Drivers and barriers to the choice of production systems among smallholder pig farmers: Evidence from Northern Uganda by Caleb Ibukunoluwa Adewale, Elly Kurobuza Ndyomugyenyi, Basil Mugonola

“…Pork consumption has risen significantly in many emerging nations, prompting diverse pig production systems. …”
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Archival Characters: Incorporating History in Thomas Pynchon’s V. and Toni Morrison’s Beloved by LeAnn Stevens-Larré

“…These characters are drawn as sites of memory where the disparate stories of the dispossessed find embodiment and thus the possibility of narrative reconstruction.…”
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Oxidative Stability at Different Storage Conditions and Adulteration Detection of Prickly Pear Seeds Oil by Fatima Ettalibi, Abderraouf El Antari, Chemseddoha Gadhi, Hasnaâ Harrak

“…Regarding the impact of light and nitrogen bubbling, sunlight has affected seriously the oxidative stability of oils after 12 months of storage and the bubbling with nitrogen has improved their stability when they have been stored in clear glass bottles. …”
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The Potential of Digital Storytelling as an Ethnographic Research Technique in Social Sciences by Oğuz Hatice Şule

“…The first was to share stories about our field research experiences as woman academicians. …”
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Effect of Aging on the Antifungal Activity and Surface Roughness of Soft Lining Material Incorporated with Chitosan Nano-Particles by Huda Abdul-Wahab Abdul-Shafi, Hawraa Khalid Aziz

“…Results: For viable count test, there was a significant decrease in CFU/ml of C. albicans after incorporation 3.5%CHs-NPs, the results also showed that the specimens’ group that was stored in acidic artificial saliva, recorded a significant increase in CFU/ml of C. albicans, followed by the specimens’ group that was stored in alkaline artificial saliva. …”
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Growth performance of 3-g Anguilla bicolor bicolor at different density by Sufal Diansyah, Tatag Budiardi, Agus Oman Sudrajat

“…Results showed that stocking density affected biomass growth. The best stocking density was 4 g/L with the growth of 10.62 g biomass/day, the specific growth of 1.47%, 1.16 feed conversion, and survival of 96.24%. …”
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Modelling for deriving management plan for production and environment of marine fish cage farm by Woo Sung Jung, Sok Jin Hong, Sang Pil Yoon, Dae In Lee, Won Chan Lee, Dong Myung Kim

“…Thirdly, regulating stocking density is more efficient than adjusting the number of cages. …”
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The Importance of Physiochemical Processes in Decarbonisation Technology Applications Utilizing the Subsurface: A Review by Ieva Kaminskaite, Sandra Piazolo, Andy R. Emery, Nicholas Shaw, Quentin J. Fisher

“…The Earth’s subsurface not only provides a wide range of natural resources but also contains large pore volume that can be used for storing both anthropogenic waste and energy. For example, geothermal energy may be extracted from hot water contained or injected into deep reservoirs and disused coal mines; CO2 may be stored within depleted petroleum reservoirs and deep saline aquifers; nuclear waste may be disposed of within mechanically stable impermeable strata; surplus heat may be stored within shallow aquifers or disused coal mines. …”
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Introduction au dossier Bordage by Claire Cornillon, Natacha Vas-Deyres

“…This introduction to the issue about the french writer Pierre Bordage presents its carreer in genres such as science fiction and fantasy and the specificities of its work. This issue aims at exploring novels and short stories that were for the moment less studied or proposing new approaches, such as transmedia or linguistics, in order to add to the already existing research on this author.…”
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GERMPLASM COLLECTION OF A GARDEN PEA (<i>PISUM SATIVUM </i> L.) AND ITS APPLICATION IN RESEARCHES by A. A. Sinjushin, O. A. Ash, G. A. Khartina

“…In this paper we provide characteristics of the germplasm collection of cultivars, mutants, marker lines and recombinants of the garden pea (Pisum sativum L.) stored at the Genetics Dept. of Biological Faculty of the Lomonosov Moscow State University. …”
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Abdominal Obesity, Dyslipidemia and Blood Pressure by Pedro Enrique Miguel Soca

“…Fat stored in the abdominal region is resistant to insulin, increased degradation of triglycerides to fatty acids. …”
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The Effects of Some External Management Factors on the Nitrogen Composition of Cattle Manure on Smallholder Farms by H. A. Markewich, A. N. Pell, D. M. Mbugua, D. J. R. Cherney, H. M. van Es, J. Lehmann

