SOCIAL MEDIA, KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT, AND LEARNING IN FARMER INNOVATION


Impact of temporal and rearing environment variations on brood ester pheromone production in the honey bee Apis mellifera

Chemical communication plays a key role in homeostasis within social insect societies.The development of the superorganism relies on the tightly regulated raising of new individuals, which necessitates an efficient communication system between the brood and adult workers.In the honey bee Apis mellifera, a blend of ten fatty-acid esters found on the

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Prediction of new cases of HIV infection and AIDS in Chongqing: data fitting and comparative analysis of 3 prediction models

Objective To establish prediction models for the total number of newly reported cases of HIV infection and AIDS in Chongqing and assess the performance of these models using the data in the recent 2 years.Methods The ARIMA model, exponential smoothing method and trend extrapolation method were used to fit the data of the total number of newly repor

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Does hard mast production affect patterns of cementum annuli formation in premolar teeth of Asian black bears (Ursus thibetanus)?

Cementum annuli widths in mammals are is influenced by the nutrition of mammals.Reproductive stress has been is suggested to reduce the width of lead to narrower cementum annuli widths in female Asian black bears (Ursus thibetanus); however, food availability in autumn strongly impacts bear nutrition and likely impacts cementum widths as well.This

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