Sustainable Productivity Growth in Agriculture: The Role of Shifts in R&D Investments and Technology
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The objective of the paper is to evaluate the long‐term prospects of sustainable productivity growth linked to plausible assumptions on public agricultural R&D investments as the key productivity driver. Second, it investigates the role of changing R&D focus from yield maximization to input saving technologies (fertilizers and pesticides). The
Zuzana Smeets Křístková +4 more
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Oral History Interview with George Allard, October 2, 2009
, 2009 The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with George Allard. The interview discusses his family history; being drafted to the Army; involvement in the 24th Infantry Division, 1st Battalion, and 21st Regiment; being a radio ...
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Ban Glyphosate—Does It Affect the Swedish Farmers' Willingness to Grow Cover Crops?
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The cultivation of cover crops is one of the new Eco‐scheme practices introduced in Sweden. This study examines how the design of policy attributes of these schemes influences farmers' willingness to grow cover crops on arable land, with particular focus on the potential impact of a glyphosate ban.
Vivian Wei Huang +2 more
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Oral history interview with Heinz Zemanek
, 1987 Transcript, 110 pp. Audio file available at http://purl.umn.edu/95489Zemanek, an Austrian computer scientist, begins by describing his early life in Vienna, Austria and experiences in Nazi-occupied Austria. He discusses his engineering education and work
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Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Increased frequency of extreme weather events, particularly droughts, threatens grassland farming by destabilizing yields and farms' economic viability. We examine, theoretically and through numerical simulations, how sown plant diversity (natural insurance) influences the attractiveness of indemnity and drought index insurance (formal ...
Nicolas Alou +3 more
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The “Sound of Bibliometrics”: an analysis of its level of awareness and acceptance in Austria
, 2011 This paper gives an overview of the history of bibliometrics in Austria and reports on its level of awareness and its acceptance. For this purpose an online survey addressed to Austrian scientists was conducted and its results analyzed.
Wieland, Martin (Vienna University Library and Archive Services, Support facilities, University of Vienna) +3 more
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Epidemiology, clinical correlates, and management of focal periphyseal oedema (FOPE) in adolescent knees: retrospective analysis of one thousand, two hundred and one knees. [PDF]
Int OrthopPetry B +7 more
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AGING MEDICINE, EarlyView.Frailty was associated with decreased gray and white matter brain volumes in older adults. Synthetic MRI further revealed relaxometry alterations correlated with frailty severity across multiple clinical scales. ABSTRACT Objectives Frailty, a common condition in the elderly, is characterized by a decline in physiological reserves and an increased ...
Yuhui Chen +7 more
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Prevalence, Disease Onset and Clinical Outcome in Arginase 1 Deficiency: Cross-Border Surveillance in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. [PDF]
J Inherit Metab DisScharre S +19 more
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Debating the lessons of history : the politics of the Nazi past in Germany and Austria
, 2004 Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Political Science, 2004."June 2004."Includes bibliographical references (v. 2, leaves 301-314).This dissertation argues that public deliberation is a transformative force in democratic ...
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