Jocelyn Brooke’s Country: ‘Topologies of the Self’ by Catherine Hoffmann

“…This essay examines Jocelyn Brooke’s approach to Kentish and Italian landscapes in two autobiographical narratives, The Military Orchid (1948) and The Dog at Clambercrown (1955), which map a geography of the self and embody the cross-fertilisation of an inner landscape and the topography of a region. …”
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Islandness in Human Rights, Human Rights in Islandness: Missing Voices by Aikaterini Tsampi

“…A potential cross-fertilisation between human rights law and Island Studies can be very promising not only for the advancement of the respective fields from a scholarly point of view, but also for a more efficient understanding of islandness and protection of human rights in practice.…”
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Spoken Latin: Learning, Teaching, Lecturing and Research by A. Gratius Avitus

“…It is my hope that in drawing attention to the rapidly increasing number of initiatives, this article will promote cross-fertilisation of ideas between the disparate influencers in the field of Latin pedagogy.…”
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The interaction of female age and active male smoking has negative influence on success rates of the in vitro fertilization treatments by Petanovska Kostova E

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Evaluation et proposition de révision du deuxième Programme de Gestion Durable de l'Azote en agriculture en Région wallonne (Belgique) by Vandenberghe C., Benoît J., Deneufbourg M., Destain JP., De Toffoli M., Dufrasne I., Fonder N., Heens B., Hennart S., Lambert S., Marcoen J.M.

“…These deal with organic and mineral nitrogen fertilisation for crops and meadows, catch crops, soil nitrogen residue controle at the beginning of the nitrate leaching period, meadow’s ploughing management and the dairy cow’s standard for nitrogen production.…”
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Pregnancy outcomes and newborn characteristics in women with follicular fluid thyroid autoantibodies undergoing assisted reproduction by Medenica Sanja, Garalejić Eliana, Abazović Džihan, Bukumirić Zoran, Paschou Stavroula A., Arsić Biljana, Vujošević Snežana, Međo Biljana, Žarković Miloš

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Stage-Specific L-Proline Uptake by Amino Acid Transporter Slc6a19/B⁰AT1 Is Required for Optimal Preimplantation Embryo Development in Mice by Tamara Treleaven, Matthew Zada, Rajini Nagarajah, Charles G. Bailey, John E. J. Rasko, Michael B. Morris, Margot L. Day

“…Recently we have shown that Pro improves subsequent embryo development when added to fertilisation medium during in vitro fertilisation of mouse oocytes. …”
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Growth, carbohydrate assimilation and leaf gas exchange characteristics of Elaeis guineensis Jacq seedlings under nitrogen fertilization by Ibrahim, Mohd Hafiz, Nulit, Rosimah, Megat Wahab, Puteri Edorayati, Najihah, Tuan Sharipah, Razak, Afifah, Mohd Zain, Nurul Amalina

“…Aims: This study was conducted to characterise the growth, carbohydrate and leaf gas exchange patterns of oil palm seedlings performance (Deli Yangambi) under nitrogen fertilisation. Study Design: The palms were fertilised with three nitrogen rates: (1) Control (90 g/palm); (2) twice the control (180 g/palm), and (3) thrice the control (270 g/palm). …”
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L'intérêt du <em>Panicum maximum</em> pour l'intensification fourragère au Sénégal. I. L'association maraîchage-élevage by Gilles Mandret, A. Ourry, Guy Roberge

“…L'incidence économique de la fertilisation est abordée sous l'aspect des exportations, du coefficient apparent d'utilisation et de la dilution de l'azote dans la matière sèche. …”
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The Strategy of Private Forest Development in Bandar Dalam Village Sidomulyo District South Lampung Regency by Victor Butar Butar, Duryat ., Rudi Hilmanto

“…The community forest development strategy that needs to be implemented is the maintenance of trees, reducing the weakness of knowledge about forests by increasing knowledge about the benefits of forests and reducing threats by using simple technologies such as the use of complete agricultural tools and fertilisation. Keywords: forest products, wood private forests, the development strategy…”
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Efficient Agrobacterium-mediated transformation and genome editing of Fagopyrum tataricum by Artur Pinski, Alexander Betekhtin

“…Gaertn. is an exceptional crop known for its remarkable health benefits, high levels of beneficial polyphenols and gluten-free properties, making it highly sought-after as a functional food. Its self-fertilisation capability and adaptability to challenging environments further contribute to its potential as a sustainable agricultural option. …”
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Gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist ovulation trigger—beyond OHSS prevention by Juan Carlos Castillo, Thor Haahr, María Martínez-Moya, Peter Humaidan

“…Thus, GnRHa trigger already has a pivotal role, not only for the standard in vitro fertilisation (IVF) patient, but also for patient groups like oocyte donors, cancer patients, patients with poor ovarian reserve, and patients with immature oocyte syndrome and empty follicle syndrome. …”
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Testing Embryos for IQ by Michelle de Souza

“…In 2018, an American biotechnology company developed a test that could identify if an embryo created through in-vitro fertilisation would become a person with a low intelligence quotient. …”
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Editorial: Disruptors on Male Reproduction - Emerging Risk Factors by Yankai Xia, Honggang Li, Rossella Cannarella, Panagiotis Drakopoulos, Panagiotis Drakopoulos, Panagiotis Drakopoulos, Qing Chen

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Selection, Recombination and History in a Parasitic Flatworm (Echinococcus) Inferred from Nucleotide Sequences by KL Haag, AM Araújo, B Gottstein, A Zaha

“…The calculated recombination parameters suggested that cross-fertilisation was rare in the history of the group. However, the relative rates of substitution in the coding sequences showed that positive selection (instead of purifying selection) drove the evolution of an elastase and neutrophil chemotaxis inhibitor gene (AgB/1). …”
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Development of RSA-style animations for biology education by Ee, Jaclyn Hui Ying

“…Surveys, a short quiz and online comments have revealed that the animations were of good quality and are helpful in learning the biological concept of double fertilisation. Viewers have also indicated their preference watching the animations over a lecture. …”
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Mechanisms of prezygotic post-pollination reproductive barriers in plants by Wang, L, Filatov, DA

“…On the other hand, mating with close relatives, or self-fertilisation may lead to inbreeding depression. Thus, both too much or too little divergence may lead to problems and the organisms have to carefully choose mating partners to avoid both of these pitfalls. …”

A hypothesis for the evolution of androdioecy: the joint influence of reproductive assurance and local mate competition in a metapopulation by Pannell, J

“…In a subdivided population with recurrent local extinction and re-colonisation, competition amongst related pollen or sperm to fertilise ovules or eggs (`local mate competition') is expected to select for female-biased sex allocation. …”

TOWARD A METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC GRADING OF MICROSCOPE HUMAN EMBRYO IMAGES by Santos Filho, E, Noble, J, Wells, D, IEEE

“…The precise assessment of embryo viability is an extremely important factor for the optimisation of the in vitro fertilisation procedure. In order to assess embryo viability, several embryo scoring systems have been developed. …”

Developmental competence of bovine oocytes in maturation media supplemented with follicular fluid exosomes by Theres Arya, R.S. Abhilash, C. Jayakumar, A. Amritha, T. Naicy, Hiron M. Harshan, M.M. Revathy

“…Following IVM of oocytes for 24 h, in vitro fertilisation (IVF)was carried out by co-incubating with capacitated spermatozoa for 18 h and embryo culture was carried out subsequently. …”
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