cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Types and correlates of school absenteeism among students with intellectual disability
Creators: name: Melvin, G. A.
name: Freeman, M.
name: Ashford, L. J.
name: Hastings, R. P.
name: Heyne, D.
name: Tonge, B. J.
name: Bailey, T.
name: Totsika, V.
name: Gray, K. M.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Background: It appears that students with intellectual disability (ID) are more frequently absent from school compared with students without ID. The objective of the current study was to estimate the frequency of absence among students with ID and the reasons for absence. Potential reasons included the attendance problems referred to as school refusal, where absence is related to emotional distress; truancy, where absence is concealed from parents; school exclusion, where absence is instigated by the school; and school withdrawal, where absence is initiated by parents. Methods: Study participants were 629 parents (84.6% mothers) of Australian school students (Mage = 11.18 years; 1.8% Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander) with an ID. Participants completed a questionnaire battery that included the School Non-Attendance ChecKlist via which parents indicated the reason their child was absent for each day or half-day absence their child had over the past 20 school days. The absence data presented to parents had been retrieved from school records. Results: Across all students, absence occurred on 7.9% of the past 20 school days. In terms of school attendance problems as defined in existing literature, school withdrawal accounted for 11.1% of absences and school refusal for 5.3% of absences. Students were also absent for other reasons, most commonly illness (32.0%) and appointments (24.2%). Of students with more than one absence (n = 217; 34.5%), about half were absent for more than one reason. Students attending mainstream schools had lower attendance than those attending special schools. Conclusions: Students with ID were absent for a range of reasons and often for multiple reasons. There were elevated rates of school withdrawal and school refusal. Understanding the reasons for absenteeism can inform targeted prevention and intervention supports.
Henia bicarinata
Creators: name: Dyachkov, Yurii V.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Chilopoda
Geophilomorpha
Dignathodontidae
Henia
Henia bicarinata

description: Henia bicarinata (Meinert, 1870)
Figs 1, 3.
 Material. 1 ad. (ZMMU Rc 7448), [Turkmenistan, Balkan Region, Koped-Dag Mt. Range], Ai Dere [river valley, ca. N38°24', E56°44', Sunt- Hasardag Nature Reserve], 19.IV.1975, coll. MG.
 Distribution. Mostly the Mediterranean Region (Simaiakis et al. 2013; Zarei et al. 2020; Dyachkov et al. 2022).
 Remarks. Genus Henia and H. bicarinata are new to the fauna of both Turkmenistan and Middle Asia.
description: Published as part of Dyachkov, Yurii V., 2024, On some remarkable records of Chilopoda (Geophilomorpha, Lithobiomorpha) from Turkmenistan, pp. 317-322 in Ecologica Montenegrina 71 on pages 318-319, DOI: 10.37828/em.2024.71.34, http://zenodo.org/record/13247833
Clinopodes escherichii
Creators: name: Dyachkov, Yurii V.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Chilopoda
Geophilomorpha
Geophilidae
Clinopodes
Clinopodes escherichii

description: Clinopodes escherichii (Verhoeff, 1896)
Figs 1, 4–6.
 Material. 1 female (ZMMU Rc 8433), Turkmenistan, Kugitang [Mt. Range], Hodzha-Pil-Ata [N37°56'35", E66°36'10"], 1300 m, under stones, 24.IV.[19]84, coll. VY; 1 male (ZMMU Rc 8431), Kopet-Dag [Mt. Range], Kara-Kalinskiy district, lower Ai-Dere [river valley, ca. N38°24', E56°44', Sunt-Hasardag Nature Reserve], 800 m, 10.IV.[19]89, coll. VY.
 Distribution. Mostly the Eastern Mediterranean Region (Bonato et al. 2011; Chipman et al. 2013; Dyachkov et al. 2022).
 Remarks. The genus Clinopodes and C. escherichii are new to the fauna of both Turkmenistan and Middle Asia.
description: Published as part of Dyachkov, Yurii V., 2024, On some remarkable records of Chilopoda (Geophilomorpha, Lithobiomorpha) from Turkmenistan, pp. 317-322 in Ecologica Montenegrina 71 on pages 319-320, DOI: 10.37828/em.2024.71.34, http://zenodo.org/record/13247833
title: Plant breeders’ rights
Creators: name: ITPGRFA Secretariat
Publisher: name: ITPGRFA
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: AGROVOC: Legal Rights
subject: AGROVOC: Farmers' Rights

