I IJOAN LOSSES ASSOCIAFED WITH declines in energy and agricultural prices) and the collapse of commercial real estate markets were the proximate cause of the high number of bank and savings and loan (S&L) failures of the past 12 years. Many researchers also blame government policies, howevei~such as restrictions on branch banking and limitations on the services that banks and S&,Ls may offer. S...

Baobab (Adansonia digitata L.) is an indigenous fruit tree associated with the Savannah drylands of sub-Saharan Africa. Local communities mainly utilize the leaves, pulp, and seeds of baobab as a source of food and for income generation. The present study was conducted to determine the nutritive attributes of baobab fruit pulp and seeds across provenances in east, west, and southern Africa and ...

Anthropogenic climate change is predicted to be a major cause of species extinctions in the next 100 years. But what will actually cause these extinctions? For example, will it be limited physiological tolerance to high temperatures, changing biotic interactions or other factors? Here, we systematically review the proximate causes of climate-change related extinctions and their empirical suppor...

in heat-stressed broiler chickens. One hundred and twenty chicks were allocated into four groups of 30 each. Group A (feed restriction), B restriction + L-serine), C (ad libitum) D libitum L-serine). Feed (20%) was implemented on days 7–14, L-serine (200 mg/kg) provided orally from 1–14. Seven chickens slaughtered each group at 35 old to determine meat drip loss, cooking loss pH; tibia bone wei...

In this study, the physical-chemical characteristics and proximate composition of the meat of of two strains of broilers (Paraíso Pedrês and Máster gris plumé – Super Pesadão, utilized for semi-intensive rearing) and Cobb strain, utilized in intensive rearing systems) were evaluated. Differences related to strain and sex (males and females) were studied. Cobb broilers were slaughtered at 45 day...

The use of commercial activated carbon (AC) to remove organic micropollutants from aqueous solution is expensive and unsustainable. In this study, coconut shell (CSAC) was synthesized applied for the removal ibuprofen, ketoprofen naproxen solutions. effects carbonization acid activation on CSAC were studied using Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy, scanning electron microscope, proximate u...