Monika Karmin, Lauri Saag, Mário Vicente, Melissa A. Wilson Sayres et al.
It is commonly thought that human genetic diversity in non-African populations was shaped primarily by an out-of-Africa dispersal 50-100 thousand yr ago (kya). Here, we present a study of 456 geographically diverse high-coverage Y chromosome sequences, including 299 newly reported samples. Applying ...
Luca Pagani, Daniel J. Lawson, Evelyn Jagoda, Alexander Mörseburg et al.
High-coverage whole-genome sequence studies have so far focused on a limited number of geographically restricted populations, or been targeted at specific diseases, such as cancer. Nevertheless, the availability of high-resolution genomic data has led to the development of new methodologies for infe...
CARDIoGRAMplusC4D, Joanna M. M. Howson, EPIC-CVD, Wei Zhao et al.
Coronary artery disease (CAD) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Although 58 genomic regions have been associated with CAD thus far, most of the heritability is unexplained, indicating that additional susceptibility loci await identification. An efficient discovery strategy may...
Dong‐Dong Wu, Xiangdong Ding, Sheng Wang, Jan M. Wójcik et al.
Species of the Bos genus, including taurine cattle, zebu, gayal, gaur, banteng, yak, wisent and bison, have been domesticated at least four times and have been an important source of meat, milk and power for many human cultures. We sequence the genomes of gayal, gaur, banteng, wisent and bison, and ...
H. N. Larsen, OW Rasmussen, PH Rasmussen, KK Alstrup et al.
Objective To study the influence of parboiling and the severity of the process on glycaemic and insulinaemic responses to rice in type 2 diabetes. Moreover, to examine changes in starch structure related to parboiling, which may affect the metabolic responses and digestibility. Design Nine type 2 di...
Sandip Mitra, Md. Akhtaruzzaman Khan, Rasmus Nielsen
The aquaculture sector is a capital intensive production process where access to credit is helpful in order to develop and manage farms in developing countries. Nevertheless, a supply of credit is often not readily available, which is creating credit constraint situations. This study investigates ho...
Md Takibur Rahman, Rasmus Nielsen, Md. Akhtaruzzaman Khan, Mette Asmild
Aquaculture farms' efficiency may be different across regions due to spatial variation in their production environment. Thus, if efficiency is measured and compared without accounting for regional differences in the production environment, it may lead to a biased evaluation of efficiency and corresp...
Md. Akhtaruzzaman Khan, Ratna Begum, Rasmus Nielsen, Ayoe Hoff
Abstract The optimal use of resources in aquaculture is important, especially in developing countries, to obtain the highest possible outcome from the production process to support food security and poverty alleviation. Thus, within this study, the risk, efficiency, and input‐use variation in aquacu...
Md Takibur Rahman, Rasmus Nielsen, Md. Akhtaruzzaman Khan, Isaac Ankamah‐Yeboah
Theoretical and empirical research on farm management suggests that management practices and managerial ability affect farms’ financial performance. However, the explicit application of these concepts is scarce within the aquaculture field. In this study, the impact of management practices and manag...
Md Takibur Rahman, Rasmus Nielsen, Md. Akhtaruzzaman Khan
This article analyzes the effects of agglomeration externalities on productivity and efficiency by applying a stochastic production frontier model with a technical inefficiency model to the aquaculture industry. Agglomeration externalities refer to the costs and benefits to firms from clustering. Ag...
Sandip Mitra, Md. Akhtaruzzaman Khan, Rasmus Nielsen, Md Takibur Rahman
This study examines the impact of land tenure systems on aquaculture farm productivity, efficiency, and profitability based on information obtained from interviews with 517 randomly selected aquaculture farms across Bangladesh. Propensity score matching (PSM) is used to estimate productivity variati...
Sandip Mitra, Md. Akhtaruzzaman Khan, Rasmus Nielsen, Nazrul Islam
Abstract This study examines how production environment characteristics affect total factor productivity (TFP) and technical efficiency (TE) in aquaculture farms. Enhancing productivity is important for increasing resource use efficiency, especially in developing countries where improvements in the ...
Md Takibur Rahman, Rasmus Nielsen, Md. Akhtaruzzaman Khan
The continuous growth of the aquaculture sector has motivated numerous empirical studies investigating farm productivity and technical performance over time. However, empirical works focusing on low-value species in developing countries are scarcer due to the lack of data. This paper investigates th...
Md Takibur Rahman, Rasmus Nielsen, Md. Akhtaruzzaman Khan, Dewan Ahsan
The growing aquaculture industry is facing several challenges including risks and uncertainties. Studies exploring farmers’ risk perceptions and risk management strategies are, however, limited within pond aquaculture, although they are well described within the field of agriculture. This study expl...
Sandip Mitra, Md. Akhtaruzzaman Khan, Rasmus Nielsen, Ganesh Kumar et al.
The increasing population and plateaued capture fishery landings have led to increasing demand for aquaculture products. However, environmental challenges are critical barriers to the sustainable development of aquaculture in developing countries. This review critically evaluates the environmental b...
Sandip Mitra, Md. Akhtaruzzaman Khan, Md Takibur Rahman, Rasmus Nielsen
Intensive pond aquaculture production is increasing and playing a major role in global aquaculture production, especially in developing countries. Empirical evidence shows that the access to and exchange of fresh water in tilapia pond aquaculture is important for making pond production ecologically ...
Afjal Hossain, Max Nielsen, Rasmus Nielsen, Badiuzzaman
In order to satisfy consumer demand, prawn and shrimp produced in Bangladesh is consumed both at domestic and foreign markets. To analyze the factors influencing consumers' preferences and their willingness to pay for the quality attributes of prawn and shrimp, this study uses a logistic regression ...
Md. Akhtaruzzaman Khan, Rasmus Nielsen, Max Nielsen, Md. Emran Hossain
Shrimp is the largest aquaculture species in Bangladesh by value, and it is also the largest species in terms of export value. However, due to the impacts of climate change, the sustainability of shrimp production is jeopardized. In this study, we use longitudinal data from 1990 to 2020 to investiga...
Md. Rabiul Hasan, Sahul Hameed Syed Ali, S. A. Emi
In this letter, we numerically demonstrate a hybrid-core microstructure fiber for low-loss terahertz guidance. Finite element method with circular perfectly matched layer boundary condition is applied to characterize the guiding properties. It is shown that by using a triangular-core inside a square...
Mohammad Sabbir Hossain, Badiuz Zaman, Md. Akhtaruzzaman Khan, Md Yusuf Khan Shihab et al.