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Do digital platforms create entrepreneurial opportunities? Evidence from marginal areas

Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Research Summary This article enters the debate on the effects of digital platforms on entrepreneurial opportunities by estimating whether the entry of a home‐sharing platform shapes entrepreneurial decisions in marginal areas. We add a novel perspective to the literature, as we contend that when economic conditions are unfavorable, digital ...
Francesco Luigi Milone, Emilio Paolucci, Elisabetta Raguseo   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Temporal and seasonal trends of bovine tuberculosis in the Irish cattle population (2008–2024)

Veterinary Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) has substantial impacts on the Irish cattle industry. Between 2016 and 2024, its burden increased in Irish cattle. As an initial step towards understanding drivers of this increase, we explore long‐term trends in measures of bTB burden and cattle demographics in Ireland. Methods Using data from 2008 to 2024,
Jamie M. Madden, Eamonn Gormley, Philip Breslin, Damien Barrett, Jonas Brock, Jamie A. Tratalos, John Griffin, Mike Horan, Miriam Casey‐Bryars   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Predicting disease spread from host movement data: Chronic wasting disease in North America as a case study

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
This paper estimates the rate of chronic wasting disease spread in multiple regions and compares these rates with model predictions based on deer movement data. Abstract Rare long‐distance movements can increase the spatial spread of invasive species and shifts in species ranges. For wildlife disease spread, however, seasonal migrations may only matter
Paul C. Cross, Blake Lowrey, Matthew Kauffman, Evelyn Merrill   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Neonatal mortality in East Africa and West Africa: a geographic analysis of district-level demographic and health survey data

Geospatial Health, 2017
Under-five child mortality declined 47% since 2000 following the implementation of the United Nation’s (UN) Millennium Development Goals. To further reduce under-five child mortality, the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will focus on ...
Sue C. Grady, April N. Frake, Qiong Zhang, Matlhogonolo Bene, Demetrice R. Jordan, Joshua Vertalka, Thania C. Dossantos, Ameen Kadhim, Judith Namanya, Lisa-Marie Pierre, Yi Fan, Peiling Zhou, Fatoumata B. Barry, Libbey Kutch   +13 more
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Expansion of State Medicaid Policies Related to Telehealth, 2018‐2023: A National Legal Mapping Study

The Milbank Quarterly, EarlyView.
Policy Points Telehealth increases access to health care services for patients, including rural and underserved communities, and a 50‐state survey of telehealth policies can further the study of the impact of telehealth on patient outcomes. This legal mapping study tracked telehealth policies by state Medicaid programs and found widespread adoption ...
LUCINDA B. LEUNG, VALERIE P. NGUYEN, CHRISTINE M. THOMPSON, JASMEEN J. SANTOS, CATHERINE E. BRAYTON, SUSAN L. ETTNER, JOSÉ J. ESCARCE, ALEXANDER D. MCCOURT   +7 more
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Demand Networks and Informal Volunteering

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Patterns of volunteering have predominantly been explained by focusing on the supply side in terms of volunteers' resources and motivations. We shift the focus to the demand side of volunteering and develop the concept of demand networks.
Hjalmar Bang Carlsen, Jonas Toubøl
wiley   +1 more source

Is land‐use deregulation enough to deliver housing?: The case of institutional frictions in India

Real Estate Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper examines whether land use deregulation increases housing supply in the presence of additional institutional frictions, such as ill‐defined property rights. India's urban land ceiling (ULC) laws, which put limits on individual ownership of private vacant land in the largest cities, were repealed during the 2000s.
Arnab Dutta, Sahil Gandhi, Richard K. Green   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Capitalizing flood risk protective measures in residential real estate

Real Estate Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract This study utilizes 1.4 million residential transactions incorporating flood hazard estimates derived from a nationwide elevation model and hydrological data to examine the role of flood protections to mitigate the negative impact of flood risk on home prices.
Muhammad Ramzan Kalhoro, Arne Johan Pollestad, Michael J. Seiler, Ole Jakob Sønstebø   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Taxonomic and functional diversity of noctuoid moths in a Mediterranean coastal area: implications for dune conservation in a long‐term ecological research eLTER site

Insect Science, EarlyView.
This study investigates the taxonomic and functional diversity of noctuoid moths in a protected coastal dune system in Central Italy, revealing strong ecological associations between moth assemblages and dune zonation. Differences in species composition and trait attributes, along with the presence of habitat‐exclusive species, highlight the role of ...
Micaela del Valle Rasino, Simone Fattorini, Michele Innangi, Angela Stanisci, Andrea Sciarretta, Maria Laura Carranza   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

BayesX: Analyzing Bayesian Structural Additive Regression Models

Journal of Statistical Software, 2005
There has been much recent interest in Bayesian inference for generalized additive and related models. The increasing popularity of Bayesian methods for these and other model classes is mainly caused by the introduction of Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC)
Andreas Brezger, Thomas Kneib, Stefan Lang   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source