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The Cost of a Nutritious Diet in Cafeterias: Evidence From US Military Dining Facilities

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Providing nutritious meals in institutional settings with financial constraints, such as military dining facilities, is challenging. The US Department of War (DoW) and US Department of Agriculture (USDA) collaborated to modernize the Basic Daily Food Allowance (BDFA) using an optimization model that incorporates service members' consumption ...
Linlin Fan, Yiwen Zhao, Andrea Carlson, Parke Wilde, Joanna Reagan, Julianna Jayne, Starr Seip, Denise Laursen, Matthew P. Rabbitt   +8 more
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Water and the human culture of appropriation: the Vaal River up to 1956

The Journal for Transdisciplinary Research in Southern Africa, 2006
There is discernable evidence of the human presence having historically appropriated the 1300 kilometer long Vaal River of South Africa as it extends itself from the Drakensberg Plateau into the arid Karoo region.
Johann W.N. Tempelhoff
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Farmers' Financial Literacy—Scale Development and Linkages to Accounting Practices and Financial Outcomes

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the financial literacy (FL) of Swedish farmers, its linkages to farmer characteristics, management accounting practices and farm outcomes by surveying Swedish Farm Accountancy Data Network farmers. Using item response theory, we expand the existing FL measurement specifically to the farming context, assess measurement ...
Uliana Gottlieb, Helena Hansson
wiley   +1 more source

APPLYING ARDUINO FOR CONTROLLING CAR PARKING SYSTEM [PDF]

Applied Computer Science, 2019
With increasing automobiles in the parking space, we could face problems like unplanned parking, lack of discipline, wasting time and fuel while looking for free space around the parking ground.
Kusay F. AL-TABATABAIE, Sadeer D. ABDULAMEER   +1 more
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Vers une appropriation linguistique des figures

, 2013
Bonhomme Marc. Vers une appropriation linguistique des figures. In: L'Information Grammaticale, N. 137, 2013. pp.
Bonhomme, Marc
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Cultural appropriation of spaces and things [PDF]

, 2020
This proceedings volume gathers papers presented at the symposium “Cultural Appropriation of Spaces and Things” held in Siegen, Germany in October 2019.
Birkhölzer, Uta, Heck, Volker, Georg, Andree, Flügel, Alexandra, Landrock, Irina, Barfod, Karen, Gaffron, Julia, Gießelmann, Urs, Weipert, Matthias, Gröger, Martin, Gaubitz, Sarah, Pereira, Sebastião Lázaro, Kim, Hyeongjoo, Prust, Christian, Daugbjerg, Peer, Schommer, Mirko, Höper, Jan, Dorn, André, Schaal, Markus, Brill, Swaantje, Janssen, Mareike, Sukopp, Thomas, Giffoni Junior, Alexandre Avelino, Netto, Alberto Barella   +23 more
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The Impact of Causal Ambiguity on Competitive Advantage and Rent Appropriation [PDF]

, 2010
We seek to develop the conceptual and practical understanding of causal ambiguity. Specifically we extend current thinking by setting out three types of causal ambiguity, based on whether firm resources are perceived to display linkage and/or ...
Ambrosini, Veronique, Cliff Bowman, Véronique Ambrosini, Bowman, Cliff   +3 more
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The Power of Unity: Collective Action and Smallholder Agricultural Performance in West Africa

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We analyze the impact of collective action through farmer‐based organizations (FBOs) on smallholders' farm performance and income inequality in Ghana, Benin, The Gambia, and Mali. We find that FBO membership increases cereal yield in Ghana and The Gambia, legume yield in Mali, ruminant numbers in Benin and The Gambia, and total farm income in ...
Emmanuel Donkor, Bright Owusu Asante, David Boansi, Victor Owusu   +3 more
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Structure lexicale de la substantivation adjective dans l’écriture de Kourouma [PDF]

Akofena, 2022
Résumé : Kourouma est de ceux qui ont toujours prôné l’idée d’une appropriation de la langue française afin de se libérer de son formalisme contraignant pour offrir une expression prenant en compte les particularités locales.
Konan Lazare N’GUESSAN
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Alternative Policy Designs to Help Farmers Select Profitable Conservation Practices

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Voluntary private carbon initiatives (VPCIs) promote the implementation of agricultural conservation practices that mitigate emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) via financial incentives to participating farmers. Simultaneously, an array of public policies supports the adoption of conservation practices through technical and financial ...
Oranuch Wongpiyabovorn, Alejandro Plastina   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source