description: Plant Variety Protection (PVP) is a sui generis system for intellectual property protection; the objective is to create incentives for investment in research and development of new plant varieties. In France, the national plant breeders’ rights legislation (Intellectual Property Code – Chapter III - from article L.623-1 to L623-44) and the European Union’s Council Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 of 27 July 1994 are legal texts providing such protection at national and EU levels; competent authorities are the French national office for plant breeders’ rights (INOV) and the Community Plant Variety Office (CPVO). Any natural or legal person can be a plant breeder, including farmers or their organizations. PVP rights thus play a role for the French approach to recognize and value traditional knowledge related to plant genetic resources.  On the one hand, the requirements assure that exclusive rights are not granted for something which has already been available; on the other hand, the ‘owner’ of a protected variety can prohibit unauthorized uses. Some farmer organizations make use of this legal framework; for example, several potato breeding companies are owned by seed potato growers. These organizations apply for plant breeders’ rights in France and/or at EU level to protect varieties they developed.
title: Author’s rights/copyrights
Creators: name: ITPGRFA Secretariat
Publisher: name: ITPGRFA
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: AGROVOC: Legal Rights
subject: AGROVOC: Farmers' Rights

description: Author’s rights/copyrights can be used to strengthen the position of traditional knowledge holders, viewing them as providers of knowledge just like scientists, rather than simply informants. In France, Author’s right/Copyright law is governed by Section I of the French Intellectual Property Code and the Law on Literary and Artistic Property of 11 March 1957 (modified in July 1985). All works of intellectual creation are protected based simply upon their creation, without any formal requirements. Conditions that must be satisfied in order to benefit from copyright protection are: (1) the work must be fixed in a material form; and (2) the work must be original. Every production in the literary, scientific and artistic domain, irrespective of the mode or form of expression, is eligible for copyright protection in France, including books, brochures, speeches, etc. Several tools have been developed to keep evidence of the creation, including the ‘Soleau envelop’, which can be purchased from the Institut National de la Propriété Industrielle (INPI) and used to prove that its content has been created by the applicant at a given date without the content or the date being questionable, or registration with an authors’ society.
title:   EFFECTS OF PHYSIOLOGICAL STAGE AND DIET ON DROSOPHILA SUZUKII OLFACTION
Creators: name: Littler, Aerianna
Publisher: name: University of Kentucky Libraries
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: FOS: Agricultural sciences
valueUri: http://www.oecd.org/science/inno/38235147.pdf

description: Massive economic damage by spotted-wing drosophila (SWD), Drosophila suzukii, results from their unique egg laying behavior. Gravid SWD flies employ a complex suite of behaviors to find fruit with the optimum firmness and chemistry. We tested for SWD attraction to various fruits and found overripe raspberries to be most attractive to gravid flies which was unexpected since they oviposit in ripe fruit. We next tested the same choice assay in a T-maze and found that the results were comparable. We also found discrete odor profiles among the ripening stages. When testing for sugars and CO2 concentrations from field-collections, overripe fruit was found to be the most sugar rich and that there are increased proteins in ripe and overripe fruit. We then raised SWD on three isocaloric diets that differ in proteins and carbohydrates and a Bloomington control. We found that flies reared on the four diets pupate and emerge as adults significantly from one another and that the diets had an impact on activity levels and antennal responses to two yeast-associated odorants. Together, these results indicate that there are more complexities to Drosophila suzukii females than simply choosing overripe fruits as virgins and ripe fruit for oviposition as gravids.
description: © 2022 Aerianna Shindindowi Littler
title: Genetic Resources Consortium
Creators: name: ITPGRFA Secretariat
Publisher: name: ITPGRFA
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: AGROVOC: Catalogues
subject: AGROVOC: Documentation

description: The Genetic Resource Consortium was started in 2013 under the coordination of the Indonesian Agency of Agricultural Research and Development (IAARD) of the Indonesian Ministry of Agriculture and in collaboration with Agricultural Technology Assessment Institute (AIAT). The Consortium promoted a program to develop an inventory of local varieties/landraces in the entire country comprising of 34 provinces. Around 34,000 of local varieties/landraces were inventoried, recorded, and some of them were collected and conserved in the ex-situ conservation facilities., Varieties that may have economic value or the potential to be developed/improved are registered for PVP (around 350 varieties) and some of them are released as local superior varieties. This achievement was made possible with the involvement of local farmers as the main actors in the participatory varietal selection (PVS), and as the main beneficiaries of the varieties produced. In the PVS approach, the farmer has more decision in selecting the specific traits of the varieties to be developed. Because of their accumulated traditional knowledge that is passed down from generation to generation, farmers accelerated the selection of varieties that are highly adaptive to the local agro-ecological conditions. The great collaboration and strong networking among the central government, local government, researchers, and the farmer/community were the key to the success of the program.
title: Community seed multiplication of farmer varieties in Zambia
Creators: name: ITPGRFA Secretariat
Publisher: name: ITPGRFA
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: AGROVOC: Participatory approaches

