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Cattle farmers' preferences for disease-free zones in Kenya: an application of the choice experiment method [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Management of livestock diseases is important in ensuring food safety to consumers in both domestic and export markets. Various measures are prescribed under the Sanitary and Phytosanitary Standards (SPS) agreement of the World Trade Organization.
Hubbard, Lionel   +2 more
core   +1 more source

It's not All Shiny and Glamorous: Loneliness and Fear of Missing Out among Digital Nomads

open access: yesHawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 2023
The term ‘digital nomad’ has gained popularity to describe professionals who work remotely from different locations facilitated by using information and communication technology. This study explores the interaction between digital nomadism and loneliness,
Cristina Miguel   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Breaking the Contract: Digital Nomads and the State

open access: yesCritique of Anthropology, 2022
This article explores ethnographically how digital nomads reconcile their commitment to ‘freedom’ with their relationships to state institutions. It analyses the ways these ‘global citizens’ attempt to weaken ties with nation-states and challenge state ...
D. Cook
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Households without Houses : Mobility and Moorings on the Eurasian Steppe [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The research that provided the basis for this paper was carried out in collaboration with the Institutes of History and Archaeology of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences and would not have been possible without my colleagues Chunag Amartuvshin, William ...
Wright, Joshua
core   +1 more source

Inducible Expression of Agrobacterium Virulence Gene VirE2 for Stringent Regulation of T-DNA Transfer in Plant Transient Expression Systems

open access: yesMolecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, 2015
Agrotransfection with viral vectors is an effective solution for the transient production of valuable proteins in plants grown in contained facilities. Transfection methods suitable for field applications are desirable for the production of high-volume ...
Erna Denkovskienė   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Many paths to walk: the political and economic integration of nomadic communities in Roman North Africa (I-III cent. A.D.) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
The colonial image of endemic political and economic antagonism between nomadic and sedentary groups in the context of Roman North Africa should be discarded. Likewise, the rigid adherence to symbiosis and cooperation in more recent studies is based on a
Vanacker, Wouter
core   +3 more sources

Gatherings of mobility and immobility: itinerant “criminal tribes” and their containment by the Salvation Army in colonial South India [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
In retelling the history of “criminal tribe” settlements managed by the Salvation Army in Madras Presidency (colonial India) from 1911, I argue that neither the mobility–immobility relationship nor the compositional heterogeneity of (im)mobility ...
Arora, Saurabh
core   +1 more source

Digital Nomads and the Covid-19 Pandemic: Narratives About Relocation in a Time of Lockdowns and Reduced Mobility

open access: yes, 2022
Digital nomads (DNs) are independent professionals who rely heavily on digital media and communications, are not bound to the constraints imposed by traditional organizations, and prioritize variables such as cheaper living costs when deciding where to ...
Karine Ehn   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Grey nomads with diabetes self-management on the road - a scoping review

open access: yesRural and Remote Health, 2021
Introduction: This scoping literature review explored the characteristics and behaviours of a subset of Australia's older population: 'grey nomads', many who live and travel with type 1 or 2 diabetes mellitus.
Anita De Bellis   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Crocodiles and grey nomads: a deadly combination? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Increasing numbers of retirees seek individual, extended, unstructured activities in remote, non-commercial locations. Travel is predominantly by self-drive 4WD vehicle towing a caravan/campervan.
Andau P.   +8 more
core   +1 more source

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