cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
A Review of Quantitative Models for Sustainable Food Logistics Management: Challenges and Issues
Creators: name: Soysal, Mehmet
name: Bloemhof, Jacqueline
name: Van Der Vorst, Jack G.A.J.
Publisher: name: CentMa, Intern Center for Management, Communication, and Research
Year: 2012

description: The need to further improve food quality and reduce food waste leads to increased attention for the development of Food Supply Chain Management (FSCM), which considers intrinsic characteristics of food supply chains besides traditional supply chain management (SCM) objectives such as cost and responsiveness. Growing consciousness of society towards sustainable development brings additional objectives to the food supply chains and the fast evolution of sustainable development results in the development of a new fast-growing concept: Sustainable Food Supply Chain Management (SFSCM). In response to these developments, researchers have developed various decision support tools that can be used for handling progressively increasing complexity along the alteration process from SCM to FSCM and now to SFSCM. In this study, we have reviewed literature on sustainable food logistics management to identify logistical key issues and relevant quantitative modelling challenges. The evaluation of the reviewed papers shows that towards obtaining sustainability together with considering intrinsic characteristics of food supply chains, there is a gap between the needs of the practice and the current available methods. In this study, we have also presented improvement opportunities for future developed models by revealing the aforementioned missing points.
description: Proceedings in Food System Dynamics, Proceedings in System Dynamics and Innovation in Food Networks 2012
CO2 Emission in the Fresh Vegetables Chains: A Meta-Analysis
Creators: name: Caracciolo, Francesco
name: Cicia, Gianni
name: Del Giudice, Teresa
name: Menna, Imma
name: Cembalo, Luigi
Publisher: name: CentMa, Intern Center for Management, Communication, and Research
Year: 2012

description: Carbon footprint has become a widely used term and concept in the public debate on social responsibility towards a sustainable future. Carbon emissions reduction target represents a global challenge gaining the headlines around the world and pushing academic scientists to discuss actively possible technical innovations, economic consequences and environmental benefits. On the other hand consumers already have recognized a clear willingness to buy for the environmental and ethical dimensions of food products and policies for the primary sector, at the same time, have driven the above-described dynamics with greater resolution, recognizing the potential for an effective response to the squeeze in farm profit margins, supporting producers in their effort to leave the perimeter of commodities. However, Carbon footprint estimates largely differ across the literature, even though they refer to the same product, involving the same production processes. The present paper addresses explicitly the latter drawback, implementing a meta-analysis focused on fresh vegetables chain. The objective is assessing the uncertainty of `Carbon footprint' estimates, seeking a meaningful statistical description of the findings of a vast collection of studies. Our results show the large estimates variability across empirical studies and how they these estimates largely depend by certain study-specific characteristics, like methodology adopted.
description: Proceedings in Food System Dynamics, Proceedings in System Dynamics and Innovation in Food Networks 2012
Direct measurement of an ultrafast sub-bandwidth-limited signal in mid-infrared quantum cascade lasers
Creators: name: Schneider, Barbara
name: Dikopoltsev, Alex
name: Täschler, Philipp
name: Kapsalidis, Filippos
name: Beck, Mattias
name: Faist, Jérôme
Publisher: name: ETH Zurich
Year: 2023

description: Frequency comb lasers with fast gain recovery times naturally favor the emission of frequency mod-ulated periodic signals, which are useful for multiple applications in spectroscopy and communications. Models and phase measurements predict an ultrashort strong intensity spike at the instantaneous frequency discontinuity of the cavity cycle. Here we experimentally study the ultrashort spike of fast-gain frequency modulated combs through direct upconversion sampling, and measure a width below that of a transform-limited pulse. Specifi-cally, we demonstrate a mid-infrared quantum cascade laser which inherently lases in a frequency modulated comb and produces a spike with full-width at half-maximum below 600 fs, which is below the Fourier-limit derived from the corresponding spectrum. We believe these ultrashort spikes can be highly beneficial for sub-bandwidth time domain measurements. Using mean-field theory based simulations, we confirm the occurrence of such features as well as further optimize our system for going even further below the Fourier-limit.
description: EPJ Web of Conferences, 287
description: ISSN:2100-014X
description: ISSN:2101-6275
description: EOS Annual Meeting (EOSAM 2023)
Green Connections and Emotional Wellbeing: Sustainability as a Factor of Occupational (Dis)Satisfaction in Catering
Creators: name: Mikkola, Minna
name: Post, Anna
Publisher: name: CentMa, Intern Center for Management, Communication, and Research
Year: 2012

