Turning Agricultural Wastes into Biomaterials: Assessing the Sustainability of Scenarios of Circular Valorization of Corn Cob in a Life-Cycle Perspective

Circular economy plays a key role in increasing the sustainability of the agricultural sector, given the countless possibilities of transforming crop residues and recycling precious resources.The maize cultivation process produces a significant amount of residual organic materials, commonly left on the field, as a soil conditioner and source of nut

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First report and molecular characterization of an isolate of papaya ringspot virus (PRSV-W) detected in pumpkin in Cuba

In this Jackets/Outerwear work, a virus isolate collected from squash plants (Cucurbita pepo L.), showing severe symptoms of mosaic and leaf deformation, grown in Cuba, was analyzed using indicator plants, electron microscopy, and phylogenetic analysis.Plants of Squash, cv.Caserta, inoculated with this virus isolate showed mosaic, leaf distortion a

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Learning analytics for academic paths: student evaluations of two dashboards for study planning and monitoring

An in-depth understanding of student experiences and evaluations of learning analytics dashboards (LADs) is needed to develop supportive learning analytics tools.This study investigates how students (N = 140) evaluated two student-facing LADs as a support for academic path-level self-regulated learning (SRL) through the concrete processes of planni

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