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Engineering Spatially Localized Bioactive Microenvironments in Assembly Implants for Spatially Extended Bone Ingrowth

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
An assembly porous titanium/β‐TCP implant is developed to establish a spatially programmable osteogenic microenvironment for enhanced osseointegration. By decoupling mechanical support from bioactive ion release, localized ionic gradients generated from the β‐TCP module direct osteogenic activity and bone ingrowth toward the porous titanium framework ...
Heng Zhang, Jingjing Diao, Junhua Ke, Naru Zhao, Yudi Kuang, Yingjun Wang   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Cow or the Credit: Causal Relationship Between California Dairy Herd Consolidation and Anaerobic Digesters

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The California dairy industry has experienced considerable consolidation over the past 30 years. During this period, there has also been substantial technological innovation, implementation of the state's Low Carbon Fuel Standard program, and rapid adoption of anaerobic digesters.
Michael McCullough, Jarrett Hart
wiley   +1 more source

Extension Economists: Valued in Mission, Penalized in Practice

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As the public engagement arm of the land‐grant mission, we argue that Extension faculty in US agricultural economics departments face an identity crossroads as they struggle for institutional support. Specifically, we argue that Extension economists function as boundary‐spanning professionals within academic structures that often devalue ...
Trey Malone, Craig W. Carpenter, Courtney Bir, Andrew J. Van Leuven, Rebecca Wasserman‐Olin, Wendong Zhang   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Retaining core staff: The impact of human resource practices on organisational commitment [PDF]

, 2005
As organisations battle to get the most from their existing people in an environment characterised by skill shortages, the role of human resource practices in fostering employee engagement and commitment is paramount.
Chew, Janet, Girardi, Antonia, Chew, J.C.L., Girardi, A., Entrekin, Leland, Entrekin, L.   +5 more
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The Relationship between Nurses’ Organizational Commitment and Services Quality

Journal of Client-centered Nursing Care, 2015
Background: Organizational commitment and its significant impact on the job satisfaction and performance has been the subject of many studies. Regarding the importance of organizational behavior and its role in service quality, the purpose of this study ...
Amirashkan Nasiri pour, Pouran Raeissi, Amir Omrani, Omid Khosravizadeh, Samira Alirezaei   +4 more
doaj  

Transforming commitment into performance: a study of digital transformation in the Cambodian public sector amidst a pandemic

Cogent Business & Management
This study examines the relationships between organizational commitment (affective, normative, and continuance), individual performance, and digital transformation within public sector organizations in Cambodia during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Bora Ly
doaj   +1 more source

Farmers' Preferences for Fossil‐Free Mineral Nitrogen Fertilizers: Role of Prices, Climate, Production Origin, and Identity

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Disruptions in global fertilizer markets and climate targets have increased interest in fossil‐free mineral nitrogen fertilizers. This study examines farmers' preferences for conventional (fossil‐based) and fossil‐free fertilizers using a labeled discrete choice experiment with 211 Swedish farmers.
Nasir Adam, Hui Tao, Gordana Manevska‐Tasevska, Per‐Anders Hansson, Vivian Wei Huang, Helena Hansson   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Is Precision Agriculture Technology Adoption Persistently Overestimated?

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Precision agriculture is sometimes assumed to diffuse steadily over time, and industry planning frequently extrapolates early adoption trends forward. This study evaluates the accuracy of such expectations by comparing agricultural input dealers' forecasts of future service offerings with the actual levels of offerings that dealerships ...
Trey Malone, Chad Fiechter, Zanliang Meng, James Lowenberg‐DeBoer, Bruce Erickson, Jay Akridge   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Process‐informed co‐optimization of liquid air energy storage and data centers under off‐design thermodynamic operation

AIChE Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract The rapid growth of AI data centers (AIDCs) is intensifying stress on power systems and exposing operators to volatile electricity markets. This work develops a process‐informed co‐optimization framework that integrates liquid air energy storage (LAES) with AIDC operation. Unlike black‐box storage models, the proposed formulation captures LAES
Zhicong Fang, Xiaopo Cheng, Hui Geng, Jiaze Ma   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

An examination of the relationship between cultural adjustment, work locus of control and organisational commitment in fly-in fly-out workers in Australia [PDF]

, 2012
This study aimed to explore the relationships between Cultural Adjustment, Locus of Control and Commitment in Fly-In Fly-Out workers in Australia. Responses from 227 Fly-In Fly-Out workers indicated that high internal locus of control is related to high
Behr, Alexei
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