“…Manure and manure-urine mixtures were stored for 120 days during dry and rainy seasons in Kenya. …”
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Gelatin-Based Edible Coating Combined with Mentha pulegium Essential Oil as Bioactive Packaging for Strawberries by Mohamed Aitboulahsen, Said Zantar, Amin Laglaoui, Hicham Chairi, Abdelhay Arakrak, Mohammed Bakkali, Mounir Hassani Zerrouk

“…The effect of gelatin-based edible coating incorporated with Mentha pulegium essential oil (MEO) on physicochemical (pH, titratable acidity (TA), weight loss, total soluble solids (TSS), and total phenolic content (TPC)), microbiological (total aerobic mesophilic flora (TAMF) and yeasts and moulds (YM)), and sensorial (color and firmness) characteristics of strawberries stored under refrigeration was studied. Strawberries were coated with gelatin alone (4%) and/or gelatin combined with two concentrations (0.5 and 1%) of MEO and stored at 4°C for 13 days. …”
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Control of Lymphorrhea and Treatment of Warty Excrescences in Elephantiasis by José Maria Pereira de Godoy, Patricia Amador Franco Brigídio, Edivandra Buzato, Maria de Fátima Guerreiro Godoy

“…She was weighed and perimetric evaluations were made at the start of treatment and thereafter every day during an intensive outpatient treatment of eight hours daily for three weeks. …”
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Deep Neural Networks With Convolutional and LSTM Layers for SYM‐H and ASY‐H Forecasting by Armando Collado‐Villaverde, Pablo Muñoz, Consuelo Cid

“…The evaluation of both networks reveals a great forecasting precision, including good predictions for large storms that occurred during the solar cycle 23 and comparing with the persistence model for the period 2013–2020.…”
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Investigation of the Improvement of Physical and Chemical Changes in Banana Fruits under Different Lighting and Packaging Conditions by Fatemeh Aboutalebi, Mohsen Azadbakht, Mohammad Vahedi Torshizi, Feryal Varasteh

“…Given the importance of storing and handling bananas to preserve their quality, flavor, and nutritional value, this study used various light treatments and packaging methods to maintain the quality of bananas. …”
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Phenotypic Variation in Freshwater Murrel, Channa punctatus (Bloch, 1793) from Northern and Eastern Regions of India Using Truss Analysis by Ankur Kashyap, Madhu Awasthi, Mohammad Serajuddin

“…Morphometric variation study was carried out using truss analysis in freshwater murrel, Channa punctatus (Bloch, 1793), to explore different phenotypic stocks of C. punctatus. Significant variation in the morphometric analysis was observed using the truss network and multivariate analysis of the three subpopulations of freshwater murrel, C. punctatus, from the two different regions of India. …”
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Magnetic field based finite element method for magneto-static problems with discontinuous electric potential distributions by Bénard, Sabrina, Cappanera, Loic, Herreman, Wietze, Nore, Caroline

“…We introduce two finite element formulations to approximate magneto-static problems with discontinuous electric potential based respectively on the electrical scalar potential and the magnetic field. This work is motivated by our interest in Liquid Metal Batteries (LMBs), a promising technology for storing intermittent renewable sources of energy in large scale energy storage devices. …”
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Research on cloud dynamic public key information security based on elliptic curve and primitive Pythagoras by Zhenlong Man, Jianmeng Liu, Fan Zhang, Xiangfu Meng

“…In order to solve the problems of key redundancy, transmission and storage security and the difficulty of realizing the one-time-secret mode in image encryption algorithm, this paper proposes a cloud dynamic public key information security scheme based on elliptic curve and primitive Pythagoras. …”
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Real-World Temperature Data From the Gulf of Mexico: Seasonality and Effect of the Loop Current With an Accessible Hands-On Activity by Andrée L. Ramsey, Mary Carla Curran, Amy S. Bower

“…Because ocean temperature influences both the frequency and intensity of tropical storms and hurricanes over the ocean in general, and in the Gulf of Mexico specifically, tracking the position of the meandering Loop Current and its deep-reaching cargo of warm water improves weather prediction, and thus preparation for these extreme storms. …”
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