description: Community Technology Development Trust (CTDT) is a private NGO registered in Zimbabwe, formed in 1993, in response to the livelihoods challenges facing the poor rural communities and households in Zimbabwe and regionally. It has expanded its office in Zambia, implementing projects on farmer-managed seed system since 2011 in partnership with Zambia Agriculture Research Institute, and the farming communities of Chikankata, Rufunsa and Shibuyunji. The farmer-managed seed system project was focused on: (1) strengthening the conservation of local crop genetic diversity; (2) improving household food and nutrition security using local crop diversity; (3) improving the capacity of local communities to adapt to climate change using local biodiversity resources; and (4) advocating for amending seed policies to promote the realization of Farmers’ Rights. The project have targeted about 8,000 farmers in rural communities in the three districts, of which about 60% are women. Through this project, the availability of local seed crops in the target areas where seed of sorghum, pearl millet, finger millet and cowpea are being multiplied by the community and distributed through the established community seed banks. Capacity development of farmers to better adapt to climate change and enhance their resiliency were carried out, thereby promoting enhance awareness on the importance of local crops and traditional knowledge.
title: External funding – public and private sources
Creators: name: ITPGRFA Secretariat
Publisher: name: ITPGRFA
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: AGROVOC: Funding

description: Both public and private entities in France provide funding for farmers, farmers’ organizations and other stakeholders engaging in the conservation of PGRFA. In addition, Article 28 of the Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 of 17 December 2013 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) requests Member States to establish measures in order to provide support for farmers and other stakeholders for the conservation and sustainable use and development of genetic resources in agriculture; genetic resources and breeding are also considered under the EU research program Horizon 2020 as a societal challenge. Examples are financial support of around 200,000 € annually for the national PGRFA conservation structure provided by the French Ministry of Agriculture through the French Variety and Seed Study and Control Group (GEVES), in addition to other contributions to support stakeholders and networks involved in the conservation and characterization of PGRFA, especially those under threat. Furthermore, the Groupement National Interprofessionnel des Semences et plants (GNIS), the French interbranch organization for seed, decided to contribute 175,000 € annually to the Benefit-sharing Fund of the ITPGRFA and the same amount to support French national PGR collections, both on a voluntary basis.
ORIGIN OF PLANETARY MAGNETISM
Creators: name: Hamburg, Universität
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: The rationale behind the presence or absence of a magnetic field by a celestial body is elucidated in this article. It is also possible to find out if an incandescent core exists and, if so, how the inner core rotates relative to the main body. An incandescent body in motion can create magnetic fields that align with the axis of rotation by moving electrical charges in separate layers. Electric currents or the movement of electric charges within the bodies are not required for generating magnetic fields, but rather the movement of these charges with the rotating body.
Antimicrobial Activity of 3D-Printed Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS) Polymer-Coated with Silver Nanoparticles
Creators: name: Tse, Isabel
name: Jay, Atishay
name: Na, Ina
name: Murphy, Sean
name: Niño-Martínez, Nereida
name: Martínez-Castañon, Gabriel Alejandro
name: Magrill, Jamie
name: Bach, Horacio
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2022

description: Medical devices with antimicrobial properties are a potential long-term solution to the high rate of multi-drug-resistant healthcare-associated infections. Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) are an established agent for effectively eliminating a wide range of microbial strains. AgNPs have been commonly incorporated into traditional plastic materials; however, recently, there has been increased interest in using AgNPs combined with 3D-printing technology for medical devices due to the accessibility and customizability of 3D-printed products. This study reports a novel method of utilizing acetone to partially dissolve 3D-printed polymer acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) plastic to attach a layer of AgNPs. The antimicrobial properties of this AgNP-coated surface were tested against several microbial strains prevalent in healthcare-associated infections. AgNP-coated ABS (AgNP-ABS) plastic demonstrated significant elimination of viable bacteria within 4 h for all tested bacterial species (Acinetobacter baumannii, non-pathogenic and pathogenic Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) and within 19 h for the tested fungus Candida albicans. The longevity of adhesion of AgNPs to the ABS plastic was assessed by checking antibacterial activity against A. baumannii after repeat use cycles. AgNP-ABS plastic showed decreased antibacterial efficacy with repeated use but maintained the ability to eliminate microbes within 3 h for up to eight use cycles. The AgNP-coated ABS plastic showed efficacy as an antimicrobial surface, and future studies will consider its applicability in the production of medical devices.
Forecasting and classification of seizures based on physiological cycles
Creators: name: Xiong, Wenjuan
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This thesis investigates the use of physiological cycles from long-term continuous electroencephalography (EEG), electrocardiography (ECG), and heart rate (HR) data to forecast and classify seizures. The promising results suggest that cyclic features extracted from multi-modal physiological data could be effective for the seizure forecasting and classification applications.
title: Vulnerability mapping of smallholder farmers in Morocco
Creators: name: ITPGRFA Secretariat
Publisher: name: ITPGRFA
Year: 2025

