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What Is a Working Equid? Analysis of Current Terminology and a Suggested Definition

Animals
Equids are engaged in myriad types of work across the world, with contexts and industries varying widely between high-, middle- and low-income countries as classified by the World Bank.
Zoe Raw, Joseph A. Collins, Faith A. Burden   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Modifiable risk factors, cardiovascular disease, and mortality in 155 722 individuals from 21 high-income, middle-income, and low-income countries (PURE): a prospective cohort study

The Lancet, 2020
S. Yusuf, P. Joseph, S. Rangarajan, S. Islam, A. Mente, P. Hystad, M. Brauer, V. Kutty, Rajeev Gupta, A. Wielgosz, K. Alhabib, A. Dans, P. López-Jaramillo, Á. Avezum, F. Lanas, A. Oguz, Iolanthé Marike Kruger, R. Diaz, K. Yusoff, P. Mony, J. Chifamba, K. Yeates, R. Kelishadi, A. Yusufali, R. Khatib, O. Rahman, K. Zatońska, R. Iqbal, Li Wei, Hu Bo, A. Rosengren, Manmeet Kaur, V. Mohan, S. Lear, K. Teo, D. Leong, M. O’Donnell, M. Mckee, G. Dagenais   +38 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Who is willing to pay a premium for leafy greens produced by indoor agriculture? A comparative choice experiment with US consumers

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract Indoor agriculture (IA) presents a pathway to producing leafy greens more sustainably by strictly controlling the growing environment, increasing the efficiency of water and land resources use, reducing pesticide application, and enhancing quality characteristics.
Joseph Seong, Simone Valle De Souza, April Athnos, H. Christopher Peterson   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Is there a role for abstinence only programmes for HIV prevention in high income countries? [PDF]

, 2007
Stephen E. Hawes, Papa Salif Sow, Nancy B. Kiviat   +2 more
openalex   +1 more source

The effects of agricultural machinery services and land fragmentation on farmers' straw returning behavior

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract Straw returning is important for rural ecological management and sustainable agricultural development. Using farm survey data for Anhui Province, China, in 2020, we applied the double‐hurdle model to investigate the impact of agricultural machinery services and land fragmentation on farmers' straw‐returning behavior, and to explore the ...
Xin Wang, Yanping Song, Wei Huang
wiley   +1 more source

Bayesian local clustering of age-period mortality surfaces across multiple countries [PDF]

arXiv
Although traditional literature on mortality modeling has focused on single countries in isolation, recent contributions have progressively moved toward joint models for multiple countries. Besides favoring borrowing of information to improve age-period forecasts, this perspective has also potentials to infer local similarities among countries ...
arxiv  

Effect of risk and incentives on contracts: The case of farm operators in Iowa

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract Longitudinal data on Iowa landowner–operator contracts are used to examine how the mean, variance, and skewness of expected farmland returns affected contract terms from 2008 to 2019. To control for unobserved operator risk preferences and ability as a fixed effect, the sample includes operators with multiple contracts.
Jun Yeong Lee
wiley   +1 more source

Life expectancy of individuals on combination antiretroviral therapy in high-income countries: a collaborative analysis of 14 cohort studies [PDF]

, 2008
Robert S. Hogg, Viviane D. Lima, Jonathan A C Sterne, Sophie Grabar, Manuel Battegay, M. Bonarek, A. D’Arminio Monforte, Anna Esteve‐Codina, M. John Gill, R I Harris, Amy C. Justice, Alix Hayden, Fiona Lampe, Amanda Mocroft, JC Wasmuth, MJ Mugavero, Schlomo Staszewski, AI van Sighem, Mari M. Kitahata, Jodie L. Guest, Michael E. Egger, Margaret May   +21 more
openalex   +1 more source

International Trade and Child Labor: Cross-Country Evidence [PDF]

We explore the relationship between greater exposure to trade (as measured by openness) and child labor in a cross country setting. Our methodology accounts for the fact that trade flows are endogenous to child labor (and labor standards more generally ...
Eric Edmonds, Nina Pavcnik
core  

“Bio‐based Plastic? Hm, I've Never Seen It!”—A mixed‐methods investigation into consumer preferences for different packaging material of fresh apples and tomatoes

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract Packaging of fresh fruits and vegetables is standard in many grocery stores. This mixed methods study aims to identify the role packaging plays in consumer choice and what packaging material consumers prefer. We analyzed data from quantitative stated preference experiments with a quota sample of 485 consumers living in Germany.
Mira Lehberger, Anne‐Katrin Kleih, Kai Sparke   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source