Etherases are enzymes that cleave ether bonds. For example, β-etherases are enzymes that selectively cleave β-O-4 aryl ether bonds in lignin. (Adapted from Robles-Machuca, M., Aviles-Mejia, L., Romero-Soto, I.C., Rodríguez-González, J.A., Armenta-Pérez, V.P., & Camacho-Ruiz, M.A. 2023. Cloning, expression, and biochemical characterization of β-etherase LigF from Altererythrobacter sp. B11. Heliyon, 9.)
The acrosome is a specific secretory structure on the head of spermatozoa. (Oghbaei H, Rastgar Rezaei Y, Nikanfar S, Zarezadeh R, Sadegi M, Latifi Z, Nouri M, Fattahi A, Ahmadi Y, Bleisinger N. Effects of bacteria on male fertility: Spermatogenesis and sperm function. Life Sci. 2020 Sep 1;256:117891. doi: 10.1016/j.lfs.2020.117891. Epub 2020 Jun 3. PMID: 32504760.)
African swine fever (ASF) is a contagious viral disease that affects pigs of all ages, inducing a haemorrhagic fever. African swine fever is a severe threat to pig production systems. The causative agent of ASF is a unique, enveloped, cytoplasmic, double-stranded DNA arbovirus, which is the sole member of the family Asfarviridae. (http://www.fao.org/3/I7228EN/i7228en.pdf)
Dyspnoea is used to describe perceptions of difficulty or distress related to breathing and is recognised as symptomatic of disease when it occurs under inappropriate circumstances. (International Classification of Diseases, Eleventh Revision (ICD-11), World Health Organization (WHO) 2019/2021 https://icd.who.int/browse11. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 3.0 IGO licence (CC BY-ND 3.0 IGO). https://icd.who.int/browse/2024-01/mms/en#960305085)
A delta-4 C19 steroid that is produced not only in the testis, but also in the ovary and the adrenal cortex. Depending on the tissue type, androstenedione can serve as a precursor to testosterone as well as estrone and estradiol. (DeCS/MESH. 2025. Androstenedione https://decs.bvsalud.org/en/ths/resource/?id=750)
A cylindrical container made of wood or plastic or other suitable food contact material with a lid for watertight closure. (FAO and WHO. 2020. Code of Practice for Fish and Fishery Products. Rome. https://doi.org/10.4060/cb0658en)
Solid, semi-solid or viscous hydrocarbon with a colloidal structure, being brown to black in colour, obtained as a residue in the distillation of crude oil, vacuum distillation of oil residues from atmospheric distillation. Bitumen is often referred to as asphalt and is primarily used for surfacing of roads and for roofing material. (OECD. 2008. OECD Glossary of Statistical Terms, OECD Publishing, Paris, https://doi.org/10.1787/9789264055087-en)
A board obtained by adhering a lining coating and a face coating of the same thickness to both sides of the blindwood, with the fiber directions crosswise or inclined at 45 degrees to the blindwood, in order to prevent the wood material from changing shape. (Translated from https://sozluk.gov.tr/)
Artificial watercourse connecting water bodies used especially for navigation. (FAO. 1978. Glossary of inland fishery terms, EIFAC Occasional Paper No. 12 https://www.fao.org/4/ae987b/AE987B01.htm)
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Artificial watercourses. For channels as physical feature, use <c_01a53647>.
The monetary value of the total or partial destruction of physical assets and infrastructure in disaster-affected areas, expressed as replacement and/or repair costs. In agriculture, damage is considered in relation to standing crops, farm machinery, irrigation systems, livestock shelters, fishing vessels, pens and ponds, etc. (United Nations. 1992. United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Article 1. [Cited 1 August 2025]. https://unfccc.int/resource/ccsites/zimbab/conven/text/art01.htm)
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Harm by external factors impairing the value or usefulness of something, as crops, livestock, environment