description: The Agricultural Development Agency (ADA) of Morocco, supported by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), carried out a vulnerability mapping in 2019. The main objective was to study the expected consequences of climate change on small-scale farmers in Morocco. Towards this end, agricultural areas that are most affected by current and future climate change were identified, including based on factors such as drought incidence and rainfall erosion. In addition, needs of farmers to enhance resilience to climate change were assessed. The study covered the main agricultural areas of Morocco; results will provide guidance for planning of projects and interventions as well as for the adaptation of the national agricultural strategy to ensure that farmers can cope with environmental hazards. Actions include, for example, developing farmers’ capacities and encouraging the implementation of agricultural research results, e.g. regarding soil conservation practices, afforestation and reforestation, strengthening seed systems to better cope with drought periods, disaster risk management and support to oasis agriculture. Key outcomes are increased awareness of the impacts of climate change on PGRFA; tools for priority setting to ensure support to the most vulnerable farmers; enhanced protection of PGRFA and support to farmers’ who conserve and maintain them.
title: Mercator-Professur 2000: Herkunft, Aufgabe und Zukunft der Menschen- und Bürgerrechte
Creators: name: Limbach, Jutta
Publisher: name: DuEPublico: Duisburg-Essen Publications online, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Civil rights
subject: Human rights
subject: 34
subject: 340

description: Texte der 3 Vorlesungen anlässlich der Mercator-Professur 2000 von Limbach, Jutta 1. Vorlesung, 18. Oktober 2000: Geschichte und Theorie der Menschenrechte 2. Vorlesung, 2. November 2000: Inhalt und Tragweite der 3. Vorlesung, 6. Februar 2001: Schutz und Garantie der Menschenrechte Menschenrechte im Wandel der politisch-sozialen Verhältnisse
description: Mercator-Professur
title: Mercator-Professur 1999
Creators: name: Reemtsma, Jan Philipp
Publisher: name: DuEPublico: Duisburg-Essen Publications online, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Relation of power and violence
subject: theory of morality
subject: Metaphor
subject: 10
subject: 100

description: Texte der 3 Vorlesungen anlässlich der Mercator-Professur 1999 von Prof. Dr. Jan Philipp Reemtsma 1. Vorlesung, 2. November 1999: Was heißt: Eine Metapher verstehen? 2. Vorlesung, 23. November 1999: Die Gewalt spricht nicht. Zum Verhältnis von Macht und Gewalt 3. Vorlesung, 11. Januar 2000: Theorie der Moral nach Todorov und Luhmann
description: Mercator-Professur
title: AGUAPAN (Asociación de Guardianes de Papa Nativa del Centro de Peru)
Creators: name: ITPGRFA Secretariat
Publisher: name: ITPGRFA
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: AGROVOC: Funding

description: Asociación de Guardianes de Papa Nativa del Centro del Perú (AGUAPAN) is a small and practical ‘Benefit-sharing’ initiative sponsored by a Dutch potato breeding company and supported by several organizations in Peru, namely, Grupo Yanapai, Instituto Nacional de Innovacion Agraria, International Potato Center (CIP) and Sociedad Peruana de Derecho Ambiental. The initiative started in 2015, with the main goal to support and empower farmers and their families in their efforts to conserve and maintain the genetic diversity of potato varieties in its centre of origin. Further objectives are to enable farmers to organize themselves and represent their interests in decision-making processes relevant for their work on potato genetic resources. The Dutch potato breeding company HZPC provided a start-up fund for the custodian farmers in Andes. Resulting outcomes include the foundation of AGUAPAN, a small and practical ‘Benefit sharing initiative’ supported by the partners organizations mentioned. Currently, 43 families from five different areas from Central Peru; together they grow about 1000 unique varieties.
title: DEMAND SYSTEM ANALYSIS OF BEER IN THE U.S. MARKET
Creators: name: Adhikari, Laxmi
Publisher: name: University of Kentucky Libraries
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: FOS: Other agricultural sciences
valueUri: http://www.oecd.org/science/inno/38235147.pdf

description: The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic has stimulated remarkable changes in consumer purchasing and consumption behavior of food and beverages. This inherently raises the question of what the demand for beer differentiated by brands in the U.S. during the pandemic is? To answer this question, we used the recent Nielsen scanner data and employed the Linear Approximated Almost Ideal Demand System (LA/AIDS) model to jointly estimate the demand for the five major brands: Budweiser, Coors, Corona, Heineken, and Miller, as well as remaining brands combined. Our results suggest the sales of Corona and Heineken increased during the pandemic. After controlling price and expenditure endogeneity in the demand system, we find that consumers significantly become price sensitive for Heineken. As a result, there is a substitution between branded beers, but the strongest substitution is between Heineken and Corona. Our results also show a complementary relation between Heineken and Budweiser and Heineken and All-Other.
description: © 2022 Laxmi Devi Adhikari
title: Approaching “Relationality” from Economics : A Conceptualisation, Application and Discussion
Creators: name: Stadelmann, David
name: Wild, Frederik
name: Institute Of African Studies
Publisher: name: University of Bayreuth
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Relationality
subject: Economic Perspective
subject: Associations
subject: Causality
subject: Causal Inference
subject: Decision Making
subject: Understanding Livelihoods
subject: Improving Livelihoods
subject: Reflexivity
subject: 300
subject: 320
subject: 330