description: Catering in Finland and Sweden constitutes a large industry serving annually 800 million meals and 1,9 billion meals, respectively. On the sector public caterers constitute an influential professional subgroup responding to political pressures for sustainability and illustrating the use of local, organic and fairly traded food. However, heavy cost pressures and currently dilemmatic interpretations of sustainability present public caterers as objects of cultural expectations and arouse their emotions in terms of sustainability in professional environments. This paper highlights caterers’ ‘emotional life-world’ due to their green connections as a micro-sociological phenomenon. The paper investigates how professional emotions as a social force promote structural changes within food systems, as local, organic or environmental interpretations of sustainable food gain preference. In-depth interviews with 16 Finnish caterers were extracted into three exemplary cases of a happy caterer, procuring organic and highly local food, a ‘luke-warm’ contract caterer moving after the trendy demand and a stressed caterer, looking for scientific evidence for sustainability. The caterers’ emotional wellbeing was clearly affected by their green connections, whereby both positive and negative emotions were seen to drive towards sustainable catering, albeit differently interpreted; either as a local and organic or an environmental-technical orientation
description: Proceedings in Food System Dynamics, Proceedings in System Dynamics and Innovation in Food Networks 2012
Identifying Expectations for Innovations in Management Practices in Dairy Sector by Using Q Methodology
Creators: name: Latvala, Terhi
name: Mandolesi, Serena
name: Nicholas, Phillipa
name: Zanoli, Raffaele
Publisher: name: CentMa, Intern Center for Management, Communication, and Research
Year: 2013

description: farming systems are identified. Four focus group discussions and three interviews for low input and organic dairy supply chain members were performed. The Q Methodology was used to highlight common ground and divergence in the expectations that organic and low input dairying can deliver. The common view is that innovation in housing aimed at improving animal welfare should be fostered. Animal welfare innovations were highlighted especially by the consumer group. Other supply chain members encouraged in accordance with consumer group animal welfare, but also innovations linking with the efficiency of production and feed quality. Common understanding between actors is that innovations linking to genetic modification are not acceptable. Many respondents also considered unnaturally those innovations that were linking with acceleration of genetic selection, speeding up calf development, and supporting in 100 % indoor dairy systems.
description: Proceedings in Food System Dynamics, Proceedings in System Dynamics and Innovation in Food Networks 2013
Continuous-wave and SESAM mode-locked 2.3-µm Tm:LiYF₄ lasers: Upconversion pumping at 1.45 µm
Creators: name: Bae, Ji Eun
name: Gaulke, Marco
name: Loiko, Pavel
name: Heidrich, Jonas
name: Golling, Matthias
name: Idlahcen, Said
name: Guillemot, Lauren
name: Benayad, Abdelmjid
name: Godin, Thomas
name: Keller, Ursula
name: Camy, Patrice
name: Hideur, Ammar
Publisher: name: ETH Zurich
Year: 2024

description: A Tm:LiYF4 laser operating on the 3H4→3H5 transition with upconversion pumping at 1.45 µm generates 831 mW at 2313 nm with 34.0% slope efficiency. Mode-locked by a GaSb-based SESAM, it delivers 855-fs pulses at 104.4-MHz.
description: EPJ Web of Conferences, 307
description: ISSN:2100-014X
description: ISSN:2101-6275
description: 11th EPS-QEOD Europhoton Conference on Solid-State, Fibre, and Waveguide Coherent Light Sources (EUROPHOTON 2024)
Stories of Love and Loss: Recommitting to Each Other and the Land
Creators: name: Akulukjuk, Tommy
name: Erkaeva, Nigora
name: Rasmussen, Derek
name: Martusewicz, Rebecca A.
Publisher: name: unknown
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Indigenous peoples--Civil rights
subject: Indigenous peoples
subject: Inuit--Social life and customs
subject: Nature--Effect of human beings on
subject: Berry, Wendell, 1934-
subject: Inuit--Education
subject: Environmental justice
subject: Education

description: Stories of Love and Loss: Recommitting to Each Other and the Land
By Tommy Akulukjuk, Nigora Erkaeva, Derek Rasmussen, & Rebecca A. Martusewicz
description: Stories of Love and Loss: Recommitting to Each Other and the Land By Tommy Akulukjuk, Nigora Erkaeva, Derek Rasmussen, & Rebecca A. Martusewicz
Abstract Of The Dissertation "Lebens-, Mentalitäts- Und Kulturwelten Des Russischen Adels - Zwischen Tradition Und Wandel (Am Beispiel Der Gouvernements Moskau, Tver' Und Ryazan): 1762-1861"
Creators: name: Wedel, Lilija
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Russian nobility,

description: The attached file contains an abstract of the dissertation which examines history of the Russian nobility during the period from 1762 to 1861. The goal of this thesis was to explore the lifestyle, culture and mentality of Russian nobles in the term of longue durée in different regions of the Russian Empire.

Data for this study was collected in the state and regional archives, museums, and libraries of the Russian Federation. For the first time, the comparative analysis was used to examine all strata of the nobility at different locations and time periods. New sources of information, previously not mentioned, bring new facts and knowledge to light, i. a. refer to the noble perception of state service, the noble family, upbringing and education of children, estate economy, and the opportunities of noblewomen.
Promece - Distributed Systems And Cloud Architectures - Elastic: Platform For Deployment And Maintenance Of Elastic Services - Technical Document
Creators: name: ITI
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: PROMECE2016
cloudcomputing
SLA
PaaS
SLAP

description: Instituto Tecnológico de Informática has a non-economic Activities Plan (PROMECE) whose general objective is to strengthen the research lines in which the Institute works, within the scope of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT).

Within the line, Distributed Systems and Cloud Architectures, we work on the design of a platform as a service (PaaS) to automatically manage the life cycle of services to accomplish a specific Service Level Agreemen (SLA). We call it the Service Level Agreement Platform or SLAP.

