Urban freight transportation is considered one of the activities that has greatest impact on urban areas in terms sustainability and livability, therefore, new trends are emerging to reduce its impacts. However, there a lack methodologies evaluate validate implementation these trends. In this context, proposed methodology presents three KPIs attending triple bottom line approach, which look at ...

Abstract A total of 1260 weaned pigs (PIC 359x1050) from 358 sows were used to determine effects feeding and/or their progeny a proprietary strain Pichia guilliermondii as whole-cell inactivated yeast product (WCY; CitriStim, ADM Animal Nutrition, Quincy, IL) on nursery and grow-finish growth performance carcass characteristics. Sows fed either basal gestation/lactation control (CON) diet or CO...

A study was conducted to evaluate the ability of the young (0 to 3 wk) broiler chicken to utilize the P provided by a high available P corn [HAPC; 0.27% total P and 0.17% nonphytate P] in comparison with yellow dent corn (YDC; 0.23% total P and 0.03% nonphytate P), and to determine the extent to which supplementation with exogenous phytase enzyme could reduce the demands for dietary P and subse...

The world has been urbanizing for centuries (United Nations 2001; United Nations Centre for Human Settlements [1996] 2000). While some scholars note a decline in the significance of space and distance as the result of telecommunications advancements and globalization (Cairncross 2001), other thinkers point to the continuing, if not increasing, importance of proximity and multiple benefits of ur...

Urbanization has caused significant landscape changes in rural areas, leading to the emergence of urbanized landscapes (ULs), which have been generally criticized by authorities and professionals. However, perceptions ULs among local residents rarely studied. In this study, we chose five typical categories from rapidly transforming villages Fujian Province, China — hardened water bank (HWB), bi...