description: In this essay, we offer an economics-rooted conceptualisation of the term “relationality”. To achieve the fundamental purpose of economic analysis, we argue, it is useful to conceptualise “relationality” as a process of exploring links that explain outcomes. In alignment with the broad objective of economic research, our perspective on “relationality” sheds light on how it can aid in comprehending our world as is and how it came to be. We illustrate the power of our suggested conceptualisation of “relationality” via three specific empirical applications, including the analysis of regional economic integration in Africa. We also discuss the potential of our conceptualisation in “Reconfiguring African Studies”.
title: Whole-body monitoring and in vivo activation analysis in nuclear medicine
Creators: name: Boddy, Keith
Publisher: name: University of Glasgow
Year: 1967
Subjects: subject: Nuclear medicine, biophysics, whole body imaging.

description: The thesis describes the development and application of two new techniques in nuclear medicine. The first involves a fundamentally different approach to the attainment of high sensitivity using a whole-body monitor. It represents a significant advance on existing methods. The second technique, in vivo activation analysis of iodine in the thyroid gland, apparently has not been reported previously. It may prove an important clinical tool for diagnosis and research since a knowledge of the total iodine content of the thyroid will provide a better understanding of the aetiology of its associated diseases. No other technique can evidently provide this data. A new design of whole-body monitor has been developed utilising a shadow shield weighing 7-8 tons compared with conventional shields of 30-50 tonas. Construction of the prototype monitor and an assessment of its performance lead to the conclusion that sensitivity at least comparable with that of the conventional monitor should be attainable. The significant reduction in shield weight facilitates the incorporation of this design of monitor in a mobile laboratory. Clinical studies of iron metabolism and of vitamin metabolism have been carried out using the prototype monitor. The award of a research grant by the Scottish Hospital Endowments Research Trust enabled the construction of a high sensitivity mobile whole-body monitor (MERLIN). Its performance is shown to be better than most conventional monitors and at least comparable with the remainder. Apart from the advantage of mobility, the monitor can foe used as on installed monitor capable of incorporation in almost any existing laboratory. The sensitivity can be easily varied to meet individual requirements while the cost of mi installed high sensitivity monitor, with a 100-channel pulse height analyser, can be loss than
title: Policy analysis to identify gaps in the legal framework for seed regarding the implementation of Farmers' Rights in Niger
Creators: name: ITPGRFA Secretariat
Publisher: name: ITPGRFA
Year: 2025

description: In 2016 and 2017, farmers' and civil society organizations of Niger that are members of the agroecology platform RAYA-Karkara, conducted an analysis of the current normative framework, including policies and laws relating to seed, from the perspective of farming communities and their rights to seed. The analysis resulted in the following key observations: (1) farmers’ seeds and seed systems are of crucial importance for food security and sovereignty as well as biodiversity conservation; (2) farming communities exercise their rights over seeds mainly through their seed systems; (3) the realization of Farmers' Rights thus depends on the recognition and legal protection of farmers’ seeds and seed systems. However, the current normative framework has significant shortcomings in this regard, which have been illustrated by a case of biopiracy against Niger, in which a foreign seed company claimed ownership of the onion variety ‘Violet de Galmi’, originating from Niger; this claim was contested by the Government of Niger, alerted by civil society organizations and its own services. The in-depth analysis of the current normative framework has created the basis for a political dialogue between farmers' organizations and the government, in order to identify the necessary measures.
title: Access to Seeds Index
Creators: name: ITPGRFA Secretariat
Publisher: name: ITPGRFA
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: AGROVOC: Catalogues
subject: AGROVOC: Documentation

description: The ‘Access to Seeds Index’, developed by the Access to Seeds Foundation, measures and compares the efforts of the world’s leading seed companies to enhance the productivity of smallholder farmers. From 2015-2018, the foundation conducted a study, which profiles 54 seed-producing cooperatives that were identified in 20 countries of West and Central Africa. It shows that seed-producing cooperatives play a key role in improving access to quality seeds in the region. Cooperatives often collaborate with national and international research institutes to select and test improved varieties and with seed companies to distribute their seeds nationally and regionally through the seed companies’ channels. The study identified strong examples of seed-producing cooperatives in four countries (Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger and Senegal). The situation in eight other countries (Benin, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Togo) can be characterized as promising. In four countries (Gabon, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau and Republic of Congo) no seed-producing cooperatives were identified that are formally recognized. Key outcomes were increased understanding of the role of cooperatives in seed systems, which are increasingly being formally recognized as producers of certified seed.
title: Conservation and sustainable use of cultivated and wild Tropical fruit diversity: promoting sustainable livelihoods, food security and ecosystem services
Creators: name: ITPGRFA Secretariat
Publisher: name: ITPGRFA
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: AGROVOC: Management techniques
subject: AGROVOC: Conservation agriculture

