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Open Astronomy, 2011 Technological and scientific developments during the past century made a new branch of astronomy flourish, i.e. astrophysics, and resulted in our present deep understanding of the whole Universe.
Høg E.
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Do Futures Prices Help Forecast Spot Prices? Evidence from China’s New Live Hog Futures
Agriculture, 2023 China, the largest hog producer and consumer globally, has long experienced significant fluctuations in hog prices, partly due to the lack of rational expectations for future hog spot prices.
Tao Xiong, Miao Li, Jia Cao
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The Depth of the Heavens – Belief and Knowledge During 2500 Years
Open Astronomy, 2003 For Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) the spiritual cosmos contained the Heavens, Earth and Hell, and it was compatible with the physical cosmos known from Aristotle (384-322 B.C.).
Høg Erik
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Overview of Gaia Multi-Color Photometry
Open Astronomy, 2003 Gaia will obtain multi-color photometry for astrometric and astrophysical purposes. A photometry in five broad bands and with high angular resolution will be obtained after every astrometric observation of a star, especially for the sake of correcting ...
Høg Erik
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Impact of African Swine Fever Epidemic on the Cost Intensity of Pork Production in China
Agriculture, 2023 China’s African swine fever (ASF) outbreak, which started in 2018, has had a huge and far-reaching impact on China’s hog industry, and it has not been completely eliminated so far.
Zhaohui Yan +3 more
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Predicting Boar Sperm Survival during Liquid Storage Using Vibrational Spectroscopic Techniques
BiologyArtificial insemination (AI) plays a critical role in livestock reproduction, with semen quality being essential. In swine, AI primarily uses cool-stored semen adhering to industry standards assessed through routine analysis, yet fertility ...
Serge L. Kameni +6 more
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Protection Motivation Theory and Farmers' Participation in Futures Markets: Evidence From Germany
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines why German farmers show limited adoption of commodity futures contracts despite substantial price volatility, applying Protection Motivation Theory (PMT) to understand the cognitive processes driving participation decisions in futures markets. Survey data from 303 German farmers collected in 2024 were analyzed using Partial
Hendrik Wever +2 more
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Price transmission in hog and feed markets of China
Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 2015 There is an increasing demand for feed as the industrialization of hog production in China. Land scarcity limits China's ability to continue increasing its hog production without feed imports, particularly soybean, and the feed markets are increasingly ...
De ZHOU, Dieter Koemle
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American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract Our general interest is in global trade loss from livestock pathogens, specifically exports. We adopt a causal inference approach that considers animal disease outbreaks over time as non‐staggered binary treatments with the potential for switching in (infection) and out of treatment (recovery) within the sample period. The outcome evolution of
Mohammad Maksudur Rahman +1 more
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Journal of Intelligent Systems, 2016 In this work, we present a combination of edge feature and distribution of the gradient orientation of an object technique for content-based image retrieval (CBIR). First, the bidimensional empirical mode decomposition (BEMD) technique is employed to get
Kavitha H., Sudhamani M.V.
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