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Στο παρακάτω άρθρο εξετάζεται η εφαρμογή της αστικής αγροκαλλιέργειας ως μέσο σταδιακής αστικοποίησης, συνεργασίας, πολιτισμικών ανταλλαγών και ανεύρεσης ταυτότητας νεοφερμένων κατοίκων αστικών περιοχών, ιδιαίτερα μεταναστών προερχομένων από αγροτικές περιοχές. Η εργασία αφού ορίσει τί είναι αστική αγροκαλλιέργεια για την σύγχρονη πολεοδομία εξετάζει τους όρους πολυπολιτισμικότητα, διαπολιτισμικότητα και πολυλειτουργικότητα σε συνεχώς παραγωγικά ...

Medical crowdfunding is a relatively new strategy to obtain access to orphan drugs. The case of Baby Pia, a Belgian girl with SMA type 1 for whom in 2018 more than $ 2.1 million was raised to get her treated with Zolgensma(R), illustrates well the potential power of medical crowdfunding. But apart from the success in raising money, the case is also of particular importance for the ethical issues it brings to the surface as related to justice, ...

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Early diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis is an important factor to improve survival but remains challenging. The detection of Aspergillus antigens is included in the consensus case definitions of the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Mycoses Study Group as a criterion of "probable" invasive aspergillosis. JF5, a mouse IgG3 monoclonal antibody detecting an ...

The PIGLOW app was developed within the PPILOW project to let organic and free-range pig farmers assess the welfare of their pigs. The app includes automated feedback and benchmarking. In a longitudinal study, 12 pig farmers used the PIGLOW app regularly during a 2-year period. Researchers conducted welfare assessments with 19 welfare indicators on each farm at the beginning and end of the study to determine the effect of long-term use of the ...

Local pig breeds differ from modern breeds and show a higher capacity to deposit fat and limited protein deposition (Čandek-Potokar et al., 2019). Additionally, they are reared in diverse production systems and are assumed to be more resistant to environmental conditions. These facts make their phenotype more complex and assessing nutritional needs, based on the knowledge obtained on modern pig breeds, inaccurate. It has been recently shown by ...

Salmonella is one of the most important food borne zoonotic pathogens. While mainly associated with poultry, it has also been associated with pigs. Compared to the high-income countries, there is much less known on the prevalence of Salmonella in low- and middle-income countries, especially in the Caribbean area. Therefore, we investigated the prevalence of Salmonella in pigs and pig meat in Suriname. A total of 53 farms and 53 meat samples were ...