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Soil Fertility Management Choice in the Maize-Based Smallholder Farming System in Malawi [PDF]

The paper analyses the factors that affect smallholder farmers choice of soil fertility management options in Malawi using a two-stage maximum likelihood estimation procedure.
Frohberg, Klaus, Tchale, Hardwick, Wobst, Peter   +2 more
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Assessing the integration of social marketing principles in ivory demand management interventions in China and Southeast Asia

Conservation Biology, Volume 40, Issue 2, April 2026.
Abstract Consumer demand for ivory perpetuates the unsustainable and illegal killing of African elephants and other wildlife species. Interventions that aim to change consumer behavior are increasingly recognized as a crucial element of demand management. However, poor design and implementation have limited their effectiveness.
Molly R. C. Brown, Victoria K. Wells, Colin M. Beale   +2 more
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Investors’ Natural Disaster Experience and Cost of Raising Equity Capital: Evidence From Seasoned Equity Offering Pricing

Journal of Business Finance &Accounting, Volume 53, Issue 2, Page 1053-1076, April 2026.
ABSTRACT We investigate whether and how investors’ experiences of natural disasters affect the cost of raising new equity in a setting of seasoned equity offerings (SEOs). Our proprietary database contains comprehensive information on geographical distribution, investor profiles, investor office location, and bidding specifics related to SEOs.
Shenghao Gao, Xinyu Li, Siyang Tian, Qi Zhang   +3 more
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Internet Health Information–Seeking Trend of Urinary Incontinence in Mainland China: Infodemiology Study

JMIR Formative Research
BackgroundUrinary incontinence (UI) is a series of clinical episodes featuring involuntary urine leakage. UI affects people in terms of their physical, emotional, and cognitive functioning, and the negative perceptions and impact on patients are not ...
Shuangquan Lin, Lingxing Duan, Xiongbing Lu, Haichao Chao, Xi Wen, Shanzun Wei   +5 more
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Personalized Fuzzy Text Search Using Interest Prediction and Word Vectorization

, 2017
In this paper we study the personalized text search problem. The keyword based search method in conventional algorithms has a low efficiency in understanding users' intention since the semantic meaning, user profile, user interests are not always ...
Gao, Tianmeng, Huang, Chengwei, Liu, Yun, Song, Baolin   +3 more
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Using the Baidu index to predict trends in the incidence of tuberculosis in Jiangsu Province, China. [PDF]

Front Public Health, 2023
Wang Y, Zhou H, Zheng L, Li M, Hu B.
europepmc   +1 more source

Farmer willingness to pay for seed-related information: rice varieties in Nigeria and Benin [PDF]

"A typical private good is defined by its excludability and rivalry characteristics. Information embodied in a technology might not generate rivalry among its users. By contrast, excludability is certainly a characteristic of this kind of information and
Horna, J. Daniela, Smale, Melinda, von Oppen, Matthias   +2 more
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The influence of the Beijing Winter Olympic games on the demand for winter sports: An empirical analysis based on the Baidu Index. [PDF]

Heliyon, 2023
Wu P, Zhu X, Yang S, Huang J.
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Determinants of adoption and intensity of use of improved maize varieties in the Central Highlands of Ethiopia: A Tobit analysis [PDF]

This study employed a Tobit model to examine factors that influence the adoption and intensity of utilisation of improved maize varieties in the West Shoa Zone in the central highlands of Ethiopia.
Alene, Arega D., Hassan, Rashid M., Poonyth, Daneswar   +2 more
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Regression Forecast of Hong Kong Passenger Flow Based on Baidu Index

Highlights in Business, Economics and Management
Accurate forecasting of tourist arrivals is crucial for rational planning and resource allocation in the urban tourism industry. In recent years, scholars have found that web search data is correlated with tourism demand, providing new opportunities for such forecasting.
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