MIGRANTS, REFUGEES, AND DISPLACED PERSONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA: AN APPROACH FROM THE GLOBAL SOUTH.

Migrants, Refugees, and Displaced Persons in the Middle East and North Africa: An approach from the Global South.

Abstract.This article aims to introduce aspects Totes involved in studies on migratory dynamics in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).In this sense, we present some historical dynamics for defining the territories of what is considered the MENA region, as well as highlighting the participation of these countries in the context of the migratory

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Freedom to Move: Free Lactation Pens Improve Sow Welfare

Farrowing crates present a major animal welfare problem.This study investigated the effects of temporary confinement at farrowing on sow welfare and aimed to determine whether this type of system could improve sow welfare through increased freedom of movement.Sows were housed in one of two farrowing accommodation treatments: conventional farrowing

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A Micro-Scale Approach for Cropland Suitability Assessment of Permanent Crops Using Machine Learning and a Low-Cost UAV

This study presents a micro-scale approach for the cropland suitability assessment of permanent crops based on a low-cost unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) equipped with a commercially available RGB sensor.The study area was divided into two subsets, with Bracelets subsets A and B containing tangerine plantations planted during years 2000 and 2008, res

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Comparative Analysis of Tetra(2-naphthyl)tetracyano-porphyrazine and Its Iron Complex as Photosensitizers for Anticancer Photodynamic Therapy

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a rapidly developing modality of primary and adjuvant anticancer treatment.The main trends today are the search for new effective photodynamic agents and the creation of targeted delivery systems with the function of controlling the release of the agent in the tumor.Recently, the new group of cyanoarylporphyrazine dyes

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