description: The Indonesian Fruits Research Institute, East Java Assessment Institute for Agriculture Technology, and South Kalimantan Assessment Institute for Agriculture Technology implemented this program between 2009 and 2015 to promote on-farm conservation activities of tropical fruits. Objectives were to (1) increase farmers’ capacities and capabilities in managing genetic resources of tropical fruits through learning exchange visits; (2) implement community nursery activities; (3) establish field genebanks; (4) implement product processing and marketing to increase product value and farmers’ income; (5) disseminate results; and (6) produce publications. Core components included community development based on knowledge of management systems and the code of ethics for sharing knowledge and material. For example, descriptions used by farmers and farmer groups in distinguishing varieties and species were identified and consistency in naming cultivars promoted; project locations were identified based on social, cultural, economic and environmental interests; methods for implementing good conservation practices at the project site were developed and promoted; project partners were trained to describe genetic diversity through participatory assessments. Key outcomes include improved awareness of the importance of conservation; increased community participation in conservation programs; and increased income and welfare of the participating communities.
Interoception: The Hidden Sense That Shapes Our Well-being
Creators: name: Oliveira D., M. Jorge
Publisher: name: EmpowerVerse Media, Information & Communication Agency
Year: 2024
Subjects: interoception
mental health
self-awareness

description: Interoception, often referred to as the "hidden sense," involves perceiving internal body signals such as hunger, thirst, heartbeat, and emotional states. While lesser-known than the five primary senses, interoception plays a vital role in our well-being, influencing everything from decision-making and emotional regulation to physical health. This article explores the science behind interoception, its role in mental and physical health, and strategies to enhance interoceptive awareness.
title: Fair Planet
Creators: name: ITPGRFA Secretariat
Publisher: name: ITPGRFA
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: AGROVOC: Training
subject: AGROVOC: Capacity Development
subject: AGROVOC: Awareness-raising

description: Fair Planet is a non-profit organization partnering with several private seed companies with a mission to develop a vital agriculture business economy in rural areas of Africa, increase food security and provide new economic opportunities to smallholder farmers in developing countries, through access to high-quality seed varieties and training for improved farming practices. Together with Haramaya University, Ethiopia, and the Ethiopian Ministry of Agriculture, and in cooperation with private seed companies, they have developed a unique extension model since 2012. Core components include technology transfer and capacity development of local experts and trainers; local teams continue training the farmers to implement improved production practices. As a result, more than 16,000 smallholder farmers in the project regions have increased food production and received better nutrition due to better seeds and improved farming practices. In some cases, yields have increased dramatically: 4 times greater in tomato, and 8 times greater in hot pepper. The Fair Planet initiative helps develop a vital agriculture business economy in rural areas of Africa and provides interesting and profitable work for young people looking for better opportunities in their own country.
title: Farmers’ Field School on Food Sovereignty to Support Food Self-Sufficiency and Seed Self-Reliance in Villages
Creators: name: ITPGRFA Secretariat
Publisher: name: ITPGRFA
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: AGROVOC: Training
subject: AGROVOC: Capacity Development
subject: AGROVOC: Awareness-raising

description: In Indonesia, IAARD and the Directorate General of Food Crops are implementing a program on Farmers’ Field school on food sovereignty in the framework of supporting food and seed self-sufficiency in villages is intended as an effort to increase participants' knowledge regarding the superiority and characters of rice varieties, in addition to techniques for producing, selecting, processing and handling seeds to produce quality seeds. Seed technology transfer to farmers / prospective producers / community-based seed sectors will improve the quality of seeds produced by such groups, improve their knowledge on rice germination processes and procedures, in addition to improving the availability of rice seeds at the development site. IAARD and the Directorate General of Food Crops have worked to develop models, strengthen the capacity of breeders, and to stabilize sustainable seed independence.
title: Implementing the ITPGRFA in Italy - The National Programme RGV/FAO
Creators: name: ITPGRFA Secretariat
Publisher: name: ITPGRFA
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: AGROVOC: Funding

description: In 2004, Italy started a specific Programme on the implementation of the ITPGRFA, supporting the conservation activities of the public genebanks. From 2007 onwards, the Italian seed network Rete Semi Rurali (RSR) has also been involved in the Programme, which has the overall aim to promote sustainable use of PGRFA. This Programme supports and recognizes the role of seed networks and farmers' organizations for conservation and sustainable use of PGRFA, while at the same time contributing to the protection and re-creation of traditional knowledge and to the participation of farmers and farmers' networks in policy decision-making. Support to farmers and farmers' networks engaging in sustainable use of PGRFA can further be considered a non-monetary measure for Benefit-Sharing under Article 9 of the IPTGRFA; it contributes to the protection and use of traditional knowledge, promoting social networks and exchange of knowledge among different stakeholders. It also allows to create a policy and institutional framework for involving farmers' networks in the decision-making process. For example, the agreement between RSR and the Ministry of Agriculture on the planned activities includes support to the national delegation on issues related to Articles 6 and 9 of the ITPGRFA.
title: Traditional knowledge of the Andean cosmovision
Creators: name: ITPGRFA Secretariat
Publisher: name: ITPGRFA
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: AGROVOC: Management techniques
subject: AGROVOC: Conservation agriculture

