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Do outgrower schemes enhance technology adoption and productivity? Evidence from maize farmers in Northern Ghana

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract Nucleus outgrower schemes are contractual arrangements where well‐resourced large‐scale farmers (nucleus farmers) are empowered by development support agencies to take charge of smallholder farmers, by providing them with market access and the necessary training on agronomic practices and farm inputs for production.
Dominic Tasila Konja, Awudu Abdulai
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Application of Big Data to Support Evidence-Based Public Health Policy Decision-Making for Hearing [PDF]

, 2020
Ideally, public health policies are formulated from scientific data; however, policy-specific data are often unavailable. Big data can generate ecologically-valid, high-quality scientific evidence, and therefore has the potential to change how public ...
Andermann, Barker, Basu, Benke, Choi, Christensen, Deiner, Dritsakis, Ferguson, Gatehouse, Greer, Gutenberg, Hernandez, Horsman, Howell, Katrakazas, Kehler, Konstantopoulos, Larsen, Lee, Livingston, Luo, Mahmoudi, Mellor, Michopoulos, Mooney, Moyer, Murdoch, Nasreddine, Obermeyer, Oliver, Orton, Polanczyk, Raghupathi, Reavis, Salathé, Schilder, Shardell, Shiffrin, Topol, Tu, Ullah, van de Goor, Vos, Willink, Yaffe, Young, Zigmond   +47 more
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Who Are the Farmers Participating in a Carbon Sequestration Program? Results of a Discrete Choice Experiment in Germany

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Agricultural soils offer great potential for carbon sequestration through humus formation. One way to motivate farmers to build up humus is through humus programs. These are still at an early stage of development, poorly explored, and the number of participating farmers is low. Our aim is to explain the heterogeneity of farmers' willingness to
Julia B. Block, Michael Danne, Oliver Mußhoff   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluation of 4 Outcomes Measures in Microtia Treatment: Exposures, Infections, Aesthetics, and Psychosocial Ramifications. [PDF]

, 2017
BackgroundIn craniofacial microsomia, microtia and canal atresia pose formidable reconstructive challenges. We review our institutional experience in treating microtia and atresia to identify variables associated with 4 outcomes measures: complications ...
Bradley, James P, Dubina, Emily, Ishiyama, Akira, Lee, Justine C, Mandelbaum, Rachel S, Martins, Deborah B, Park, Sarah H, Volpicelli, Elizabeth J   +7 more
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The impact of universal newborn hearing screening on long-term literacy outcomes: a prospective cohort study [PDF]

, 2016
Objective: To determine whether the benefits of universal newborn hearing screening (UNHS) seen at age 8?years persist through the second decade.Design: Prospective cohort study of a population sample of children with permanent childhood hearing ...
Blythe, Hazel I., Kennedy, Colin R., Kreppner, Jana, Mahon, Merle, Peacock, Janet L., Pimperton, Hannah, Stevenson, Jim, Terlektsi, Emmanouela, Worsfold, Sarah, Yuen, Ho Ming   +9 more
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Truncating Variants in RREB1 Cause a Novel RASopathy Syndrome of Congenital Heart Disease, Genitourinary Malformations, and Developmental Delay

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The interstitial 6p microdeletion syndrome is characterized by dysmorphic facies and structural heart, kidney, brain, and musculoskeletal differences. RREB1 haploinsufficiency and consequent abnormal RAS‐MAPK pathway signaling have been proposed as a driver of the disease phenotype; however, apart from a single case report, the phenotype of ...
Alanna Strong, Caoimhe McKenna, Karen Stals, Antonio Vitobello, Mathilde Renaud, Claudine Rieubland, Michel Guipponi, Christophe Philippe, Paul Vrana, Alisa Gaskell, A. Micheil Innes, Alyssa L. Rippert, Rebecca Ahrens‐Nicklas, Elizabeth Bhoj, Kiersten Keller, Bimal P. Chaudhari, Brandon S. Stone   +16 more
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Gout with hearing loss [PDF]

Rheumatology and Immunology Research, 2021
Min Shen, Wenhan Huang, Wenhan Huang, Yi Wang   +3 more
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Addressing the Diagnostic Odyssey for Adults With Neurodevelopmental Disabilities: Case Study of an Individual With Mandibulofacial Dysostosis With Microcephaly

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Whole exome sequencing (WES) has been widely used in the pediatric setting to increase diagnostic yield, provide treatment options, and to estimate reoccurrence risks. However, there is limited knowledge regarding the utility of this technology in adults with neurodevelopmental disabilities.
Ruhi Shah, Neora Shifrin, Mary Ellen Keogh, Elaine Marchi, Maureen Gavin, Karen Amble, Gholson J. Lyon   +6 more
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Parent Interaction Between an Infant with a Cochlear Implant and Additional Disabilities [PDF]

, 2019
Pediatric hearing loss has many spoken language learning issues that can impact parent-infant interaction. Moreover, additional disabilities are likely to increase stress, which could have cascading effects on communication.
Southern, Lillian
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Mining and analysis of audiology data to find significant factors associated with tinnitus masker [PDF]

, 2013
Objectives: The objective of this research is to find the factors associated with tinnitus masker from the literature, and by using the large amount of audiology data available from a large NHS (National Health Services, UK) hearing aid clinic.
AC Davis, AH Lockwood, AR Moller, AS Gelfand, AT Beck, B Langguth, C Ordonez, CA Kirsch, CW Newman, D Lucy, Deafness Research UK, DG Altman, DM Baguley, E Brunnberg, G Andersson, G Andersson, J Han, J Vernon, J Vernon, JA Henry, JA Henry, JA Vernon, JB Snow, JL Stouffer, JWP Hazell, JWP Hazell, M Bramer, M Landgrebe, M Oakes, MB Meikle, MB Meikle, MF Heller, MF Porter, MM Vio, MN Anwar, PE Gander, PJ Jastreboff, PJ Jastreboff, PJ Jastreboff, PJ Jastreboff, R Dineen, RL Folmer, RL Folmer, RRA Coles, RS Tyler, RS Tyler, RW Crummer, S Jakes, SDG Stephens, X Zhang   +49 more
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