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Demand Reduction and Inefficiency in Multi-Unit Auctions [PDF]

The Review of Economic Studies, 2014
Auctions often involve the sale of many related goods: Treasury, spectrum, and electricity auctions are examples. In multi-unit auctions, bids for marginal units may affect payments for inframarginal units, giving rise to “demand reduction” and furthermore to incentives for shading bids differently across units.
Ausubel, Lawrence M, Cramton, Peter, Pycia, Marek, Rostek, Marzena, Weretka, Marek   +4 more
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Targeted values: The relevance of classical Chinese philosophy for illegal wildlife demand reduction campaigns

People and Nature, 2020
The illegal wildlife trade is a global conservation priority, prompting a rise in interventions aimed at reducing the demand for wildlife products. Research shows that designing campaigns to target the values held by a specific audience is an effective ...
Laura Thomas‐Walters, Hubert Cheung, Tien Ming Lee, Anita Kar Yan Wan, Yifu Wang   +4 more
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Reducing demand for overexploited wildlife products: Lessons from systematic reviews from outside conservation science

Conservation Science and Practice, 2022
Conservationists have long sought to reduce consumer demand for products from overexploited wildlife species. Health practitioners have also begun calling for reductions in the wildlife trade to reduce pandemic risk.
Douglas MacFarlane, Mark J. Hurlstone, Ullrich K. H. Ecker, Paul J. Ferraro, Sander van derLinden, Anita K. Y. Wan, Diogo Veríssimo, Gayle Burgess, Frederick Chen, Wayne Hall, Gareth J. Hollands, William J. Sutherland   +11 more
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Prevalence of postpartum depression and associated factors among mothers in Kunduz Province, Afghanistan: A cross-sectional study

Heliyon
Background: Postpartum depression (PPD) is the most common psychiatric illness after childbirth which affects the health of mothers and children. This study aimed to identify the prevalence of suspected-PPD and associated factors among postpartum women ...
Muhammad Shuaib Shahram, Eiko Yamamoto, Aeraj Feroz, Sayed Ismail Sadat   +3 more
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Conservation Voltage Reduction in Distribution Networks: A Comprehensive Review

IEEE Access
Conservation voltage reduction (CVR) is an efficient technique that lowers voltage levels to reduce aggregated energy consumption and achieve peak demand shaving in distribution networks.
Ibrahim Alzubi, Saher Albatran, Issam A. Smadi, Salman Harasis   +3 more
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Environmentally Sustainable Green Roof Design for Energy Demand Reduction

Buildings, 2023
Green roofs are artificial ecosystems that provide a nature-based solution to environmental problems such as climate change and the urban heat island effect by absorbing solar radiation and helping to alleviate urban environmental, economic, and social ...
Zaloa Azkorra-Larrinaga, Naiara Romero-Antón, Koldobika Martin-Escudero, Gontzal Lopez-Ruiz   +3 more
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Insights for reducing the consumption of wildlife: The use of bear bile and gallbladder in Cambodia

People and Nature, 2020
Unsustainable wildlife use is one of the leading threats to earth's biodiversity. Historically, efforts to address this issue have been focused on increasing enforcement and anti‐poaching measures. However, recognition that such supply‐reduction measures
Elizabeth Oneita Davis, Diogo Veríssimo, Brian Crudge, Thona Lim, Vichet Roth, Jenny Anne Glikman   +5 more
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Conservation Voltage Reduction and Volt-VAR Optimization: Measurement and Verification Benchmarking

IEEE Access, 2020
The ongoing efforts in grid modernization, which is accompanied by upgrading distribution grids through employment of advanced distribution grid technologies, further provide the necessary tools to employ Conservation Voltage Reduction (CVR) and Volt-VAR
Zohreh S. Hossein, Amin Khodaei, Wen Fan, Md Shakawat Hossan, Honghao Zheng, Sepideh A. Fard, Aleksi Paaso, Shay Bahramirad   +7 more
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European Standard Clinical Practice Guideline and EXPeRT Recommendations for the Diagnosis and Management of Gastroenteropancreatic Neuroendocrine Neoplasms in Children and Adolescents

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Pediatric gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms (GEP‐NENs) are extremely rare and clinically heterogeneous. Management has largely been extrapolated from adult practice. This European Standard Clinical Practice Guideline (ESCP), developed by the EXPeRT network in collaboration with adult NEN experts, provides (adult) evidence ...
Michaela Kuhlen, Calogero Virgone, Antje Redlich, Michael Abele, Ricardo Lopez‐Almaraz, Tal Ben‐Ami, Ewa Bien, Gianni Bisogno, Maja Mazic Cesen, Andrea Ferrari, Malgorzata A. Krawczyk, Yves Reguerre, Dominik T. Schneider, Ines B. Brecht, Charlotte Rigaud, Bilgehan Yalcin, Rainer Claus, Christian Vokuhl, Constantin Lapa, Jörg Fuchs, Segolene Hescot, Thomas Walter, Julien Hadoux, Daniel Orbach   +23 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Impact of Global Covid-19 Pandemic on Small and Medium Enterprises in Ghana [PDF]

International Journal of Management, Accounting and Economics, 2020
The general concern about the impact of covid-19 which was declared a pandemic by World Health Organization on businesses, livelihoods and economies is what triggered this research.
Benard Korankye
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