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EVALUATING THE HEDGING POTENTIAL OF THE LEAN HOG FUTURES CONTRACT [PDF]
The lean hog futures contract is replacing the live hog futures contract at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange beginning with the February 1997 contract.
Ditsch, Mark W., Leuthold, Raymond M.
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Food Bioengineering, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study innovatively links specific microbial compositions of commercial starter cultures to the evolution of key odorant and taste‐active amino acids, revealing the underlying mechanisms behind distinct flavor profiles. Three microbial starter cultures—Saccharomyces cerevisiae (SC), Scarlet (ST), and Roxaane LC (LC), were added to sausages,
Lili Ji +7 more
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International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study draws on framing theory to investigate how microfinance institutions (MFIs) strategically construct a vulnerability‐oriented organisational identity and how this framing influences their funding decisions during the pre‐campaign phase of prosocial crowdfunding.
Ana Paula Matias Gama +3 more
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A dinâmica locacional da avicultura e suinocultura no Centro-Oeste brasileiro
Economia Aplicada, 2002 With a view to research location dynamics for poultry and hog companies in Brazilian Midwest, an survey was carried out about location decision-making. Among the main results, it's highlighted that only the characteristic businessmen goal has presented ...
Leopoldo Viriato Saboya
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Fermented and Unfermented Cocoa Beans for Quality Identification Using Image Features
JOIV: International Journal on Informatics VisualizationFermented cocoa bean products are one of the high-quality requirements of the cocoa processing industry. On an automated industrial scale, early identification of cocoa bean quality is essential in the processing industry. This study aims to identify the
Basri Basri +3 more
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Journal of Organizational Behavior, EarlyView.ABSTRACT As artificial intelligence (AI) technologies progress, AI agents arise as potential teammates in the workplace. This study explores how the visual representation of the AI agent as well as its conformity to traditional gender stereotypes affects the manifestation of uncanny valley effects in a workplace team context.
Agata Mirowska, Jbid Arsenyan
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Modelling the Asymmetric Volatility in Hog Prices in Taiwan: The Impact of Joining the WTO [PDF]
Prices in the hog industry in Taiwan are determined according to an auction system. There are significant differences in hog prices before, during and after joining the World Trade Organization (WTO). The paper models growth rates and volatility in daily
Chang, C-L., Chen, M.-G., Huang, B-W.
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How economic policy uncertainty affect the scale-up of hog breeding in China?
Agricultural Economics (AGRICECON)In recent years, China has promoted large-scale hog farming through various approaches. However, this scale-up process may be affected by economic policy uncertainty.
Chunlei Li +3 more
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Different Approaches for Face Authentication as Part of a Multimodal Biometrics System
Advances in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 2018 This paper describes different approaches for the face authentication from the features and classification abilities point of view. Authors compare two types of features - Histogram of Oriented Gradients (HOG) and Local Binary Patterns (LBP) including ...
Jaromir Tovarek +5 more
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Has the Performance of the Hog Options Market Changed? [PDF]
The hog option contract has served as a risk management tool for the pork industry for more than 20 years. However, very limited information exists about how this market behaves and how it was affected by the contract redesign of 1996.
Irwin, Scott H., Urcola, Hernan A.
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