Consumer Behaviour in Lotto Markets: The Double Hurdle Approach and Zeros in Gambling Survey Data [PDF]
Governments world-wide increasingly rely on gambling revenues, increasing the importance of understanding who gambles and why. Previous literature used Tobit and Heckman models to statistically analyze participation in gambling.
Lee, Yang Seung +2 more
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Combined use of ultrasound-assisted washing with in-package atmospheric cold plasma processing as a novel non-thermal hurdle technology for ready-to-eat blueberry disinfection. [PDF]
Ultrason Sonochem, 2022 Wang J, Wu Z.
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Controlled Growth of Boron Nitride in Various Phases
Advanced Materials Interfaces, EarlyView.Phase‐selective boron nitride growth is presented as a unified materials‐design problem across hexagonal, rhombohedral, cubic, and amorphous phases. By linking synthesis routes to thermodynamic stability, kinetic accessibility, surface diffusion, interfacial templating, and energetic activation, this review clarifies how bonding and stacking are ...
Pan Wu +6 more
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A double-hurdle model of Irish households' foodservice expenditure patterns [PDF]
The aim of this paper is to analyse the various factors fuelling demand for Food- Away - From- Home (FAFH) in Ireland. The two largest components of this industry, the quick- service sector (fast food and takeaway) and the full- service sector (hotel and
Henchion, Maeve M. +2 more
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Overcoming hurdles to organ-on-a-chip technology
Scilight, 2020 Organ-on-a-chip is an emerging technology with the potential to revolutionize various medical industries, but its real-world applications are hampered by challenges.
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Advanced Materials Interfaces, EarlyView.This work critically reviews MXenes as highly effective multifunctional nanomaterials for the adsorption of radio‐contaminants, demonstrating a remarkable adsorption capacity of up to 1376.75 mg/g and cyclic stability of 2–8 cycles, with complexation, electrostatic interactions, and the numerical strength of MXene active sites playing a key operational
Stephen Sunday Emmanuel +1 more
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HURDLE COUNT-DATA MODELS IN RECREATION DEMAND ANALYSIS [PDF]
When a sample of recreators is drawn from the general population using a survey, many in the sample will not recreate at a recreation site of interest.
Shaw, W. Douglass +1 more
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Smart Electrospun Nanofibers for Controlled Oil‐Water Separation
Advanced Materials Interfaces, EarlyView.Stimuli‐responsive electrospun nanofibers are reviewed as advanced platforms for controlled oil/water separation. The effects of surface wettability, porous structure, and external stimuli, including pH, temperature, gas, and light, on separation performance are discussed.
Aynaz Sedaghatnia +6 more
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Off-farm Income and Investments in Farm Assets: A Double Hurdle Approach [PDF]
The farm household structure is a complex set of inter-relationships between and among a variety of internal and external factors involving consumption, investment, and income-earning activities. In this paper we use ARMS data to explore the contribution
Blank, Steven C. +3 more
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Patterned Screen‐Printing Process for Substrate‐Free and Scalable Hyaluronic Acid Microneedle Arrays
Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.A substrate‐free microneedle array comprising a hybrid hyaluronic acid ink was fabricated via a scalable screen‐printing process for flexible transdermal drug delivery. Defect‐free mold filling was achieved using a vacuum‐assisted jig and a delayed drying system, and the use of this versatile platform for multi‐drug patterning and ex vivo skin ...
Sanghyun Ahn +3 more
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