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Mexican consumers' attitudes toward irradiated and imported apples

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract This study centers on analyzing Mexican consumers' willingness to pay (WTP) for imported US fresh apples subjected to irradiation, contrasting it with the more prevalent postharvest chemical treatments. We collect data using a survey tool in Qualtrics designed to explore the impact of information dissemination through two distinct narrative ...
André D. Murray, Rosa K. Gallardo, Anuradha Prakash   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mental health symptoms and sleep quality of asymptomatic/mild SARS‐CoV‐2 infected individuals during the Omicron wave of the COVID‐19 pandemic in Shanghai China

Brain and Behavior, Volume 12, Issue 12, December 2022., 2022
Abstract Objective To investigate mental health symptoms (anxiety, depression, and sleep status) and their associated factors among people infected with the SARS‐CoV‐2 omicron variant during the quarantine period in Shanghai. Methods To investigate the mental health symptoms among participants with SARS‐CoV‐2 omicron infection, an anonymous online ...
Zhenghua Hou, Yingzi Huang, Shaolei Ma, Hui Feng, Cuiping Fu, Han Li, Yuexing Yuan, Yonggui Yuan   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hospital Outbreaks of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, Daejeon, South Korea, 2015

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2017
From May through July 2015, a total of 26 cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome were reported from 2 hospitals in Daejeon, South Korea, including 1 index case and 25 new cases.
Jung Wan Park, Keon Joo Lee, Kang Hyoung Lee, Sang Hyup Lee, Jung Rae Cho, Jin Won Mo, Soo Young Choi, Geun Yong Kwon, Ji-Yeon Shin, Jee Young Hong, Jin Kim, Mi-Yeon Yeon, Jong Seok Oh, Hae-Sung Nam   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

Support Vector Machine-Based Fire Outbreak Detection System [PDF]

arXiv, 2019
This study employed Support Vector Machine (SVM) in the classification and prediction of fire outbreak based on a fire outbreak dataset captured from the Fire Outbreak Data Capture Device (FODCD). The fire outbreak data capture device (FODCD) used was developed to capture the environmental parameters values used in this work. The FODCD device comprised
arxiv  

The impact of the Russia–Ukraine war on stock prices, profits and perceptions in the food supply chain

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract The Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 had profound consequences for the global economy. As both countries are major commodity exporters, the food value chain was also affected. This study investigates the impact of the invasion on stock prices, profitability and sentiments of agribusinesses along the food supply chain by using an ...
Julia Höhler, Ivo Harmens, Alfons Oude Lansink   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Blockchain technologies as enablers of supply chain mapping for sustainable supply chains

Business Strategy and the Environment, Volume 31, Issue 8, Page 3742-3756, December 2022., 2022
Abstract The advent of blockchain technologies is transmuting the way conventional supply chains are being managed. Due to the complexity of dealing with many actors involved in the supply chain networks, contemporary supply chains have limited visibility, transparency, and accountability.
Sharfuddin Ahmed Khan, Muhammad Shujaat Mubarik, Simonov Kusi‐Sarpong, Himanshu Gupta, Syed Imran Zaman, Mobashar Mubarik   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rift Valley Fever in Namibia, 2010

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2013
During May–July 2010 in Namibia, outbreaks of Rift Valley fever were reported to the National Veterinary Service. Analysis of animal specimens confirmed virus circulation on 7 farms.
Federica Monaco, Chiara Pinoni, Gian Mario Cosseddu, Siegfried Khaiseb, Paolo Calistri, Umberto Molini, Alec Bishi, Annamaria Conte, Massimo Scacchia, Rossella Lelli   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Containing COVID-19 outbreaks using a Firewall [PDF]

arXiv, 2020
COVID-19 outbreaks have proven to be very difficult to isolate and extinguish before they spread out. An important reason behind this might be that epidemiological barriers consisting in stopping symptomatic people are likely to fail because of the contagion time before onset, mild cases and/or asymptomatics carriers.
arxiv  

Outbreak Investigations—A Perspective [PDF]

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 1998
Outbreak investigations, an important and challenging component of epidemiology and public health, can help identify the source of ongoing outbreaks and prevent additional cases. Even when an outbreak is over, a thorough epidemiologic and environmental investigation often can increase our knowledge of a given disease and prevent future outbreaks ...
openaire   +5 more sources

Resilience of Small Beef Packers and the USDA Meat Supply Chain Initiative

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We focus on the plant‐size resilience relationship among small beef packers during COVID‐19. Defining resilience as the ability to maintain or increase slaughter and non‐resilience as otherwise, we use survey and secondary data to estimate a logit model where resilience is a function of a plant's capacity and age in addition to labor condition
Sunil P. Dhoubhadel, Azzeddine Azzam, Binod Khanal   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source