Productive losses on broiler preslaughter operations: effects of the distance from farms to abattoirs and of lairage time in a climatized holding area Perdas produtivas nas operaçõ... by Frederico Márcio Corrêa Vieira, Iran José Oliveira da Silva, José Antonio Delfino Barbosa Filho, Afrânio Márcio Corrêa Vieira

“…Data were obtained from the holding area acclimatized through fans and water misting in the mornings, afternoons and at night. The thermal variables (temperature and relative humidity), distance, lairage time and density of birds per cage were considered in the analysis. …”
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An Assessment of the GEDI Lasers’ Capabilities in Detecting Canopy Tops and Their Penetration in a Densely Vegetated, Tropical Area by Ibrahim Fayad, Nicolas Baghdadi, Kamel Lahssini

“…Finally, the assessment of the acquisition time on the detection of the ground return and the top of the canopies showed that, for the coverage lasers, solar noise could affect the detection of the ground return as acquisitions made during early mornings or late afternoons have more penetration than shots acquired between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. …”
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Significant Daily CO₂ Source–Sink Interchange in an Urbanizing Lake in Southwest China by Rongjie Yang, Yingying Chen, Di Li, Yuling Qiu, Kezhu Lu, Shiliang Liu, Huixing Song

“…Notably, the mornings (7:00–12:00 CST) exhibited substantially elevated <i>p</i>CO₂ and <i>f</i>CO₂ values compared to the afternoons. Specifically, compared to 7:00, the mean <i>p</i>CO₂ and <i>f</i>CO₂ at 17:00 CST decreased by ca. 74% and 112%, respectively. …”
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Consumo de frutas en una población adulta de Costa Rica by Sonia Guzmán Padilla, Marlene Roselló Araya

“…Data were collected in a survey using home direct structured interviews carried out in the afternoons or during the weekend in February, 2000 . …”
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Adherence to the WHO recommendation of three weekly days of vigorous intensity activities in children: an accelerometry study of vigorous physical activity bouts by Juan Carlos Benavente-Marín, Francisco Javier Barón-López, Begoña Gil Barcenilla, Guadalupe Longo Abril, José M. Rumbao Aguirre, Napoleón Pérez-Farinós, Julia Wärnberg

“…Children who reported at least three weekly hours of organized extracurricular sports activities accumulated a higher proportion of school afternoons with VPA-Bouts than those with fewer weekly hours of this type of activities (≥3 hours/week: 27.5%, <3 hours/week: 9.3%, p < 0.001). …”
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Lehrpersonen bei der Planung und Implementation kooperativer Aufgaben im inklusiven Fachunterricht unterstützen: Einblicke in die Fortbildung im Projekt RegioDiff by Daniela Ender, Lisa Paleczek, Martina Kalcher, Andreas Kelz

“…This paper provides insights into the project RegioDiff (conducted in Styria, Austria) that introduced cooperative learning methods to Grade 8 teachers in a teacher training (two afternoons). In this training, teachers had the opportunity to share their experiences, express concerns, and gain knowledge about cooperative learning. …”
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Elasmobranchs observed in deepwaters (45-330m) at Isla del Coco National Park, Costa Rica (Eastern Tropical Pacific) by Jorge Cortés, Astrid Sánchez-Jiménez, J. Alexander Rodríguez-Arrieta, Geovanna Quirós-Barrantes, Paula C. González, Shmulik Blum

“…Triaenodon obesus, the white tip reef shark, was commonly observed between 80 and 301m, but only in the afternoons. Sphyrna lewini, the scalloped hammerhead shark, was observed as deep a 303m, but commonly between 45 and 90m, and close to the island. …”
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Preliminary Assessment and Verification of the Langley Plots Calibration of the Sun Photometer at Mt Foyeding Observatory, Beijing by Yu Zheng, Huizheng Che, Ke Gui, Xiangao Xia, Hujia Zhao, Lei Li, Lei Zhang, Xinglu Zhang, Hengheng Zhao, Yuanxin Liang, Hong Wang, Yaqiang Wang, Xiaoye Zhang

“…The results showed that satisfactory atmospheric conditions are present on winter mornings, characterized by a smaller average AOD (~0.09–0.14) and a lower range ratio (~36.97–63.38%) than in the afternoons and over a whole day. The six days selected as the case study all showed stable atmospheric conditions characterized by daily average triplets of <2% for all wavelengths. …”
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