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Agent-based models are computer simulations used to study the interactions between people, things, places, and time. They are stochastic models built from the bottom up meaning individual agents (often people in epidemiology) are assigned certain attributes. (https://www.mailman.columbia.edu/research/population-health-methods/agent-based-https://www.mailman.columbia.edu/research/population-health-methods/agent-based-modeling)

Foot rot: an inflammation occurring between the toes and in the hooves of sheep and cattle. It is caused by a combination of fungus and bacteria. (FAO. Glossary - Gateway to dairy production and products https://www.fao.org/dairy-production-products/resources/glossary/en/?index=f)

The period of time covering the physical formation and development of the Earth. Geologic time is divided into eons lasting hundreds of millions to several billion years, eras lasting tens of millions to hundreds of million years, periods lasting millions to tens of millions years, and epochs lasting thousands to millions of years. (U. S. Geological Survey, 2009. Glossary. Living with a Volcano in Your Backyard–An Educator's Guide https://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/19/downloads/Appendixes/V_Glossary.pdf)

Condition generally caused by a lack of lactase enzyme resulting in the inability to digest lactose; symptoms may include abdominal pain, bloating and diarrhoea. (Adapted from EFSA. 2010. Scientific opinion on lactose thresholds in lactose intolerance and galactosaemia. EFSA Journal, 8(9): 1777. https:// doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2010.1777)

The state of being in a transient state at the time of a measurement. (AGROVOC Team)

Safety duplication: A duplicate of a base collection stored under similar conditions for long-term conservation, but at a different location to insure against accidental loss of material from the base collection. (FAO. 2014. Genebank Standards for Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. Rev. ed. Rome https://openknowledge.fao.org/handle/20.500.14283/i3704e)

Algal mats are one of many types of microbial mat that forms on the surface of water or rocks. They are typically composed of blue-green cyanobacteria and sediments. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algal_mat)

A disease of plants in which the stem or trunk rots near the ground. (NALT https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/41082)

The removal of groundwater usually for use as irrigation water, or following treatment, for drinking water. (NALT, 2024. Groundwater extraction https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/196131)

Ocean dumping is the dumping of wastes at sea. (ASFA Thesaurus)

Hydrochemistry is the study of the chemical composition of natural waters. (http://www.destress-h2020.eu/en/Best-Practices/Geochemistry-and-Hydrochemistry/)

Persicaria longiseta is a species of flowering plant in the knotweed family known by the common names Oriental lady's thumb, bristly lady's thumb, Asiatic smartweed, long-bristled smartweed, Asiatic waterpepper, bristled knotweed, bunchy knotweed, and tufted knotweed. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persicaria_longiseta)

The type of wave motion which most people are familiar with are waves that occur on the free surface of water. In this type of wave motion the restoring force is gravity (sometimes surface tension needs to be considered as well, and in some situations surface tension can dominate gravity) and therefore these waves are known as surface gravity waves. (University of Waterloo, Department of Applied Mathematics. nd. Surface gravity waves https://uwaterloo.ca/applied-mathematics/current-undergraduates/continuum-and-fluid-mechanics-students/amath-463/surface-gravity-waves)