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Does Contract Farming Improve Diet Quality? The Case of Senegalese Smallholders

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The institution of contract farming has gained prominence in most developing countries owing to its numerous benefits. While several studies have already highlighted the welfare benefits of contract farming, very few have investigated the effects on diet quality, despite poor quality diets being a serious challenge in most parts of the ...
Francis E. Ndip, Takeshi Sakurai
wiley   +1 more source

Tortious Liability vs Contractual Liability. Comparative View

Journal for Ethics in Social Studies, 2022
To speak of responsibility and accountability in human actions is to bring together two disciplines: philosophy and law. The society we live in is based on knowledge, one in which human values have transformed, relativism being an element that outlines certain justifications of the individual for their actions.
openaire   +1 more source

AI in chemical engineering: From promise to practice

AIChE Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Artificial intelligence (AI) in chemical engineering has moved from promise to practice: physics‐aware (gray‐box) models are gaining traction, reinforcement learning complements model predictive control (MPC), and generative AI powers documentation, digitization, and safety workflows.
Jia Wei Chew, Ronnie Andersson, Thomas Bierweiler, Patrik Ryttestal, Torsten Wik   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Artificial Intelligence in Autonomous Mobile Robot Navigation: From Classical Approaches to Intelligent Adaptation

Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
Artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping autonomous mobile robot navigation beyond classical pipelines. This review analyzes how AI techniques are integrated into core navigation tasks, including path planning and control, localization and mapping, perception, and context‐aware decision‐making. Learning‐based, probabilistic, and soft‐computing methods
Giovanna Guaragnella, Angelo Cardellicchio, Cosimo Patruno, Massimiliano Nitti, Nicola Pedrocchi, Vito Renò   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Inflation, Race, and Legislation—The Erosion in the Real Value of Monetary Compensation for Miners' Occupational Lung Disease in South Africa, 1973–2024

American Journal of Industrial Medicine, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background For much of the 20th century, the South African mining industry had a statutory compensation system for pneumoconiosis and tuberculosis characterized by gross racial inequality. This study examines the impact of inflation over the period 1973–2024 on the real value of miners' lung disease compensation, including the effect of the ...
Martin Nicol, Jim teWaterNaude, Barry Kistnasamy, Rodney Ehrlich   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Addressing Maintenance Challenges and Reputational Risks in Spanish Real Estate: A Strategic Role for Facility Managers

Urban Science
This study addresses a critical deficiency in real estate management by examining how contractual arrangements between property owners and facility managers (FMs) can mitigate reputational damage arising from third-party liability incidents.
Luis Eduardo Bardón Rubio, Antonio Eduardo Humero Martín   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Superannuation Reimagined: Moving Beyond the Origins to an Indigenous Focus

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Retirement income systems, such as superannuation, are meant to be non‐discriminatory and consider disadvantage faced by members of society. There are significant differences between the life expectancies of Indigenous and non‐Indigenous peoples. The gap in life expectancies is not considered when determining when Indigenous peoples can retire.
Levon Ellen Blue, Peter Anderson, Mark Brimble   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Liability for damage caused by shortage and failure to use necessary medical devices [PDF]

Zbornik Radova Pravnog Fakulteta u Nišu, 2014
In order to provide for successful, safe and high quality medical services, health care institutions need to be equipped with adequate medical devices. For this reason, every medical institution is legally obliged to have relevant medical devices.
Cvetković Mihajlo, Nikolić Đorđe L.
doaj   +1 more source

The Legislation for Providing Animal Access in Australian Residential Aged Care: It's Not a Zoo

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Providing meaningful animal contact to residential aged care facility (RACF) residents is problematic due to a lack of animal policies and National Guidelines. This paper examines how Australian Legislation could influence access to animal contact in RACFs and aims to answer the question, ‘Could current Legislation facilitate the development ...
Wendy Newton, Tania Signal, Jenni A. Judd   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

LIMITS OF CONTRACTUAL EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR LEGAL DEFECTS IN CONTRACTS OF SALE – BETWEEN FREEDOM OF CONTRACT AND BUYER PROTECTION

Pravo
This paper analyzes the seller’s liability for legal defects in contracts of sale, with particular emphasis on the limits of contractual exclusion of such liability.
Danijela Despotovic, Živorad Rašević
doaj   +1 more source