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A New Socio-Economy in Africa? Thintegration and the Mobile Phone Revolution [PDF]

Much has been written about the impacts of information and communication technology (ICT) in Africa and its transformational socio-economic potential. The penetration of mobile phones in particular has been particularly marked in recent years. This paper
Pádraig Carmody
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Access to Finance and Innovation in the Canadian Food Processing

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Innovation is a presumed channel through which finance affects productivity, yet there is limited research testing the relationship between finance and innovation in the food manufacturing sector. The purpose of the paper is to explore the determinants (e.g., financing, R&D, firm size, expenditure on innovation) of the adoption of innovation ...
Getu Hailu, Deepananda Herath
wiley   +1 more source

The influence of mobile phone self-expansion on psychological richness: a moderated mediation model. [PDF]

Front Psychol
Li G, Yang G.
europepmc   +1 more source

Charting the Path to Increased Oil Palm Output in Ghana Beyond Area Expansion: Technology or Managerial Capacity — Which Leads the Way?

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study sets out to investigate the prospects for raising oil palm output in sub‐Saharan Africa, particularly Ghana, without further expansion of cropland. Given global concerns about oil palm's role in deforestation and land use change, the focus is on enhancing productivity on existing farmlands.
Jacob Asravor, Francis Tsiboe, Ayobami Adetoyinbo, Jacob Ankamah   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Association between mobile phone use and risk of rheumatoid arthritis: A large prospective cohort study. [PDF]

PLoS One
Ren S, Gao P, Wei S, Cui Y, Ye D, Fang X.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The Leimert Phone Company

, 2014
The Leimert Phone Company is a design collaborative that seeks to reimagine the phonebooth. We are repurposing old payphones for civic engagement and storytelling on local streets. The project was born in Leimert Park, a neighborhood in South Los Angeles
François Bar, Benjamin Stokes, Ben Caldwell, Karl Baumann   +3 more
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Impact of Digital Ability and Rice Technology Adoption on Rice Farming Performance in Benin

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the combined effects of digital ability and the adoption of various rice technologies among smallholder rice farmers, using GPS‐spatially matched data sources that include household surveys and a general census of rice value chain actors in Benin.
Landry Bellarmin Kassa, Takeshi Sakurai
wiley   +1 more source

When the River Runs Low: Heterogeneous Impacts of Transportation Disruptions on Local Grain Basis

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A substantial share of U.S. soybean and corn exports from the Midwest moves by barge along the Mississippi River system to export terminals in the Louisiana Gulf. Transportation costs between Midwestern grain elevators and export terminals create a wedge between prices at these locations, and shocks to these costs are partially passed on to ...
Yuan Zhang, Andrew E. Anderson, Nicholas J. Pates, Eunchun Park   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Ten-Country Study on Public Perceptions of 5G EMF Emissions: Who Feels Exposed, and Why? [PDF]

Bioelectromagnetics
Link SC, Grellier J, Martin L, Eggeling-Böcker M, Abacioglu F, Schulz C, Vaupotič N, White MP, Boehmert C.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Temperature‐Tunable Cholesteric Liquid Crystal Optical Combiners for Extended Reality Applications

Advanced Intelligent Systems, Volume 7, Issue 3, March 2025.
Recent advancements in extended reality highlight their potential to enhance traditional displays like liquid crystal displays and organic light‐emitting diode screens. This article introduces an innovative cholesteric liquid crystal‐based optical combiner for head‐mounted displays, enabling seamless transitions between augmented reality, virtual ...
Yuanjie Xia, Haobo Li, Marija Vaskeviciute, Daniele Faccio, Affar S. Karimullah, Hadi Heidari, Rami Ghannam   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source