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Healthy eating and active living policy, systems, and environmental changes in rural Louisiana: a contextual inquiry to inform implementation strategies

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 2023
Background Healthy eating and active living policy, systems, and environmental (PSE) changes are implemented across the United States through Cooperative Extension.
Bailey Houghtaling, Laura Balis, Nila Pradhananga, Melissa Cater, Denise Holston   +4 more
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Social workers in community care practice: Ideologies and interactions with older people [PDF]

, 2008
This article is available open access through the publisher’s website through the link below. Copyright @ 2008 The Authors.Since the inception of the NHS and Community Care in 1990, there has been a proliferation of studies examining its implementation ...
CLARK, Clemens, Evans, LYMBERY, M. P. Sullivan, Postle, Richards, STANLEY, Weinberg, Worth   +9 more
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Fabric‐Based Wearable Robotic Exoskeleton Gloves: Advancements and Challenges

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
This review highlights interdisciplinary technological advances in fabric‐based robotic gloves, focusing on progress in design, fabrication, actuation, sensing, control, and power and energy requirements. It also addresses performance testing and validation, including biomechanical, strength, functional, user experience, and durability assessments, to ...
Ayse Feyza Yilmaz, Gökhan Ince, Ozgur Atalay   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Citizen participation in local energy communities: a meta and weight analysis

Sustainability: Science, Practice, & Policy
Given their strong potential to mitigate environmental problems and contribute to the decarbonization of energy systems, researchers and practitioners are demonstrating increasing interest in local energy communities.
Catarina Neves, Tiago Oliveira, Fernando Santini   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Geographical co-location, social networks and inter-firm marketing co-operation : the case of the salmon industry [PDF]

, 2010
This study looks at the factors that influence the development of marketing co-operation among cluster-based firms. It examines data from SMEs operating within the salmon farming industry in two different regions: Scotland and Chile.
Carter, S.L., Felzensztein, C., Gimmon, E.   +2 more
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Adult Sex Ratio as a Demographic Feedback Linking Mating Systems, Parental Care, and Evolution

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Breeding systems are some of the most diverse social behavior, and our team is investigation the evolutionary causes of this diversity. This review summarises our research carried out at the University of Bath. We argue that demographic components of wild populations, especially the adult sex ratio, plays a key role driving breeding system variation ...
Tamás Székely, Oscar G. Miranda
wiley   +1 more source

Language (Technology) is Power: A Critical Survey of "Bias" in NLP

, 2020
We survey 146 papers analyzing "bias" in NLP systems, finding that their motivations are often vague, inconsistent, and lacking in normative reasoning, despite the fact that analyzing "bias" is an inherently normative process.
Barocas, Solon, Blodgett, Su Lin, Daumé III, Hal, Wallach, Hanna   +3 more
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Green BPM as a business-oriented discipline : a systematic mapping study and research agenda [PDF]

, 2019
Green Business Process Management (BPM) focuses on the ecological impact of business processes. This article provides a systematic mapping study of Green BPM literature to evaluate five attributes of the Green BPM research area: (1) scope, (2 ...
Couckuyt, Dries, Van Looy, Amy
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Creating Shared Value as an Antecedent of Value Co‐Creation: B2B Relationships in the Agri‐Food Sector

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study analyzes the effects of value co‐creation and creation of shared value in agricultural input marketing. This study used a sample of 178 agricultural companies in Costa Rica. The data were analyzed using partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS‐SEM) with SMART PLS software. Our findings reveal the significant influence
Luis Ricardo Solís‐Rivera, Marcelo Royo‐Vela   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

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
wiley   +1 more source