Results 91 to 100 of about 8,954 (265)

Heavy Metal Contamination: Impacts From Plants to the Food Chain and Eco‐Friendly Amelioration Strategies

AgriFood: Journal of Agricultural Products for Food, EarlyView.
Heavy metal pollution reduces soil health and threatens food safety by entering plants; however, the use of nanoparticles, biofertilizers, and organic fertilizers such as biochar offers a promising strategy for improvement and sustainable agriculture. ABSTRACT Heavy metal (HM) pollution, resulting from human activities such as mining and the excessive ...
Sina Siavash Moghaddam, Latifeh Pourakbar, Sevda Alizadeh, Zahra Alizadeh, Jelena Popović‐Djordjević   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Capitalism as colonialism as capitalism (and the alternatives)

SSRN Electronic Journal
Ilmastokatastrofi ja planeetaaristen rajojen ylittyminen yhdessä demokratian rapautumisen ja oligarkian nousun kanssa ovat voimistaneet tarvetta käydä kriittistä keskustelua kapitalismista. Tämä teos osallistuu tähän keskusteluun. Se koostuu eri yhteiskuntatieteellisiä aloja ja maantieteellisiä konteksteja edustavien tutkijoiden kirjoittamista luvuista.
openaire   +1 more source

The Role of Actual and Purported Origin in e‐Commerce Wine Pricing: Evidence From Italian and French Names on Labels

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The origin of a product, if associated with good quality, can contribute to building a positive collective reputation, leading to a potential price premium. However, it is conceivable that a producer markets a product by evoking symbols, images, words, and values typical of places other than where it was designed or produced, creating a ...
Annalisa Caloffi, Amir Maghssudipour, Gianluca Stefani   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessing Haitian Consumers' Willingness to Pay a Premium for Aflatoxin‐Compliant Peanut Butter in the Informal Market

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Market‐based solutions are increasingly tested to address aflatoxin issues in peanuts in developing countries. Although previous studies have found that Haitian grocery store shoppers are willing to pay a 21% premium for peanut butter with levels of aflatoxin that meet international standards, no information is available for the much larger ...
Phendy Jacques, Stevens Azima, Maurice Doyon   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Does a Specialized Niche Market Vegetable Processor Enjoy Bargaining Power?

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Agribusiness companies may achieve competitive advantage through specialization within niche markets. One such niche is the fresh‐cut fruit and vegetable market, which has been steadily growing in Germany. This study examines whether the specialization of a German fresh‐cut producer grants it with market power within this niche market.
Nikolas Bublik, Franziska Mittag, Laura Hellstern, Sebastian Hess   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Too Complex to Choose? The Role of Heuristics in Shaping Farmers' Willingness to Pay for Income Stabilization Tool in Italy

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT European agriculture is increasingly exposed to economic instability driven by extreme weather events, market volatility, and geopolitical tensions. To manage these growing risks, farmers are encouraged to adopt innovative risk management strategies such as the Income Stabilization Tool (IST), which offers protection against severe income ...
Alice Stiletto, Ruggiero Rippo, Samuele Trestini, Elisa Giampietri, Roberta Raffaelli, Simone Cerroni   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Advancing Efficient Error Reduction in DNA Data Storage Systems with Deep Learning‐Based Denoising Models

Advanced Intelligent Discovery, EarlyView.
Deep learning‐based denoising models are applied to DNA data storage systems to enhance error reduction and data fidelity. By integrating DnCNN with DNA sequence encoding methods, the study demonstrates significant improvements in image quality and correction of substitution errors, revealing a promising path toward robust and efficient DNA‐based ...
Seongjun Seo, Anshula Tandon, Nguyen Kim Uyen, Quoc Nam Le, Jee‐Hyong Lee, Sung Ha Park   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Institutional preconditions of development microfinancings in Russia as specific forms of crediting small and average businesses

Путеводитель предпринимателя, 2020
In recentyears in Russia has the formation and development microfinancing institute. The main reasons development of a given form of financing of small business, consist in insufficiency of providing with financial services of subjects of the small and ...

doaj  

LLM‐Based Scientific Assistants for Knowledge Extraction: Which Design Choices Matter?

Advanced Intelligent Discovery, EarlyView.
A comprehensive framework for optimizing Large Language Models in domain‐specific applications is introduced. The LLM Playground integrates Prompt Engineering, knowledge augmentation, and advanced reasoning strategies to enable systematic comparison of architectures and base models.
David Exler, Manuel Raimann, Marc Münker, Maxim Rosin, Joaquin E. Urrutia Gómez, Christof M. Niemeyer, Markus Reischl, Luca Rettenberger   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Analysis of Structural Components Existing in Steel Making Slag Sampled from Steel Making-Continuous Casting Flow Sheet

The Annals of “Dunarea de Jos” University of Galati. Fascicle IX, Metallurgy and Materials Science, 2007
Hereby paper work aims to identify and analyze the structural constituents from the steel making shop slag. Therefore, slag specimens sampled from different stages of steel making-continuous casting flow sheet in Mittal Steel Galaţi: after desulphuration,
Adriana PREDA, Ion IVAN, Florin ZĂMAN
doaj