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Simulating Speed in Language: Contributions from vision, audition and action [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Embodied theories propose that understanding meaning in language requires the mental simulation of entities being referred to. These mental simulations would make use of the same modality-specific systems involved in perceiving and acting upon such ...
Speed, LJ
core  

DEVELOPING ISLAMIC ECONOMICS AS A BODY OF KNOWLEDGE: ISSUES AND CHALLENGES

open access: yesIslamiconomic: Jurnal Ekonomi Islam, 2016
. Developing Islamic Economics as a Body of Knowledge: Issues and Challenges. Islamic economics is challenged whether it can be called a discipline in the sense of having a clear subject-matter, well-organized body of knowledge, methodology to appraise ...
HAFAS FURQONI
doaj  

MIESTC: A Multivariable Spatio-Temporal Model for Accurate Short-Term Wind Speed Forecasting

open access: yesAtmosphere
Wind speed forecasting is an essential part of weather prediction, with significant value in economics, business, and management. Utilizing multiple meteorological variables can improve prediction accuracy, but existing methods face challenges such as ...
Shaohan Li   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Modelling intercity accessibility surfaces through different transport modes in the Yangtze River Delta mega-region, China

open access: yesData in Brief, 2018
The paper presents the data that is related in the research paper entitled “High-speed rail network development and winner and loser cities in megaregions: The case study of Yangtze River Delta, China” (Wang and Duan, in press) [1].
Lei Wang, Xuejun Duan
doaj   +1 more source

Extension Economists: Valued in Mission, Penalized in Practice

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As the public engagement arm of the land‐grant mission, we argue that Extension faculty in US agricultural economics departments face an identity crossroads as they struggle for institutional support. Specifically, we argue that Extension economists function as boundary‐spanning professionals within academic structures that often devalue ...
Trey Malone   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Accounting for Negative, Zero and Positive Willingness to Pay for Landscape Change in a National Park [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
"In contingent valuation, despite the fact that many externalities manifest themselves as costs to some and benefits to others, most studies restrict willingness to pay to being non-negative.
Kristrom, Bengt   +14 more
core   +1 more source

An impact of ethyl esters of groundnut acid oil (vegetable oil refinery waste) used as emerging fuel in DI diesel engine

open access: yesAlexandria Engineering Journal, 2018
The major diesel consumption is in the field of automobile, industry and agriculture. The increasing the petroleum cost also increasing the other consumable cost, it affects the economics of growing country like India.
P. Deivajothi   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

On the Economical Speed and Size of Cargo Vessels

open access: yesJournal of Zosen Kiokai, 1934
Applying the new formula for calculating economic efficiency of Diesel freighters, which is introduced by the author, he investigated the economic efficiency of 24 Diesel freighters of different size and speed under four conditions of different load, runningbetween ports of four different mileage, i. e.
openaire   +2 more sources

Constructing and Validating New County‐Level Cultural Capital Indices for Applied Policy Analysis: Evidence From SNAP Take‐Up

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Cultural capital influences a wide range of social and economic outcomes, yet quantitative measures suitable for policy analysis remain limited. We develop county‐level cultural capital indices for the US based on Bourdieu's framework of objectified, embodied, and institutionalized cultural capital.
Pratyoosh Kashyap   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Farmers' Preferences for Fossil‐Free Mineral Nitrogen Fertilizers: Role of Prices, Climate, Production Origin, and Identity

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Disruptions in global fertilizer markets and climate targets have increased interest in fossil‐free mineral nitrogen fertilizers. This study examines farmers' preferences for conventional (fossil‐based) and fossil‐free fertilizers using a labeled discrete choice experiment with 211 Swedish farmers.
Nasir Adam   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

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