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Children &Society, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Based on 9 months of ethnographic research conducted in China, this study explores the experiences and attitudes of liushou children and their grandparents toward distant parenting, as well as the dynamic relationships they exhibit in interactions with migrant parents.
Kaidong Guo
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Design Optimization of a Complex Polygeneration System for a Hospital
Energies, 2018 Small-scale decentralized polygeneration systems have several energetic, economic and environmental benefits. However, using multiple energy sources and providing multiple energy services can lead to complicated studies which require advanced ...
Sara Ghaem Sigarchian +2 more
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Research of Total Factor Productivity and Agricultural Management Based on Malmquist-DEA Modeling
Mathematical Problems in Engineering, 2021 Based on the Malmquist-DEA Modeling and drawing on the data from 12 cities in Hubei, a central province of China, this paper measures the total factor productivity (TFP) of agricultural management as well as technological change (TC) and technical ...
B. Wan, Ende Zhou
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Environmentally adjusted productivity growth and shadow prices for dairy farms
Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie, EarlyView.Abstract We estimate the environmentally adjusted productivity growth and shadow price for Ontario dairy farms. We use an input‐oriented directional distance function and farm‐level data from 2000 to 2020. First, we find that while GHG emissions per cow increase with higher milk yields, emission intensity decreases as milk yield per cow increases.
Bibek Dahal +2 more
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Queering School, queers in school: An introduction
Confero: Essays on Education, Philosophy and Politics, 2013 Queer studies of education have become a growing field with a range of theoretical and political positions and methodological approaches. Moreover, research with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) kids is tightly connected to anti ...
Anna Malmquist +2 more
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Analysis of the water use efficiency using super-efficiency data envelopment analysis
Applied Water Science, 2020 Data envelopment analysis (DEA) is a linear programming and production theory-based nonparametric approach that is generally used for efficiency analysis.
Zhengwei Pan +3 more
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Revisiting the Cosmological Principle in a Cellular Framework
, 2012 The Cosmological Principle in it's various versions states that: (i) the Galaxy does not occupy a particular position, (ii) the Universe is homogeneous and isotropic.
Zaninetti, L.
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International Transactions in Operational Research, EarlyView.Abstract The search for evidence in public management and the implementation of good management by public bodies is becoming increasingly important, and the principles of effectiveness and efficiency should be reinforced. Therefore, this paper aims to analyse the change in efficiency in the provision of public lighting services by local governments ...
Pablo Povedano‐Fernández +2 more
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Malmquist Productivity Index by Extended VIKOR Method Using Interval Numbers
Abstract and Applied Analysis, 2013 The VIKOR method was developed for multicriteria optimization of complex systems. It determines the compromise ranking list and the compromise solution obtained with the given weights.
Mohammad Fallah +2 more
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Journal of Fish Diseases, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The myxozoan endoparasite Tetracapsuloides bryosalmonae (Tb), the causative agent of proliferative kidney disease (PKD) in salmonids, has predominantly been reported in temperate regions of continental Europe and North America. Here, we present the first record of Tb in the Faroe Islands, extending the known northern distribution of the ...
Magnus Lauringson +3 more
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