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A synthetic eco‐evolutionary proposal for the conservation of wild relatives of the olive tree
PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.Societal Impact Statement Crop wild relatives (CWR) are valuable sources of genetic diversity for plant breeding. However, the identification of wild untapped genetic resources (i.e., unexploited in crops) is not always straightforward. We propose a methodology to guide the identification and conservation of these resources that integrates both genetic
Andrés Barea‐Márquez +6 more
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Pessimism, Optimism and Credit Rationing [PDF]
In their celebrated contribution on credit rationing, Stiglitz and Weiss (1981) showed that the expected return to the borrower on a loan is increasing in the risk of the project it funds. In this paper, I show that their results do not necessarily carry
Jean-Louis Arcand
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A bleak outlook for the U.S. economy [PDF]
Economic activity in the United States has been growing more slowly than average for the past three years, and it is not likely to speed up soon. The slow growth has been due primarily to pessimism among consumers about their long-run personal income ...
David E. Runkle
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Change within the Mobile Communications Market - an initial assessment of the structural and organisational repercussions of 3G [PDF]
, 2002 Over the last year or so the mobile telecommunications industry has undergone a complete sea change; the initial euphoria surrounding the German and UK licensing process, where widely optimistic claims about the array of possible services and uptake were
Whalley, Jason
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PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.As climate change alters seasonal patterns, temperate tree populations face a growing risk of phenological mismatch, where seed dispersal and germination no longer align with favourable conditions for survival. This study predicted how warming by the end of the century will affect seed dormancy breaking and germination in populations of three UK tree ...
Roberta L. C. Dayrell +8 more
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Are Risk-Averse Agents more Optimistic? A Bayesian Estimation Approach. [PDF]
Our aim is to analyze the link between optimism and risk aversion in a subjective expected utility setting and to estimate the average level of optimism when weighted by risk tolerance. Its estimation leads to a non-trivial statistical problem.
Ben Mansour, Selima +4 more
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Journal of Field Robotics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Personal autonomous vehicles can sense their surrounding environment, plan their route, and drive with little or no involvement of human drivers. Despite the latest technological advancements and the hopeful announcements made by leading entrepreneurs, to date no personal vehicle is approved for road circulation in a “fully” or “semi ...
Xingshuai Dong +13 more
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A Review of Critics’ View Regarding Abd al-Rahman Shokry’s Pessimism [PDF]
پژوهشهای ترجمه در زبان و ادبیات عربی, 2012 As a sensitive and astute poet,Abd al-Rahman Shokry was very impressed by the events that took place around him. Researchers who have examined Shokry’s poems believe that his poetry has had several traces of pessimism, an attidude which made them believe
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Temporal stability of optimism and pessimism (LOT-R) over 6 years in the general population
Frontiers in PsychologyObjectiveThe aims of this study were to examine changes in habitual optimism over a six-year period and to analyze the relationship between changes in optimism and changes in other quality of life-related variables.MethodA randomly selected community ...
Andreas Hinz +8 more
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Optimism and Pessimism in Games [PDF]
This paper considers the impact of ambiguity in strategic situations. It extends the earlier literature by allowing for optimistic responses to ambiguity. Ambiguity is modelled by CEU preferences.
David Kelsey, Jurgen Eichberger
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