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Mitigating measurement error in misspecified small area models
Canadian Journal of Statistics, EarlyView.Abstract In the framework of Small area estimation, we consider an area‐level model where a subset of covariates is measured with error. The extent of the error is assumed to be constant throughout the areas, and it is expressed by a scalar parameter γ$$ \gamma $$, which multiplies the deterministic covariance matrix of the estimator of the true ...
Diego Battagliese +3 more
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Les Ateliers de l’Ethique, 2009 Cet article se penche sur le rapport de la conception républicaine de la liberté comme non-domination défendue par P. Pettit avec la conception de la liberté comme capabilité proposée par A. Sen.
Vincent Bourdeau
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Equine Veterinary Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Background There is emerging evidence for the role of the immune system in osteoarthritis (OA) pathophysiology; however, little is known about how immune cells and the synovial transcriptome are altered in naturally occurring equine OA. Objectives To evaluate synovial fluid (SF) and synovial membrane (SM) immune cell populations and the SM ...
E. J. Secor +7 more
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Flipped learning: should it replace didactic learning?
Advances in Medical Education and Practice, 2017 Abdirahman Osman, Seyed Ramin Jalal, Saeed Azizi Faculty of Medicine, St George’s Hospital Medical School, London, UKWe read with great interest the article by Pettit et al1 on the implementation of flipped learning.
Osman A, Jalal SR, Azizi S
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Irrigation and Drainage, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Accurate monitoring of crop water use is critical for precision irrigation, yet conventional lysimeter systems remain too costly and complex for widespread adoption. This study presents the development and field validation of a low‐cost, information and communication technology (ICT)‐enabled weighing lysimeter system that integrates load cells,
Stephen Okwang, Younggu Her, Taeil Jang
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Drivers and Challenges of Micro‐Irrigation Adoption and Intensity in India: A Study of Four States
Irrigation and Drainage, EarlyView.ABSTRACT India's food security relies substantially on groundwater, but inefficient irrigation is seriously depleting this resource. Micro‐irrigation (MI) improves irrigation application efficiency and productivity, yet adoption remains low. This study examines MI adoption across four major Indian states—Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and ...
Gurpreet Singh +2 more
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Irrigation and Drainage, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Soil salinization is a critical threat, impacting 20% of the world's irrigated lands and jeopardizing food security. In Ethiopia's Mirab Abaya district of the Gamo Zone, unsustainable irrigation methods exacerbate this issue. This paper examines local farmers' soil–water management systems and their awareness of salinization, aiming to educate
Oloba Jobe +3 more
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Irrigation and Drainage, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study investigates farmers' willingness to pay for a reliable irrigation water supply in Zimbabwe's Tawona irrigation scheme, where intermittent water supply caused by funding shortages threatens irrigation sustainability. Using contingent valuation and logit regression analysis, data were collected from 313 farmers during the 2016/2017 ...
Edgar Muhoyi, Josue Mbonigaba
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Un nuevo adversario de la libertad como no-nominación
Araucaria, 2015 Philip Pettit ha utilizado la libertad positiva y negativa de Isaiah Berlin para dos propósitos diferentes. En primer lugar, la distinción es empleada para elaborar un ideal distinguible de libertad como no-dominación que contiene elementos propios de la
Hugo Omar Seleme
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Journal of Adolescence, EarlyView.ABSTRACT To be effective, adolescents' parents must have basic knowledge about what their children do, who they spend their time with, and what they care about. There is broad consensus that parental monitoring facilitates adolescent information sharing and that information sharing is the most important factor predicting parents' knowledge of their ...
Nancy Darling, Beth Hardie
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