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Circularity, Sustainability, and the Quality of Coffee Sold via Vending Machines: What Do Italian Consumers Prefer?

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Vending is an important sector in the daily lives of many people, and coffee is the most frequently consumed product in the European market. Like many other sectors, vending is responding to the challenge of sustainable development by taking various actions, such as offering increasingly ecologically sound coffee while maintaining/improving ...
Alberto Bertossi   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Technology-aided programs for post-coma patients emerged from or in a minimally conscious state

open access: yesFrontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2014
Post-coma persons in a minimally conscious state (MCS) or emerged/emerging from such state (E-MCS), who are affected by extensive motor impairment and lack of speech, may develop an active role and interact with their environment with the help of ...
Giulio E. Lancioni   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Morphospace of Consciousness

open access: yes, 2017
We construct a complexity-based morphospace to study systems-level properties of conscious & intelligent systems. The axes of this space label 3 complexity types: autonomous, cognitive & social.
Arsiwalla, Xerxes D.   +5 more
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Traceability of Agri‐Food Products: The Key to Conscious Trade

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Globalization and growing concerns about sustainability have led to improvements in product traceability, quality, and sustainability. Traceability contributes to environmental protection and supports sustainable development by fostering transparency in agricultural practices and encouraging the responsible use of resources.
Scarlett Queen Almeida Bispo   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Structure of Sensorimotor Explanation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
The sensorimotor theory of vision and visual consciousness is often described as a radical alternative to the computational and connectionist orthodoxy in the study of visual perception.
Vernazzani, Alfredo
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Climate‐Smart Dairy Practices: The Role of Practice Clusters in Enhancing the Performance of Dairy Farms in Kenya

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Climate variability is affecting the productivity, profitability, and resilience of smallholder dairy producers in developing countries. The adoption of climate‐smart (CS) dairy practices has been promoted to mitigate these negative effects. However, while interest in dairy CS practices is growing, empirical evidence on their adoption patterns
Mercy Mburu   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Unexpectedly High Incidence of Immune‐Related Adverse Events in Gastric Cancer Patients Who Received Conversion Surgery After Nivolumab‐Including Chemotherapy

open access: yesAnnals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Nivolumab‐including chemotherapy (nivo‐CTX) for stage IV gastric cancer (GC) may increase the chance of conversion surgery but risk of immune‐related adverse events (irAEs) during perioperative period remains unclear. Methods We examined irAEs in 36 patients with marginally resectable GC who received nivo‐CTX followed by surgery ...
Masashi Nishino   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

A framework for Thinking about Distributed Cognition [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
As is often the case when scientific or engineering fields emerge, new concepts are forged or old ones are adapted. When this happens, various arguments rage over what ultimately turns out to be conceptual misunderstandings.
Chicoisne, Guillaume, Poirier, Pierre
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Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery in the Era of Robotics: Evolution, Eclipse, or Equilibrium?

open access: yesAnnals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Minimally invasive colorectal surgery has undergone a remarkable transformation over the past three decades. Laparoscopy, once viewed with skepticism, is now firmly established as a standard approach, supported by robust randomized trials demonstrating oncologic safety and improved recovery compared to open surgery.
Amanjeet Singh   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Only Friends, Despite the Rumors: Philosophy of Mind's Consciousness and Intentionality [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Being evasive as it is, philosophers have often tried to do without consciousness. Despite this, it has played a key role in the endeavours of philosophy of mind, as witnessed by its reputation as a "mark of the mental" and works of philosophers like ...
Chartrand, Louis
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