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NET INCOME, GROSS BILLINGS AND PRACTICE EXPENSES OF INDEPENDENT DENTISTS
The Journal of the American Dental Association, 1998One way to measure the vitality of a profession is to look at the trend in its practitioners' real incomes. During the 10-year period 1986 through 1995, the average real net income of all independent dentists rose 30.7 percent, or 2.7 percent annually, after being adjusted for inflation using 1995 U.S. dollars.
L J, Brown, V, Lazar
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On-Line with the Friends of Bill W: Social Support and the Net
Sociological Research Online, 2000The Internet is now being used as a mechanism for the delivery of social support on a global scale, chiefly through the formation of self-help groups. Most of the research that has been undertaken on these groups has focussed on Usenet and the use of newsgroups for social support.
Pleace, N. +4 more
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Comparison of Alternative Safety Net Programs for the 2000 Farm Bill
2001As Congress begins its debate for the 2002 farm bill, there have been calls for a counter cyclical safety net that will provide a better basis for targeting longer term planning than exists with ad hoc emergency assistance. Further subsidization of the multi-peril crop insurance (MPCI) program has been proposed, as well as reliance on a farm and ranch ...
Schumann, Keith D. +3 more
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Updating the Farm Bill Safety Net in an Expanding Sea of Risk
2008Several months past due, the Food, Conservation and Energy Act (FCEA) of 2008 (P.L. 110-246) is now law. Reform, budget, and national and international politics were central issues fueling a debate that resulted in this new bill. Whether this new Farm Bill will ultimately succeed in providing an adequate farm and food safety net and whether it is a â ...
Harris, Wes +3 more
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Net energy versus efficiency maximizing by foraging ring-billed gulls
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 1988Ring-billed gulls (Larus delawarensis) breeding at Dog Lake, Manitoba often feed by following tractors pulling cultivating implements around fields. Tractor-following gulls always land immediately behind the cultivating implement, where they feed on earthworms or grain. Afeer a feeding bout on the ground (patch residence time), gulls fly up, pursue the
C. V. J. Welham, R. C. Ydenberg
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Integrating Net-Metering and Feed-in- Tariff Schemes to Balance Electricity Billing System
2024 6th International Conference on Sustainable Technologies for Industry 5.0 (STI)Durjoy Roy Dipto +2 more
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Sizing Up the Farm Bill Safety Net
Center for Agricultural ProfitabilityLower commodity prices and higher production costs over the past couple of years have crop producers concerned about tighter margins and cash flow for their operations. The federal farm income safety net provides substantial support to producers through commodity programs, crop insurance programs, and disaster assistance.
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2014 Farm Bill Farm Safety Net: Summary and Brief Thoughts
2014• A crop farm has a one-time, irrevocable opportunity to elect either Price Loss Coverage (PLC) or county Agricultural Risk Coverage (ARC) on a crop by crop basis. The producer may also elect individual farm ARC, but this election applies to the entire farm. If no choice is made, the farm defaults to PLC.
Zulauf, Carl, Zulauf, Carl
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