The platform also includes a set of built-in services available to other providers services. This document is focused to ECloud service and components developers. It is a comprehensive description of ECloud platform and its service model. The document covers manifests components and services development, testing and deployment and the interaction with an instance of the platform.
description: PROMECE 2016. Project funded by the Valencian Institute of Business Competitiveness (IVACE) and the European Union through the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), within the public grant program adressed to Technological Institutes of IVACE network. File number: IMAMCN/2016/1
Anforderungsprofil Für Berufsbeiständinnen Und Berufsbeistände Im Rahmen Des Neuen Erwachsenenschutzrechts
Creators: name: Schneider, Felix
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011

description: Keine Beschreibung.
description: + Code Diss LU: hslusa mas sar + Fussnote: Masterarbeit Master of Advanced Studies, Hochschule Luzern - Soziale Arbeit, Sozialarbeit und Recht, 2011
3D profiling in a laser micromachining station using dual-comb LiDAR
Creators: name: Pupeikis, Justinas
name: Soghomonyan, Hayk
name: Willenberg, Benjamin
name: Stumpp, Armin
name: Lang, Lukas
name: Phillips, Christopher R.
name: Resan, Bojan
name: Keller, Ursula
Publisher: name: ETH Zurich
Year: 2024

description: We present a coaxial dual-comb LiDAR integrated into a laser micromachining station, enabling in-situ 3D profiling of machined parts with sub-micrometer axial precision, offering a cost-effective solution with high precision capability.
description: EPJ Web of Conferences, 307
description: ISSN:2100-014X
description: ISSN:2101-6275
description: 11th EPS-QEOD Europhoton Conference on Solid-State, Fibre, and Waveguide Coherent Light Sources (EUROPHOTON 2024)
Temperament and the Senses: The Taste, Odor and Color of Drugs in Late-Renaissance Galenism
Creators: name: Moreau, Elisabeth
Publisher: name: Humanities Commons
Year: 2023

description: According to the medical tradition, the temperament of bodies came from the balance of their primary qualities – hot, cold, dry, and moist. However, physicians associated additional sensory properties with temperament in the field of pharmacology. These sensations included taste, color, and odor, which allow an appraisal of the constitution and active powers of drugs. The present paper examines this theme in late-Renaissance medicine, through the accounts of the French physician Jean Fernel (ca. 1497–1558) and the Italian physician Andrea Cesalpino (1519–1603). As will be shown, their respective interpretations of drug “faculties” offered original views on the relationship between temperament, sensory properties, and matter theories. Such discussions, in turn, revealed the Renaissance reception of Arabic-Latin pharmacology, Galenic medicine, and the Aristotelian physics of matter and form.
Broadband THz quantum cascade laser frequency combs with surface emission and inverse-designed facet reflectors
Creators: name: Senica, Urban
name: Gloor, Sebastian
name: Micheletti, Paolo
name: Beck, Mattias
name: Faist, Jérôme
name: Scalari, Giacomo
Publisher: name: ETH Zurich
Year: 2023

description: We present a planarized waveguide cavity with an integrated broadband output coupler that improves both the output power and far-field properties of THz quantum cascade laser frequency combs. The laser mirror reflectivity can be tuned by the shape of the end facet, which is obtained with an efficient inverse design algorithm, where the structure is iteratively updated to match the desired figure of merit. Surface emission is achieved with a broadband patch-array antenna, and all the components have been optimized for octave-spanning emission spectra (2-4 THz). Experimentally, we demonstrate a broadband surface-emitting THz quantum cascade laser frequency comb with optical bandwidths of up to 800 GHz, surface emission into a narrow beam with divergence below (20° x 20°) and a peak power of 13 mW.
description: EPJ Web of Conferences, 287
description: ISSN:2100-014X
description: ISSN:2101-6275
description: EOS Annual Meeting (EOSAM 2023)
title: Warum digitale soziale Netzwerke in der Hochschullehre Chance und Zumutung zugleich sind: ein Beitrag aus mediendidaktischer Perspektive
Creators: name: Rau, Franco
Publisher: name: MyCoRe Community
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: 300

description: Als Kategorie des Social Web wird digitalen sozialen Netzwerken in aktuellen
Diskursen das Potenzial zugesprochen, Lern- und Bildungsprozesse unterstützen
zu können. Jenseits dieser Potenziale werden typische Probleme im Kontext der Hochschullehre nur selten beachtet. Mit Blick auf ausgewählte Aspekte wird im Folgenden die Frage verfolgt, warum digitale soziale Netzwerke für Hochschullehrende sowohl Chance als auch Zumutung sein können.
description: Soziale Netzwerke im Diskurs, p. 126
sj-pdf-6-hpq-10.1177_13591053211001411 – for Stress-responses to ostracism: Examining cortisol and affective reactivity to in-person and online exclusion
Creators: name: Filipkowski, Kelly B
name: Dusti R Jones
name: Bernstein, Michael J
name: Smyth, Joshua M
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 170199 Psychology not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Psychology
subject: 110319 Psychiatry (incl. Psychotherapy)
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 111799 Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: sj-pdf-6-hpq-10.1177_13591053211001411 for Stress-responses to ostracism: Examining cortisol and affective reactivity to in-person and online exclusion by Kelly B Filipkowski, Dusti R Jones, Michael J Bernstein and Joshua M Smyth in Journal of Health Psychology
Modelocked Thin-Disk Laser Oscillator with 550 W of Average Output Power
Creators: name: Seidel, Moritz
name: Lang, Lukas
name: Phillips, Christopher R.
name: Keller, Ursula
Publisher: name: ETH Zurich
Year: 2024

