Enrichment of putative plant growth promoting microorganisms in biodynamic compared with organic agriculture soils.

The potential of soils to maintain biological productivity, defined as soil health, is strongly influenced by human activity, such as agriculture. Therefore, soil management has always been a concern for sustainable agriculture and new methods that account for both soil health and crop yield must be found. Biofertilization using microbial inoculants emerges as a promising alternative to conventional interventions such as excessive mineral fertilization and herbicide use.

Can the assessment of skin injuries and keel bone damage at the slaughterhouse replace on-farm assessments?

Two major welfare problems in laying hen farming are keel bone damage (KBD) and cannibalism. Their assessment is time-consuming, needs well-trained assessors, and prevalence estimates are often imprecise due to small sample sizes. Here, the bottleneck slaughterhouse comes into focus where large numbers of animals can be inspected.

Somatic multicomorbidity and disability in patients with psychiatric disorders in comparison to the general population: a quasi-epidemiological investigation in 54,826 subjects from 40 countries (COMET-G study).

Background: The prevalence of medical illnesses is high among patients with psychiatric disorders. The current study aimed to investigate multi-comorbidity in patients with psychiatric disorders in comparison to the general population. Secondary aims were to investigate factors associated with metabolic syndrome and treatment appropriateness of mental disorders.

Non-destructive monitoring of quality attributes kinetics during the drying process: A case study of celeriac slices and the model generalisation in selected commodities.

The potential of Visual-NIR hyperspectral imaging (VNIR-HSI, 425-1700 nm) to predict celeriac quality attributes during the drying process was investigated. The HSI-Gaussian Process Regression (GPR) fusion method excellently predicted moisture content (MC, R ≈ 1.00, RMSE = 0.