water resources contributing to a significant share of the hydropower production and agricultural sector. Given the importance of the MRB, this study explored the suitability of SRPs as an alternative for RG data for the basin. …”
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College major decision making behavior of urban and rural students under cultural capital impact in China by Congbin Guo, Mengchao Guo, Chenchen Fang, Xiaowei Hao

“…Urban students demonstrated a higher probability of choosing humanities and social sciences (OR = 1.260, 95% CI [1.166, 1.362], p < 0.001), while rural students were more inclined towards science, engineering, agricultural, and medical fields (OR = 1.080, 95% CI [1.003, 1.163], p < 0.05). …”
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Urea enhances the yield and quality of bio-oil produced from corncob through pyrolysis by Sakina Ibrahim Bello, Taofik Olatunde Uthman, Serdar Surgun, Abdullahi Muhammad Sokoto

“…This study investigated the pyrolysis of corncob, a widely available agricultural waste, using urea as a catalyst to enhance bio-oil production. …”
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CO2lonialismo y geografías de esperanza by Julianne Hazlewood

“…Theoretically linking relations between climate change, colonialism, and capitalism, San Lorenzo is investigated as an agricultural frontier where “CO2lonialism” unfolds in African oil palm cultivation and agrofuel production. …”
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Evaluating AI-generated responses from different chatbots to soil science-related questions by Javad Khanifar

“…This study aimed to evaluate the performance of the most recent LLMs—Claude 3.5 Sonnet, GPT-4o, GPT-4o mini, Gemini 1.5 Pro, and Gemini 1.5 Flash—in yielding correct answers to questions related to soil science, a fundamental discipline in agricultural, natural resources, and environmental sciences. …”
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The Factors Influencing the Choice of Takaful by Corporate Policyholders by Majid Nili Ahmad Abadi, Leili Niakan, Mahsa Heidari Ahmadi

“…All legal insurers including industrial, agricultural and service institutions such as refineries, sports complexes, mines, universities, hospitals, aviation complexes, petrochemicals constitute the statistical population of the research, whose number is 101 corporate policyholders. …”
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Analysis of the Genomes and Adaptive Traits of <i>Skermanella cutis</i> sp. nov., a Human Skin Isolate, and the Type Strains <i>Skermanella rosea</i> and <i>Skermanella mucosa</i> by Yujin Choi, Munkhtsatsral Ganzorig, Kyoung Lee

“…This study underscores the agricultural and ecological significance of the genus <i>Skermanella</i>.…”
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RESISTANCE TO THE BLAST AGENT AND THE MORPHOBIOLOGICALFEATURES OF GENOTYPES IN THE Oryza sativa L. COLLECTION FROM VARIOUS ECOLOGICAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL GROUPS IN CONDITIONS OF КUBAN... by T. L. Korotenko, O. A. Bragina, I. I. Suprun, Zh. M. Mukhina, Yu. V. Epifanovich, A. A. Petrukhnenko, T. А. Khorina

“…The most common and harmful disease of the agricultural crop rice is a “burn” caused by the fungus Magnoporthe grisea (Hebert) Barr, the causative agent of rice blast. …”
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Preface by Susanne Ditlevsen, Petr Lansky

“…The meeting wassupported by French National Institute for Agricultural Research, theworld's leading institution in this field. …”
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Effects of shrimp chitosan based edible coating on the shelf life of selected vegetables in context of attaining SDGs by Munir Ibn Mahin, Md. Harun-Ar Rashid, Abdul Rabbi Mredul

“…Vegetable spoilage and post-harvest losses are worldwide issues that diminish quality, nutritional content and marketability, hence exacerbating food waste and threatening food security, particularly in agriculturally dependent countries like Bangladesh. Polysaccharide coatings, particularly chitosan, have gained popularity as biopolymer-based coatings for prolonging the postharvest shelf life of fruits and vegetables, owing to their biodegradable and non-toxic properties. …”
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À la recherche des points-clefs de Gilbert Simondon autour d’un système d’information géographique by Stephan Kowal

“…The text revisits the political and economic context leading to the development of the first system of this type, arising from the Canada Land Inventory (CLI), a government program stemming from the Agricultural Rehabilitation and Development Act (ARDA), which was expanded to include all rural development. …”
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Seasonal Dynamics in Bacteriological and Physicochemical Water Quality of the Southern Gulf of Lake Tana by Baye Sitotaw, Belayneh Daniel, Mulugeta Kibret, Workiye Worie

“…Freshwater lakes are important sources of water for domestic, agricultural, and industrial uses. Lake Tana offers a range of ecosystem services to the surrounding communities. …”
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Kalmyks of the Salsky district in the context of national politics and ethno-social processes in the 1920s by Anton Viktorovich Averyanov

“…It is proved that within the framework of its solution, a purposeful policy was pursued to popularize farming, develop cooperation, agricultural assistance, and concentrate the Kalmyk population in national village councils, which by the end of the 1920s were to become the main one for the formation of the Kalmyk National district. …”
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