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Predictive modeling of corporate financial risk and its implications for health economics and public health efficiency. [PDF]

Front Public Health
Zhi W, Kang Y.
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Ex-ante Policy Assessment of Agricultural, Environmental, and Rural Policies from an Institutional Perspective: The Procedure for Institutional Compatibility Assessment

Ex-ante impact assessment of agricultural, environmental, and rural policies has become an integral part of political decision making processes in the EU.
Aznar, Olivier, Schleyer, Christian, Theesfeld, Insa, Callois, Jean-Marc   +3 more
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Effects of Outsourced Agricultural Extension Services on the Technical Efficiency and Financial Returns of Soybean Farms in Northern Cameroon

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In the agricultural landscape of most developing countries, the last decade has witnessed the expansion of outsourced agricultural extension services. Private firms and nongovernmental organizations focused on delivering agricultural extension and advisory services to farmers have emerged.
Boris D. Soh Wenda, Doria A. Medondjeu, Dorothy E. Fon, Stefan Sieber   +3 more
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Analytical Rigor and Conceptual Clarity in Curriculum Implementation Research [Letter]. [PDF]

Adv Med Educ Pract
Pitaloka LK, Melati IS.
europepmc   +1 more source

Deforestation and Efficiency: Insights From Forest Transition in the Brazilian Cerrado

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper estimates technical efficiency (TE) and environmental efficiency (EE) of agricultural production at the municipal level of the Brazilian Cerrado in 2006 and 2017, and investigates their underlying mechanisms in relation to forest transition theory.
Ricardo Muniz Simões, Cassiano Bragagnolo, Humberto Francisco Silva Spolador   +2 more
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Dynamic financial tail risk networks: A backtesting-based conditional expected shortfall approach. [PDF]

PLoS One
Zhang D, Yan X, Shen F.
europepmc   +1 more source

Blockchain‐Based Smart Contracts in US Specialty Crop Marketing: Grower Preferences and Adoption Potential

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using survey and discrete choice experiment data, we examined US specialty crop growers' preferences for marketing contract attributes in the context of emerging blockchain‐based technologies and expanding traceability initiatives. Results show that farmers preferred traditional written contracts but might be willing to accept digital ...
Elizabeth Canales, Alba J. Collart, Matthew G. Interis, Esther Mmenaa Agyemang‐Duah   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Permanent health education for health economics in Brazil: a forgotten facet? [PDF]

Front Public Health
Romão MH, de Lima Paiva JC, de Macêdo Silva L, de Oliveira Junior EB, da Costa JMM, Dos Santos Felipe IJ, de Campos RP, de Moura Santos Lima TGF, Rêgo MCFD, Reis MKS, Bonfim MAA, da Silva Valentim JLR, Coutinho KD, de Pinho Dias A, de Oliveira CAP, Coutinho KMD, do Nascimento Batista NA, Da Rocha MA, de Aragão ES, de Medeiros Guimarães JM, Henriques S, Veloso CM, de Medeiros Valentim RA, Quintas-Mendes AM.   +23 more
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Towards a quasi-Lamarckian theory of institutional change. [PDF]

The paper emphasises two flaws in mainstream economics: the failure to understand human behaviour and the belittling of transaction costs. By stressing the role of knowledge, institutions and path dependence, new institutional economics has provided a ...
Enrico Colombatto
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Effect of Broad‐Spectrum Antibiotic Prophylaxis on Post‐Pancreatoduodenectomy Infectious Complications: Nationwide Inpatient Database Study in Japan

Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
Using a nationwide Japanese inpatient database, we evaluated whether broad‐spectrum antibiotic prophylaxis improves postoperative outcomes after pancreatoduodenectomy compared with narrow‐spectrum antibiotics. In propensity score–weighted analyses of 45 099 patients, broad‐spectrum prophylaxis was associated with significantly lower rates of intra ...
Hiroki Kitagawa, Shotaro Aso, Yuki Hirano, Kenichiro Uemura, Keita Kouzu, Satoru Matsuda, Hiroki Matsui, Kiyohide Fushimi, Junichi Sasaki, Yuko Kitagawa, Hideo Yasunaga   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source