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Sustainability Strategies in the Cocoa‐Chocolate Value Chain: An Analysis Using Stakeholder Theory, Global Value Chain Theory, and Resource Dependence Theory

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The cocoa‐chocolate value chain faces significant environmental and social challenges, driving firms to adopt sustainability strategies ranging from individual practices to third‐party certifications. This study investigates the factors associated with these strategies by analyzing 304 cocoa‐chocolate companies using firm‐level data from the ...
Stella Marschner   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Provisional Crown Fabrication Maxillary Left Central Incisor

open access: yesMedEdPORTAL, 2012
Abstract Provisional Crown Fabrication Maxillary Left Central Incisor is a video that teaches dental students how to manufacture a provisional crown on a maxillary central incisor in patient simulation using composite resin crown material. The videos have been used for the last 2 years and were well valued by both students and faculty.
openaire   +3 more sources

On Zero-Symmetric Left Centrally Prime Near-Rings [PDF]

open access: yesKirkuk University Journal-Scientific Studies, 2007
Our aim in this paper is: to give some properties of zero-symmetric left centrally prime near-rings, then looking for those conditions which make zero-symmetric left centrally prime near-rings abelian, so that several conditions are given under which zero-symmetric left centrally prime near-rings become abelian.
openaire   +2 more sources

Regional and patient characteristic disparities in the outcomes of minimally invasive surgery for colorectal cancer in Japan

open access: yesAnnals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
This study aimed to clarify whether differences in minimally invasive surgery outcomes are associated with regional and patient characteristics. This study found regional and patient characteristic disparities in minimally invasive surgical outcomes; national policies should be implemented to address these inequities.
Atsushi Hamabe   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Salvage esophagectomy for unresectable locally advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: Significant or not?

open access: yesAnnals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
Abstract We reviewed the current status and perspectives on salvage esophagectomy for initially unresectable locally advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) in the era of minimally invasive surgery and immunotherapy. Although the standard treatment for these patients is definitive chemoradiotherapy (CRT), the complete response rate to CRT ...
Hiroshi Saeki   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Influence of Facility Size on Perioperative Outcomes in Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy for 14 152 Patients With Esophageal Cancer Based on the Japanese National Clinical Database: A Multicenter Cohort Study

open access: yesAnnals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
This multicenter study investigated 14 152 minimally invasive esophagectomies (MIEs) using data from the Japanese National Clinical Database and showed a significantly lower operative mortality rate in high‐volume centers than in low‐volume centers. However, no differences in morbidity rates were found between facility sizes.
Taro Oshikiri   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Process Resilience under Optimal Data Injection Attacks

open access: yesAIChE Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract In this article, we study the resilience of process systems in an information‐theoretic framework, from the perspective of an attacker capable of optimally constructing data injection attacks. The attack aims to distract the stationary distributions of process variables and stay stealthy, simultaneously.
Xiuzhen Ye, Wentao Tang
wiley   +1 more source

Toxic Leadership and Empowering Leadership: Relations with Work Motivation. [PDF]

open access: yesPsychol Res Behav Manag, 2022
Semedo CS   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

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