Agricultural Information Worldwide, Volume 4, Number 1, 2011In this issue: FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK... more Agricultural Information Worldwide, Volume 4, Number 1, 2011In this issue: FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK: CIARD and the Interoperability of Agricultural Information / Antoinette Paris Greider (3); Anton Mangstl: A Tribute / Antoinette Paris Greider (7). ARTICLES: AGRIS—From a Bibliographical Database to a Web Data Service on Agricultural Research Information, AGRIS - d’une base de données bibliographique à un service de données Web sur les informations de la recherche agricole, AGRIS: Desde una base de datos bibliográfica a un servicio de transmisión de datos en la Web de información sobre investigación agrícola / Angela Fogarolli, Dan Brickley, Stefano Anibaldi, Johannes Keizer (10); DataStaR: A Data Sharing and Publication Infrastructure to Support Research, DataStaR: une infrastructure pour partager et publier des données pour soutenir la recherché, DataStaR: Una infraestructura de participación de datos y de publicación para apoyar la investigación / Gail Steinhart (16); Trends of the ...
ICTs are transforming the lives of family farmers, giving them better access to information, mark... more ICTs are transforming the lives of family farmers, giving them better access to information, markets, services and inputs, and making them more resilient to external shock
tivity is transforming the ways that science and development are conducted. Second, massive proce... more tivity is transforming the ways that science and development are conducted. Second, massive processing power is accessible through “clouds ” of Internet and computing services, providing sharable tools, applications, and intelligently linked content and data. Local computing capacities are no longer a barrier to gain access to world-class computing services. Third, science can call on an increasing ability to collect, analyze, and reuse massive, distributed collections of data. Fourth, individuals and amateurs are increasingly able to create and manage sophisticated informa-tion and knowledge. This “democratization ” of science and the Internet draws many more people and institutions into research and development processes. In a review of current work on “data-intensive computing ” for science (Hey et al., 2009), the editors argue that scientific break-throughs will increasingly be powered by advanced computing capabilities that help researchers manipulate and explore massive data s...
In order to facilitate better collaboration between agricultural research actors and ensure more ... more In order to facilitate better collaboration between agricultural research actors and ensure more effective management of research projects and more rational funding, it is desirable to have access to comprehensive information on people's expertise, areas of activities of Institutions, existing projects in specific areas and countries, related events and publications. An information system that aimed at giving access to such information should: a) go beyond closed communities and directories (search several communities and directories, allow to share people profiles, affiliations, competencies, projects, publications across communities); b) go beyond serendipity, gathering information systematically, organizing data by discipline, affiliation, topic, geographic scope and providing context, in order to discover what is happening and who does what through meaningful relationships. An existing project that aims at something similar is VIVO, started at Cornell University in 2003. VIVO is a research-focused discovery tool that enables collaboration among scientists across all disciplines at Cornell University. It allows to browse information on people, departments, courses, grants, and publications following an ontology-based navigation.
Research, extension, and advisory services are some of the most knowledge-intensive elements of a... more Research, extension, and advisory services are some of the most knowledge-intensive elements of agricultural innovation systems. They are also among the heaviest users of information communication technologies (ICTs). This module introduces ICT developments in the wider innovation and knowledge systems as well as explores drivers of ICT use in research and extension. Full text available from: http://www.ictinagriculture.org/ictinag/sites/ictinagriculture.org/files/final_Module6.pdf
A study was made of blood cellular components, serum proteins and serum enzymes in 48 pigs natura... more A study was made of blood cellular components, serum proteins and serum enzymes in 48 pigs naturally infected with Cysticercus tenuicollis. Twenty-five healthy pigs were studied for comparison. Affected animals showed a reduction in total erythrocyte count, packed cell volume and haemoglobin content and an increase in mean corpuscular volume and total leucocyte count. Significantly higher activities of aspartate aminotransferase, alanine aminotransferase, alkaline phosphatase and isocitric dehydrogenase serum enzymes were recorded in all affected pigs. Total protein, albumin and globulin values of affected pigs remained unchanged when compared with healthy controls.
