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Amélioration de la production halieutique des trous traditionnels à poissons (whedos) du delta de l'Ouémé (sud Bénin) par la promotion de l'élevage des poissons-chats Clarias gariepinus et Heterobranchus longifilis
Full text linkLa présente étude s'inscrit dans une approche perspective d'augmentation de la production halieutique nationale par l'amélioration des techniques piscicoles déjà existantes, notamment les trous traditionnels à poissons (whedos), dans le delta du fleuve Ouémé (sud Bénin). Les premières approches de nos investigations montrent que, sur le plan socio-économique, l'augmentation de la productivité des whedos s'avère nécessaire pour l'amélioration des conditions de vie des pêcheurs dans la Vallée de l'Ouémé. En effet, avec le mode actuel de gestion des whedos, le revenu net par hectare et par an peut varier entre 182.000 et 572.000 Fcfa. Il représente au niveau actuel environ 27 % des revenus totaux de la pêche par ménage. Cependant, avec la mise en charge et l'alimentation artificielles d'espèces piscicoles adaptées, telles que les poissons-chats Clarias gariepinus et Heterobranchus longifilis, des rendements annuels de 3 à 36 t ha-1 peuvent être obtenus en fonction des densités d'élevage (respectivement de 4 à 24 poissons m-3). Les revenus nets provenant d'une telle gestion sont assez importants et peuvent varier en fonction de la densité de mise en charge, entre 1.664.000 et 31.675.000 Fcfa (respectivement de 4 à 24 poissons m-3). Ainsi, bien que la densité de 10,5 poissons m-3 soit apparue comme étant idéale pour l'optimisation des performances zootechniques, la recherche du profit maximal nous amène à suggérer pour la promotion de l'élevage de C. gariepinus dans les whedos, l'utilisation des densités plus élevées (environ 24 poissons m-3) afin de maximiser leurs capacités de production. Par ailleurs, la nécessité de production massive d'alevins de ces poissons-chats s'est avérée indispensable pour la promotion effective de leur élevage en whedos. A cet effet, nous avons évalué quelques aspects de l'élevage larvaire de ces espèces (âge de sevrage et densité de stockage), de même que les effets zootechniques et nutritionnels de différents régimes à base des tourteaux de soja et de coton aussi bien chez les larves que les juvéniles. Il ressort de ces études que le sevrage des larves de H. longifilis, maintenues à des densités de 10 à 25 individus L-1, est nécessaire entre les jours 5 et 8 post-éclosion afin d'optimiser aussi bien les performances zootechniques qu'économiques de l'élevage. D'autre part, le tourteau de soja s'est avéré plus efficace que celui de coton aussi bien chez les larves que les juvéniles de ces poissons-chats. Cependant, la présence des facteurs antinutritionnels, notamment l'acide phytique, limite les niveaux d'utilisation de ces tourteaux dans les régimes, étant donné que chez les juvéniles des réductions significatives des teneurs corporelles en minéraux, notamment en P, Zn et Mn ont été observées avec les régimes contenant jusqu'à 60 % de ces tourteaux.The present study aims to appraise the perspectives to increase the national fish production by improving the existing fish production systems, as the traditional fish pond (whedos), in the Ouémé River delta (southern Benin). The first approaches of our investigations show that, on the socio-economic level, the increase in the productivity of the whedos seems necessary to improve the livelihood conditions of the fishermen in the Ouémé Valley. Indeed, with the current mode of management of these whedos, we have observed that the net income per hectare can vary between 182,000 and 572,000 Fcfa. It represents, at the current level, approximately 27 % of the total incomes of fishing per household. However, by artificial stocking with adapted fishes, such as the catfishes Clarias gariepinus and Heterobranchus longifilis, and feeding, the annual outputs from 3 to 36 t ha-1 can be reached according to the stocking densities (from 4 to 24 fish m-3, respectively). The nets incomes generated from such management are rather important and can vary according to the stocking densities from 1,664,000 to 31,675,000 Fcfa (from 4 to 24 fish m-3, respectively). Although the density of 10.5 fish m-3 seemed ideal for the optimization of zootechnical parameters, the search of maximum profit leads us to suggest the higher densities (approximately 24 fish m3) for rearing African catfish in the whedos. Moreover, to improve the knowledge of these catfishes fingerlings production, we evaluated some aspects of the larval rearing (weaning time and stocking density), just as the nutritional effects of various diets, based on soybean or cottonseed meals, in the larvae as well as in the juveniles. It arises from these studies that, the weaning of H. longifilis larvae maintained at the densities from 10 to 25 L-1, is necessary between days 5 and 8 posthatch in order to optimize the zootechnical and economical performances of the rearing. Furthermore, we have observed that soybean meal was more effective than cottonseed meal in the larvae as well as in the juveniles. However, the presence of antinutrients factors, particularly the phytic acid, limit the levels of inclusion of these oilseed meals in the diets, since in juveniles, significant reductions of the body minerals contents, particularly P, Zn and Mn, were observed with the diets containing up to 60 % of these plants ingredients.(DOCSC03)--FUNDP, 200
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Larval study on pikeperch Sander lucioperca:Effects on weaning age and diets (live and formulated) on survival, growth, cannibalism, deformity and stress resistance
No full textDispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Full text linkWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist
No full textWe have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
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