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Evaluation of the Vitros® Anti-T. cruzi assay for its incorporation into the Trypanosoma cruzi infection diagnostic algorithm

Heliyon
Background and objective: Serological screening for Chagas disease (CD) in Latin American adults living in Europe is a cost-effective strategy for transmission prevention. The World Health Organization recommends two different serological tests including
Miriam Campos-Ruiz, Jun Hao Wang-Wang, Belén Rivaya, Beatriz Rodriguez-Ponga, Noelia López, Victoria González, Pere-Joan Cardona, Gema Fernández-Rivas   +7 more
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Growth of Omnichannel Grocery Retailing and Food Prices

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the effects of the growth of omnichannel grocery retailing on food prices. We first develop a conceptual model of consumer choice and retailer pricing that allows us to evaluate changes in equilibrium prices, quantities, and profits with online channel growth and alternative pricing strategies.
Xiangwen Kong, Metin Çakır, Qingxiao Li   +2 more
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Exploring the Controlling Factors of Watershed Streamflow Variability Using Hydrological and Machine Learning Models

Water Resources Research
Studying streamflow processes and controlling factors is crucial for sustainable water resource management. This study demonstrated the potential of integrating hydrological models with machine learning by constructing two machine learning methods ...
Bingbing Ding, Xinxiao Yu, Guodong Jia
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Decentralization and Polycentricity: Spatial Changes of Employment in Beijing Metropolitan Area, China

, 2017
Decentralization and polycentric spatial structure strategies are important ways to alleviate urban disease in China. However, whether the urban spatial structure is meeting expectations is still unknown.
Yongqiang Lv, Xin-qi Zheng, Lin Zhou, Lulu Zhang   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Who Are the Consumers of European Farmers' Markets? A Cross‐Country Analysis

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT With substantial growth in the number of farmers' markets (FMs) in developed countries, the number of consumers visiting FMs is also increasing. This study comparatively assesses the consumers of FMs in three European countries where FMs traditionally play a distinctive role in food supply chains.
Áron Török, Gréta Maró, Zsófia Jámbor, Zalán Márk Maró, Barbara Tocco, Péter Balogh, Péter Czine   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Navigating toward acceptance of death: Home-dwelling patients in the palliative phase

BMC Palliative Care
Background As global life expectancy increases, the need for palliative care grows. Recognizing the deeply personal and diverse nature of individuals’ end-of-life experiences, palliative care for home-dwelling patients requires a flexible and person ...
Katrine Staats, Sandra Jahr Svendsen, Veronica Lockertsen   +2 more
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Soft planning for soft spaces. Concept of Poznań metropolitan area development – a case study

Miscellanea Geographica: Regional Studies on Development, 2018
The article presents the essence, goals and instruments of soft (informal, non-statutory) spatial planning, developed in the countries of Western Europe and relatively new in Poland.
Kaczmarek Tomasz
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Green and cool roofs to mitigate urban heat island effects in the Chicago metropolitan area: evaluation with a regional climate model

, 2016
The effects of urban heat islands (UHIs) have a substantial bearing on the sustainability of cities and environs. This paper examines the efficacy of green and cool roofs as potential UHI mitigation strategies to make cities more resilient against UHI ...
Ashish Sharma, P. Conry, H. Fernando, A. Hamlet, Jessica J. Hellmann, Fei Chen   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Spatio-Temporal Modeling of the Urban Heat Island in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area: Land Use Change Implications

Remote Sensing, 2016
This study examines the spatial and temporal patterns of the surface urban heat island (SUHI) intensity in the Phoenix metropolitan area and the relationship with land use land cover (LULC) change between 2000 and 2014.
Chuyuan Wang, S. Myint, Zhihua Wang, Jiyun Song   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Economic and Environmental Tradeoffs in Cultivating Short Food Supply Chains With Urban Indoor Agriculture

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study advances the literature on sustainable urban agriculture and alternative sustainable food production systems, which have gained momentum due to the need to strengthen regional food supply chains and meet the growing urban demand for fresh food. Indoor agriculture (IA) holds promise for year‐round cultivation of fresh produce even in
Joseph Seong, H. Christopher Peterson, Simone Valle de Souza   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source