Agricultural Information Worldwide, Volume 4, Number 1, 2011In this issue: FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK... more Agricultural Information Worldwide, Volume 4, Number 1, 2011In this issue: FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK: CIARD and the Interoperability of Agricultural Information / Antoinette Paris Greider (3); Anton Mangstl: A Tribute / Antoinette Paris Greider (7). ARTICLES: AGRIS—From a Bibliographical Database to a Web Data Service on Agricultural Research Information, AGRIS - d’une base de données bibliographique à un service de données Web sur les informations de la recherche agricole, AGRIS: Desde una base de datos bibliográfica a un servicio de transmisión de datos en la Web de información sobre investigación agrícola / Angela Fogarolli, Dan Brickley, Stefano Anibaldi, Johannes Keizer (10); DataStaR: A Data Sharing and Publication Infrastructure to Support Research, DataStaR: une infrastructure pour partager et publier des données pour soutenir la recherché, DataStaR: Una infraestructura de participación de datos y de publicación para apoyar la investigación / Gail Steinhart (16); Trends of the ...
ICTs are transforming the lives of family farmers, giving them better access to information, mark... more ICTs are transforming the lives of family farmers, giving them better access to information, markets, services and inputs, and making them more resilient to external shock
tivity is transforming the ways that science and development are conducted. Second, massive proce... more tivity is transforming the ways that science and development are conducted. Second, massive processing power is accessible through “clouds ” of Internet and computing services, providing sharable tools, applications, and intelligently linked content and data. Local computing capacities are no longer a barrier to gain access to world-class computing services. Third, science can call on an increasing ability to collect, analyze, and reuse massive, distributed collections of data. Fourth, individuals and amateurs are increasingly able to create and manage sophisticated informa-tion and knowledge. This “democratization ” of science and the Internet draws many more people and institutions into research and development processes. In a review of current work on “data-intensive computing ” for science (Hey et al., 2009), the editors argue that scientific break-throughs will increasingly be powered by advanced computing capabilities that help researchers manipulate and explore massive data s...
In order to facilitate better collaboration between agricultural research actors and ensure more ... more In order to facilitate better collaboration between agricultural research actors and ensure more effective management of research projects and more rational funding, it is desirable to have access to comprehensive information on people's expertise, areas of activities of Institutions, existing projects in specific areas and countries, related events and publications. An information system that aimed at giving access to such information should: a) go beyond closed communities and directories (search several communities and directories, allow to share people profiles, affiliations, competencies, projects, publications across communities); b) go beyond serendipity, gathering information systematically, organizing data by discipline, affiliation, topic, geographic scope and providing context, in order to discover what is happening and who does what through meaningful relationships. An existing project that aims at something similar is VIVO, started at Cornell University in 2003. VIVO is a research-focused discovery tool that enables collaboration among scientists across all disciplines at Cornell University. It allows to browse information on people, departments, courses, grants, and publications following an ontology-based navigation.
Research, extension, and advisory services are some of the most knowledge-intensive elements of a... more Research, extension, and advisory services are some of the most knowledge-intensive elements of agricultural innovation systems. They are also among the heaviest users of information communication technologies (ICTs). This module introduces ICT developments in the wider innovation and knowledge systems as well as explores drivers of ICT use in research and extension. Full text available from: http://www.ictinagriculture.org/ictinag/sites/ictinagriculture.org/files/final_Module6.pdf
A study was made of blood cellular components, serum proteins and serum enzymes in 48 pigs natura... more A study was made of blood cellular components, serum proteins and serum enzymes in 48 pigs naturally infected with Cysticercus tenuicollis. Twenty-five healthy pigs were studied for comparison. Affected animals showed a reduction in total erythrocyte count, packed cell volume and haemoglobin content and an increase in mean corpuscular volume and total leucocyte count. Significantly higher activities of aspartate aminotransferase, alanine aminotransferase, alkaline phosphatase and isocitric dehydrogenase serum enzymes were recorded in all affected pigs. Total protein, albumin and globulin values of affected pigs remained unchanged when compared with healthy controls.
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