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Consensus Formation and Change are Enhanced by Neutrality

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Neutral agents are shown to enhance both the formation and overturning of consensus in collective decision‐making. A general mathematical model and experiments with locusts and humans reveal that neutrality enables robust consensus via simple interactions and accelerates consensus change by reducing effective population size.
Andrei Sontag, Janina A. Hoffmann, Tim Rogers, Christian A. Yates   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Political Party Crises and the Implications for Democratic Governance in Nigeria

Journal of African Politics
Whereas institutions and structures of governance in Nigeria have the features and capacity to function according to democratic processes and norms, their outputs over the years have been far below expectations, hence the persistent cry by people for ...
Olajide O Akanji
doaj   +1 more source

Environmental Factors Influencing Corporate Governance

SAGE Open, 2015
With the enthronement of democratic governance in Nigeria, there is the expectation that democracy would strengthen political institutions, regulatory institutions, and governance effectively, and by so doing, create an enabling environment for good ...
Araniyar C. Isukul, John J. Chizea
doaj   +1 more source

AI‐Assisted Digital Single‐Molecule Activity Tracker for Decoupling Intrinsic Heterogeneity from Photo‐Oxidative Damage in High‐Photon‐Flux Enzymology

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Employing a digital single‐molecule activity tracker (dSMAT), this research demonstrates that high‐photon‐flux irradiation drives progressive oxidative scarring in polymerases. Unlike simple thermal denaturation, real‐time kinetic tracking dynamically visualizes enzymes degrading into multiple impaired subpopulations.
Anran Zheng, Qi Yang, Jinze Li, Fuqiang Ma, Xuefeng Wang, Zhen Guo, Chuanyu Li, Dongshu Li, Jia Yao, Zhiqi Zhang, Wei Zhang, Lianqun Zhou   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Why Didn't I Get a Payout? Understanding Farmer Choices, Index Insurance, and Basis Risk

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Index insurance, while heralded as a potential solution to alleviate poverty and food insecurity among agricultural households, has its own set of challenges, notably basis risk. Basis risk is the discrepancy between the insurance payout and losses incurred, posing a significant deterrent to the adoption of index insurance.
S. Lucille Blakeley, Sean Posey, Kathy Baylis, Daniel Osgood, Stuart Sweeney   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Swedish farmers' approval of nudges

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract Interest in the use of behavioral policy approaches, such as nudges, has strongly increased over the past years, including in the domains of food, agricultural and environmental policies. While the approval of nudges among the general public has been studied extensively, we know little about the attitude of farmers toward nudging. Farmers may (
Liesbeth Colen, Leon Englberger, Jens Rommel   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Structure, (governance) and health: An unsolicited response [PDF]

, 2006
Background: In a recently published article, it was suggested that governance was the significant structural factor affecting the epidemiology of HIV.
Allotey, P, Allotey, Pascale, Daniel D Reidpath, Reidpath, Daniel, Reidpath Daniel D, Reidpath, DD, Allotey Pascale, Pascale Allotey   +7 more
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Genomics and Health Data Governance in Africa: Democratize the Use of Big Data and Popularize Public Engagement

Hastings Center Report
AbstractEffectively addressing ethical issues in precision medicine research in Africa requires a holistic social contract that integrates biomedical knowledge with local cultural values and Indigenous knowledge systems. Drawing on African epistemologies such as ubuntu and ujamaa and on our collective experiences in genomics and big data research for ...
Nchangwi Syntia, Munung, Charmaine D, Royal, Carmen, de Kock, Gordon, Awandare, Victoria, Nembaware, Seraphin, Nguefack, Marsha, Treadwell, Ambroise, Wonkam   +7 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Is Youth's Engagement in Agribusiness an Opportunity or a Necessity? A Closer Look at the Situation in South Kivu, Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite the broad focus on necessity‐ and opportunity‐driven entrepreneurship in research and policy, the entrepreneurial dichotomy within the agribusiness context has not been adequately addressed. This study contributes to closing this knowledge gap by examining youth's perceptions of agribusiness through the lens of the push‐pull motivation
Cool Dady Mangole, Paul Martin Dontsop Nguezet, Shiferaw Feleke, Victor Manyong, Kamala Kaghoma Christian, Zoumana Bamba, Tahirou Abdoulaye   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Digital Governance, Democracy and Public Funding Efficiency in the EU-27: Comparative Insights with Emphasis on Greece

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This study explores the relationship between digital governance, democratic quality, and public funding efficiency across the EU-27, with an emphasis on Greece. Using 2023 cross-sectional data from the DESI, Worldwide Governance Indicators, and Eurostat,
Kyriaki Efthalitsidou, Konstantinos Spinthiropoulos, George Vittas, Nikolaos Sariannidis   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source