A household production model is constructed in the context of a subsistence economy, influenced by fluctuating rainfall, increasing populations, and relationships to the natural resource base. Households are modelled as attempting to optimally allocate their resources among four sectors: agriculture, woodlands (with wood and non-wood sub-sectors), livestock and urban. Simulations show that, alt...

In this paper we present the creation and presentation of dynamic linguistic resources of Greek Sign Language (GSL). The resources feed the development of an educational multitask platform within the SYNENNOESE project for the teaching of GSL. The platform utilizes standard virtual character (VC) animation technologies for the synthesis of sign sequences/streams, exploiting digital linguistic r...

In many places worldwide the amount of connected distributed energy resources (DER) at the distribution grids is increasing. The electricity feed-in and consumption of those resources requires an adaptation of the system management in order to secure reliability of supply. As it is the case already at high voltage levels under responsibility of the system operator, different trading options lik...

the objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of weaning age on dry matter intake (dmi), average daily gain (adg), feed efficiency (fe), feed cost (fc) and benefit index (bi) of holstein calves reared under organic farming system. thirty two holstein calves were divided into two treatments: early weaning (ew) vs. late weaning (lw). calves in the both groups were provided with whole mi...

Flies in the family Milichiidae are often myrmecophilic. We document the first record of a fly from this family interacting with an ant of the genus Polyrhachis. In lowland riparian rainforest in Sabah, Malaysia, we observed a female of the genus Milichia following an ant of the species of P.illaudata, and repeatedly attempting to make close contact. Our observation suggests that the dipteran m...

Social networking systems originally emerged as tools for keeping up with the daily lives of friends and strangers. They have established themselves as valuable resources and means to satisfy information needs. The challenge with information seeking through social networks is that their immense success and popularity is also a weakness. The data deluge facing users has surpassed comfortably man...

As a result of agricultural intensification, more food is produced today than needed to feed the entire world population and at prices that have never been so low. Yet despite this success and the impact of globalization and increasing world trade in agriculture, there remain large, persistent and, in some cases, worsening spatial differences in the ability of societies to both feed themselves ...

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY While the expected benefits and challenges of RFID technology have been well studied in the manufacturing and service sectors at the private organization level, there is little understanding of these two issues when exploring RFID adoption in the agricultural field and at the public organizational level. Previous tracking programs in Kuwait have been unsuccessful in reducing i...

The research aims to analyze the ruminant and food crop integration system development in Kolaka Regency using LQ (Location Quotient) analysis supporting capacity analysis, sourced from secondary data collected various literature this study. results showed that base for cattle is Samaturu, Polinggona, Watubangga subdistricts, buffalo livestock bases are located Latambaga Wolo Iwoimendaa Subdist...

In this study, data on resource use and emissions for dairy farms in southwestern Sweden were collected and analysed with Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) methodology. The purpose of the study was to gain increased knowledge of the environmental impact of today´s milk production and of the variations between farms regarding resource use and emissions. Data were collected from 23 dairy farms in the H...