CURRENT PROSPECTS OF HUSBANDRY AND BREEDING PRACTICES OF CHICKEN POPULATIONS REARING IN RURAL COMMUNITIES: FOR SUSTAINABLE IMPROVEMENT INTERVENTIONS

Current Prospects of Husbandry and Breeding Practices of Chicken Populations Rearing in Rural Communities: For Sustainable Improvement Interventions

This study aimed to investigate the present scenario of chicken husbandry and breeding practices in the rural districts of Sidama Region, southern Ethiopia.Four Kids Shoes districts, namely Hula, Shebedino, Aleta Chuko, and Boricha were purposefully selected based on their chicken production potential and agroecological distinctiveness.The study da

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Revenue Sharing in Professional Sports Leagues

This entry provides a review of economic models of professional sports leagues with and without revenue sharing.These include models that assume profit-maximizing and win-maximizing (sportsmen) club owners.Both approaches predict that revenue sharing will reduce the demand for player talent, depress player salaries, and transfer revenue from large-

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WikiArtVectors: Style and Color Representations of Artworks for Cultural Analysis via Information Theoretic Measures

With the increase in massive digitized datasets of cultural artefacts, social and cultural scientists have an unprecedented opportunity for the discovery and expansion of cultural theory.The WikiArt dataset is one such example, with over 250,000 high quality images of historically significant artworks by over 3000 artists, ranging from the 15th cen

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Bread wheat quality under limiting environmental conditions: II – Rheological properties of Lebanese wheat genotypes

In the general framework of a program to improve the local production of common wheat by the Lebanese State, we have characterized the rheology of different bread wheat cultivars selected for their adaptation to semi-arid weather conditions.After a biochemical characterization [i.e.synthesis and HERBATINT FF2 accumulation of the major constituents

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Clinically significant genomic alterations in the Chinese and Western patients with intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma

Abstract Background The goal of this study is to disclose the clinically significant genomic alterations in the Chinese and Western patients with intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma.Methods A total of 86 Chinese patients were enrolled in this study.A panel of 579 pan-cancer genes was sequenced for the qualified samples from these patients.Driver genes,

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