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Farmers' Participation in Messenger‐Based Social Groups And Its Effects on Performance in Irrigated Areas of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The penetration of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in farming communities is increasing the use of smartphone‐based instant messaging apps. Despite this, the reasons behind participation and the impact on farm productivity in developing countries remain unexplored.
Zafar Kurbanov   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Competitive balance between national leagues in European football after the Bosman Case [PDF]

open access: yes
Introduction – 1. The Bosman Case: No Harmful Side Effects? – 2. Structural Differences and Developments – 3. Empirical Evidence – 4.
Trudo Dejonghe, Wim Van Opstal
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The Geography of Success: A Spatial Analysis of Export Intensity in the Italian Wine Industry

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper investigates the paradox of how Italy's fragmented, SME‐dominated wine industry achieves global export success. Moving beyond purely firm‐centric explanations, we test whether export intensity is spatially dependent, clustering geographically in regional ecosystems.
Nicolas Depetris Chauvin, Jonas Di Vita
wiley   +1 more source

Temperature‐Tunable Cholesteric Liquid Crystal Optical Combiners for Extended Reality Applications

open access: yesAdvanced Intelligent Systems, Volume 7, Issue 3, March 2025.
Recent advancements in extended reality highlight their potential to enhance traditional displays like liquid crystal displays and organic light‐emitting diode screens. This article introduces an innovative cholesteric liquid crystal‐based optical combiner for head‐mounted displays, enabling seamless transitions between augmented reality, virtual ...
Yuanjie Xia   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Champions League and the Coase Theorem [PDF]

open access: yes
The Coase Theorem is both one of the simplest and most profound ideas in economics. Coase’s insight was first expressed in print as a theorem by George Stigler, following the publication of the famous article “The Problem of Social Cost” by Nobel ...
Stefan Szymanski
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Revenue Shares and Monopsonistic Behavior in Intercollegiate Athletics [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Intercollegiate athletics in the United States operates as a monopsonistic cartel under the umbrella of the National Collegiate Athletics Association. This paper examines the degree to which it is able to exploit this position by restricting the level of
Monks, James
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A Hybrid Transfer Learning Framework for Brain Tumor Diagnosis

open access: yesAdvanced Intelligent Systems, Volume 7, Issue 3, March 2025.
A novel hybrid transfer learning approach for brain tumor classification achieves 99.47% accuracy using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) images. By combining image preprocessing, ensemble deep learning, and explainable artificial intelligence (XAI) techniques like gradient‐weighted class activation mapping and SHapley Additive exPlanations (SHAP), the ...
Sadia Islam Tonni   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Introduction of the Reserve Clause in Major League Baseball: Evidence of its Impact on Select Player Salaries During the 1880s [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper investigates the introduction of the reserve clause in Major League Baseball during the 1880s. Taking advantage of a unique data set describing the salaries for twenty nine high-quality players throughout the decade of the 1880s, we ...
Craig A. Depken, II   +1 more
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Context Awareness and Human–Robot Interaction Optimization for Museum Intelligent Guide Robot

open access: yesAdvanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
This study presents a context‐aware human–robot interaction framework designed for intelligent museum guide robots. The system features a three‐layer architecture—perception, understanding, and behavior execution—that enables adaptive and meaningful interactions with museum visitors.
Anna Zou, Yue Meng, Shijing Tong
wiley   +1 more source

Millimeter-Wave Radar and Mixed Reality Virtual Reality System for Agility Analysis of Table Tennis Players

open access: yesComputers
This study proposes an integrated agility assessment system that combines Millimeter-Wave (MMW) radar, Ultra-Wideband (UWB) ranging, and Mixed Reality (MR) technologies to quantitatively evaluate athlete performance with high accuracy.
Yung-Hoh Sheu   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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