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American Journal of Industrial Medicine, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Homecare aides (HCAs) are professional non‐family caregivers, who support dependent individuals to live at home with dignity; yet in Spain they remain understudied and vulnerable, often facing precarious working conditions. We aimed to characterize HCAs’ employment, living conditions, health, and exposure to workplace violence and ...
Albert Navarro‐Giné +6 more
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Trends and Current Situation of China's Meat Sector
Animal Research and One Health, EarlyView.ABSTRACT As the world's largest meat producer, consumer, and importer, China's meat sector has undergone profound transformation over the past decade, driven by biological crises (e.g., African Swine Fever), environmental policies, and global market integration. This study analyzes the sector's production restructuring, consumption diversification, and
Zengyong Zhu
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Investigating the Heat Stability and Inactivation Conditions of Decapod Iridescent Virus 1 (DIV1)
Animal Research and One Health, EarlyView.Heat treatment effectively inactivates decapod iridescent virus 1 (DIV1) under milder conditions than current WOAH recommendations. DIV1 infectivity was eliminated at 56°C for 30 min, 60°C for 15 min, or 70°C for 1 min, providing optimized heat treatment strategies for aquaculture biosecurity and seafood safety.
Yonghui Feng +4 more
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Mean reversion and long memory in African stock market prices [PDF]
Journal of Economics and Finance, 2010 We examine the behavior of stock market prices in several African countries by means of fractionally integrated techniques. In doing so, we can test for mean reversion in these markets. Our results can be summarized as follows: we cannot find evidence of mean reversion in any single market, and evidence of long memory returns (i.e., orders of ...
Luis A. Gil-Alana, Emmanuel Anoruo
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Heat Stress in Quail: Impacts on Health and Productivity, and Mitigation Strategies
Animal Research and One Health, EarlyView.Heat stress disrupts physiological homeostasis in quail, inducing oxidative stress, immune dysregulation, and metabolic imbalance, which impair growth, reproduction, product quality, and welfare. Integrating nutritional, environmental, and genetic–epigenetic strategies enhances thermotolerance, sustains productivity, and supports climate‐smart quail ...
T. A. Eletu +6 more
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Humanities & Social Sciences CommunicationsDespite the numerous implications, extant literature reveals a notable absence of the nature of stock market linkages in the Southern African Customs Union (SACU). This gap provides a motivation to investigate the linkages between SACU markets.
Kalu O. Emenike
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Animal Research and One Health, EarlyView.Our paper systematically reviews the intestinal structure, function, and microbiota of ostriches, along with strategies for improving their gut health. We analyze how these factors collectively influence intestinal homeostasis and ostrich welfare, emphasizing probiotics as a promising intervention to enhance gut health, boost population well‐being, and
Zi‐Qun Zhang +6 more
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Determinants of dividend policy: Evidence from listed firms in the African stock exchanges [PDF]
Panoeconomicus, 2013 The study demonstrates that much of the existing theoretical literature on dividend policy can be applied to the emerging capital markets of Africa.
Nnadi Matthias +2 more
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The effect of weather on stock market returns: Evidence from African stock markets
Investment Management and Financial InnovationsIncreasing market volatility and the profound impacts of climate change require a comprehensive understanding of how weather affects stock market performance. This paper aims to investigate the effect of eight weather conditions (clear sky, precipitation, pressure, temperature, relative humidity, specific humidity, wind direction, and wind speed) on ...
Fouzia Alloul, El Mehdi Ferrouhi
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Herding in frontier markets: Evidence from African stock exchanges [PDF]
Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, 2017 We investigate herding in eight African frontier stock markets between January 2002 and July 2015, given the limited evidence on herding in frontier markets. Herding appears significant throughout the 2002–2015 period for all markets, with smaller stocks found to enhance its magnitude.
Guney, Yilmaz +2 more
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