description: We present an ultrafast thin-disk laser oscillator providing a record power of 550 W with 100-µJ, 852-fs pulses at a repetition rate of 5.5 MHz. This is enabled by a six-pass replicating-cavity multipass scheme and ion-implanted sapphire-bonded SESAMs.
description: EPJ Web of Conferences, 307
description: ISSN:2100-014X
description: ISSN:2101-6275
description: 11th EPS-QEOD Europhoton Conference on Solid-State, Fibre, and Waveguide Coherent Light Sources (EUROPHOTON 2024)
Plant Science Discovery Workshops: Forschungsheft #5 Biokommunikation. Zurich-Basel Plant Science Center
Creators: name: Hertäg, Corinne
name: Löser, Tobias
name: Rapo, Carole
name: Dahinden, Manuela
Publisher: name: ETH Zurich
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Pflanzenbiologie
subject: Volatiles
subject: Biologische Schädlingsbekämpfung
subject: Push-pull
subject: info:eu-repo/classification/ddc/500
subject: info:eu-repo/classification/ddc/580
subject: Natural sciences
subject: FOS: Natural sciences
subject: Botanical sciences

description: In diesem Workshop führen die Schülerinnen und Schüler zwei Experimente durch. Im ersten Experiment untersuchen sie, welchen Effekt eine Schädlingsraupe auf die Duftstoffemission von Tomatenpflanzen hat. Die Schülerinnen und Schüler analysieren die Duftstoffe mit der Methode der Gaschromatographie-Massenspektrometrie und verstehen, wie die Tomatenpflanze sich helfen kann, um Herbivoren abzuwehren. Im zweiten Experiment untersuchen die Schülerinnen und Schüler mittels einem Verhaltensexperimentes, wie Ameisen auf verschiedene Wespenarten reagieren. Dazu benötigen sie Bohnenpflanzen, die von Blattläusen befallen sind, welche wiederum von Ameisen beschützt werden. Sie analysieren, mit der Gaschromatographie-Massenspektrometrie, wie sich die Wespen chemisch unterscheiden und welche Wespen den Blattläusen ähnlicher sind. Zum Abschluss wird mit Forschenden über deren Forschung gesprochen und thematisiert, dass durch das bessere Verständnis der Biokommunikation neue Lösungen für den biologischen Pflanzenschutz entwickelt werden können.
description: Forschungsheft, 5
Online supplementary file 1 - Supplemental material for Prevalence of Effective Audit-and-Feedback Practices in Primary Care Settings: A Qualitative Examination Within Veterans Health Administration
Creators: name: Hysong, Sylvia J.
name: SoRelle, Richard
name: Hughes, Ashley M.
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 99999 Engineering not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Other engineering and technologies
subject: 170199 Psychology not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: Supplemental material, Online supplementary file 1, for Prevalence of Effective Audit-and-Feedback Practices in Primary Care Settings: A Qualitative Examination Within Veterans Health Administration by Sylvia J. Hysong, Richard SoRelle and Ashley M. Hughes in Human Factors: The Journal of Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
Additional file 1 of Effects of marine sediment as agricultural substrate on soil microbial diversity: an amplicon sequencing study
Creators: name: Núñez-Gómez, Dámaris
name: Melgarejo, Pablo
name: Martínez-Nicolás, Juan José
name: Hernández, Francisca
name: Martínez-Font, Rafael
name: Lidón, Vicente
name: Legua, Pilar
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Supplementary Material 1
Supplemental Material, sj-pdf-1-cpc-10.1177_10556656211004852 - Longitudinal Follow-Up of Facial Growth of Patients With Unilateral Cleft Lip and Palate Following Modified Veau–Wardill–Kilner Palatoplasty
Creators: name: Konomi Iwasaki
name: Yamamoto, Yuki Sato
name: Masuda, Marina
name: Nalabothu, Prasad
name: Ohkubo, Fumio
name: Kadomatsu, Koichi
name: Koutaro Maki
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 110323 Surgery
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Supplemental Material, sj-pdf-1-cpc-10.1177_10556656211004852 for Longitudinal Follow-Up of Facial Growth of Patients With Unilateral Cleft Lip and Palate Following Modified Veau–Wardill–Kilner Palatoplasty by Konomi Iwasaki, Yuki Sato Yamamoto, Marina Masuda, Prasad Nalabothu, Fumio Ohkubo, Koichi Kadomatsu and Koutaro Maki in The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal
sj-pdf-2-wso-10.1177_17474930211005740 - Supplemental material for Clinical effectiveness of endovascular stroke treatment in the early and extended time windows
Creators: name: Nogueira, Raul G
name: Haussen, Diogo C
name: Liebeskind, David S
name: Jovin, Tudor G
name: Rishi Gupta
name: Saver, Jeffrey L
name: Jadhav, Ashutosh P
name: Budzik, Ronald F
name: Baxter, Blaise
name: Krajina, Antonin
name: Bonafe, Alain
name: Malek, Ali
name: Narata, Ana Paula
name: Mohammaden, Mahmoud H
name: Yanchang Zhang
name: Morgan, Patricia
name: Minyi Ji
name: Bartolini, Bruno
name: English, Joey
name: Albers, Gregory W
name: Mlynash, Michael
name: Lansberg, Maarten G
name: Frankel, Michael R
name: Vitor M Pereira
name: Veznedaroglu, Erol
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Cardiology
subject: Medicine
subject: 110904 Neurology and Neuromuscular Diseases
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Supplemental material, sj-pdf-2-wso-10.1177_17474930211005740 for Clinical effectiveness of endovascular stroke treatment in the early and extended time windows by Raul G Nogueira, Diogo C Haussen, David S Liebeskind, Tudor G Jovin, Rishi Gupta, Jeffrey L Saver, Ashutosh P Jadhav, Ronald F Budzik, Blaise Baxter, Antonin Krajina, Alain Bonafe, Ali Malek, Ana Paula Narata, Mahmoud H Mohammaden, Yanchang Zhang, Patricia Morgan, Minyi Ji, Bruno Bartolini, Joey English, Gregory W Albers, Michael Mlynash, Maarten G Lansberg, Michael R Frankel, Vitor M Pereira, Erol Veznedaroglu and for the Trevo Registry, SWIFT Prime, DEFUSE 3 and DAWN Trial Investigators in International Journal of Stroke
Engineering Route Planning Algorithms for Battery Electric Vehicles
Creators: name: Baum, Moritz
Publisher: name: Karlsruhe
Year: 2018

