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Chinese Loans and Africa's Agricultural Investment: A Bayesian Multilevel Modelling Analysis

open access: yesGlobal Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Chinese lending to Africa expanded substantially after 2000, with agriculture often presented as a strategic sector in China–Africa development cooperation. This study examined whether Chinese loans to African agriculture reflected a differentiated financing strategy or formed part of a broader development finance portfolio.
Adrino Mazenda
wiley   +1 more source

Discovering the unseen: A performance comparison of taxonomic classification methods for unknown DNA barcodes

open access: yesMethods in Ecology and Evolution, EarlyView.
Abstract DNA barcoding and metabarcoding have emerged as cost‐efficient, standardized methods for characterizing local biodiversity. Based on the sequencing of a small targeted gene fragment, it is theoretically possible to identify a wide diversity of taxa by comparing them with reference sequence databases.
Johanna Orsholm   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Link prediction in ecological meta‐networks under extreme taxonomic bias

open access: yesMethods in Ecology and Evolution, EarlyView.
Abstract Ecological networks offer powerful insights into community function but, without first characterizing these networks accurately, our ability to detect and interpret changes under environmental stress is limited. We develop an extension of the Covariate‐Informed Link Prediction (COIL) framework to reduce bias in ecological link prediction when ...
Jennifer N. Kampe   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reinforcement Learning-Based Optimization of Ku-Band Low-Noise Amplifier. [PDF]

open access: yesMicromachines (Basel)
Chung J   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Monetary Policy, Investor Sentiment and Stock Price Bubble: Evidence From China

open access: yesAccounting &Finance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The empirical results indicate that an increase in interest rates may stimulate a significant and persistent stock price bubble, which is consistent with rational asset price bubble theory. This finding suggests that central banks should implement anti‐turbulent monetary policy with caution, since inappropriate tightening may unintentionally ...
Jiahao Gong   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Harvesting benefits: Exploring the effects of second‐best policies on enhancing soil organic carbon stocks in agriculture

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Agricultural subsidies can be an effective policy tool to enhance soil organic carbon sequestration. This paper assesses the effectiveness of a second‐best hypothetical policy which subsidizes additional canola hectares optimally for each soil zone in Saskatchewan in an effort to increase soil organic carbon.
Devin A. Serfas
wiley   +1 more source

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