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Cogent Food & AgricultureThis paper examined the impact of participating in High-Value Markets on the income, savings, and asset value of smallholder vegetable farmers. The study was guided by the participatory behaviour theory and operationalized through a cross-sectional ...
Happiness Anton Huka +2 more
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Managing Procurement Auction Failure: Bid Requirements or Reserve Prices [PDF]
arXivThis paper examines bid requirements, where the government may cancel a procurement contract unless two or more bids are received. Using a first-price auction model with endogenous entry, we compare the bid requirement and reserve price mechanisms in terms of auction failure and procurement costs. We find that reserve prices result in lower procurement
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Advanced Science, EarlyView.The Fe3O4/Gd@BSA‐pPB nanoprobe leverages biomimetic mineralization and targets hepatic stellate cells (HSCs) through PDGFRβ, offering superior enrichment in fibrotic regions. This targeted delivery overcomes biological barriers, enhancing both the accuracy and sensitivity of MRI imaging at early disease stages.
Zehua Li +11 more
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Two Cases of Poisoning by the Self-Administration of "Diachylon"--Lead Plaster--For the Purpose of Procuring Abortion [PDF]
, 1893 F. M. Pope
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Resource Efficient Print and Copy Management Solutions, Consip (Italy) [PDF]
, 2015 Consip is a public company owned by the Italian Ministry of Finance. It operates as Italy's central purchasing body, and implements the programme for the rationalisation of public spending on goods and services through the use of ICT (Information and ...
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Assessment and Mitigation of CRISPR‐Cas9‐Induced Nontargeted Translocations
Advanced Science, EarlyView.Various inverted repeat elements are dispersed throughout genomes. This study reveals that these elements can cause significant chromosomal rearrangements when CRISPR editing occurs in their proximity. The risk can be mitigated by incorporating inverted repeat‐homologous segments into the CRISPR system, which represents a promising strategy for ...
Zhiyang Hou +6 more
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Design and Procurement History of Hanford Engineer Works and Clinton Semi-Works (Volume 1)
, 1945 NULL AUTHOR_ID
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New trends in supermarkets procurement system in South Africa : The case of local procurement schemes from small-scale farmers by rural-based retail chain stores [PDF]
, 2007 In contrast to the centralised fresh produce procurement systems of South African retailers relying on preferred commercial suppliers, this paper draws on an in-depth analysis of the innovative procurement schemes of two rural-based supermarket chain ...
Biénabe, Estelle, Vermeulen, Hester
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Advanced Science, EarlyView.PANEs are specifically designed to enhance the brain delivery efficiency of circDYM compared to commercialized lipid nanoparticles (LNPs). Intranasal administration of PANE‐circDYM effectively alleviated LPS‐induced depressive‐like behaviors by mitigating neuroinflammation and promoting neuroplasticity.
Feng Gao +11 more
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THE ROLE OF THE E-PROCUREMENT IN THE PURCHASING PROCESS [PDF]
This article aims to examine the role of the E-procurement forms in the six phases of the purchasing process. The paper starts with an introductory part about the purchasing process.
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