Forest cooperatives as a policy measure for small woodlands.
Silva Fennica, 1981 In Japan, there are 2,990,000 forest owners within the scope of Forest Cooperatives, 60% of which are members of forest cooperatives. These are the largest functional organizations concerning private forests in Japan.
Tanaka, Shigeru
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CONTRACT DESIGN FOR IMPROVING MEMBERSHIP COMMITMENT IN FRENCH COOPERATIVES [PDF]
Market deregulation and growing membership heterogeneity affect the relationship between cooperatives and their members. We study, using a quantitative model, how French marketing cooperatives can develop for their members a set of contracts adapted to ...
Cordier, Jean +2 more
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The rise of new farmer cooperatives in China; evidence from Hubei Province [PDF]
, 2011 Since the late 1990s, the number of farmer cooperatives in China has rapidly grown. The adoption of the national law on farmer professional cooperatives in 2007 has led to significant governmental support for the establishment and management of farmer ...
Bijman, J., Hu, D.
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Mutant p53R273H disrupts PDPK1 homodimerization and contributes to PDPK1 activation
Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.How mutant p53R273H drives AKT signaling is unclear. We show that p53R273H, but not wild‐type, directly binds PDPK1 via a mutation‐dependent conformational change. This interaction disrupts inhibitory PDPK1 homodimerization and enhances AKT phosphorylation.
Mei Chee Lim +11 more
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Performance of traditional cooperatives: the Portuguese Douro wine cooperatives [PDF]
Globalization is challenging the very core of cooperative governance and ownership decision, especially in Southern European countries, like Portugal, where a large number of producers are organized in traditional and Mediterranean-style agricultural ...
Caldas, Jose Vaz +2 more
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Targeting the EpCAM‐AXL axis to overcome drug resistance in lung cancer
Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.Lung cancer cells often evade therapy by hijacking signaling pathways. We reveal that cleaved EpCAM (sEpCAM) stabilizes the oncogenic protein AXL, driving NF‐κB and STAT3‐mediated chemoresistance. This EpCAM‐AXL axis identifies a high‐risk patient subset with poor prognosis.
Alexa Guerrero‐Alba +5 more
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A survey on the performance of industrial and agricultural cooperative activities in a competitive market [PDF]
تعاون و کشاورزیContext and purpose:This study was conducted to study the performance of agricultural and industrial cooperatives in Zanjan province in the competitive market space.Methodology/approach:In this study, 157 agricultural cooperatives and 93 industrial ...
Alireza Rabet, Moharram Ainollahi
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Business Ownership by Workers: Are Worker Cooperatives a Viable Option? [PDF]
One possible strategy for both succession and new business development is employee ownership. New business formation as an employee-owned firm or cooperative may have some advantages over formation as a sole proprietorship or partnership: pooling ...
Artz, Georgeanne M., Kim, Younjun
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Guiding AlphaFold to predict how Munc13‐1 opens Syntaxin‐1
FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.The syntaxin‐1 Habc‐domain (orange), linker (pink) and SNARE motif (yellow) form a closed conformation that binds to Munc18‐1 (violet) and is opened by the Munc13‐1 MUN domain (cyan) to form the SNARE complex that triggers neurotransmitter release.
Madhurima Chattopadhyay +2 more
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South Africa’s new Cooperatives Act: A missed opportunity for small farmers and land reform beneficiaries [PDF]
Agricultural cooperatives are often viewed as appropriate vehicles to facilitate vertical coordination with, or horizontal integration between, small farmers who would otherwise be excluded from value-adding opportunities and discerning markets. In South
Collins, Ray, Lyne, Michael C.
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