ON THE COVERNo One an Island: The Geography of the Whole PatientMind Matters, Money Matters: The Cost-effectiveness of Mind/Body MedicineAgainst the Grain: Living With the Human Immunodeficiency Virus in Rural South DakotaReligion, Spirituality, and Medicine: Application to Clinical PracticeThe Problem With Compliance in Diabetes [PDF]
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The Spatial Distribution of Human Capital: Can It Really Be Explained by Regional Differences in Market Access? [PDF]
This paper tests the robustness of estimates of market access impact on regional variability in human capital, as previously derived in the NEG literature.
Burhan Can Karahasan+1 more
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Resilience of Small Beef Packers and the USDA Meat Supply Chain Initiative
ABSTRACT We focus on the plant‐size resilience relationship among small beef packers during COVID‐19. Defining resilience as the ability to maintain or increase slaughter and non‐resilience as otherwise, we use survey and secondary data to estimate a logit model where resilience is a function of a plant's capacity and age in addition to labor condition
Sunil P. Dhoubhadel+2 more
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The Value of Interdisciplinary Collaboration in Human Geography and Bioethics. [PDF]
Jones DP, Hens K.
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ABSTRACT Social tensions and resource depletion pose significant challenges to the agri‐food sector, highlighting the need for coordinated strategies to ensure sustainability in supply chains. Despite its critical importance, the relationship between coordination mechanisms and sustainability performance remains underexplored.
Carlos Moreno‐Miranda, Liesbeth Dries
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Assessing Agricultural Green Total Factor Productivity in Latin America
ABSTRACT The agricultural sector in Latin America plays a vital role in ensuring food security while impacting the environment. However, there remains a lack of analysis regarding the inputs responsible for pollution within its sub‐technologies. Hence, this article aims to assess agricultural green total factor productivity (TFP) through a novel ...
Tianxiang Li+2 more
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ABSTRACT The Cordillera Administrative Region in the Philippines is home to terraced rice embedded in centuries of cultural heritage. However, weak market incentives threaten sustained production, jeopardizing indigenous communities' cultural heritage and the in situ biodiversity of rice genetic resources.
Kofi Britwum, Matty Demont
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On the Impact of Labor Market Matching on Regional Disparities [PDF]
We propose a model where imperfect matching between firms and workers on local labor markets leads to spatial agglomeration. We show that the occurrence of spatial agglomeration depends on initial size differences in terms of both number of workers and ...
Jean-Philippe Tropeano, Joe Tharakan
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ABSTRACT Amidst a recent surge in US goat meat imports to meet growing demand, this study contributes to the meat demand literature by examining consumer preferences for goat meat, a relatively healthy and environmentally friendly alternative to other popular meats.
Binod Khanal+2 more
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