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Want it more automatic, accurate and faster? For milking robots (also called AMS, VMS, robotic milking) or for laboratories?
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http://animalmonitoring.com/
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Youtube intro video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zE3_XrkW7rI
--------------------------------------------------
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1–2 Gyr after collision, and certainly not later than 3 Gyr. This is further evidence that the progenitor of the ‘last major merger’
did not collide with the MW proto-disc at early times, as is thought for the GSE, but instead collided with the MW disc within
the last few Gyr, consistent with the body of work surrounding the VRM.
Authoring a personal GPT for your research and practice: How we created the Q...Leonel Morgado
Thematic analysis in qualitative research is a time-consuming and systematic task, typically done using teams. Team members must ground their activities on common understandings of the major concepts underlying the thematic analysis, and define criteria for its development. However, conceptual misunderstandings, equivocations, and lack of adherence to criteria are challenges to the quality and speed of this process. Given the distributed and uncertain nature of this process, we wondered if the tasks in thematic analysis could be supported by readily available artificial intelligence chatbots. Our early efforts point to potential benefits: not just saving time in the coding process but better adherence to criteria and grounding, by increasing triangulation between humans and artificial intelligence. This tutorial will provide a description and demonstration of the process we followed, as two academic researchers, to develop a custom ChatGPT to assist with qualitative coding in the thematic data analysis process of immersive learning accounts in a survey of the academic literature: QUAL-E Immersive Learning Thematic Analysis Helper. In the hands-on time, participants will try out QUAL-E and develop their ideas for their own qualitative coding ChatGPT. Participants that have the paid ChatGPT Plus subscription can create a draft of their assistants. The organizers will provide course materials and slide deck that participants will be able to utilize to continue development of their custom GPT. The paid subscription to ChatGPT Plus is not required to participate in this workshop, just for trying out personal GPTs during it.
Mending Clothing to Support Sustainable Fashion_CIMaR 2024.pdfSelcen Ozturkcan
Ozturkcan, S., Berndt, A., & Angelakis, A. (2024). Mending clothing to support sustainable fashion. Presented at the 31st Annual Conference by the Consortium for International Marketing Research (CIMaR), 10-13 Jun 2024, University of Gävle, Sweden.
Current Ms word generated power point presentation covers major details about the micronuclei test. It's significance and assays to conduct it. It is used to detect the micronuclei formation inside the cells of nearly every multicellular organism. It's formation takes place during chromosomal sepration at metaphase.
hematic appreciation test is a psychological assessment tool used to measure an individual's appreciation and understanding of specific themes or topics. This test helps to evaluate an individual's ability to connect different ideas and concepts within a given theme, as well as their overall comprehension and interpretation skills. The results of the test can provide valuable insights into an individual's cognitive abilities, creativity, and critical thinking skills
Milk safety and child nutrition impacts of a training, certification and marketing scheme for informal dairy vendors in Kenya: The MoreMilk project
1. Better lives through livestock
Milk safety and child nutrition impacts of a training,
certification and marketing Scheme for informal dairy vendors
in Kenya: The MoreMilk project
Silvia Alonso
Principal Scientist - Epidemiologist, MoreMilk project PI
Animal and Human Health Program, ILRI
ANH Academy Week, Lilongwe, Malawi
27 July 2023
3. 3
FOOD SAFETY
OUTCOME - Total bacterial count in milk at the
vendor business
NUTRITION
OUTCOME – dietary adequacy of protein, Ca, and
vitamin B12 for children 12–48 months
PRIMARY OUTCOMES
4. 4
Intervention – 3 components
1. TRAINING (15 hrs) on milk handling and business skills
5. 5
Intervention – 3 components
1. TRAINING (15 hrs) on milk handling
and business skills
2. VISITS TO VENDORS reporting lab results
6. 6
Intervention – 3 components
1. TRAINING (15 hrs) on milk handling
and business skills
2. VISITS TO VENDORS reporting lab
results
3. MILK MARKETING CAMPAIGN
7. 7
Cluster Randomized Control Trial
ENDLINE
Oct/Nov 2022
TRAINING
Vendors
recruited
(n=283)
TRAINING
BASELINE
Oct/Nov 2021
CENSUS
≤ 10HHs /
vendor
(n=1014)
VISIT 1 VISIT 2
MARKETING CAMPAIGN
8. 8
Intervention effect – FOOD SAFETY OUTCOME
Baseline mean ± SEa Endline mean ± SEa Impact estimates β ± SE
Control Treatment Control Treatment Model 1 Model 2 Model 3
unadjusted adjusted adjusted
Ln Total Bacterial Count in
milk 13.79 ± 0.54 14.23 ± 0.48 13.46 ± 0.6 13.14 ± 0.54 -0.33 ± 0.8 -0.44 ± 0.81 -0.46 ± 0.86
Ln Total Enterobacteria
Count in milk 11.62 ± 0.56 11.88 ± 0.56 10.87 ± 0.63 10.84 ± 0.55 -0.03 ± 0.83 -0.08 ± 0.85 -0.11 ± 0.9
• Microbiological quality of milk affected by
earlier steps in the supply chain
• Failure to sustain effect overtime
• Capital investments needed
• Other secondary outcomes to be analysed
9. 9
Intervention effect – NUTRITION OUTCOME
• Increase of 40–50ml/d of milk intake in
treatment group compared to control
• No difference in diet adequacy on calcium,
protein and vitamin B12
• No difference in child acute diarrhoea incidence
Baseline mean ± SEa Endline mean ± SEa Impact estimates β ± SE
Control Treatment Control Treatment Model 1 Model 2 Model 3
unadjusted adjusted adjusted
Ln mean adeq ratio
(incl. breastmilk intake) 0.95 ± 0.03 0.95 ± 0.03 0.89 ± 0.03 0.97 ± 0.03 0.09 ± 0.05 0.07 ± 0.04 0.07 ± 0.04
Milk intake mL/d - all
milk types 313.47 ± 11.63 308.82 ± 11.79 323.15 ± 12.10 371.20 ± 12.16 48.05 ± 17.16** 43.82 ± 15.53** 40.24 ± 15.39**
Child acute diarrhea, % 11.75 ± 1.57 12.26 ± 1.59 5.80 ± 1.21 5.90 ± 1.22 0.09 ± 1.71 0.38 ± 1.71 0.09 ± 1.71
10. The intervention should consider:
• Complementing the intervention
with actions along the value chain.
• Access to credit - change of
practices will require investments
• Expand milk marketing strategy
(diets?)
• A design that suits a sector where
there is a large turnover of
businesses