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Seeds of change: The impact of Ethiopia's direct seed marketing approach on smallholders' seed purchases and productivity

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract While multiple factors explain low adoption rates of improved varieties by small‐scale farmers in sub‐Saharan Africa, a key supply‐side constraint is the limited availability of seed embodying new traits in the volume, quality, price, and timeliness required by farmers. This constraint is partly attributable to classical failures in the market
Dawit Mekonnen, Gashaw T. Abate, Seid Yimam, Rui Benfica, David J. Spielman, Frank Place   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Redistributive land reforms, agricultural productivity, and structural change: New cross‐national evidence

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Large‐scale land reforms constitute a substantial redistribution of wealth and reallocation of agricultural land, which is a major form of asset and production input in developing countries. While land redistribution (from the rich to the poor) remains a highly controversial issue, extensive evidence on its effect is limited.
Devashish Mitra, Abdulaziz B. Shifa, Lan Anh Tong, Mehmet A. Ulubasoglu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Decision Support System Proposal for Medical Evacuations in Military Operations. [PDF]

Sensors (Basel), 2023
Lubkowski P, Krygier J, Sondej T, Dobrowolski AP, Apiecionek L, Znaniecki W, Oskwarek P.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Mass casualty events: what to do as the dust settles? [PDF]

, 2018
Care during mass casualty events (MCE) has improved during the last 15 years. Military and civilian collaboration has led to partnerships which augment the response to MCE.
Brocker, Jason, Cheatham, Michael L, Dorlac, Warren, Fang, Raymond, Galante, Joseph M, Holcomb, John B, King, David R, Knudson, M Margaret, Russo, Rachel M, Scalea, Thomas M   +9 more
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Serum PFAS in Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting (ARFF) Firefighters From Six U.S. Airport Fire Departments

American Journal of Industrial Medicine, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Use of aqueous film‐forming foam (AFFF) is a source of exposure to per‐ and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) for firefighters working in aircraft rescue and firefighting (ARFF) settings. However, data characterizing the association between serum PFAS concentrations and exposure risk factors for ARFF firefighters are limited ...
Miriam M. Calkins, Yiwen Liu, Gavin Horn, Antonia M. Calafat, Judith M. Graber, Shawn C. Beitel, Alberto J. Caban‐Martinez, Julianne Cook Botelho, Randy Krause, Rob Mathis, Jeff Hughes, Casey Grant, Jaclyn M. Goodrich, Amy Nematollahi, Alesia M. Jung, Alissa D. Coleman, Sally Littau, Brooke A. Hawkes, Alexander C. Mayer, Jefferey L. Burgess   +19 more
wiley   +1 more source

Editorial: Ethical challenges in AI-enhanced military operations. [PDF]

Front Big Data, 2023
Helkala KM, Lucas G, Barrett E, Syse H.
europepmc   +1 more source

“It's Not Deterministic and It Will Never Be Deterministic”: A Qualitative Study on Stakeholder Perspectives of Polygenic Risk Score Testing for Post‐Traumatic Stress Disorder

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Post‐traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) causes significant mental and physical distress, yet only a small subset of individuals exposed to trauma develop the disorder. Scientists and clinicians are still unable to predict who will get the disorder or how it will manifest.
Brandy M. Fox
wiley   +1 more source

THE IMPACT OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF MARITIME AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS ON THE ETHICS OF NAVAL CONFLICTS [PDF]

Annals: Series on Military Sciences, 2018
Robotic systems are believed to be the elements of conceptual inflexion in the conduct of future military conflicts. The progress made by the military industry in the field of robotics science and engineering, coupled with the practical results obtained
Daniel-Cornel TĂNĂSESCU
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Clinical nightmare frequency and its association with reduced physical health during military operations. [PDF]

Sleep, 2023
Mallett R, Jameson JT, Paller KA, Markwald RR, Russell DW.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Superannuation Reimagined: Moving Beyond the Origins to an Indigenous Focus

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Retirement income systems, such as superannuation, are meant to be non‐discriminatory and consider disadvantage faced by members of society. There are significant differences between the life expectancies of Indigenous and non‐Indigenous peoples. The gap in life expectancies is not considered when determining when Indigenous peoples can retire.
Levon Ellen Blue, Peter Anderson, Mark Brimble   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source