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User characteristics: Professional vs. lay users [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
(User characteristics: professional use vs lay use by Cifter A and Dong H) The market success of a product largely depends on whether it correctly addresses the user needs. Understanding the user is increasingly becoming important in the design process.
Cifter, AS, Dong, H
core   +4 more sources

A bird's‐eye view: Evaluating drone imagery for the detection and monitoring of endangered and invasive day geckos

open access: yesBiotropica, Volume 55, Issue 5, Page 911-919, September 2023., 2023
We tested the efficiency of drone‐based monitoring in accessible and inaccessible areas on three diurnal gecko species. We showed that drone imagery prove useful for the detection of threatened and invasive species in the canopy and other inaccessible areas. We provide methodological recommendations to maximize detection.
Nicolas Dubos   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reducing land fragmentation to curb cropland abandonment: Evidence from rural China

open access: yesCanadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie, Volume 71, Issue 3-4, Page 355-373, September-November 2023., 2023
Abstract Reducing land fragmentation can theoretically curb cropland abandonment, thus ensuring food security. However, few studies have quantified this relationship using large‐scale survey data at the household level. This study adopts a two‐way fixed‐effects (TWFE) model to examine the effect of land fragmentation on cropland abandonment using ...
Linyi Zheng, Liufang Su, Songqing Jin
wiley   +1 more source

The Influence of Informality in a Local Agri‐food Supply Chain in Brazil L'influence de l'informalité dans une chaîne d'approvisionnement agroalimentaire locale au Brésil Der Einfluss von Informalität in einer regionalen Agrar‐ und Lebensmittelwarenkette in Brasilien

open access: yesEuroChoices, Volume 22, Issue 1, Page 37-43, April 2023., 2023
Summary During qualitative research on trust, conducted in a mariculture chain in southern Brazil, the theme of informality emerged spontaneously in most interviews. Although it is difficult to measure, some data and estimates point out that informality is still quite present worldwide, but especially in emerging and developing countries, and this ...
Michel T. Q. M. Assis   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Les composantes de l'espoir critique dans les récits de parents Afro‐Canadiens de la Nouvelle‐Écosse

open access: yesCanadian Review of Sociology/Revue canadienne de sociologie, Volume 59, Issue 4, Page 507-524, November 2022., 2022
Abstract Recently, there is increasing awareness of the magnitude of anti‐Black racism. As a consequence, several school administrations reiterated their commitment to foster an inclusive school climate and to challenge discrimination, including anti‐Black racism.
Johanne Jean‐Pierre
wiley   +1 more source

Agri‐food Trade between Visegrad Countries and Taiwan: Opportunities, Limitations and Twists and Turns Commerce agroalimentaire entre les pays du groupe de Visegrad et Taïwan : Opportunités, limites et rebondissements Agrar‐ und Lebensmittelhandel zwischen den Visegrad‐Ländern und Taiwan: Chancen, Grenzen und Wendungen

open access: yesEuroChoices, EarlyView.
Summary This study examines the dynamics and potential of agri‐food trade between the Visegrad Four (V4) countries and Taiwan, using this regional case to highlight broader opportunities for EU–Taiwan economic engagement. While the V4 countries have not historically been major agri‐food trading partners with Taiwan, the analysis reveals untapped trade ...
Ivo Zdrahal, Chia‐Lin Chang
wiley   +1 more source

Nurse led versus lay educators support for those with asthma in primary care: a costing study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
<p>Background - Regular review and support for asthma self-management is promoted in guidelines. A randomised controlled trial suggested that unscheduled health care usage was similar when patients were offered self management support by a lay ...
Nicola J Roberts   +22 more
core   +2 more sources

Incentives and motivational crowding to address chronic wasting disease: An experiment with Alberta hunters

open access: yesCanadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie, EarlyView.
Abstract Behavioral interventions, for example, through the use of incentives and information, are widely used by policymakers to induce welfare‐improving behavior. When these interventions are used in specific contexts such as environmental conservation, individual knowledge, experience, and attitudes can lead to motivational crowding and may limit ...
Lusi Xie   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Gaining and Gauging Trust Through Small Stories in the Interaction Between Guardians and Unaccompanied Minors

open access: yesJournal of Sociolinguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In the lead‐up to their asylum interviews, unaccompanied minors often struggle to disclose the highly sensitive and personal narratives of their migration journeys to their guardians. Instead, they may resort to “thin stories”: generic, rehearsed stories of suffering, which risk being qualified by the authorities as “inauthentic” or even ...
Lotte Remue
wiley   +1 more source

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