Transformation of traditional shifting cultivation into permanent cropping systems: a case study in Sarayaku, Ecuador

Slash-and-burn shifting cultivation is common in indigenous societies in the Amazon basin.The large land use of this farming practice is of increasing concern because most indigenous communities are faced with population canon imageclass mf227dw growth and territory losses.Our study aims to evaluate the feasibility of transforming shifting cultivat

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Diet-Induced Rabbit Models for the Study of Metabolic Syndrome

Obesity and metabolic syndrome (MetS) have become a growing problem for public health and clinical practice, given their increased prevalence due to the rise of sedentary lifestyles and excessive caloric intake from processed food rich in fat and sugar.There are several definitions of MetS, but most of them describe it as a cluster of cardiovascula

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Arabic Lip Reading With Limited Data Using Deep Learning

Two main challenges faced by deep learning systems are related to the amount of data and the complexity of the model concerning the number and type of layers and the number of training parameters.In this paper, we propose an end-to-end Arabic lip-reading system that can be trained on a limited dataset, which combines a visual model consisting of Co

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