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The Power of Unity: Collective Action and Smallholder Agricultural Performance in West Africa

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We analyze the impact of collective action through farmer‐based organizations (FBOs) on smallholders' farm performance and income inequality in Ghana, Benin, The Gambia, and Mali. We find that FBO membership increases cereal yield in Ghana and The Gambia, legume yield in Mali, ruminant numbers in Benin and The Gambia, and total farm income in ...
Emmanuel Donkor   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

External Validation of an Automated Surgical Step Recognition Model for Robotic Distal Gastrectomy (RDG) Using a Multicenter Dataset

open access: yesAnnals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
Our present study reveals that surgical step recognition performs moderately well when trained on video data from a single institution and applied to an external institution's data. Nevertheless, our model substantially improves its prediction capabilities when trained on the same amount of data from multiple institutions.
James S. Strong   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Equity premium: Historical, expected, required and implied [PDF]

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Equity premium designates four different concepts: Historical Equity Premium (HEP); Expected Equity Premium (EEP);Required Equity Premium (REP); and Implied Equity Premium (IEP).
Fernandez, Pablo
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A stochastic programming framework for Nash bargaining in oligopolistic industrial gas markets with customer contracts

open access: yesAIChE Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Mature industries, such as the industrial gases sector, often evolve into oligopolistic markets, which can amplify their susceptibility to market uncertainties. In this work, we propose a two‐stage stochastic Nash bargaining in industrial gases market oligopolies, accounting for electricity price and demand uncertainties.
Asimina Marousi   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Changes in Equity Investment of Japan's Households After the Introduction of Defined Contribution Plans [PDF]

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Compared to other advanced economies, Japan's households allocate fewer financial assets to equity investment. We examine the possibility that the introduction of self-directed defined contribution plans could stimulate more equity investment by exposing
Kunio Nakashima, Tomoki Kitamura
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Large Language Model‐Based Chatbots in Higher Education

open access: yesAdvanced Intelligent Systems, Volume 7, Issue 3, March 2025.
The use of large language models (LLMs) in higher education can facilitate personalized learning experiences, advance asynchronized learning, and support instructors, students, and researchers across diverse fields. The development of regulations and guidelines that address ethical and legal issues is essential to ensure safe and responsible adaptation
Defne Yigci   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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