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Understanding consumer preferences for rice beans for enhanced food security: a choice experiment approach in western Kenya

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
Hidden hunger, a condition that arises from eating a low legume-cereal mix, hinders the attainment of food security. It affects 25% of the world’s population and 20% of the African population.
David Michael Ochieng Ayieko, David Jakinda Otieno, Stella Makokha, Willis Oluoch-Kosura   +3 more
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Factors affecting packed and unpacked fluid milk consumption

Agricultural Economics (AGRICECON), 2009
This article identifies consumer characteristics associated with preferences toward fluid milk alternatives. Using consumer survey data from Samsun province of Turkey and Multinomial Logit model, unpacked and packed fluid milk preferences were analyzed ...
O. Kilic, C. Akbay, G. Yildiz Tiryaki
doaj   +1 more source

Environmental protection and the generalized system of preferences : a legal and appropriate linkage? [PDF]

, 2008
This article will question the legality of measures of environmental ‘conditionality’ in the Generalized System of Preferences [GSP] of the European Community [EC].
Switzer, Stephanie
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Organizing the interface—Plasma membrane architecture and receptor dynamics in virus‐cell interactions

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Plasma membranes contain dynamic nanoscale domains that organize lipids and receptors. Because viruses operate at similar scales, this architecture shapes early infection steps, including attachment, receptor engagement, and entry. Using influenza A virus and HIV‐1 as examples, we highlight how receptor nanoclusters, multivalent glycan interactions ...
Jan Schlegel, Christian Sieben
wiley   +1 more source

Assessment of preferences and frequency of milk and selected dairy products consumption by mothers and their children aged 1 to 3 years

Roczniki Panstwowego Zakladu Higieny
Background Early childhood is a time of developing eating habits and taste preferences, which is most influenced by the family environment. Milk and dairy products play an important role in the diet of post-infant children, as they provide many nutrients
Aleksandra Kołota-Burdzy, Edyta Krawczuk, Anna Harton   +2 more
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A note on selecting maximals in finite spaces [PDF]

, 2012
Given a choice problem, the maximization rule may select many alternatives. In such cases, it is common practice to interpret that the final choice will end up being made by some random procedure, assigning to any maximal alternative the same ...
García-Bermejo, Juan Carlos
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Pareto Optimal Matchings of Students to Courses in the Presence of Prerequisites [PDF]

, 2016
We consider the problem of allocating applicants to courses, where each applicant has a subset of acceptable courses that she ranks in strict order of preference.
Cechlarova, Katarina, Klaus, Bettina, Manlove, David   +2 more
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Colorectal cancer‐derived FGF19 is a metabolically active serum biomarker that exerts enteroendocrine effects on mouse liver

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Meta‐transcriptome analysis identified FGF19 as a peptide enteroendocrine hormone associated with colorectal cancer prognosis. In vivo xenograft models showed release of FGF19 into the blood at levels that correlated with tumor volumes. Tumoral‐FGF19 altered murine liver metabolism through FGFR4, thereby reducing bile acid synthesis and increasing ...
Jordan M. Beardsley, Michael W. Rohr, Joseph A. Goode, Sai Preethi Nakkina, Jignesh G. Parikh, Deborah A. Altomare   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Gender differences in preferences, gateway effects, and potential motivations among e-cigarette users in China

Frontiers in Public Health
ObjectiveA cross-sectional survey was conducted to investigate the differences in preferences, gateway effects, and potential motivations for e-cigarette use among different genders of e-cigarette users in China, thereby providing ideas for the ...
Wei Ji, Liyong Shi, Liyong Shi, Xinjun Lin, Zhiqiang Ji, Zhihuang Zhao, Yanping Chen, Pengxiang Huang, Xiali Wang, Xiaofang Dai, Jing Cheng, Lujun Guo, Diwei Wu, Yibiao Chen, Zhangcai Wu, Xiaoyang Chen, Xiaoyang Chen   +16 more
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What comes first, origin or production method? An investigation into the relative importance of different attributes in the demand for eggs

Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research, 2013
This paper analyses consumer preferences for different eggs attributes to assess the importance placed by consumers on the origin and method of production when shopping. The data comes from an experiment conducted in Spain during 2009. An Error Component
B. Lopez-Galan, A. Gracia, J. Barreiro-Hurle   +2 more
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