Synthetic farm population of the German Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia

We provide data on a synthetic farm population of the German Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia, mainly relying on the German Farm Structure Survey 2016 and plot specific crop data from 2019/2020. The dataset is provided at plot scale in a geospatial vector as well as at farm scale in tabular format. For each plot in the state, the belonging farm (including the estimated farm’s location), animal stock, cultivated crop, as well as the corresponding administration units are indicated. The geospatial vector data is combined with further spatial data such as yield information, soil characteristics, or monitoring data on environmental status. The provided data enables to run diverse analysis on the farm population in the Federal state of North Rhine Westphalia with farm and agent-based models. Furthermore, it can serve as a case study application for testing model developments which require detailed and spatially explicit farm data

Synthetic farm population of the German Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia

We provide data on a synthetic farm population of the German Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia, mainly relying on the German Farm Structure Survey 2016 and plot specific crop data from 2019/2020. The dataset is provided at plot scale in a geospatial vector as well as at farm scale in tabular format. For each plot in the state, the belonging farm (including the estimated farm’s location), animal stock, cultivated crop, as well as the corresponding administration units are indicated. The geospatial vector data is combined with further spatial data such as yield information, soil characteristics, or monitoring data on environmental status. The provided data enables to run diverse analysis on the farm population in the Federal state of North Rhine Westphalia with farm and agent-based models. Furthermore, it can serve as a case study application for testing model developments which require detailed and spatially explicit farm data

Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) in Breast Cancer Patients: An Application Analysis of 163 Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsies

Introduction. Literature shows platelet-rich plasma (PRP) to improve overall outcomes in orthopedics, dermatology, ophthalmology, gynecology, and plastic surgery. Data on oncological patients is very limited. Only one publication is available on PRP in breast cancer patients. This work evaluated PRP in sentinel node biopsy procedures for breast cancer patients in terms of complication rates and oncological short-term follow-up. Methods. The evaluated PRP was ACP (R), i.e., autologous conditioned plasma by Arthrex (R). Between 2015 and 2018, 163 patients were offered to receive an ACP (R)/PRP injection in their lymph node biopsy site. Recruitment resulted in an approximate one-to-one ratio for analysis. Endpoints were major (revision) and minor (seroma, hematoma, and infection) complications rates as well as distant metastases, local recurrence, and overall survival. Median follow-up was 30 months. Results. Complication rates and oncological follow-up showed PRP to be applicable to use in a sentinel node biopsy scenario in breast cancer patients. There were 0 revisions in the ACP (R)/PRP group and 1.2% revisions in the control group (not significant). Oncological follow-up showed zero (0) distant metastases and local recurrences as well as a 100% 30-month overall survival. Conclusions. This is the first analysis of ACP (R)/PRP used in breast cancer patients in a sentinel node biopsy setting worldwide. PRP does not seem to increase rates of local recurrence within this 30-month follow-up time frame. Also, trend towards decreasing complication rates could be shown

Assessment of environmental and farm business impacts of phosphorus policies in two European regions

This paper presents analyses of the economic and environmental impact of relevant phosphorus management policy scenarios, using representative pig and poultry farms in the Emilia-Romagna region (Po River basin, Italy) and Niedersachsen region (Ems River basin, Germany) as case studies. The analysis was done by using a farm-level linear programming bioeconomic model developed for different farm and animal types-sows, fattening pigs, laying hens and broilers. The baseline for the assessed scenarios involved farms situated within the Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (NVZs) and therefore, were subject to indirect phosphorus fertilization limitations via the Nitrates Directive (ND). The analyzed phosphorus management policy scenarios included the implementation of two different balances of 8.7 kg and 4.35 kg of P per ha per year, inspired by the German Fertilizer Ordinance for phosphorus fertilization implemented in 2007 and later updated from 2017 up to 2023, respectively. We also included a more rigorous zero P balance scenario. The results of the scenario simulations, based on model assumptions, reveal that the introduction of direct phosphorus management policies for pig and poultry farms situated in high livestock dense regions can be done without causing any significant impact on farm gross margin (around 2% of reduction) for both regions and all four animal types, except for sows and broiler production in the Ems River Basin (up to 12% of reduction). Selected technologies and methods, inspired by current practices, have been analyzed for their cost efficiency to achieve the target P balance of the individual scenarios, including export of slurry out of the farm or export of separation solids. Results also highlight that the Nitrates Directive alone is not enough to handle the P issue in monogastric livestock farms

Evaluation de la contribution de 16 systèmes d'élevage de production de viande bovine européens à la sécurité alimentaire

International audience4, Irlande (7) Conseil pour la recherche et l'économie agricoles, 26900 Lodi, Italie (8) Université de Bonn, 53115 Bonn, Allemagne RESUME La contribution des différents systèmes européens de production de viande bovine à la sécurité alimentaire a été évaluée par : 1) la quantité de protéines consommables par l'homme (HEP) produite au niveau de l'exploitation, 2) la compétition alimentation humaine-alimentation animale à l'échelle de la production de viande bovine, et 3) le coût de production de la viande et des HEP totales produites à l'échelle de l'exploitation. L'analyse est basée sur 16 systèmes de production de viande bovine représentatifs en France, Belgique, Irlande, Italie et Allemagne et couvre les systèmes naisseurs, engraisseurs, laitiers et mixtes, avec ou sans cultures de vente. Les résultats montrent que les systèmes produisant à la fois de la viande bovine et du lait ou des céréales ont une production de HEP par hectare plus élevée que les systèmes spécialisés dans la production de viande bovine. Ces systèmes diversifiés ont également des coûts de production de HEP plus faibles. Concernant plus particulièrement l'atelier viande, les naisseurs sont pour la plupart des producteurs nets de HEP (ratio HEP ingéré/HEP produit >1) mais, pour produire de la viande consommable par l'homme, ces systèmes doivent être combinés avec des engraisseurs qui sont pour la plupart des consommateurs nets de HEP. Les naisseurs-engraisseurs sont majoritairement consommateurs nets de HEP (entre 0,6 et 0,7) mais les systèmes utilisant très peu de concentrés ou utilisant des coproduits non comestibles par l'homme sont des producteurs nets de protéines. Ces systèmes basés sur l'herbe utilisent une plus grande surface de terre par kilogramme de carcasse mais une grande partie de cette surface est constituée de terres non labourables, donc pas en concurrence directe avec la production alimentaire humaine. Les coûts de production de viande les plus bas sont les systèmes de finition qui produisent le plus de poids vif par UGB par an et les systèmes laitiers dans les plaines qui partagent les coûts entre le lait et la viande

Phosphoproteomic Analysis Reveals Regulatory Mechanisms at the Kidney Filtration Barrier

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