description: In this thesis, we study route planning algorithms designed to fulfill the specific requirements of battery electric vehicles. We propose algorithms for quickly finding routes that help the user in reliably reaching a destination before the battery fully depletes. Moreover, we introduce algorithmic tools for fast and accurate visualization of the remaining cruising range of a vehicle. Following the paradigm of Algorithm Engineering, our studies include algorithm design based on realistic models, thorough analysis of their complexity, and comprehensive experimental evaluation of all proposed techniques.
Using curcumin to prevent structural impairments of testicles in rats induced by sodium metabisulfite
Creators: name: Mahmoudi, Reza
name: Honarmand, Zahra
name: Karbalay-Doust, Saied
name: Jafari-Barmak, Mehrzad
name: Nikseresht, Mohsen
name: Noorafshan, Ali
Publisher: name: IfADo - Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors, Dortmund
Year: 2017
Subjects: curcumin
rat
sodium metabisulfite
stereology
testicle

description: Sodium metabisulfite (Na-MBS) is a disinfectant and preservative agent. Some organ including testicle would be in danger in the case of Na-MBS consumption. Curcumin (CUR) is the constituent of turmeric with protective properties. The effect of CUR on testicles in rats exposed to Na-MBS evaluated using stereological methods. Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into eight groups. The rats in groups I to VIII received the following respectively: distilled water, CUR (100 mg/kg/day), low (0.7 mg/kg/day: acceptable daily intake), intermediate (7 mg/ kg/day), and high (70 mg/kg/day) doses of Na-MBS, and low, intermediate, and high doses of Na-MBS plus CUR. After 7 weeks, the testicles were analyzed. The volume of seminiferous tubule, tubular epithelium and tubule length reduced (25-40 %) on average in the rats that received intermediate and high doses of Na-MBS, while the connective tissue volume increased (15-20 %) in both groups (P
description: EXCLI Journal; 16:Doc583; ISSN 1611-2156
Towards an Ecologically Intensive Agriculture From Concept to Implementation by an Agricultural Cooperative
Creators: name: El Ghali, Mohamed Ben
name: Daniel, Karine
name: Colson, François
name: Sorin, Stéphane
Publisher: name: CentMa, Intern Center for Management, Communication, and Research
Year: 2012

description: French agriculture is now facing a double challenge, environmental and productive. Following the Grenelle environment forum (organized by French government in 2007), ecologically intensive agriculture (EIA) has emerged as a new concept to reach this dual challenge. The large Agricultural Cooperative TERRENA in western France chose to refer to the EIA as a structural element of its business strategy. The aim of this paper is to present an economic approach of the emerging concept of EIA, and its implementation by the cooperative and its members.
description: Proceedings in Food System Dynamics, Proceedings in System Dynamics and Innovation in Food Networks 2012
Conceptual Framework for Extended Life Cycle Assessment of Soy and Beef Chains
Creators: name: Kamali, Farahnaz Pashaei
name: Meuwissen, Miranda
name: Lansink, Alfons Oude
Publisher: name: CentMa, Intern Center for Management, Communication, and Research
Year: 2012

description: debate on appropriate framework, tools and methods to evaluate food and feed along the chains. This paper presents literature review for evaluation of triple bottom line impacts of soy and beef chains in particular, and food chains in general. We reviewed literature on the sustainability of soy and beef chains and concluded that synchronous quantitative assessment of triple bottom line impacts along the soy and beef chains is currently lacking. We proposed to define a framework to bridge the gap between concepts of sustainability and carry out economic, environmental and social evaluation of food business cases especially for soy and beef chains. The framework includes defining relevant triple bottom line indicators, stakeholder preferences and defining quantitative methods for assessment of these impacts simultaneously. However, this paper is still under development and defining framework has been partly done. Moreover, stakeholders’ preferences have not been finished yet.
description: Proceedings in Food System Dynamics, Proceedings in System Dynamics and Innovation in Food Networks 2012
An Integrated Analysis of Food Information to Consumers: Problems, Pitfalls, Policies and Progress
Creators: name: Bremmers, H.J. (Harry)
Publisher: name: CentMa, Intern Center for Management, Communication, and Research
Year: 2012

