Published in Biodiversity Data Journal
Background Weeds are plants that, although not specially cultivated, grow and often adapt to growing in arable lands. They form an ecological variant of flora, as a historically-formed set of species growing on cultivated soils. For the rational use of the chemical and biological crop protection products and to produce safe and high-quality food, u...
Published in MicrobiologyOpen
The microbiota composition in the ceca of broiler chickens developed strongly in the first week of life, but the phylogenetic diversity stabilized around 21 days of age. The variation in cecal microbiota composition in well‐performing broiler flocks under field conditions was mostly explained by age, farm, broiler body weight, ileum crypt depth, th...
Published in Frontiers in Psychology
Background Occupational fatigue is a key issue in the rail industry that can endanger staff, passenger, and train safety. There is a need to demonstrate the relationship between workload, fatigue, and performance among rail staff. Objective The present study, conducted in the workplace in realistic situations, integrating both subjective and object...
Published in Animals : an Open Access Journal from MDPI
Simple Summary The objective of this work was to develop, use and present a detailed questionnaire for the evaluation of health management in dairy small ruminants. The questionnaire includes 442 questions, which cover seven sections (general, infrastructure, animals, production characteristics, health management, nutrition, human resources). The a...
Published in Cognition & emotion
Positive thinking is often assumed to foster effort and success. Research has shown, however, that positive thinking in the form of fantasies about achieving an idealised future predicts less (not more) effort and success and more (not less) depressive symptoms over time. This relationship was mediated by people having invested little effort and ac...
Gedruckt erschienen im Universitätsverlag der TU Berlin, ISBN 978-3-7983-3135-8 (ISSN 2196-338X) / Moderne LED- und Lichtmanagementtechnologien sowie wachsendes Wissen über nicht-visuelle Wirkungen von Licht ermöglichen zukünftig, mit dem richtigen Licht zur richtigen Zeit die oft suboptimalen Lernbedingen an Schulen oder Universitäten zu verbesser...
Published in Biomolecules
A field trial experiment was conducted to investigate the degradation of metsulfuron-methyl at two application dosages, 15 g a.i/ha and 30 g a.i/ha, at an oil palm plantation. Soil samples were collected at ‒1, 0, 1, 3, 7, 14, and 21 days after treatment (DAT) at the following depths: 0–10, 10–20, 20–30, 30–40, and 40–50 cm. The results showed rapi...
From 2010, the health transportation in France has become one of the top ten priorities of the risk management plan due to the increasing cost of these transports. For social and Medico-Social Institutions (MSI), this cost represents the second-biggest expense after that of the wages. In this context, the NOMAd project aims to improve the daily tra...
Published in Frontiers in Veterinary Science
The objective of this study was to evaluate 4 pre-exercise hydration strategies (oral water, chicken-flavored water, chicken-flavored oral electrolyte solution, and subcutaneous electrolyte solution) in working dogs conducting rigorous tracking operations in hot and arid conditions. In a randomized cross-over field study, 7 Border Patrol Search, Tr...
Far from being exclusively related to economic considerations, the advantages of Industry 4.0 applications also include environmental and social concerns. An increasing amount of scientific publications relate the implementation of the fourth industrial revolution paradigm to sustainability. Several studies reported opportunities of Industry 4.0 im...
