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Review ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractPopulation, World Production and Quality of Sheep and Goat ProductsMitra Mazinani, Brian RudeSheep and goats are two of the first animals that were domesticated by humans. The initial reasons for raising these animals was meat, milk and dairy products, fleece and skin. Also, one of the most important reasons for raising sheep and, goats on the farm was due to the difficulties associated with preserving animal products like meat. It was easier … …American Journal of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Vol. 15, Issue 4 · 26 Nov 2020 · 18,231 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractPersonalized Recommendation System: Web of Things Using Modular Density-Based Community DiscoveryVinod Patidar, Jayashree A. Patil, Sonika Thapak et al.Community discovery is the cornerstone and core of study in customized recommendation, assembling group features and social network analysis on the web of things. Conventional community discovery methods, however, struggle with difficulties including low accuracy, delayed convergence, modularity resolution limits and more when dealing with more complicated social networks. Because of this, differential evolution and module density are included in … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 20, Issue 9 · 21 Jun 2024 · 5,628 accessesView PDFCite
Literature ReviewOpen accessIn the abstractSoya Beans Production in Zambia: Opportunities and ChallengesBrivery SiamabeleThe soya bean production opens doors of opportunities for Zambian farmers. Notably, the climate in Zambia is largely favourable for soya production and the arable land is vast enough to accommodate future expansion. Most importantly, soya is a very profitable crop. On the other hand, there are some challenges which affect soya production such as poor soils aggravated by low … …American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Vol. 14, Issue 1 · 15 May 2019 · 13,452 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractHorizontal Cooperation Practices in Internet-based Higher Education, Computational Logistics and TelecommunicationsJesica de Arma, Thanasis Daradoumis, Anastasios A. Economides, Angel A. JuanGlobalization and advances in information and communication technologies have boosted the use of Horizontal Cooperation (HC) practices in many industry sectors. In the current international market, these ‘alliances’ become especially relevant for small and medium organizations, which are forced to compete with large-scale corporations. This paper analyzes benefits and challenges of HC practices in three service sectors that are critical … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 15, Issue 1 · 31 Jan 2019 · 7,421 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractSMEs Strategies to Improve the Competitiveness of Dairy Products in West Sumatra Province, IndonesiaRahmi Wati, Firwan Tan, Donard Games, Endrizal RidwanConsidered a side business, most dairy farms in Indonesia are small-scale farms with low productivity. Farmers tend to sell the milk produced in the form of fresh milk rather than processed products. This condition causes low competitiveness of dairy products and the difficulty of dairy products penetrating the modern market. This study aims to identify factors that determine competitiveness and … …American Journal of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Vol. 18, Issue 2 · 28 Jun 2023 · 5,980 accessesView PDFCite
Case ReportOpen accessIn the abstractUnderstanding the Relationship between Aquaculture and Poverty: The Case of Gurudaspur, NatoreSaman Saad, Raisa Bashar, Farah Yeasmin, Nazmul Ahsan KhanAquaculture is perceived as a source of income and economic raise in several small towns and villages of Bangladesh and Gurudaspur of Natore region is no different. From the 1990s onward it brought about a great economic boost. However, in the last decade and at present, several negative externalities of this practice have started to surface, including severe water-logging (after … …American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Vol. 14, Issue 1 · 7 Feb 2018 · 9,442 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractManagement of Renewable Energies and Environmental ProtectionRelly Victoria Virgil Petrescu, Raffaella Aversa, Antonio Apicella et al.The purpose of this project is to present an overview of renewable energy sources, major technological developments and case studies, accompanied by applicable examples of the use of sources. Renewable energy is the energy that comes from natural resources: The wind, sunlight, rain, sea waves, tides, geothermal heat, regenerated naturally, automatically. Greenhouse gas emissions pose a serious threat to climate … …American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Vol. 10, Issue 4 · 23 Nov 2017 · 8,106 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractThe Effect of a Small Group Life Story Intervention with Rural Community Dwelling Older AdultsLillian Felicia Jones, Mary A. NiesTo determine if a small group life story nursing intervention can be beneficial to rural community dwelling older adults by decreasing depression scores and increasing perceived social support scores. This study employed a quasi-experimental one group pretest/posttest design. This study was conducted in thirteen rural senior facilities with a community population of less than 20,000 in two western states in … …International Journal of Research in Nursing, Vol. 8, Issue 2 · 28 Oct 2017 · 7,499 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractIterative Feedforward Control for Bearing-Free Multibody SystemsNicola Y. Bailey, Christopher Lusty, Patrick S. KeoghAutomated machinery and robotics are commonly conventional multibody systems containing bearing components, which exhibit uncertain, discontinuous and complex tribological characteristics. These generate wear and fundamentally limit the precision of small scale motion due to the tribological effects being difficult to compensate for using model-based active control. However, they can be eliminated through the replacement of traditional bearing joints with flexure … …Journal of Mechatronics and Robotics, Vol. 5, Issue 1 · 6 Dec 2021 · 6,477 accessesView PDFCite
Review ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractSustainable Development from a Zootechnical Perspective in PeruJosé Américo Saucedo-Uriarte, Hurley Abel Quispe-Ccasa, Ilse Silvia Cayo-Colca, Manuel Emilio Milla PinoSustainable Development term was born in 1987 and referred to the satisfaction of human needs while preserving the planet resources. There are different interpretations of this definition, but generally, all agree that a Sustainable Development model must be economically viable, socially acceptable and environmentally benign. This manuscript proposes strategies from a zoo technical approach and their contribution to the path … …OnLine Journal of Biological Sciences, Vol. 21, Issue 4 · 3 Dec 2021 · 6,863 accessesView PDFCite