description: Between 2001 and 2005, in the framework of the in situ conservation project, the National Institute of Agrarian Innovation (INIA), together with several governmental and non-governmental organizations, studied the traditional knowledge of the ‘Andean cosmovision’. Objectives were to identify, describe and document knowledge systems associated to conservation and management of agrobiodiversity, including ancestral knowledge encoded in signs, secrets and rites, or relates to lunar movements or use of indicator plants. The Andean cosmovision comprises two main categories, ‘pacha’ (mother earth) and ‘ayllu’ (people, nature and spirit). Nature is conceived as a living organism; not only humans, animals and plants are perceived as living beings, but also soils, water, rivers, streams, hills, stones, winds, clouds, mists, rains, mountains or forests and all that exists. Bonds of reciprocity exist between all members of the ‘pacha’, which includes protection and mutual care. Farmers conserve and manage native crops relate to this cosmovision, including for example practices to avoid losses caused by natural phenomena, to choose appropriate planting dates or to give thanks to nature. The project documented festivities, rituals and ancestral customary practices relating to agrobiodiversity conservation that continued to be present in everyday life of farming communities.
Nurses' experience and recommendations to reduce medication errors in residential aged care facilities
Creators: name: Kuppadakkath, Subhash Chandran
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Older people who live in residential aged care facilities are prone to medication errors due to several contributing factors. Ground level care workers such as nurses experience and identify the contributing factors of medication errors. Therefore, their suggestions and recommendations would help to develop potential error prevention strategies in residential aged care facilities. This would improve the medication management process and improve the quality of life of vulnerable older people living in residential aged care facilities.
Perceived difficulty of getting help to reduce or abstain from substances among sexual and gender minority men who have sex with men (SGMSM) and use methamphetamine during the early period of the COVID-19 pandemic
Creators: name: Card, Kiffer
name: McGuire, Madison
name: Bond-Gorr, Jordan
name: Nguyen, Tribesty
name: Wells, Gordon A.
name: Fulcher, Karyn
name: Berlin, Graham
name: Pal, Nicole
name: Hull, Mark W.
name: Lachowsky, Nathan J.
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2022

description: Abstract Background This study examined the perceived difficulty of getting help with substance use among sexual and gender minorities who have sex with men (SGMSM) who use methamphetamine during the early COVID-19 period. Methods SGMSM, aged 18+, who reported sex with a man and methamphetamine use in the past 6 months were recruited to complete an online survey using online advertisements. Ordinal regression models examined predictors of greater perceived difficulty of getting help. Explanatory variables included participant characteristics (i.e., age, HIV status, ethnicity, sexuality, gender, region, income) and variables assessing patterns of methamphetamine use (i.e., frequency, % time methamphetamine is used alone and during sex; perceived need for help) and patterns of healthcare access (i.e., regular provider, past substance use service utilization). Results Of 376 participants, most were gay-identified (76.6%), white (72.3%), cisgender (93.6%), and had annual incomes of less than $60,000 CAD (68.9%). Greater perceived difficulty of getting help was associated with having lower income, sometimes using methamphetamine prior to or during sex, and greater perceived need for help. Conclusion Based on these results, we urge greater investments in one-stop, low-barrier, culturally-appropriate care for SGMSM who use methamphetamine. This is especially important given that participants who perceive themselves as needing help to reduce or abstain from substance use perceive the greatest difficulty of getting such help.
title: 1000 seed self-reliant villages
Creators: name: ITPGRFA Secretariat
Publisher: name: ITPGRFA
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: AGROVOC: Access and benefit sharing

