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Between Emancipation and Domination? A Critical Analysis of Empowerment in a Women‐Only Development Program in Costa Rica's Coffee Sector

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Female empowerment and its use in development contexts has histories in coloniality. Gender programs typically imply an individualistic, depoliticized concept. This article examines whether such initiatives can be supportive for empowerment. We apply an embedded qualitative case study of Bean Voyage's program to support female coffee producers
Annelie M. Gütte, Maria Busse, Stefan Sieber, Michelle Bonatti   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Portable Radar for Noncontact Heart Rate Monitoring and Estrus Detection in Dairy Cows

IEEJ Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, EarlyView.
This study introduces a portable radar system for real‐time monitoring of respiratory and heart rates in dairy cows. It uses millimeter‐wave Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave (FMCW) radar to perform noncontact physiological sensing, reducing behavioral disturbance. The radar system's design prioritizes portability, cost‐effectiveness, and robustness,
Yingxiu Li, Ranran Wang, Fuyang Tian, Yudao Li, Zhuolin Wang, Yuxin Yu, Liping Ma, Xin Lu   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Remote Monitoring With a Reusable Device Upon Implementation on a Surgical Department (REQUEST Trial)

World Journal of Surgery, EarlyView.
Continuous monitoring of vital signs using wearable devices may improve early detection of postoperative complications and reduce nursing workload. Evidence from real‐world clinical implementation remains limited. This study aimed to answer the question: Does the implementation of wearable monitoring in surgical wards reduce nursing workload and is it ...
Ephrahim E. Jerry, Arthur R. A. Bouwman, Edith M. G. van Esch, Raoul Richardson, Simon W. Nienhuijs   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hair as sensory skin: sensitive bodies, ritual shaving, and the maintenance of bodily boundaries in Hindu Suriname De la pilosité comme peau sensorielle : corps sensibles, rasage rituel et maintien des limites du corps chez les hindous du Surinam

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Hair is an integral part of the skin's interface and has sensory capacity. It actively contributes to processes of bodily materialization and facilitates transactional exchange with other social actors and environments, particularly regarding energies and vibrations that can be perceived as subtle matter.
Sinah Theres Kloß
wiley   +1 more source

Income Inequality in a Job-Search Model With Heterogeneous Discount Factors [PDF]

This paper investigates the income inequality generated by a job-search process when different cohorts of homogeneous workers are allowed to have different degrees of impatience.
Rubens Penha Cysne
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The role of time estimation in decreased impatience in intertemporal choice. [PDF]

Journal of Neuroscience, Psychology, and Economics, 2021
Camila S. Agostino, Peter M. E. Claessens, Fuat Balci, Yossi Zana   +3 more
openaire   +1 more source

THE ‘OTHERS’ OF TENT CITIES: Reconstruction of Social Order Through Emotions

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Following the earthquakes in Türkiye on 6 February 2023, survivors continued their daily lives in tent cities, which emerged as a new heterotopic space where the boundaries between public and private spheres became intertwined. The transition from one's own ‘castle’ to a communal living space filled with uncertainties has heightened the ...
Handan Akyigit, Sinem Yildirimalp, Hatice Turut, Fatma Zehra Tocoglu, Buşra Yigit   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Monetary and Macroprudential Policy and Welfare in an Estimated Four‐Agent New Keynesian Model

Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract We examine the social and agent‐specific welfare effects of monetary and macroprudential policy in a four‐agent estimated macro‐economic model comprising “banked simple households,” “underbanked simple households,” “firm owners,” and “bank owners.” Optimal capital requirement and loan loss provisions ratios improve all agent‐specific and ...
GEORGE J. BRATSIOTIS, KASUN D. PATHIRAGE
wiley   +1 more source

Misconduct complaints and agents’ incentives: Evidence from housing transactions

Real Estate Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract This article investigates the impact of misconduct complaints against agents on their self‐interested incentives and examines how agents attempt to shield themselves from the associated adverse effects on their reputations and career prospects.
Lawrence Kryzanowski, Yanting Wu
wiley   +1 more source

Irreversible investment under weighted discounting: effects of decreasing impatience

This paper employs an intra-personal game-theoretic framework to investigate how decreasing impatience influences irreversible investment behaviors in a continuous-time setting. We consider a capacity expansion problem under weighted discount functions, a class of nonexponential functions that exhibit decreasing impatience, including the hyperbolic ...
Wei, Pengyu, Wei, Wei
openaire   +2 more sources