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Climate‐Smart Agricultural Assets and Household Coping Strategies in Times of Upheaval

open access: yesReview of Development Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Transferring agricultural assets can be welfare‐improving for smallholders. Can agricultural assets also improve smallholders' ability to cope with unprecedented exogenous shocks? We investigate this question using the case of subsidized solar‐powered irrigation pumps (SIP) during the time of upheaval (COVID‐19 pandemic) in Nepal.
Kashi Kafle, Marie‐Charlotte Buisson
wiley   +1 more source

Metabolomic Analysis of Uremic Pruritus in Patients on Hemodialysis. [PDF]

open access: yesCureus
Mobushar JA   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

A Tale of Two Choices: Son Preference and Reproductive Outcomes in Uzbekistan

open access: yesReview of Development Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In this study, we use data from the recent round of the Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) conducted between 2021 and 2022 to estimate the effect of son preference on reproductive behavior in Uzbekistan. We find strong evidence for differential stopping and spacing behavior among Uzbek women.
Khilola Dushamova   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Host-microbe multiomic profiling identifies distinct COVID-19 immune dysregulation in solid organ transplant recipients. [PDF]

open access: yesNat Commun
Pickering H   +30 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Political Naturalisation: Conscripting Transit Citizens in the United Arab Emirates

open access: yesStudies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Since its formation, the United Arab Emirates has sought to construct a cohesive sense of national identity among its citizens, centred on a system of material and legal privileges granted exclusively to Emirati nationals. A pillar of its nation‐building project was the strict exclusion of foreigners from citizenship and the upholding of a ...
Mira Al Hussein
wiley   +1 more source

Prevalence and Pattern of Cognitive Impairment in Patients on Maintenance Hemodialysis. [PDF]

open access: yesCureus
Mobushar JA   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Importing Insecurity? The Paradox of Cereal Trade Openness and Food Security in Sub‐Saharan Africa

open access: yesThe World Economy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sustainable Development Goal 2 (SDG2) aims to end world hunger, but Africa is currently not on track to meet this goal. Sub‐Saharan Africa is particularly affected, with a significant increase in undernourished people. The issue of food security is, therefore, a pressing concern, and promoting trade has been suggested as one solution.
Windbeneti Arnaud Zahonogo
wiley   +1 more source

Advances in Floating Solar Desalination Systems

open access: yesWater and Environment Journal, EarlyView.
This review critically classifies floating solar desalination systems into five main categories and compares their thermal performance, productivity and technological limitations. Membrane‐based and multieffect systems showed the highest efficiencies, while traditional designs remain limited by heat losses and scaling.
Daiane Silva de Abreu Benedito   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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