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Is Technological Heterogeneity the Key to Sustainable Coffee Production Efficiency?: A Latent Class Frontier Analysis in the Traditional Coffee Region of Colombia

open access: yesJournal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Coffee producers deal with uncertainty due to high volatility in coffee prices. To navigate these challenges, producers must balance the tradeoff between higher yield and better quality utilising heterogeneous technologies, such as intensive production methods and environmental management practices.
Orlando Rodríguez   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bridge Risk Assessment Using a Hybrid AHP/DEA Methodology [PDF]

open access: yesProceedings on Intelligent Systems and Knowledge Engineering (ISKE2007), 2007
Luis Martinez Lopez   +3 more
openaire   +1 more source

Environmental Performance Evaluation Under the Frontier Analysis Framework: A Farm‐Level Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

open access: yesJournal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Quantifying and improving the environmental performance (EP) of agriculture has become an urgent research and policy priority. Over the past three decades, frontier‐based analytical frameworks have been widely applied to evaluate farm‐level EP.
Fissha Asmare   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Temporal and geographical patterns of nitazene detections in drug samples and biospecimens in the United States, 2019–2024

open access: yesAddiction, EarlyView.
Abstract Background and aims Nitazenes are a novel subclass of synthetic opioids that have been increasingly implicated in the United States (US) overdose crisis. Despite their growing presence in the illicit drug supply, national trends have not been systematically evaluated.
David T. Zhu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Brief report: Meth, tranq, gas station heroin & other drugs complicating addiction treatment

open access: yesThe American Journal on Addictions, EarlyView.
Abstract Background and Objectives Patients using fentanyl have worse treatment outcomes; however, little is known about other drugs that complicate treatment. Methods A national survey (n = 396) was conducted using a random sample of clinicians waivered to prescribe buprenorphine in the United States.
Erin L. Winstanley   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The role of the non‐profit sector in the efficiency of elderly social services: A bootstrap data envelopment analysis study

open access: yesAnnals of Public and Cooperative Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Social services for the elderly are becoming increasingly important in societies where the elderly population is growing and requires specific attention to ensure their well‐being. Within these services, nursing homes play a key role, and it is therefore vital to ensure efficient management with an assessment according to their characteristics,
Georgina Solaz‐Moreno   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

In for a penny: An empirical study of earthquake experience and non‐pharmaceutical intervention effectiveness in the Marche region

open access: yesAnnals of Public and Cooperative Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract This study investigates whether prior exposure to natural disasters influenced individual compliance with non‐pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs), specifically lockdown measures, during the Corona Virus Infectious Disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic. Focusing on the Marche region of Italy, which experienced a severe earthquake in 2016, we exploit
Vincenzo Alfano   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Quanto pior, melhor: Estudo da utilização da análise por envoltória de dados em modelos de análise de inadimplência/insolvência de empresas

open access: yesRevista Contemporânea de Contabilidade, 2013
This paper aims to develop an insolvency/failure analysis model allying accounting information with Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). The research was conducted in phases: initially previous studies were examined; then samples were obtained from different
Silvia Pereira de Castro Casa Nova
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New biosensors and transgenic mice for multiplex cGMP imaging

open access: yesBritish Journal of Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Background and Purpose Cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP) is a versatile second messenger that is important for human (patho‐)physiology and pharmacotherapy. Live‐cell imaging of cGMP with biosensors allows to elucidate its spatiotemporal dynamics in real time under close‐to‐native conditions. However, to monitor two separate cGMP pools or cGMP/cAMP
Markus Wolters   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

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