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Blockchain‐Based Smart Contracts in US Specialty Crop Marketing: Grower Preferences and Adoption Potential

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using survey and discrete choice experiment data, we examined US specialty crop growers' preferences for marketing contract attributes in the context of emerging blockchain‐based technologies and expanding traceability initiatives. Results show that farmers preferred traditional written contracts but might be willing to accept digital ...
Elizabeth Canales, Alba J. Collart, Matthew G. Interis, Esther Mmenaa Agyemang‐Duah   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sex differences in the association between composite dietary antioxidant index and hyperlipidemia: Insights from NHANES.

PLoS ONE
BackgroundPrevious studies have shown that both the composite dietary antioxidant index (CDAI) and sex are strongly associated with a variety of cardiovascular diseases, but sex differences between CDAI and hyperlipidemia are unknown.ObjectiveThis study ...
Xiaofan Miao, Bixia Li, Zhixian Zhu, Tao Yang   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Quantifying Consumer Tradeoffs Across Firm‐Level Strategic Positioning Dimensions: Evidence from US Craft Beer Consumers

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Strategic positioning becomes increasingly important as markets mature, particularly in consumer‐facing industries that offer similar products, experiential cues, and values‐based messages. This study offers a conceptual model to examine the strategic positioning factors that motivate consumers to visit one local business over another before ...
Aaron J. Staples, Trey Malone, J. Robert Sirrine   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Association between adverse childhood experiences and type 2 diabetes mellitus in later life: A case-control study.

PLOS Global Public Health
Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are potentially traumatic events that occur before 18 years of age. Studies emphasize the importance of childhood adversity as a risk factor for developing non-communicable diseases, including type-2 diabetes mellitus
Nilima Barman, Abul B M M K Islam, M Atiqul Haque   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

What Explains Racial Differences in Farm Succession Planning? Evidence From Decomposition and Counterfactual Analysis

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines racial differences in farm succession planning using survey data from Tennessee farmers. While observed differences between White and Black farmers are small, decomposition and counterfactual analyses show that structural characteristics, particularly farm size, would predict higher succession planning among White farmers ...
Abdelaziz Lawani, Anna‐Liisa Ihuhwa, Armine Poghosyan   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Gender and Race/Ethnicity dynamics in anesthesiology mentorship: results of a European survey

BMC Anesthesiology
Background Mentorship is crucial to career advancement, medical education, and psychosocial support, especially for women and minorities. Although anesthesia mentoring programs have shown promise, there are no survey data regarding mentor-mentee ...
Mia Gisselbaek, Becki Marsh, Laura Soriano, Sophie Jackman, Laurence Seidel, Adelin Albert, Idit Matot, Steve Coppens, Samer Narouze, Odmara L. Barreto Chang, Sarah Saxena   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Non binary gender identity and parenthood: intention, desire and specific challenges [PDF]

openLa presente tesi ha come tema la genitorialità in persone con identità di genere non binaria. In particolare, il focus sarà su intenzione e desiderio di genitorialità, e sulle sfide che caratterizzano la popolazione non-binary: questi aspetti ...
MODICA, ALESSIA
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Does Contract Farming Reduce Pesticide Use? Panel Data Evidence From Smallholder Farmers in China

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The inappropriate and excessive use of pesticides poses a major threat to human and ecosystem health in the agri‐food sector. While existing studies have examined the potential of contract farming to address this issue, most have focused on large‐scale farms and relied on small or transactional datasets, often leaving the role of crop‐specific
Zhihui Liang, Shan Jin, Matthew Gorton
wiley   +1 more source

The contribution of vitamin D insufficiency to the onset of steatotic liver disease among individuals with metabolic dysfunction

Scientific Reports
The interplay between fatty liver disease (FLD) and metabolic dysfunction has given rise to the concept of metabolic associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD).
Su-bin Lee, Mi Hyeon Jin, Jeong-Hyun Yoon   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The negotiating of non-binary genders in muslim Bugis society : between religion and tradition [PDF]

This research examines the concept of five genders in the Muslim Bugis Society in Bone, South Sulawesi. The Bugis society recognize five gender such as oroane (male), makkunrai (female), calabai (male who take on female gender roles), calalai (female who
Nur Aisyah Fadillah
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