Search results for "growth rate"

The effects of dietary fumonisin B1 on growth and physiology of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

2016

Kalanrehuissa on perinteisesti luotettu kalajauhoon ja -öljyyn rehujen pääasiallisina proteiinin- ja energianlähteinä. Näitä raaka-aineita on nykyään alettu korvata kasviperäisillä ainesosilla niiden edullisemman hinnan ja helpomman saatavuuden vuoksi, esimerkiksi maissilla, vehnällä ja soijalla. Pilaantuneen kasviperäisen raaka-aineen mukana rehuun pääsee haitallisia mykotoksiineja. Mykotoksiinit ovat homesienten sekundäärisiä metaboliatuotteita, joita ne pääasiassa tuottavat kilpailuun muita homeita vastaan, ja joiden on havaittu aiheuttavan kasvun heikentymistä ja sairauksia monilla eri kotieläimillä, mutta niiden vaikutuksista kaloihin tiedetään varsin vähän. Yksi yleisimmistä mykotoksi…

Assessment of antifungal activity of extracts from nettle (Urtica dioica L.) against Alternaria solani = Ocena aktywności przeciwgrzybowej ekstraktów…

2015

(Urtica dioica L.) w stężeniach 2,5, 5,0, 10,0, 20,0, 40,0% wobec fitopatogennego szczepu Alternaria solani. Aktywność przeciwgrzybową ekstraktów z pokrzywy określono w oparciu o indeks tempa wzrostu grzybni oraz indeks kiełkowania zarodników. W badaniach określono również wpływ metod sterylizacji testowanych wyciągów na ich aktywność. Na podstawie uzyskanych wyników wykazano, iż ekstrakty sterylizowane parą wodną pod ciśnieniem nie wykazują aktywności przeciwgrzybowej. W przypadku ekstraktu z korzenia, który charakteryzował się większą aktywnością inhibicyjną, uzyskano zaledwie 7% redukcję tempa wzrostu grzybni. Natomiast ekstrakt z korzenia poddany sterylizacji przez sączenie ograniczał o…

Production of feeds for African catfish Clarias gariepinus using plant proteins

2012

Data from: Predator–vole interactions in northern Europe: the role of small mustelids revised

2014

The cyclic population dynamics of vole and predator communities is a key phenomenon in northern ecosystems, and it appears to be influenced by climate change. Reports of collapsing rodent cycles have attributed the changes to warmer winters, which weaken the interaction between voles and their specialist subnivean predators. Using population data collected throughout Finland during 1986–2011, we analyse the spatio-temporal variation in the interactions between populations of voles and specialist, generalist and avian predators, and investigate by simulations the roles of the different predators in the vole cycle. We test the hypothesis that vole population cyclicity is dependent on predator…

Adoption of social media marketing for sustainable business growth of SMEs in emerging economies: The moderating role of leadership support

2021

Social media marketing (SMM) plays an important role in business communication, marketing, operations, and other activities. There is a growing interest among researchers, academicians, and practitioners to understand the role of SMM in business sustainability in small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in an emerging economy, like India. Few studies have attempted to understand this role. Thus, the aim of this study is to examine the impact of adopting social media marketing for sustainable business growth of SMEs in an emerging economy. The study also investigates the moderating role of SME leadership support on the relationship between SMM usage and sustainable business growth of SMEs. After …

The temporal variation in Siberian flying squirrel (Pteromys volans) population size

2011

Human land use causes declines of natural populations, for example, by loss of habitat area. Additionally, habitat fragmentation can cause the population size to decline more than is expected based on the area lost. Some ecological processes, such as demographic stochasticity and Allee effect, can expose already small populations to further decline. The endangered Siberian flying squirrel (Pteromys volans) has suffered from intensive forestry in Finland. In this thesis I estimated the size and growth rate of a local flying squirrel population living in nest boxes in Alavus using 15-year mark-recapture data. I regressed the estimated population size against habitat availability to detect rel…

Harnessing Women’s Potential as a Soft Engine for Growth : Lessons from Contrasting Trajectories between Finland and Japan for Growing Economies

2017

Harnessing the vigor of women’s potential is essential for inclusive economic growth in a digital economy moving toward aging society. This can be a soft engine for sustainable growth substitutable for costly hard investment. While there exists explicit evidence of a virtual cycle between economic growth and gender balance improvement, emerging countries cannot afford to overcome the constraints of low income. Given the foregoing, this paper analyzed possible co-evolution between economic growth, gender balance improvement and digital innovation initiated by information and communication technology (ICT) advancement. Using a unique dataset representing the state of gender balance improvemen…

Information, Communications and Media Technologies for Sustainability: Constructing Data-Driven Policy Narratives

2021

This paper introduces the idea of data-driven narratives to examine how the use of information, communications, and media technologies (ICMTs) impacts the sustainable growth of economies. While ICMTs have regularly been advocated as a policy tool for growth and development, there is a research gap in empirical studies validating how such policies may be effective. This analysis is based on historical panel data from 39 economies across the developed North (19) and developing South (20). The industry-standard Cross-Industry Standard Process for Data Mining (CRISP-DM) methodology was applied to construct narratives that weave extant theories with empirical data. The art of developing data-dri…