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Assessing Government Subsidies for Reducing Pesticide Use: A Meta‐Analysis

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In the efforts being made by governments to reduce pesticide use, subsidies are an important instrument to encourage farmers to adopt more sustainable practices. Yet, their effectiveness remains uncertain due to diverse designs and contexts.
Gaëlle Leduc, Douadia Bougherara, Thi Thanh Mai Ha, Laure Latruffe   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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
wiley   +1 more source

The Impact of Audit Quality and Corporate Governance on Financial Segment Disclosure in Egypt

International Journal of Financial Studies
This paper examines the impact of audit quality and internal corporate governance mechanisms on segment disclosure. It uses manual content analysis to measure the levels of disclosure for a sample of Egyptian-listed companies from 2015 to 2023.
Engy Elsayed Abdelhak, Khaled Hussainey
doaj   +1 more source

Impact of the joint provision of audit and non-audit services on the quality of external assurance of sustainability disclosures [PDF]

Revista Contabilidade & Finanças
External assurance of sustainability disclosures plays a fundamental role in verifying the reliability and integrity of corporate information and is provided by independent professionals.
Gabriela Borges Silveira, Hans Michael van Bellen   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Local Recurrence and Oncological Outcomes After Transanal Total Mesorectal Excision With Intersphincteric Resection for Lower Rectal Cancer: A Nationwide Multicenter Cohort Study (Ta‐Ta‐Mi Study)

Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
The 3‐year local recurrence (LR), recurrence‐free survival, and overall survival rates were 7.3%, 79.5%, and 98.1%, respectively. Multivariable analysis identified circumferential resection margin (CRM)/radial margin (RM) positivity as an independent risk factor for LR.
Kan Tanabe, Shinichiro Mori, Kenji Baba, Takeru Matsuda, Ichiro Takemasa, Koji Okabayashi, Chikayoshi Tani, Tatsuya Manabe, Yoshihiro Kakeji, Takao Ohtsuka, Seiichiro Yamamoto, Takeshi Naitoh, Ta‐Ta‐Mi Study Group Collaborative of the Japan Society of Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

"MAGIC" FORMULA OF THE JOINT AUDITS IN RAISING REVENUE THROUGH WEEDING OUT CORRUPT PRACTICES (BASED ON ROMANIA AND MOLDOVA CASES) [PDF]

Scientific Papers Series : Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and Rural Development, 2015
Around one trillion Euros is lost to tax evasion and avoidance every year in the EU. In this context, governments have increasingly been tempted to turn to cross-border audits to secure needed resources and expertise to assist in ensuring international ...
Diana CRICLIVAIA
doaj  

Do audit attributes impact earnings quality? Evidence from India [PDF]

AJAR (Asian Journal of Accounting Research)
Purpose – The present study's goal is to analyze the impact of audit quality (AQ) on earnings quality (EQ) using different audit attributes. The study shows empirical evidence from India, considered an emerging market.
Deepak Verma, Varun Dawar, Pankaj Chaudhary   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Automating AI Discovery for Biomedicine Through Knowledge Graphs and Large Language Models Agents

Advanced Intelligent Discovery, EarlyView.
This work proposes a novel framework that automates biomedical discovery by integrating knowledge graphs with multiagent large language models. A biologically aligned graph exploration strategy identifies hidden pathways between biomedical entities, and specialized agents use this pathway to iteratively design AI predictors and wet‐lab validation ...
Naafey Aamer, Muhammad Nabeel Asim, Shan Munir, Andreas Dengel   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

LLM‐Based Scientific Assistants for Knowledge Extraction: Which Design Choices Matter?

Advanced Intelligent Discovery, EarlyView.
A comprehensive framework for optimizing Large Language Models in domain‐specific applications is introduced. The LLM Playground integrates Prompt Engineering, knowledge augmentation, and advanced reasoning strategies to enable systematic comparison of architectures and base models.
David Exler, Manuel Raimann, Marc Münker, Maxim Rosin, Joaquin E. Urrutia Gómez, Christof M. Niemeyer, Markus Reischl, Luca Rettenberger   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Other title: Efficiency Audit of the Frontenac School District

, 2016
application/pdf; "July 2016."; "A Report to the Legislative Post Audit Committee"--Cover."K.S.A. 46-1133 requires the Legislative Division of Post Audit to conduct a series of efficiency audits of Kansas school districts from fiscal year 2014 to ...
Zimmerman, Heidi.
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