description: The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the discussion on the positive and negative aspects of food information requirements, especially in the light of the acceptance of a new food information regulation (EU) 1169/2011. The methods which are used are legal and literature studies, case studies as well as the provision of supplementary data on the effects of food information requirements on consumer choices, costs and benefits. The field of food information is complex, since it includes legal, socio-psychological as well as economic aspects. The paper describes the major recent changes in food information law and the barriers to competitiveness of the European food industry as a consequence of connected problems and pitfalls. It suggests technical and legal solutions for improvement. The paper especially focuses on the major barriers to innovation: the competition on the package of legal and commercial information, the labelling of novel foodstuffs, (i.e., nanotechnology and gmo), and the authorisation of health claims. It advices to overhaul food information law: to integrate, simplify and to improve its logic.
description: Proceedings in Food System Dynamics, Proceedings in System Dynamics and Innovation in Food Networks 2012
How do Concerns about Pesticides Impact Consumer Willingness to Buy Genetically Modified French Fries in Germany? Results from a Purchasing Experiment
Creators: name: Nielsen, Thea
Publisher: name: CentMa, Intern Center for Management, Communication, and Research
Year: 2012

description: A purchasing experiment in which genetically modified (GM) and conventional french fries were offered for sale at fast food stands in Germany was conducted to assess whether a market exists for GM fries and to identify factors influencing the willingness to buy such fries. The GM and conventional fries were offered for sale at the same price at eight different locations. The GM fries were labelled as being made from “environmentally-friendlier genetically modified potatoes (much less sprays)” while the regular fries were labelled as being made from “conventional potatoes”. Consumers were not aware of their participation in the purchasing experiment until after their purchasing decisions were made. The goal of the experimental set-up was to mimic an actual buying situation to the fullest extent possible. Therefore, information, such as the percentage in reduction of pesticide application or genetic information on the GM potato, were not provided to customers. Of the 331 customers who made a purchasing decision, 56.5% decided to purchase conventional fries and 22.4% GM fries, while 21.1% had no preference between conventional fries and GM fries. A short questionnaire was administered after purchasing decisions were made to better understand factors impacting purchasing decisions. Results from a logistic regression model revealed that worry about pesticides, frequency of organic food purchases, perceptions of the risk of GM foods on health, and the acceptability of GM foods for the environment significantly impact the probability that a customer is willing to buy GM fries. A surprising result is that people who purchase organic food often or always have much higher odds of being willing to purchase GM fries compared to people who purchase organic food less often. The main implication of this study is that a market for fries made from GM potatoes with less pesticide applications currently exists in Germany and could be expanded by providing more information about their genetic origin and reduced pesticide usage.
description: Proceedings in Food System Dynamics, Proceedings in System Dynamics and Innovation in Food Networks 2012
Social Responsibility and Competitiveness Strategies of Agri-food Enterprises: A Theoretical and Methodological Approach
Creators: name: Marotta, Giuseppe
name: Nazzaro, Concetta
Publisher: name: CentMa, Intern Center for Management, Communication, and Research
Year: 2012

description: one hand, to the emergence of intricate competitive scenarios, and, on the other, to a more extensive role of the food industry in modern society. Two fundamental issues – the question of the environment and that of food safety – have prevailed upon the political and institutional scene, setting the conditions which have successively brought about significant changes in consumer demands and expectations, in policies, and in the strategies of enterprises and food processing systems.
Initially, in order to confront the environmental and social issues, steps were taken mainly in the institutional ambit. Norms and standards were introduced which the industries internalised as a added cost or bind that served to weaken their competitive potential. This took place in a scenario characterized by the emergence of new competitors who based their competitive edge on those very costs. Subsequently, in part due to the driving force of the European Union, a new phase began. The European Commission’s Green Paper for corporate social responsibility (2001), gave rise to an interesting political and scientific debate, which then led to the growth of a new collective conscience regarding the need for all the stakeholders in the economic system to adopt behaviour which was both socially aware and responsible. A new ethos of doing business has now been established. By introducing models of technological innovation which partake of the green economy, the food industries have voluntarily integrated concerns for the environment and food safety within their economic and productive activities, from the viewpoint of new, high-value methods of production.
Along these lines, in this paper, the food industry is (re)interpreted as a network of value-producing governance structures (multi-value enterprise) introducing ethical market opportunities, which represent a strategic competitive factor in advanced economies.
This paper aims to contribute to the theoretical debate agricultural economics by focusing the attention on the theme of corporate social responsibility. Although traditionally this was the object of business studies, the present-day evolution of society and of the markets places it at the very centre of the analysis of competitive re-positioning strategies, even in modern farms and food industries. This objective has allowed us to define new interpretive models for the food industry and to extend the paradigm of ‘value portfolio’ (Marotta, Nazzaro, 2010, 2011) to this sector.
The paradigm proposed represent a significant advancement of theoretical and application knowledge in the analysis of models of value production in the food system.
description: Proceedings in Food System Dynamics, Proceedings in System Dynamics and Innovation in Food Networks 2012
Does the Sustainability of Food Products Influence Consumer Choices? The Case of Italy
Creators: name: Banterle, Alessandro
name: Ricci, Elena Claire
Publisher: name: CentMa, Intern Center for Management, Communication, and Research
Year: 2013

