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Department of History and Political Science Registration Newsletter Spring 2015 [PDF]
, 2015 In this issue: Professor Allan Whitmore Lecture Portland Women’s History Trail app Registration information Scholarship recipients HTY/POS Courses Offered Fall 2015 HTY/POS Internships Offered Fall 2015 Department Newshttps://digitalcommons.usm.maine ...
Department of History and Political Science, University of Southern Maine
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The impact of HPAI trade restrictions on U.S. poultry exports in 2022–23
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.Abstract In early 2022, APHIS confirmed a case of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), signaling the beginning of an extensive HPAI outbreak. Since the start of the outbreak in 2022, more than 105 million birds across commercial and backyard operations in 48 states have been affected. Many countries, including top importers of U.S.
Samantha L. Padilla +2 more
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Locational Marginal Pricing: Towards a Free Market in Power [PDF]
arXiv, 2021 Nothing has done more to empower the free market, enterprise, and meritocracy than the spread of electricity and power to everyone. The power system has been the precursor to the greatest period of innovation in our history and has meant that visionaries with revolutionary ideas can compete with those with capital, political power, and means ...
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Exploring the preference for indigenous medicinal plant medicine in Buliisa District, Western Uganda
Inkanyiso, 2021 This paper explores the preference for indigenous medicinal plant medicine in Buliisa district, situated in the Albertine Graben. Despite attempts to improve access to conventional health services, there seems to be a preference for alternative medicine ...
Kyazike Elizabeth
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Food waste, date labels, and risk preferences: An experimental exploration
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.Abstract This study provides theoretical and experimental evidence that consumers adjust their premeditated food waste by date labels and their risk and loss preferences. The “Use by” date label leads to more premeditated food waste than “Best by” for deli meat and spaghetti sauce.
Norbert Lance Weston Wilson +1 more
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Representativeness in Statistics, Politics, and Machine Learning [PDF]
arXiv, 2021 Representativeness is a foundational yet slippery concept. Though familiar at first blush, it lacks a single precise meaning. Instead, meanings range from typical or characteristic, to a proportionate match between sample and population, to a more general sense of accuracy, generalizability, coverage, or inclusiveness.
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Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.Abstract Relaxing administrative burdens can boost enrollment in benefit programs. However, administrative burdens can influence other outcomes of interest. Simplified reporting is a state policy option that reduces the amount of information Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients must report between certifications.
W. Clay Fannin
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Deepfakes and the 2020 US elections: what (did not) happen [PDF]
arXiv, 2021 Alarmed by the volume of disinformation that was assumed to have taken place during the 2016 US elections, scholars, politics and journalists predicted the worst when the first deepfakes began to emerge in 2018. After all, US Elections 2020 were believed to be the most secure in American history.
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Western Medicine in a Community in Ghana: A Social Change Review
Social Change Review, 2019 This study focuses on Western medical practices in the Atiwa District of Ghana. The people of Atiwa District accessed Western medicinal practice to prevent and cure diseases.
Adu-Gyamfi Samuel +4 more
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Stringency and dissimilarity of Maximum Residue Levels affect bilateral agri‐food trade stability
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.Abstract Food standards are rising in both prevalence and stringency. They protect consumers and may enhance demand stability but also pose compliance challenges to producers, with ambiguous effects on the stability of trade relationships. We analyze the impact of importers' Maximum Residue Levels (MRLs) along with bilateral MRL dissimilarity between ...
Helena Engemann +2 more
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