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American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract Crop insurance is undoubtedly an extremely valuable element in protecting agricultural businesses, but in many cases standard indemnity‐based products have had very low uptake due to high transaction costs elevating premiums to unaffordable levels.
Amogh Prakasha Kumar +2 more
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Diacronie. Studi di Storia Contemporanea, 2018 Holidays involve the «suspension» of usual routines. In the Early 1950s, when leisure vacation was confined to a small minority, traveling abroad to a «club de vacances» was an elitist habit in two different ways: to a large majority, it meant belonging ...
Bertrand Réau est Professeur du Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, Titulaire de la Chaire Tourisme, voyages et loisirs et chercheur au Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire de Sociologie Economique (CNRS). Ses travaux récents portent sur les pratiques touristiques et les usages sociaux du temps, les enjeux de la globalisation de la science, les rapports entre tourisme et ethnicité en Asie du Sud-Est. Il est notamment co-auteur, avec Saskia Cousin, de Sociologie du tourisme (Paris, La Découverte, 2016) et, avec François Denord, de La sociologie de Charles Wright Mills (Paris, La Découverte, 2014), et l’auteur de Les Français et les vacances. Sociologie de l’offre et des pratiques de loisirs (Paris, CNRS, 2011).
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Haemoglobin Concentration and Cognitive Ability in the Aberdeen Children of the 1950s
, 2022 We are grateful to the Generation Scotland: Scottish Family Health Study (GS:SFHS) participants, the Aberdeen Children of the 1950s (ACONF), and Walker subset of GS:SFHS who have taken part in the STratifying Resilience and Depression Longitudinally ...
Bashir, Mohammed t +3 more
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The Legislation for Providing Animal Access in Australian Residential Aged Care: It's Not a Zoo
Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Providing meaningful animal contact to residential aged care facility (RACF) residents is problematic due to a lack of animal policies and National Guidelines. This paper examines how Australian Legislation could influence access to animal contact in RACFs and aims to answer the question, ‘Could current Legislation facilitate the development ...
Wendy Newton +2 more
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Crossover: Sam Katzman’s Switchblade Calypso Bop Reefer Madness Swamp Girl or ‘Bad Jazz,’ Calypso, Beatniks, Hot Rods, and Rock ’n’ Roll in 1950s Teenpix’ [PDF]
, 2010 This essay challenges the received wisdom that teenpix of the 1950s were dominated by a soundtrack of rock 'n' roll. I argue that this cycle of film production was marked by a diversity of musical genres, styles and types.
Stanfield, Peter, Peter Stanfield
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Animal Models and Experimental Medicine, EarlyView.This study dynamically charts the developmental process of the knee joint cartilage from the embryonic stage through to postnatal life, revealing key developmental events including the origin of knee joint development, chondrification, primary ossification, secondary ossification, formation of the cartilage cancal, and formation of the growth plate. It
Yan Nie +9 more
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Book review of "Sex Crimes in the Fifties" [PDF]
Salus Journal, 2016 "Sex Crimes in the Fifties" by Lisa Featherstone and Amanda Kaladelfos, Melbourne University Press, 2016, hardcover, 265 pages, ISBN 9780522870176, Reviewed by Dr Susan ...
Susan Robinson
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Polyproline: A Synthetic Polypeptide With Unique Properties
Angewandte Chemie, EarlyView.Poly‐L‐proline is a unique polypeptide distinguished by its well‐defined secondary structures and unusual thermal behavior. This mini review highlights recent advances in the synthesis of poly‐L‐proline by N‐carboxyanhydride (NCA) polymerization, the formation of structurally defined architectures and nanostructures, and emerging strategies that ...
Rosanna Le Scouarnec +3 more
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Working on a table, Women's Hobby Class, 1950s
, 1950 Photograph of a women's hobby class, circa ...
Swinburne Technical College
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Activation of Metal Complexes With Ultrasound Waves for Targeted Anticancer Therapy
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, EarlyView.Ultrasound enables non‐invasive activation of metal‐based therapeutics deep within tumors. Acoustic cavitation can drive sonodynamic reactive oxygen species generation or mechanochemical metal–ligand bond dissociation, enabling controlled release of bioactive payloads.
Félix Grosjean +3 more
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