description: In this paper we analyse if there is a diffuesed interest among consumers about the environmental impacts of their food choices, and try to capture the different types of attitudes of Italian consumers with respect to environmental sustainability of food products. The analysis builds on a survey based on vis-a-vis interviews with 240 consumers in Milan, and on a cluster analysis. The results highlight a high level of stated concern about environmental issues and about possible impacts of personal food consumption choices on the environment. Nevertheless, when investigating their actions during everyday shopping we have identified four groups of consumers: (1) those who take into consideration the environmental information on labels do not require additional information; (2) those for which environmental information on labels does not have a great effect on purchase, but would like to receive more information; (3) those for which the presence of environmental information directs product selection and would also like to receive more; (4) those that do not take into account environmental issues when purchasing and are not interested in receiving more information about the impacts of the products.
description: Proceedings in Food System Dynamics, Proceedings in System Dynamics and Innovation in Food Networks 2013
The Market for Animal-Source Foods in Uganda: Looking Beyond Quantity: Rapid Apprasial of Consumer Preferences for Retail Outlets, Retail Forms and Safety and Quality Attributes
Creators: name: Baker, Derek
name: Mtimet, Nadhem
name: Pica-Ciamarra, Ugo
name: Jagwe, John
Publisher: name: CentMa, Intern Center for Management, Communication, and Research
Year: 2013

description: This paper presents the results of a rapid consumer survey undertaken in Uganda. The survey aimed at identifying preferred quality and safety attributes, retail forms and retail outlets for major livestock products and by type of consumers. Results of the survey, combined with nationally representative household datasets, allows description of both the quantitative and qualitative dimensions of the developing market for animal-source foods, which is anticipated to provide major business opportunities for small-scale livestock producers in the short and medium terms.
description: Proceedings in Food System Dynamics, Proceedings in System Dynamics and Innovation in Food Networks 2013
Additional file 1 of CT whole lung radiomic nomogram: a potential biomarker for lung function evaluation and identification of COPD
Creators: name: Zhou, Tao-Hu
name: Zhou, Xiu-Xiu
name: Ni, Jiong
name: Ma, Yan-Qing
name: Xu, Fang-Yi
name: Fan, Bing
name: Guan, Yu
name: Jiang, Xin-Ang
name: Lin, Xiao-Qing
name: Li, Jie
name: Xia, Yi
name: Wang, Xiang
name: Wang, Yun
name: Huang, Wen-Jun
name: Tu, Wen-Ting
name: Dong, Peng
name: Li, Zhao-Bin
name: Liu, Shi-Yuan
name: Fan, Li
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: Space Science
Medicine
Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
Cancer
Science Policy

description: Additional file 1: Table S1 CT protocols of the five centers. Fig. S1 Typical lung region segmentation results from the original chest HRCT images segmented fully automatically and manually in the transverse, coronal, and sagittal planes. Fig. S2 Boxplots show the whole lung CT radiomic signatures in COPD group were much higher than the non-COPD group in both the training (left) and test cohort (right). The calculation formula for the Radscore. The calculation formula for the combined model.
Technological Competencies and Firm Performance: Analyzing the Importance of Internal and External Competencies
Creators: name: Grillitsch, Markus
name: Nilsson, Magnus
Publisher: name: CentMa, Intern Center for Management, Communication, and Research
Year: 2014

description: In this paper, we analyze the relationship between technological competencies (TC) and firm performance. Theoretically, the importance of TC is well established and widely accepted. Therefore, it is surprising that a number of empirical studies have been unable to confirm a substantial positive relationship between TC and firm performance. We identify two major reasons for this: [i] affected by the availability and choice of indicators existing studies are often biased towards large firms; and [ii] they frequently do not consider both internal and potential access to firm-external TC. This paper discusses conceptually the interplay between firm-internal and firm-external TC as well as the mediating effect of firm size. These relationships are then analyzed empirically using Swedish micro data on 15,682 firms in 290 Swedish municipalities. Novel indicators based on occupational statistics are combined with measures of time-distance accessibility to study internal and external TC. The results provide evidence for a positive relationship between firm growth and TC. In particular, the combination of firm-internal and firm-external competencies seems to be conducive for growth. Lastly, our study suggests that firm size is an important factor to further our understanding about these relationships. Based on this we identify a number of future research questions to be addressed.
description: Proceedings in Food System Dynamics, Proceedings in System Dynamics and Innovation in Food Networks 2014
Can Differentiated Production Planning and Control enable both Responsiveness and Efficiency in Food Production?
Creators: name: Romsdal, Anita
name: Strandhagen, Jan Ola
name: Dreyer, Heidi Carin
Publisher: name: CentMa, Intern Center for Management, Communication, and Research
Year: 2014

