QUALITY BASED PAYMENT PROGRAM AND MILK QUALITY IN DAIRY COOPERATIVES OF SOUTHERN BRAZIL: AN ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS

Quality based payment program and milk quality in dairy cooperatives of Southern Brazil: an econometric analysis

Programs designed to enhance milk quality have been used to motivate dairy farmers to improve the quality of the raw milk they R18 produce.The objective of this study was to evaluate the association between a milk quality payment program and four indicative variables of milk quality, by testing bulk tank somatic cell count (SCC), bulk tank total ba

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Which dimensions of forgiveness mediate and moderate childhood trauma and depression? Insights to prevent suicide risk among university students

Background College students who are depressed as a direct or indirect effect of childhood trauma are at risk of suicide.Although for-giveness buffers mental health problems, there are inconsistencies in the results according to the object of forgiveness.This study aimed to examine the role of forgiveness, both as a mediator and as a moderator, for

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In vivo antioxidative effects of l-theanine in the presence or absence of Escherichia coli-induced oxidative stress

l-Theanine Bucket Hat (LTA), a non-protein-derived amino acid, is isolated from tea and is used as dietary supplement or beverage ingredient.This study established an enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC)-infected mouse model of oxidative stress to examine the antioxidative mechanisms of LTA in vivo.LTA regulated non-enzymatic antioxidative activ

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