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Food Tastes in the United States: Convergence or Divergence?

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates how food consumption tastes have changed in recent decades across the United States. Using NielsenIQ data for over 77 million transactions, there is evidence of divergence in food tastes across regions from 2007 to 2016 and across households of different income, education, and race/ethnicity groups.
Michael DeDad
wiley   +1 more source

Preface: The Sacred and the Secular in Taoism: Theories, Practices, and Communities

Religions
As an indigenous religion of China, Taoism has always been regarded as “Za Er Duoduan” 雜而多端 (Miscellaneous and Multifaceted), just as a famous scholar Ma Duanlin 馬端臨 (1254–1340) said in the Yuan dynasty (1271–1368) [...]
Wu Guo
doaj   +1 more source

Charting the Path to Increased Oil Palm Output in Ghana Beyond Area Expansion: Technology or Managerial Capacity — Which Leads the Way?

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study sets out to investigate the prospects for raising oil palm output in sub‐Saharan Africa, particularly Ghana, without further expansion of cropland. Given global concerns about oil palm's role in deforestation and land use change, the focus is on enhancing productivity on existing farmlands.
Jacob Asravor, Francis Tsiboe, Ayobami Adetoyinbo, Jacob Ankamah   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Church unity and membership retention: Lessons from Lagos East Baptist Conference for South African ecumenical praxis

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies
This study explored the factors influencing church and retention of members within the Lagos East Baptist Conference (LEBC) in Nigeria. It examined how these findings are capable of informing the ecumenical witness of churches in South Africa ...
Timothy O. Tijani, Priscilla Fiyinfoluwa Itopa, Fortunatus G.P. Alabi, Afolorunso O. Dairo   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Study of Religious Faith and Religious Feelings

Kodo Keiryogaku (The Japanese Journal of Behaviormetrics), 2006
In the contemporary world conflicts of different cultures among different nations and regions have become a serious problem. Specifically, religions exist as the basis for different cultures. In our Cross-national survey results, it was found that only 30% of the Japanese have religious faith but 70% think that religious feeling is important and that ...
openaire   +2 more sources

Traceability of Agri‐Food Products: The Key to Conscious Trade

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Globalization and growing concerns about sustainability have led to improvements in product traceability, quality, and sustainability. Traceability contributes to environmental protection and supports sustainable development by fostering transparency in agricultural practices and encouraging the responsible use of resources.
Scarlett Queen Almeida Bispo, Fernanda Aparecida Silva, Michelle Márcia Viana Martins, Marcelo José Braga Nonnenberg, Ruan da Silva Vianna, Carla Cristina Passos Cruz   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Impact of Digital Ability and Rice Technology Adoption on Rice Farming Performance in Benin

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the combined effects of digital ability and the adoption of various rice technologies among smallholder rice farmers, using GPS‐spatially matched data sources that include household surveys and a general census of rice value chain actors in Benin.
Landry Bellarmin Kassa, Takeshi Sakurai
wiley   +1 more source

Conscripted Martyrology: José Rizal’s Secular Martyrdom in Filipino Colonial Narratives

Open Theology
This article examines the ideological construction of José Rizal’s martyrdom across three colonial and postcolonial regimes – Spanish, American, and Filipino – arguing that his legacy functions not as a fixed historical truth, but as a politically ...
Mata Roberto, Cao Samuel S.
doaj   +1 more source

Innovations in Gastric Cancer Surgery During Early Minimally Invasive Era and Future Perspectives

Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
With continuing revelations in tumor biology and the emergence of artificial intelligence, new horizons for surgical innovation are opening. At the center of this transformative journey stands the innovative surgeon, driven by passion, guided by data, and steadfast in the commitment to patient safety and quality of life.
Reut El‐On, Young‐Woo Kim
wiley   +1 more source

MolMiner: Toward Controllable, Three‐Dimensional‐Aware, Fragment‐Based Molecular Design

Advanced Intelligent Discovery, EarlyView.
MolMiner is a fragment‐based, geometry‐aware, and order‐agnostic generative model for molecular design with strong inductive biases. Using symmetry‐aware fragment assembly, dynamic three‐dimensional geometry, and multi‐property conditioning, MolMiner enables interpretable and controllable molecular generation.
Raul Ortega‐Ochoa, Tejs Vegge, Jes Frellsen   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source