description: This paper addresses the complex production planning and control (PPC) challenges in food supply chains. The study illustrates how food producers' traditional make-to-stock (MTS) approach is not well suited to meet the trends of increasing product variety, higher demand uncertainty, increasing sales of fresh food products and more demanding customers. The paper proposes a framework for differentiated PPC that combines MTS with make-to-order (MTO). The framework matches products with the most appropriate PPC approaches and buffering techniques depending on market and product characteristics. The core idea is to achieve more volume flexibility in the production system by exploiting favourable product and market characteristics (high demand predictability, long customer order lead time allowances and low product perishability). A case study is used to demonstrate how the framework can enable food producers to achieve efficiency in production, inventory and PPC processes – and simultaneously be responsive to market requirements.
description: Proceedings in Food System Dynamics, Proceedings in System Dynamics and Innovation in Food Networks 2014
sj-pdf-1-imp-10.1177_13654802211004787 – Supplemental material for About the importance of vision screening by teachers in schools: A study from Tanzania
Creators: name: Wilhelmsen, Gunvor Birkeland
name: Felder, Marion
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2021
Subjects: Education

description: Supplemental material, sj-pdf-1-imp-10.1177_13654802211004787 for About the importance of vision screening by teachers in schools: A study from Tanzania by Gunvor Birkeland Wilhelmsen and Marion Felder in Improving Schools
Additional file 2 of Lateral line system diversification during the early stages of ecological speciation in cichlid fish
Creators: name: Edgley, Duncan E.
name: Carruthers, Madeleine
name: Gabagambi, Nestory P.
name: Saxon, Andrew D.
name: Smith, Alan M.
name: Joyce, Domino A.
name: Vernaz, Grégoire
name: Santos, M. Emília
name: Turner, George F.
name: Genner, Martin J.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Supplementary Material 2.
The ecological impacts of a novel nematode control agent
Creators: name: Bryan, Stephanie
Publisher: name: Lancaster University
Year: 2017

description: Plant-parasitic nematodes are prevalent in many soils and impose an
      economic burden worldwide on agriculture, through yield reductions and
      cost of control. There is a prominent need for the development and
      implementation of sustainable control mechanisms, to reduce the widespread
      use of hazardous nematicides. The incorporation of less hazardous
      nematicides has been suggested as a possible step to move towards this.
      This study aimed to address commercially relevant and ecological important
      questions on the use of a potential novel nematode control agent, BGT, as
      developed by Arcis Biotechnology Ltd.

      In laboratory assays, bacterial species and a yeast showed different
      levels of susceptibility to BGT exposure. It is difficult to extrapolate
      the concentrations used to that at which the product would be in the soil
      but these studies suggest that soil application would likely cause changes
      in the microbial community structure. Soil samples were taken from
      experimental plots on a UK potato field following treatment applications
      to explore both immediate impacts and recovery of microbial communities.
      The changes in functional bacterial diversity and metabolic potential were
      estimated using community-level physiological profiling (CLPP).
      Additionally, taxon-specific quantitative PCR was used to detect changes
      in the bacterial and fungal community structure.

      The BGT treatments resulted in changes in the diversity of substrate
      utilisation as recorded by CLPP. Differences in utilisation patterns
      indicate repeated BGT treatments of 4 L/ha are likely to change the
      bacterial community structure. The use of qPCR showed that BGT treatments
      at 8 L/ha led to changes in the relative abundance of bacterial and fungal
      taxon groups. Although no significant changes in total abundance of
      bacterial communities were detected and current theory suggests that a
      small loss of diversity may not have a major impact on current soil
      functioning, it may impair long term soil health and ultimately
      productivity.

      In controlled toxicity assays, BGT was found to be of relatively low
      toxicity to earthworms, suggesting it is of low risk to terrestrial
      organisms. When applied directly to seed of wheat and tomato, BGT caused
      some reduction in seedling growth but treatments did not appear to cause
      any phytotoxic effects on wheat plants in glasshouse trials or on potato
      crops in field trials following both pre-planting and repeated application
      during plant growth.
Physiological and hormonal changes in response to Bunchy Top Virus (BBTV) infection in Banana
Creators: name: Chelliah, Anuradha
name: R Selvarajan
name: S Vasantha
name: K.P Salin
name: G.S Suresha
Publisher: name: F1000Research
Year: 2017

description: Virus infection can result in the alteration of physiological, biochemical and metabolic processes within plants leading to characteristic symptom development. Banana Bunchy Top Virus (BBTV) is one of the most destructive viral diseases in Tropical Asia, Pacific Indian Oceania (PIO) regions and Africa leading to 100% yield loss ion banana. However, information on physiological and hormonal changes during banana-BBTV interaction is still unexplained.

Therefore, the present investigation was conducted to find out the quantifiable changes in important  physiological and biochemical parameters such as proteins, pigments  and carbohydrate contents, phenolic compounds, polyphenol oxidase (PPO), peroxidase (POX), ascorbate peroxidase (APX), guaiacol peroxidase (GPX), catalase (CAT) and superoxide dismutase (SOD) activities in leaves of banana cultivars Grand Nain and Virupakshi.
Additional file 1 of Gut dysbiosis induces the development of depression-like behavior through abnormal synapse pruning in microglia-mediated by complement C3
Creators: name: Hao, Wenzhi
name: Ma, Qingyu
name: Wang, Lu
name: Yuan, Naijun
name: Gan, Hua
name: He, Liangliang
name: Li, Xiaojuan
name: Huang, Junqing
name: Chen, Jiaxu
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Science Policy
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Cancer
subject: Mental Health
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 2.