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Sustainability Strategies in the Cocoa‐Chocolate Value Chain: An Analysis Using Stakeholder Theory, Global Value Chain Theory, and Resource Dependence Theory

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The cocoa‐chocolate value chain faces significant environmental and social challenges, driving firms to adopt sustainability strategies ranging from individual practices to third‐party certifications. This study investigates the factors associated with these strategies by analyzing 304 cocoa‐chocolate companies using firm‐level data from the ...
Stella Marschner   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Towards a People's Social Epidemiology: Envisioning a More Inclusive and Equitable Future for Social Epi Research and Practice in the 21st Century. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Social epidemiology has made critical contributions to understanding population health. However, translation of social epidemiology science into action remains a challenge, raising concerns about the impacts of the field beyond academia.
Allen, Amani   +3 more
core   +3 more sources

Transition From Primary to Secondary School: Igniting Attendance and Engagement Among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Students Through National Policy Reform

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Australia's Closing the Gap reform aims to address disparities experienced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. There are specific targets focussed on key educational transitions; yet, the transition to secondary education is not a targeted priority.
Azhar Hussain Potia   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Improving the Geolocation Algorithm for Sensors Onboard the ISS: Effect of Drift Angle

open access: yesRemote Sensing, 2014
The drift angle caused by the Earth’s self-rotation may introduce rotational displacement artifact on the geolocation results of imagery acquired by an Earth observing sensor onboard the International Space Station (ISS). If uncorrected, it would cause a
Changyong Dou   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

A TOA-DOA Hybrid Factor Graph-Based Technique for Multi-Target Geolocation and Tracking

open access: yesIEEE Access, 2021
In this article, we propose a new distributed sensors-based multi-target geolocation and tracking technique. The proposed technique is a joint time-of-arrival (TOA) and direction-of-arrival (DOA) factor graph (FG) for multi-target geolocation (FG-GE ...
Lei Jiang, Meng Cheng, Tad Matsumoto
doaj   +1 more source

Passport: Enabling Accurate Country-Level Router Geolocation using Inaccurate Sources [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
When does Internet traffic cross international borders? This question has major geopolitical, legal and social implications and is surprisingly difficult to answer.
Choffnes, David   +2 more
core  

A Survey of Location Prediction on Twitter

open access: yes, 2018
Locations, e.g., countries, states, cities, and point-of-interests, are central to news, emergency events, and people's daily lives. Automatic identification of locations associated with or mentioned in documents has been explored for decades.
Han, Jialong, Sun, Aixin, Zheng, Xin
core   +1 more source

National and International Monitoring of Student Literacy and Numeracy Attainment: The Case for Rigorous Macro and Micro Analysis

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In her 2024 paper Are Australian students' academic skills declining? Interrogating 25 years of national and international standardised assessment data, Larsen compiled an impressive summary of major international (PISA, PIRLS and TIMSS) and national (NAPLAN) standardised assessments pertaining to literacy and numeracy.
Pamela C. Snow   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Method of single satellite passive geolocation using spatial sparsity

open access: yesDianxin kexue, 2016
Traditional single satellite geolocation is divided into two separate phases:parameter estimation and target positioning,which causes non-optimal localization.
Caiyong HAO, Heng LIU
doaj   +2 more sources

Learner emotions and performance in hypercasual VR games with adaptive AI difficulty

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Hypercasual virtual reality games (HVRGs) are widely regarded as cost‐effective tools for rapid skill acquisition, yet the mechanisms that optimise their effectiveness and user acceptance remain insufficiently explored. This mixed‐methods empirical study investigates how playful emotions, characterised by engagement, enjoyment and anxiety ...
Zeeshan Ahmed, Faizan Ahmad, Chen Hui
wiley   +1 more source

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