description: In 2016, the Ministry of Agriculture launched Regulation 207.1/HK.140/C/02/2016 on Technical Guidelines for the Development of Seed Self-Reliance in Villages. The program is implemented by the Indonesian Agency for Agriculture Research and Development (IAARD). It gives special attention to villages that are isolated or located in marginal areas and thus have problems accessing quality seeds from external sources. The objective is to guarantee farmers’ access to good quality seeds, and for farmers to achieve seed self-sufficiency at village level by enhancing farmers’ capacities to produce and sell seeds to other farmers. The program is being implemented in all provinces of Indonesia; it has motivated farmers to breed and produce seeds. Mainly of local and farmer-bred varieties of rice, maize and soybean. To date, 1313 villages have participated in this program, with around 1000 farm households being reached in every village. Thus, an estimate of more than one million farm households has benefited in this program since 2016. Fully supported by government funds, achievements were quantitatively high. However, progress can be made as regards project sustainability, especially by strengthening links with breeding activities carried out by government research institutions and universities.
Metadata-Enhanced Speech Emotion Recognition: Augmented Residual Integration and Co-Attention in Two-Stage Fine-Tuning
Creators: name: Wan, Zixiang
name: Qiu, Ziyue
name: Liu, Yiyang
name: Zhang, Wei-Qiang
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Audio and Speech Processing (eess.AS)
subject: Sound (cs.SD)
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Speech Emotion Recognition (SER) involves analyzing vocal expressions to determine the emotional state of speakers, where the comprehensive and thorough utilization of audio information is paramount. Therefore, we propose a novel approach on self-supervised learning (SSL) models that employs all available auxiliary information -- specifically metadata -- to enhance performance. Through a two-stage fine-tuning method in multi-task learning, we introduce the Augmented Residual Integration (ARI) module, which enhances transformer layers in encoder of SSL models. The module efficiently preserves acoustic features across all different levels, thereby significantly improving the performance of metadata-related auxiliary tasks that require various levels of features. Moreover, the Co-attention module is incorporated due to its complementary nature with ARI, enabling the model to effectively utilize multidimensional information and contextual relationships from metadata-related auxiliary tasks. Under pre-trained base models and speaker-independent setup, our approach consistently surpasses state-of-the-art (SOTA) models on multiple SSL encoders for the IEMOCAP dataset.
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title: Sowing Diversity=Harvesting Security (SD=HS) Program (I) – field work
Creators: name: ITPGRFA Secretariat
Publisher: name: ITPGRFA
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: AGROVOC: Access and benefit sharing

description: The Sowing Diversity=Harvesting Security (SD=HS) program started in 2014 as a joint effort of the civil society organization Oxfam, acting as coordinator, and its partners, including NGOs, farmer organizations, public institutions and government agencies. The overall objective is to contribute to the realization of Farmers’ Rights and Sustainable Development Goal 2 by enhancing small-scale farmers’ and indigenous people’s capacities to access, develop and use PGRFA to improve food and nutrition security under conditions of climate change. Towards this end, SD=HS builds on expansion and institutionalization of the Farmer Field School (FFS) approach to strengthen the role and capacity of farmers in the management, research and conservation of PGRFA. Emphasis is also put on building partnerships with national breeding and research institutions, genebanks and extension services. Further activities include support to farmer-managed seed enterprises and enhancing nutritional knowledge and utilization of minor crops and under-utilized plant species. Between 2014 and 2018, SD=HS established over 1,050 self-sustaining FFS in five countries and reached approximately 150,000 households in Asia, Africa and Latin America. Lessons learned include the identification of five key conditions for scaling-up the FFS approach in any country. The second phase of the program started in 2019.
Biomimicry – medical design concepts inspired by nature
Creators: name: McMahon, Muireann
name: Erolin, Caroline
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
Science Policy

description: Biomimicry is the application of existing features in nature to human technologies, such as the invention of aircraft inspired by bird flight. In the development of medical solutions, biomimicry is a growing field of research, where a holistic understanding of nature can inspire cutting-edge design. The purpose of this study was to create an educational, visual resource exemplifying up-and-coming medical applications of biomimicry. A website was created to present 2D motion graphics (animations) and illustrations. Animation is an established and useful method of communicating health information to the public. This presents an accessible interface for the public to interact with and learn about this area of research, bridging the gap between the two. Increasing public knowledge, engagement, and interest can expand the reach and thereby influence future research. A survey was conducted to assess public engagement and opinions on both the resource and the topic of biomimicry and medical design. The results suggested that participants positively engaged with the resource; 95.7% strongly agreed/agreed that the animations were beneficial for learning. All responding participants agreed that biomimicry could provide useful solutions in medical design. This study suggests that graphic motions are effective at communicating complex ideas for public outreach.
title: Rolling the National Plan of Action for the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (NAP-PGRFA) together with farmers’ organizations
Creators: name: ITPGRFA Secretariat
Publisher: name: ITPGRFA
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: AGROVOC: Income generation

description: The implementation of the Swiss National Plan of Action for the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (NPA-PGRFA) started in 1999. The Ordinance on Conservation and Sustainable Use of PGRFA referring to the NPA-PGRFA entered into force in 2015. It provides a stronger legal framework for the measures for conservation of PGRFA and regulates the management of the national gene bank of PGRFA in Switzerland. NPA-PGRFA strategies and guidelines are defined and implemented based on a multi-stakeholder approach, together with a wide range of private and public institutions. Farmers and farmers’ organizations can participate and profit in many ways from the NPA-PGRFA through promoted activities such as the maintenance and marketing of landraces/farmers' varieties; participatory plant breeding/participatory varietal selection; seed-exchange networks; facilitated access to information on plant genetic diversity so as capacity building. Three hundred projects have been completed so far, with 100 on-going projects in collaboration with regional and national organizations. These projects are listed in the national genebank. Key measures for the sustainable use of PGRFA are the characterization and evaluation of plant genetic resources as well as ensuring high phytosanitary standards for propagation material and promoting PGRFA for niche production.