Results 101 to 110 of about 163,012 (311)

Adapting to Changing Rainfall and Developing Off‐Farm Employment: Implications for the Adoption of Direct Seeding in Rice Production

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Rice is the main staple food for more than half of the world's population and the income from rice is an essential source for livelihoods of millions of households. We examine whether direct seed in rice production is an adaptation of rice farmers to rainfall changes and farm labor scarcity.
Manh Hung Do
wiley   +1 more source

The Experience of Being a Foster Parent in Non-Kinship Placements: Emotional and Psychological Impacts

open access: yes, 2013
Due to previous life experiences, children who enter the foster care system have been significantly impacted in numerous ways; and the individuals who act as their caregivers may encounter behavioral challenges as they seek to address the result of what ...
Tryc, Lindsay Michelle, Tryc, Lindsay
core  

The Cost of a Nutritious Diet in Cafeterias: Evidence From US Military Dining Facilities

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Providing nutritious meals in institutional settings with financial constraints, such as military dining facilities, is challenging. The US Department of War (DoW) and US Department of Agriculture (USDA) collaborated to modernize the Basic Daily Food Allowance (BDFA) using an optimization model that incorporates service members' consumption ...
Linlin Fan   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Foster Care Removal Summary FACTS

open access: yes, 2015
This report contains information on the number children removed into foster care in a given month, the number of children who discharged from foster care in a given month, and the number of children who are in a foster care placement outside of their ...
Kansas. Department for Children and Families, Prevention and Protection Services
core  

Outcomes for permanence and stability for children in long-term care in Ireland

open access: yes, 2018
This article is based on research about children in long-term care. It focuses on the factors that help and hinder a child being and feeling stable in their foster home and having a sense of permanence.
Roarty, Nora   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Staging an Experience of Cultural Heritage Preservation: Consumers' Willingness to Pay for Heirloom Rice in the Philippines

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Cordillera Administrative Region in the Philippines is home to terraced rice embedded in centuries of cultural heritage. However, weak market incentives threaten sustained production, jeopardizing indigenous communities' cultural heritage and the in situ biodiversity of rice genetic resources.
Kofi Britwum, Matty Demont
wiley   +1 more source

Foster Care Removal Summary FACTS

open access: yes, 2014
This report contains information on the number children removed into foster care in a given month, the number of children who discharged from foster care in a given month, and the number of children who are in a foster care placement outside of their ...
Kansas. Department for Children and Families, Prevention and Protection Services
core  

Who Are the Consumers of European Farmers' Markets? A Cross‐Country Analysis

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT With substantial growth in the number of farmers' markets (FMs) in developed countries, the number of consumers visiting FMs is also increasing. This study comparatively assesses the consumers of FMs in three European countries where FMs traditionally play a distinctive role in food supply chains.
Áron Török   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Foster Care Removal Summary FACTS

open access: yes, 2013
This report contains information on the number children removed into foster care in a given month, the number of children who discharged from foster care in a given month, and the number of children who are in a foster care placement outside of their ...
Kansas. Department for Children and Families, Prevention and Protection Services
core  

Surgical Outcomes and Recurrence Management in Borderline Resectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Implications for Multidisciplinary Strategies

open access: yesAnnals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
Multivariate analysis identified that up‐to‐7 out (p < 0.001), lymph node metastasis (p < 0.001), and non‐anatomical resection (p = 0.02) were independent predictors of cancer recurrence, while older age (p = 0.01), Child‐Pugh B (p < 0.001), up‐to‐7 out (p = 0.01), macrovascular invasion (p = 0.01), and lymph node metastasis (p < 0.001) were ...
Koichiro Haruki   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Home - About - Disclaimer - Privacy