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Performance Estimation and Ex Vivo Validation of Untethered Magnetic Robots in Soft Tissue

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This study presents an empirical model that quantitatively predicts the step‐out frequency of screw‐type untethered magnetic robots (UMRs) in soft viscoelastic environments, including ex vivo brain tissue. By integrating key parameters into a dimensionless framework, the model enables estimation of robot performance across a range of biological ...
Leendert‐Jan W. Ligtenberg, Thijs J. van der Burg, Stijn Y. Kolkman, Santiago Saavedra Castano, David Fernandez Rivas, Anke Klingner, Roger M. L. M. Lomme, Lucas S. Joziasse, Dorothee Wasserberg, H. Remco Liefers, Doron Ben Ami, Udi Sadeh, Oded Shoseyov, Giulio Dagnino, Pascal Jonkheijm, Jurgen J. Fütterer, Stefano Stramigioli, J. Frank W. Nijsen, Michiel C. Warlé, Islam S. M. Khalil   +19 more
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Hemp Cultivation and Crop Diversification: Implications for Ecosystem Services in Kentucky

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the ecosystem benefits of expanding hemp cultivation by assessing its impact on crop diversity. Using scenario‐based simulations and fixed‐effect panel regressions with county‐level data in Kentucky, we find that increased hemp acreage tends to enhance crop diversity, improving water quality and bird diversity.
Yunsun Park, Seong D. Yun, Brandy E. Phipps, Tyler Mark, Craig Schluttenhofer   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Impact of Brand Image, Product Quality and Self-Efficacy on Purchase Decisions on Private Label Rights Products. An Empirical Study

Expert Journal of Business and Management, 2017
Present research was aimed at analyzing the impact of brand image, product quality and self-efficacy on purchase decision on private label rights (PLR) products among Medan city community members.
HENDRA, LUSIAH
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Proximity Approach as an Option in Global Markets

Symphonya, 2015
CRAI was founded in 1973 by a small group of food retailers that joined forces to set up the Commissionarie Riunite Alta Italia (C.R.A.I), which later on turned into Commissionarie Riunite Alimentaristi Italiani.
Marco Bordoli
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Does Chain Labeling Make Private Labels More Successful?

Schmalenbach Business Review, 2015
Some retailers use their chain names to identify their private labels. We find that chain labeling increases the likelihood that consumers correctly recognize a private label as belonging to a specific retailer, and that on average, chain labeling improves consumers’ attitudes toward private labels.
Schnittka, Oliver, Becker, Jan-Michael, Gedenk, Karen, Sattler, Henrik, Victoria Villeda, Isabel, Völckner, Franziska   +5 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Temporary Programs, Lasting Questions: Ad Hoc Assistance in the U.S. Farm Safety Net

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Large ad hoc assistance programs have returned to U.S. farm policy since 2017, operating alongside a more developed safety net built around federally subsidized crop insurance, Title I commodity programs, and standing disaster assistance. This paper reviews the renewed use of ad hoc assistance, documents its recent scale using USDA data, and ...
Alejandro Plastina, Oranuch Wongpiyabovorn   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Implications of Supplier Learning on Retailer’s Private Label Encroachment

Mathematics
This study examines retailers’ decisions of whether and when to introduce private labels considering the supplier learning effect. We construct a two-period framework including a supplier and a retailer with national brand and private label divisions and
Shuxing Sun, Yi Yu, Zicheng Ma
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Voluntary Collective Action to Address Growing Agricultural Challenges in Two Countries: Experimental Insights and Commonalities

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We conducted two framed field economic experiments with citrus farmers in Florida, United States and soybean farmers in Argentina to investigate their willingness to coordinate pest and weed management efforts. Despite the contrast between these two agricultural contexts, we find striking behavioral commonalities.
Ariel Singerman, Sergio H. Lence
wiley   +1 more source

Ex‐Ante Assessment of Farm Resilience to Institutional Shocks: A Modeling Approach

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using the agent‐based model SWISSland, we simulate farm‐level responses and interactions under two institutional shocks: tariff reductions and direct payment reductions. Using a framework we developed, we assess resilience capacities, resilience attributes, and the provision of private and public goods, following the shock.
Nadja El Benni, Gabriele Mack
wiley   +1 more source

Consumer Perceptions of Private Label Brands in Pakistan

The Lahore Journal of Business, 2017
As the world market share of private label brands (PLBs) increases, so does the importance of and need for research in this field. Given the growing presence of PLBs in Pakistan, this study aims to examine the effects of service quality on PLB image ...
Sana Azar, Samra Chaudary, Ansa Mehmood
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