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Simulation and Analysis of Land-Surface Processes in the Taklimakan Desert Based on Noah LSM
Advances in Meteorology, 2019 This study evaluated the Noah land-surface model performance to simulate the land-surface process during different weather conditions in the hinterland of the Taklimakan Desert.
Huoqing Li, Ali Mamtimin, Chenxiang Ju
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Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 2015 Phosphorus (P) is an important macronutrient for plant but can also cause potential environmental risk. In this paper, we studied the long-term fertilizer experiment (started 1980) to assess the soil P dynamic, balance, critical P value and the crop ...
Lin-lin SHI +6 more
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Alcohol and Self-Control: A Field Experiment in India.
The American Economic Review, 2019 This paper studies alcohol consumption among low-income workers in India. In a 3-week field experiment, the majority of 229 cycle-rickshaw drivers were willing to forgo substantial monetary payments in order to set incentives for themselves to remain ...
Frank Schilbach
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Spatiotemporal variations of atmospheric black carbon concentration and its correlation with meteorological and environmental factors in Xinjiang, China, from 2010 to 2022 [PDF]
PeerJBlack carbon (BC) is a pollutant produced by the combustion of fossil fuels and biomass fuels, which has a huge impact on regional climate, atmospheric environment, and human health.
Xiang Xie +5 more
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Friendships and Favouritism on the Schoolground - A Framed Field Experiment [PDF]
, 2011 We present experimental evidence on favouritism practices. Children compete in teams in a tournament. After the first round of a real effort task, children indicate which group member they would prefer to do the task in the second round, for the benefit ...
Belot, Michele, van de Ven, Jeroen
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Journal of Political Economy, 2019 Increasing evidence indicates the importance of management in determining firms' productivity. Yet causal evidence regarding the effectiveness of management practices is scarce, especially for skilled labor in the developed world.
Greer Gosnell, J. List, R. Metcalfe
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Impacts of Winter and Summer COVID-19 Lockdowns on Urban Air Quality in Urumqi, Northwest China
Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2022 After the COVID-19 pandemic began in 2020, Urumqi, a remote area in northwest China, experienced two lockdowns, in January and July 2020. Based on ground and satellite observations, this study assessed the impacts of these lockdowns on the air quality in
Ali Mamtimin +25 more
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Plant Production Science, 2009 The effects of relative light intensity (RLI) on the growth, yield and curcumin content of turmeric (Curcuma longa L.) were examined in Okinawa, Japan. The plants were shaded with white nets with different mesh sizes for maintaining respective RLI.
Mohammad Amzad Hossain +5 more
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Nitrogen Fertilization and Harvest Timing Affect Switchgrass Quality
Resources, 2020 Early season switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) can be used as animal feed and mature late-season biomass as a biofuel feedstock. However, nitrogen (N) application and harvest timing effects on the quality of both end-use need further evaluation.
Joshua Massey +2 more
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Contract farming and rural transformation: Evidence from a field experiment in Benin☆
Journal of Development Economics, 2019 Contract farming has emerged as a popular mechanism to encourage vertical coordination in developing country agriculture. Yet, there is a lack of consensus on its ability to spur structural transformation in rural economies.
A. Arouna, J. Michler, J. Lokossou
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