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Livestock Tango: U.S. and Latin America Dance Together, but Who Will Lead?

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the competitiveness between Latin American and U.S. livestock and meat sectors. We employ a computable general equilibrium modeling framework to evaluate two scenarios: coordinated improvements in Latin American productivity, transport efficiency, and market access (Scenario I), and the minimum productivity gains required ...
Taís C. Menezes, Amanda M. Countryman, Dustin L. Pendell   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Motor performance is preserved in healthy aged adults following severe whole-body hyperthermia

International Journal of Hyperthermia, 2019
Healthy aging is associated with a progressive decline in motor performance and thermoregulatory efficiency. Functional consequences of severe whole-body hyperthermia on neurophysiological functions in healthy aged men have not been investigated.
Marius Brazaitis, Henrikas Paulauskas, Nerijus Eimantas, Laura Daniuseviciute, Gintautas Volungevicius, Albertas Skurvydas   +5 more
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The Testament Donation of Knyaz Fedor Sanguszko for the Monastery of St. Paul of Xeropotamou on the Holy Mount Athos (9th November 1547) [PDF]

, 2013
Translated by Michał Zytka and Zofia Brzozowska.
Baczyńska, Małgorzata, Baczyński, Bogusław Andrzej   +1 more
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Sustainable Productivity Growth in Agriculture: The Role of Shifts in R&D Investments and Technology

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The objective of the paper is to evaluate the long‐term prospects of sustainable productivity growth linked to plausible assumptions on public agricultural R&D investments as the key productivity driver. Second, it investigates the role of changing R&D focus from yield maximization to input saving technologies (fertilizers and pesticides). The
Zuzana Smeets Křístková, Michiel van Dijk, Robert M'Barek, Hans van Meijl, Tomas Ratinger   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluation of leadership competencies of executives in Lithuanian public health institutions. [PDF]

, 2012
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE. Lithuanian and international public health experts emphasize the importance of leadership in public health. The aim of this study was to explore the self-assessed level of leadership competencies of executives in Lithuanian ...
Avery, Mark, Czabanowska, Katarzyna, Sauliūnė, Skirmantė, Smith, Tony, Stankūnas, Mindaugas, Šumskas, Linas   +5 more
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Consumers' Willingness to Pay a Premium for Climate‐Friendly Food Production: The Role of Production Method Information and Social Norms

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines whether information about production methods and social norms can increase consumers' willingness to pay (WTP) a price premium for food produced using climate‐friendly farming methods. A randomized survey experiment was conducted with 1568 respondents across Denmark, Lithuania, and Spain, who were assigned to one of four ...
Kassa Tarekegn Erekalo, Tove Christensen, Sigrid Denver, Marilena Gemtou, Spyros Fountas, Søren Marcus Pedersen   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Creatively hateful labelling of the “Other”: Neologisms in internet comments [PDF]

Studii de Lingvistica
So far, neologisms have been analysed in relation to hateful and aggressive content to a very limited extent and often in a fragmented manner. This paper focuses on the language of “othering” as a central component of hate speech, examining it in ...
Jūratė Ruzaitė
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Performance Evaluation of Refractory Composite Coatings in Potassium Rich Environment

Medžiagotyra, 2016
A laboratory scale method was used to study the performance of reinforced cement composites in potassium rich environment of biomass combustion. Buckwheat husk (BH) was used as potential source of unexploited biomass product applicable as biomass derived
Kristina BRINKIENĖ, Jūratė ČĖSNIENĖ, Regina KALPOKAITĖ-DIČKUVIENĖ, Irena LUKOŠIŪTĖ   +3 more
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The Lithuanian Long-term Care System [PDF]

, 2010
The remarkable growth of older population has moved long-term care to the front ranks of the social policy agenda in the European Union. This paper addresses the issue of the longterm care in Lithuania, its philosophy, the legal and funding regularities,
Marcinkowska, Izabela
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Does Participating in Agricultural Global Value Chains Promote Agricultural Growth?

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the relationship between GVC participation and agricultural value‐added growth in 43 countries over the period 1995–2022. In contrast to prior literature, we disaggregate the agricultural sector into four sub‐sectors namely crop cultivation, animal production, forestry and fishing.
Taner Turan, Halit Yanıkkaya, Hüseyin Alperen Özer   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source