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METRICS FROM THE FIELD: Local Data Is Endangered

open access: yesJournal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 2016
First paragraphs: One of the quiet impacts of the interruption of federal services in the U.S. — both the ongoing sequestration and the fall 2013 shutdown — was a tragic loss of local-level economic data.
Ken Meter
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Predictions of Aeroengines’ Infrared Radiation Characteristics Based on HKELM Optimized by the Improved Dung Beetle Optimizer

open access: yesSensors
To solve the problems of high computational cost and the long time required by the simulation and calculation of aeroengines’ exhaust systems, a method of predicting the characteristics of infrared radiation based on the hybrid kernel extreme learning ...
Lei Qiao   +5 more
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METRICS FROM THE FIELD: Addressing Hunger by Strengthening Local Foods Logistics

open access: yesJournal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 2016
First paragraphs: Las Milpitas de Cottonwood Farm in southwest Tucson is an unusual urban farm. On an intensely sandy stretch of land, bright green vegetables flourish in penetrating sunlight. Billowy clouds waft over observant mountain ridges.
Ken Meter
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METRICS FROM THE FIELD: How Do We Grow New Farmers?

open access: yesJournal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 2016
First paragraphs: Often in my travels as a consultant and speaker, I am asked, "How do we grow new farmers?" Every time I hear this question, I draw a quick breath.
Ken Meter
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METRICS FROM THE FIELD: Two New Tools for Measuring Economic Impacts

open access: yesJournal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 2016
First paragraphs: Two new publications are appearing this year that should help shed new light on the ongoing discussion of how we measure the economic impacts of community-based foods initiatives.
Ken Meter
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METRICS FROM THE FIELD: Designing Food to Suit Our Infrastructure?

open access: yesJournal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 2016
First paragraphs: Last summer during harvest season, I descended to a hotel lobby in South Carolina eager for a good breakfast. I had just visited vast orchards down the road where peaches were being packed for shipment, and I had seen plentiful local ...
Ken Meter
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The End of Local? Book Review: Shuman's "Local Dollars, Local Sense"

open access: yesJournal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 2016
First paragraphs: Michael Shuman and interviewer Kate Poole, in Local Dollars, Local Sense, have combed the continent to uncover solid stories showing how local investment options have been created over the past 35 years.
Ken Meter
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Sultan II. Murad Devrine Ait Aruz Konulu Bir Eser: Mutahhar B. Ebî Tâlib’in Ravzatu’l-Evzân’ı

open access: yesDil ve Edebiyat Araştırmaları Dergisi, 2021
Ravzatu’l-Evzân, Sultan II. Murad döneminde Mutahhar b. Ebî Tâlib-i Lârendî tarafından nazmedilmiş aruz konulu bir eserdir. Şair hakkında kaynaklarda hiçbir bilgi bulunmamaktadır.
Üzeyir Aslan
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Well Logging Reconstruction Based on a Temporal Convolutional Network and Bidirectional Gated Recurrent Unit Network with Attention Mechanism Optimized by Improved Sand Cat Swarm Optimization

open access: yesEnergies
Geophysical logging plays a very important role in reservoir evaluation. In the actual production process, some logging data are often missing due to well wall collapse and instrument failure.
Guanqun Wang   +5 more
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METRICS FROM THE FIELD: Building a Framework for Sustainable Livelihoods

open access: yesJournal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 2016
First paragraphs: Local food networks in North America operate in relatively wealthy societies, yet they hold many concerns that are shared by communities in places such as those featured in this issue of the Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and ...
Ken Meter
doaj   +1 more source

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