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Characterization of Cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.) Wood Branches as a Potential Resource for Paper Production

open access: yesBioResources
For sustainable use of lignocellulosic resources, pruned tree branches of cocoa, one of the major evergreen tropical tree crops with significant economic importance worldwide, were investigated as a potential source of kraft pulp.
Laura Andze   +6 more
doaj  

Where do participatory approaches meet social learning systems in the context of environmental decision making? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
About the book: Changes in market organisation, climatic conditions and societal demands on food quality, animal welfare and environmental quality have created new conditions for farming families as well as for researchers and policy makers.
Blackmore, Chris
core  

Disentangling mechanisms that mediate soil fungal α and β diversity during forest secondary succession

open access: yesEcography, EarlyView.
Understanding the mechanisms controlling community diversity is a central, topic in ecology, particularly in microbial ecology. Although species pools and local assembly processes are believed to play non‐negligible roles in shaping the within‐community (α) and among‐community (β) diversity of microbial communities, their relative importance as ...
Xiao Zhang   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Closed‐Form Optimal Investment Under Generalized GARCH Models

open access: yesEuropean Financial Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper introduces a new class of stochastic volatility models for asset prices, the generalized Heston Nandi GARCH (GHN‐GARCH), with the primary objective of optimal dynamic asset allocation under expected utility theory for constant relative risk aversion investors. We study some of its theoretical properties, and demonstrate that the GHN‐
Marcos Escobar‐Anel   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

STUDIES ON HIBISCUS CANNABINUS, HIBISCUS SABDARIFFA, AND CANNABINUS SATIVA PULP TO BE A SUBSTITUTE FOR SOFTWOOD PULP- PART 1: AS-AQ DELIGNIFICATION PROCESS

open access: yesBioResources, 2010
Hibiscus cannabinus, Hibiscus sabdariffa, and Cannabinus sativa, which are renewable non-woody fiber resources having characteristics similar to that of softwood (bast fibers), when used together with hardwood (core fibers), gave higher pulp yield with ...
Dharm Dutt, J. S. Upadhyaya, C. H. Tyagi
doaj  

Profit Sharing, Teams, and Earnings

open access: yesIndustrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the impact of two team arrangements on the association between profit sharing and workers' earnings. In non‐interconnected teams individuals work on a single team, whereas in interconnected teams some employees work on several teams.
Marco A. Barrenechea‐Méndez   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

More Competition, Better Products: Evidence From Tariff Cuts

open access: yesJournal of Economics &Management Strategy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines how increased competition affects product and process innovation. I combine plausibly exogenous variation in foreign competition induced by large tariff cuts with a difference‐in‐differences strategy and find that firms increase their product patenting in response to increased foreign competition, but, on average, foreign
Colin Davison
wiley   +1 more source

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