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Access to Finance and Innovation in the Canadian Food Processing

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Innovation is a presumed channel through which finance affects productivity, yet there is limited research testing the relationship between finance and innovation in the food manufacturing sector. The purpose of the paper is to explore the determinants (e.g., financing, R&D, firm size, expenditure on innovation) of the adoption of innovation ...
Getu Hailu, Deepananda Herath
wiley   +1 more source

Myometrial mechanotransduction and the timing of parturition: ion-channel pathways linking uterine stretch, calcium signaling, and inflammation. [PDF]

Front Physiol
Han X, Wu T, Hu X.
europepmc   +1 more source

Food Tastes in the United States: Convergence or Divergence?

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates how food consumption tastes have changed in recent decades across the United States. Using NielsenIQ data for over 77 million transactions, there is evidence of divergence in food tastes across regions from 2007 to 2016 and across households of different income, education, and race/ethnicity groups.
Michael DeDad
wiley   +1 more source

Charting the Path to Increased Oil Palm Output in Ghana Beyond Area Expansion: Technology or Managerial Capacity — Which Leads the Way?

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study sets out to investigate the prospects for raising oil palm output in sub‐Saharan Africa, particularly Ghana, without further expansion of cropland. Given global concerns about oil palm's role in deforestation and land use change, the focus is on enhancing productivity on existing farmlands.
Jacob Asravor, Francis Tsiboe, Ayobami Adetoyinbo, Jacob Ankamah   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

AOC1 regulates labor initiation through spermidine-induced autophagy of placental trophoblast cells via EIF5A hypusination. [PDF]

Nat Commun
Chen H, Long P, Wang Z, Du R, Zheng C, Li Z, Xu Y, Peng Q, Sui X, Sui Y, Jiang X, Li Q, Gao L.   +12 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Assessing the impact of indication for labor induction on delivery outcomes: a five-year cohort study. [PDF]

BMC Pregnancy Childbirth
Kruit H, Gissler M, Rahkonen L.
europepmc   +1 more source

Import Wheat Tenders and the Effects of the Russian Invasion

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Risk and volatility for many commodities escalated sharply following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, creating numerous uncertainties for trading firms and importers. The purpose of this study is to analyze the bidding behavior in Egyptian wheat import tenders in the pre‐ and post‐invasion periods.
William W. Wilson, Sumadhur Shakya, Isaac Dubovoy   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Comparison of Materno-Neonatal Outcomes Between Cook Balloon and Prostaglandin Methods in Labor Induction Among Pregnancies Complicated by Fetal Growth Restriction: A Retrospective Cohort Study from France. [PDF]

J Clin Med
Nguyen PN, Ramos A, Marret H.
europepmc   +1 more source

Assessing Haitian Consumers' Willingness to Pay a Premium for Aflatoxin‐Compliant Peanut Butter in the Informal Market

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Market‐based solutions are increasingly tested to address aflatoxin issues in peanuts in developing countries. Although previous studies have found that Haitian grocery store shoppers are willing to pay a 21% premium for peanut butter with levels of aflatoxin that meet international standards, no information is available for the much larger ...
Phendy Jacques, Stevens Azima, Maurice Doyon   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Immunomodulatory Effects of Tokishakuyakusan on Progesterone Withdrawal-Induced Uterine Inflammation in Pregnant Mice. [PDF]

Am J Reprod Immunol
Nagamatsu T, Yanagisawa M, Tokita Y, Nakajima K, Otani T, Taguchi A, Ichinose M, Kumasawa K, Iriyama T.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source