Epidermal growth factor (EGF) is a single polypeptide of 53 amino acid residues which is involved in the regulation of cell proliferation. Egf exerts its effects in the target cells by binding to the plasma membrane located EGF receptor. (Boonstra J, Rijken P, Humbel B, Cremers F, Verkleij A, van Bergen en Henegouwen P. The epidermal growth factor. Cell Biol Int. 1995 May;19(5):413-30. doi: 10.1006/cbir.1995.1086. PMID: 7640657.)
Bovine Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease of cattle. It is caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium bovis (M. bovis) which can also infect and cause disease in many other mammals including humans, deer, goats, pigs, cats, dogs and badgers. In cattle, it is mainly a respiratory disease but clinical signs are rare. (Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs https://www.daera-ni.gov.uk/articles/what-bovine-tuberculosis-tb Accessed 10 May 2023)
Seed set is the process during which the fertilized ovule develops into a seed. (P. V. V. Prasad, J. M. G. Thomas, S. Narayanan. 2017. Global warming effects
Encycl. Appl. Plant Sci., 3 (2017), pp. 289-299. 10.1016/B978-0-12-394807-6.00013-7)
The number of times an organism breathes with the lungs (respiration) per unit time, usually per minute. (MeSH, 2024. Respiratory Rate http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D056152)
Derivatives of phosphatidic acid in which the hydrophobic regions are composed of two fatty acids and a polar alcohol is joined to the C-3 position of glycerol through a phosphodiester bond. They are named according to their polar head groups, such as phosphatidylcholine and phosphatidylethanolamine. (MeSH. 2024. Glycerophospholipids. https://meshb-prev.nlm.nih.gov/record/ui?ui=D020404)
Acidic phospholipids composed of two molecules of phosphatidic acid covalently linked to a molecule of glycerol. They occur primarily in mitochondrial inner membranes and in bacterial plasma membranes (National Library of Medicine. MeSH (Medical Subject Headings), 2025, 'Cardiolipins', http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D002308)
Fatty acid derivatives of glycerophosphates. They are composed of glycerol bound in ester linkage with 1 mole of phosphoric acid at the terminal 3-hydroxyl group and with 2 moles of fatty acids at the other two hydroxyl groups. (National Library of Medicine. MeSH (Medical Subject Headings), 2025, 'Phosphatidic Acids', http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010712)
Proteins which contain carbohydrate groups attached covalently to the polypeptide chain. The protein moiety is the predominant group with the carbohydrate making up only a small percentage of the total weight. (MeSH. 2024. Glycopeptides. https://meshb-prev.nlm.nih.gov/record/ui?ui=D006020)
Socio-economic unit frequently used in official statistics and normally defined as a group of individuals who live in common dwellings and who habitually take their meals together. (UNBIS. 2026. http://metadata.un.org/thesaurus/1002939)
Medical imaging technique by which three-dimensional images of the body are obtained by exciting protons present in the water of living tissues and detecting the change in the direction of their rotational axis by means of a magnetic resonance imaging scanner. (WIPO 2020. WIPO Pearl COVID-19 Glossary https://wipopearl.wipo.int/assets/static/WIPOPearl_COVID-19_Glossary.pdf)
Multispectral imagery refers to imagery which records more channels than just the 3 common RGB, leading to a finer resolution of spectral intensities, with up to 10 channels recorded per pixel. (Charles Sturt University. 2025. The Weed Manager’s Guide To Remote Detection. Multispectral imagery. https://www.csu.edu.au/research/gulbali/remote-weed-detection/detecting-weeds/environmental-sensors/multispectral-imagery)
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If the imagery has a spectral resolution coarser than 10 nm it can be considered multispectral (multispectral satellite sensors typically utilize 6-20 wavebands).
The Landsat Program is a series of Earth-observing satellite missions jointly managed by NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey. Landsat satellites have the optimal ground resolution and spectral bands to efficiently track land use and to document land change due to climate change, urbanization, drought, wildfire, biomass changes (carbon assessments), and a host of other natural and human-caused changes. (USGS. 2024. What is the Landsat satellite program and why is it important? https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/what-landsat-satellite-program-and-why-it-important)
