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Drivers of Farmers' Contract Compliance Behavior: Evidence From a Case Study of Dangote Tomato Processing Plant in Northern Nigeria

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Contract farming is a viable strategy agribusinesses rely on to strengthen coordination across actors in the value chain. However, low contract compliance remains a significant setback to agribusinesses' contract performance in low‐ and middle‐income country context.
Umar Shehu Umar, Sanzidur Rahman, Giacomo Zanello   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Creating Shared Value as an Antecedent of Value Co‐Creation: B2B Relationships in the Agri‐Food Sector

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study analyzes the effects of value co‐creation and creation of shared value in agricultural input marketing. This study used a sample of 178 agricultural companies in Costa Rica. The data were analyzed using partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS‐SEM) with SMART PLS software. Our findings reveal the significant influence
Luis Ricardo Solís‐Rivera, Marcelo Royo‐Vela   +1 more
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Mechanisms of Mitochondrial Toxicity and Cytotoxicity Caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa Pyocyanin in Human Nasal Epithelial Cells

International Forum of Allergy &Rhinology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic pathogen in cystic fibrosis‐related chronic rhinosinusitis (CF‐CRS) that produces phenazine metabolites pyocyanin and 1‐hydroxyphenazine (1‐HP), which may have detrimental effects on mitochondria, reactive oxygen species (ROS), Ca2+ signaling, and apoptosis.
Joel C. Thompson, April Park, Yobouet Ines Kouakou, Zoey A. Miller, Nabil F. Darwich, Nithin D. Adappa, James N. Palmer, Ryan M. Carey, Robert J. Lee   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Grouping-maintenance of multi-components production system under ecological background

Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to propose an opportunistic group maintenance model for a multi-component series system considering reducing CO2 emission and increasing system efficiency, which establishes a maintenance policy to minimize the cost ...
Wei Zuo, Yuntong Fan, Xuemin Xu, Aiping Jiang   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

PROBLEMS OF VACCINAL PREVENTION OF DEEP MYCOSES

Эпидемиология и вакцинопрофилактика, 2016
A literature review presents date obtained during the last years about the strategy of production and protective characteristics of different experimental vaccines against opportunistic and particularly dangerous deep mycoses.
A. V. Lipnitsky, N. V. Polovete, V. A. Antonov   +2 more
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Interspecies Biofilm Dynamics Among Staphylococci: Inflammatory Contributions to Chronic Rhinosinusitis

International Forum of Allergy &Rhinology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Staphylococcus species are frequently isolated from the sinonasal niche of chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) patients. While Staphylococcus aureus is often associated with recalcitrant CRS, Staphylococcus epidermidis and Staphylococcus lugdunensis are largely deemed commensal.
Sintayehu Ambachew, Mahnaz Ramezanpour, Clare M. Cooksley, Sholeh Feizi, Muhammed Awad, Kevin Aaron Fenix, Peter‐John Wormald, Alkis J. Psaltis, Sarah Vreugde   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Condition-based maintenance at both scheduled and unscheduled opportunities [PDF]

, 2016
Motivated by original equipment manufacturer (OEM) service and maintenance practices we consider a single component subject to replacements at failure instances and two types of preventive maintenance opportunities: scheduled, which occur due to periodic
Kalosi, Szilard, Kapodistria, Stella, Resing, Jacques A. C.   +2 more
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Lysyl Oxidase Reduces Neutrophil Extravasation in Response to P. aeruginosa in an Infection‐on‐a‐Chip Model

Advanced NanoBiomed Research, EarlyView.
Lysyl oxidase crosslinking of type I collagen decreases neutrophil extravasation through an endothelium during the initial response to P. aeruginosa. This decrease in extravasation is likely due to the increase in VE‐cadherin expression between endothelial cells seeded on LOX‐crosslinked collagen hydrogels.
Christopher J. Calo, Tanvi Patil, Josephine Fouts, Eric L. Ginter, Margaret Radke, Hannah K. Weppner, Justin M. Owens, Laurel E. Hind   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Poster Abstract: Opportunistic RPL [PDF]

, 2013
Sensor nodes constituting Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) are often battery- operated and have limited resources. To save energy, nodes sleep most of the time, and wake up periodically to handle communication.
Duquennoy, Simon, Landsiedel, Olaf
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An effective opportunistic maintenance policy for a global service [PDF]

International Journal of Services Sciences, 2010
The aim of the present paper is to develop a model for an effective maintenance policy with refer to a global service contract between a services provider company and a company for the waste management. The contract requires, with fixed performance levels of the service, the supplying of a mandatory set of maintenance services on a set of waste ...
openaire   +1 more source