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Why Didn't I Get a Payout? Understanding Farmer Choices, Index Insurance, and Basis Risk

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Index insurance, while heralded as a potential solution to alleviate poverty and food insecurity among agricultural households, has its own set of challenges, notably basis risk. Basis risk is the discrepancy between the insurance payout and losses incurred, posing a significant deterrent to the adoption of index insurance.
S. Lucille Blakeley   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Extreme Weather Events and Consumer Food Responses

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates consumer food responses to Hurricanes Helene and Milton, which affected a swath of the Southeastern U.S. in 2024. Using representative consumer survey data from six affected states, we analyze 10 distinct food responses classified into ex ante and ex post responses, and examine their associations with food insufficiency
Ahmad Zia Wahdat, Joseph Balagtas
wiley   +1 more source

The mental representation of the human gait in young and older adults. [PDF]

open access: yesFront Psychol, 2015
Stöckel T   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Enhancing Elderly Health Through Physical Activities: Insights From a Global Bibliometric Review, 1900–2023

open access: yesAGING MEDICINE, EarlyView.
Bibliometric analysis reveals rising global research on physical activity and elderly health, dominated by developed nations. Key hotspots include healthy aging, physical activity's mental health benefits, and VR exercise interventions. Promoting physical activity is vital for healthy aging, requiring greater technology integration and research from ...
Hongman Wang   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evidence for distorted mental representation of the hand in osteoarthritis. [PDF]

open access: yesRheumatology (Oxford), 2015
Gilpin HR   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Synthetic MRI Neuroimaging Correlates of Frailty: Correlations Between Frailty Scales and Brain Structural Integrity

open access: yesAGING MEDICINE, EarlyView.
Frailty was associated with decreased gray and white matter brain volumes in older adults. Synthetic MRI further revealed relaxometry alterations correlated with frailty severity across multiple clinical scales. ABSTRACT Objectives Frailty, a common condition in the elderly, is characterized by a decline in physiological reserves and an increased ...
Yuhui Chen   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Validation of the Patient Health Questionnaire‐2 (PHQ‐2) in Detecting Depression Among Older Adults

open access: yesAGING MEDICINE, EarlyView.
PHQ‐2 effectively screens for geriatric depression with the optimal cut‐off of 3 points. ABSTRACT Objectives Depression screening tools like the Patient Health Questionnaire‐2 (PHQ‐2) are commonly used to detect depression. However, its performance in elderly populations has been less extensively studied compared to its broader adult use.
Francesco Salis   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Animal‐Based Brands Taking the Plant‐Based Opportunity: A Tasting Experiment Exploring Consumer Acceptance of Plant‐Based Brand Extensions

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates how consumer taste and brand equity perceptions shape the acceptance of plant‐based milk products. Using a blind/informed tasting experiment, we evaluated consumers' willingness to buy (WTB) and taste perception of a plant‐based milk alternative produced by a traditional dairy brand, compared with competing plant‐based ...
Federico Parmiggiani   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

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