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2017-12-13ZeitschriftenartikelNeural Representations of Hierarchical Rule Sets: The Human Control System Represents Rules Irrespective of the Hierarchical Level to Which They Belong Humans use rules to organize their actions to achieve specific goals. Although simple rules that link a sensory stimulus to one response may suffice in some situations, often, the application of multiple, hierarchically ...
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2019-07ZeitschriftenartikelHousehold-specific targeting of agricultural advice via mobile phones: Feasibility of a minimum data approach for smallholder context In recent years, agricultural extension services in developing countries have increasingly introduced modern information and communication technologies (ICT) to deliver advice. But to realize efficiency gains, digital ...
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2019-02-25ZeitschriftenartikelPrioritizing options for multi-objective agricultural development through the Positive Deviance approach Agricultural development must integrate multiple objectives at the same time, including food security, income, and environmental sustainability. To help achieve these objectives, development practitioners need to prioritize ...
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2017-07-24ZeitschriftenartikelThe accuracy of farmer-generated data in an agricultural citizen science methodology Over the last decades, participatory approaches involving on-farm experimentation have become more prevalent in agricultural research. Nevertheless, these approaches remain difficult to scale because they usually require ...
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2020-09ZeitschriftenartikelLandscape matters: Insights from the impact of mega-droughts on Colombia's energy transition Mega-droughts can cause disruption to the affected society sparking a transition. We explore the causes and effects of the 2015−2016 mega-drought in Colombia. Using the multi-level perspective as a framework, we found that ...
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2019-03-14ZeitschriftenartikelAerial river management by smart cross-border reforestation In the face of increasing socio-economic and climatic pressures in growing cities, it is rational for managers to consider multiple approaches for securing water availability. One often disregarded option is the promotion ...
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2018-02-01ZeitschriftenartikelAerial and surface rivers: downwind impacts on water availability from land use changes in Amazonia The abundant evapotranspiration provided by the Amazon forests is an important component of the hydrological cycle, both regionally and globally. Since the last century, deforestation and expanding agricultural activities ...
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2017-09-21ZeitschriftenartikelDevelopment of rat female genital cortex and control of female puberty by sexual touch Rat somatosensory cortex contains a large sexually monomorphic genital representation. Genital cortex undergoes an unusual 2-fold expansion during puberty. Here, we investigate genital cortex development and female rat ...
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2017-09-12ZeitschriftenartikelPolyploidy and the Cellular and Areal Diversity of Rat Cortical Layer 5 Pyramidal Neurons In many species, polyploidy, in which an increase in nuclear DNA content is accompanied by an increase in cell size, contributes to cellular diversity. In the rat visual cortex, most neurons are small and homogeneous in ...
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2018-07-23ZeitschriftenartikelStrengths and weaknesses of the Net-Map tool for participatory social network analysis in resource management: Experience from case studies conducted on four continents For researchers, conducting face-to-face interviews is always a challenge as it often turns into a one-way directed information retrieval. Therefore, interviewees not always are very motivated, enthusiastic and cooperative ...
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2019-10-16ZeitschriftenartikelHow socioeconomic and institutional conditions at the household level shape the environmental effectiveness of governmental payments for ecosystem services program As the world’s largest payments for ecosystem services (PES) program, China’s Sloping Land Conversion Program (SLCP) is designed to combat soil erosion and land degradation by converting cropland on steep slopes into ...
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2015-04-30ZeitschriftenartikelThe Institutional Challenges of Payment for Ecosystem Service Program in China: A Review of the Effectiveness and Implementation of Sloping Land Conversion Program This study is an overview of the effectiveness and institutional challenges of China’s Sloping Land Conversion Program (SLCP). The SLCP is the Chinese government’s largest Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) program and ...
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2019-10-21ZeitschriftenartikelGene expression response to a nematode parasite in novel and native eel hosts Invasive parasites are involved in population declines of new host species worldwide. The high susceptibilities observed in many novel hosts have been attributed to the lack of protective immunity to the parasites which ...
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2024-09-03ZeitschriftenartikelConfigurations of democracy—empirical and methodological insights from a comparison of Singapore, Ghana, and Ireland This article presents and proofs an alternative concept of democracy that seeks to overcome the limitations of rigid universalist, liberal-proceduralist conceptions by emphasizing the fundamental principles of democracy ...
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2018-03-06ZeitschriftenartikelA Model Approach for Yield-Zone-Specific Cost Estimation of Greenhouse Gas Mitigation by Nitrogen Fertilizer Reduction Nitrogen use in agriculture has been intensified to feed the growing world population, which led to concerns on environmental harms, including greenhouse gas emissions. A reduction in nitrogen fertilization can abate ...
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2018-05-10ZeitschriftenartikelDifferential T cell response against BK virus regulatory and structural antigens: A viral dynamics modelling approach BK virus (BKV) associated nephropathy affects 1–10% of kidney transplant recipients, leading to graft failure in about 50% of cases. Immune responses against different BKV antigens have been shown to have a prognostic value ...
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2019-04-27ZeitschriftenartikelA novel approach reveals that HLA class 1 single antigen bead-signatures provide a means of high-accuracy pre-transplant risk assessment of acute cellular rejection in renal transplantation Background Acute cellular rejection (ACR) is associated with complications after kidney transplantation, such as graft dysfunction and graft loss. Early risk assessment is therefore critical for the improvement of ...
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2018-07-06ZeitschriftenartikelBKV, CMV, and EBV Interactions and their Effect on Graft Function One Year Post-Renal Transplantation: Results from a Large Multi-Centre Study Background BK virus (BKV), Cytomegalovirus (CMV) and Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) reactivations are common after kidney transplantation and associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Although CMV might be a risk factor ...
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2019-05-21ZeitschriftenartikelOpposing roles for amygdala and vmPFC in the return of appetitive conditioned responses in humans Learning accounts of addiction and obesity emphasize the persistent power of Pavlovian reward cues to trigger craving and increase relapse risk. While extinction can reduce conditioned responding, Pavlovian relapse ...
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2019-09-04ZeitschriftenartikelRegrowing forests contribution to law compliance and carbon storage in private properties of the Brazilian Amazon The viability of the climate pledges made by Brazil at the COP21 in Paris, 2015, heavily depends on the success of the country policies related to forest governance. Particularly, there are high expectations that the ...
