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Financial Literacy Intervention and the Willingness to Pay for Digital Credits: A Scalable Video‐Based Approach in Kenya

Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Rapid growth in digital finance has expanded credit access for rural smallholders, yet financial capability has not kept pace with access. Where fee structures are opaque and search is costly, this gap raises the risk of expensive borrowing in digital financial services.
Albert Nsengumuremyi, Vanessa Bonke, Oliver Musshoff, Daniel Hermann   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Antimicrobial Use in Livestock: The Economic Cost of Action or Inaction

Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper quantifies the economy‐wide consequences of two independent global stress‐tests in livestock production. The first assesses the effects of phasing out antimicrobial growth promoters (AGPs), and the second evaluates the long‐term impacts of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) progression.
Alejandro Acosta, Wondmagegn Tirkaso, Marco Artavia, Francesco Nicolli, Thomas Chatzopoulos, Sergio René Araujo‐Enciso, Martin Cicowiez, Shaikh Eskander, Ramanan Laxminarayan, Junxia Song   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Genomic Investigations Unveil the Genetic Underpinnings of Environmental Adaptation in African Goat Populations

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
This study integrates genomics and landscape genetics to analyze African goat environmental adaptation. Analyzing 1591 samples, it finds population structure differentiates geographically into four groups, with gene flow between wild Yura goats and North Africans.
Weifeng Peng, Yihua Wang, Yiyuan Zhang, Lei Gao, Lili Wu, Shuping Wang, Yiyang Gao, Wanlu Shi, Kaixin Lu, Rong Deng, Junting Li, Jing Han, Xiaohui Lu, Yujie Liu, Xiaojiao Tang, Yunxia Zhang, Guoyin Li, Li Huang, Mingsheng Yang, Xiaoyan Li   +19 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rural land rental markets in developing countries: Can survey design innovations improve land market participation statistics?

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract A longstanding puzzle in the African land rental market literature is the often‐observed discrepancy between the number of tenants (renters‐in) and the much smaller number of landlords (renters‐out) in survey data. If this discrepancy derives from systematic biases in survey data responses on rental market participation, then the existing body
Gashaw T. Abate, Kibrom A. Abay, Jordan Chamberlin, Samuel Sebsibie   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Lithic analysis in African archaeology: Advances and key themes

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
Abstract Stone artifacts (lithics) preserve for extended periods; thus they are key evidence for probing the evolution of human technological behaviors. Africa boasts the oldest record of stone artifacts, spanning 3.3 Ma, rare instances of ethnographic stone tool‐making, and stone tool archives from diverse ecological settings, making it an anchor for ...
Deborah I. Olszewski, Amanuel Beyin, Justin Pargeter   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Unaccompanied Refugee Adolescents' Experiences With Professional Support During Their Transition to Adulthood

Child &Family Social Work, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The transition to adulthood is a complex period for unaccompanied refugee adolescents, who must navigate this phase without the physical presence of their parentals while adjusting to life in a new country. This longitudinal qualitative study explores how unaccompanied refugee adolescents in the Netherlands experience professional support ...
L. N. Hacquebord, A. E. Zijlstra, W. J. Post, M. Smit   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Comparative predictive accuracy of machine learning versus traditional statistical methods for diabetes‐related complications: A systematic review and analysis

Diabetic Medicine, EarlyView.
This systematic review of 36 studies comparing machine learning with traditional statistical models for predicting diabetes‐related complications found modest discrimination gains with ensemble approaches, particularly random forest and gradient boosting.
Bismah Ghafoor, Francesco Zaccardi, Kamlesh Khunti, Sharmin Shabnam   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Muslim mothers’ intersecting tensions in combining breastfeeding and employment: A systematic review and research agenda

International Journal of Management Reviews, EarlyView.
Abstract The intersection of gender, time and marginalization in organizations is evident in the challenges faced by employed mothers, particularly those who are breastfeeding. These challenges are amplified for Muslim mothers, who must navigate intersecting social identities within these structures shaped by dominant masculine norms.
Feranaaz Farista, Ameeta Jaga
wiley   +1 more source

Gender Justice in the Triple Planetary Crisis: A Scoping Review

Journal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim To identify and report how gender justice is conceptualised and discussed in contemporary health literature in relation to the Triple Planetary Crisis of climate change, pollution and biodiversity loss, with a particular focus on the experiences of women and gender‐diverse populations, and the representation of nurses and other healthcare ...
Catelyn Richards, Micah Peters, Julia Charalambous, Lila Singh‐Peterson, Lucy Osborn, Aletha Ward, Jessica LeClair, Tracy Levett‐Jones   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Staying in the Unknown: Avoidance of Genetic Testing in Families With Hereditary Cancer Syndromes—A Qualitative Study

Journal of Clinical Nursing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aims To explore the experiences and challenges associated with genetic testing decisions among untested individuals from hereditary breast and ovarian cancer (HBOC) or Lynch syndrome (LS) families. Design Qualitative descriptive study. Methods Semi‐structured telephone interviews were conducted between 2022 and 2024 with 56 untested at‐risk ...
Ronit G. Tsemach, Elizabeth E. Half, Hagit Baris‐Feldman, Anastasia Weis, Sharon Simchoni, Sue Kim, Maria C. Katapodi, Sivia Barnoy, Efrat Dagan   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source