Rationale: Malnutrition is a common problem in patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). Whereas estimation of fat-free muscle mass index (FFMi) with bio-electrical impedance is often used, less is known about muscle thickness measured with ultrasound (US) as a parameter for malnutrition. …

Cervical dystonia (CD) is a neurological movement disorder characterized by involuntary muscle contractions causing abnormal postures and/or twisting movements of the head and neck. Patients may also experience non-motor symptoms including pain, anxiety and depression. The main treatment option is botulinum …

Rwandan passion fruit has become one of the sources of income for producers and the country at large. However, the passion fruit sub-sector development is hindered by insufficient quantity for export due to thepoor quality of produced passion fruits. The study aims to identify causes that affect the …

Common bean is a vital legume essential crop in Uganda. Common bean seed marketing and accessibility is the major concern in south western agro-ecological zone for both small-scale farmers and seed producers. An acute element in attaining higher crop yield is better access to key farming inputs by farmers …

This applied qualitative research was carried out in the prominent mango growing and exporting Rajshahi division in Bangladesh to findout the perception of mango farmers about GlobalGAP and the influencing factors for their participation in the trajectory which is becoming one of the main conditional …

This study investigates the effect of position on build-plate on the dimensional deviations for stainless steel 316 L samples made by laser powder-bed fusion. To understand the effect of sample position on the build-plate (substrate) with respect to shrinkage and dimensional deviation, 36 samples in …

A Boolean function can only have either of two values (on, or off, 1, or 0). However, most things that are of value to us humans cannot be captured in the Boolean functions. With a simplification of our complex reality to True and False, we will inevitably destroy our understanding of the world in the …

Market information is important to farmers because it helps them to make optimal production and marketing decisions. This study focused on the development of a practical and operational strategy that increases market information access for soybean small holder farmers, consequently improving access to …

The dairy sector in Kenya is one of the pillars for smallholder farmers' livelihoods through the generation of income, employment, and food to 2 million people across the dairy value chain although the sector is still vulnerable to climate change. Agriterra stimulates climate-smart agriculture and carbon …

Local farmers in Central Kalimantan have continued to destroy peatlands in the area to make space for planting more profitable crops like oil palm. These peatlands store huge amounts of carbon and degrading them increases the release of greenhouse gases emissions. For this reason, planting of naturally …