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Hormonal contraceptive use and mate retention behavior in women and their male partners

, 2012
Female hormonal contraceptive use has been associated with a variety of physical and psychological side effects. Women who use hormonal contraceptives report more intense affective responses to partner infidelity and greater overall sexual jealousy than ...
Roberts, S Craig, Robert P. Burriss, David A. Puts, Anthony C. Little, Burriss, Robert, Welling, Lisa L M, Welling, Lisa, S. Craig Roberts, Puts, David, Roberts, S. Craig, Puts, David A, Lisa L.M. Welling, Little, Anthony   +12 more
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Drivers of Precision Agriculture Adoption in Italian Viticulture

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the main drivers influencing the adoption of two types of precision farming technologies in the viticultural sector: Decision Support Systems (DSSs) and Variable Rate Technologies (VRTs). We apply a partial proportional odds model and find that socio‐demographic characteristics are not significant determinants of adoption ...
Olimpia Fontana, Linda Arata, Margherita Muzzillo, Paolo Sckokai   +3 more
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Promoting Healthier Drinking: Evidence From a Vignette Experiment on Contextual and Informational Drivers of Dealcoholized Wine Choices

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Growing demand for healthier beverages is driving innovation in the wine sector, with dealcoholized wine emerging as a promising alternative. However, little is known about the contextual conditions under which consumers would choose dealcoholized wine, particularly in countries with strong wine traditions. To fill this gap, this work examines
Giovanna Piracci, Giulia Maesano, Leonardo Casini, Maurizio Canavari, Marija Cerjak   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Swedish farmers' approval of nudges

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract Interest in the use of behavioral policy approaches, such as nudges, has strongly increased over the past years, including in the domains of food, agricultural and environmental policies. While the approval of nudges among the general public has been studied extensively, we know little about the attitude of farmers toward nudging. Farmers may (
Liesbeth Colen, Leon Englberger, Jens Rommel   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Development and testing effects of retention empowerment program based on positive psychology for clinical nurses

, 2020
This study aimed to develop and test the “retention empowerment program†based on positive psychology. Findings showed that this program increase the retention positive energy, psychological empowerment, nursing commitment, job satisfaction, and ...
Lin, Chiu-Chu, Wu, Chia-Chen
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The effects of employee development programs on job satisfaction and employee retention [PDF]

, 2001
Plan BThis research analyzes the significance of employee development programs on employee retention and job satisfaction. It also takes business success into consideration.
Shelton, Karen
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Circularity, Sustainability, and the Quality of Coffee Sold via Vending Machines: What Do Italian Consumers Prefer?

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Vending is an important sector in the daily lives of many people, and coffee is the most frequently consumed product in the European market. Like many other sectors, vending is responding to the challenge of sustainable development by taking various actions, such as offering increasingly ecologically sound coffee while maintaining/improving ...
Alberto Bertossi, Stefania Troiano, Francesco Marangon   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Seven years at the coal-face: the retention phenomenon through the lens of a year tutor

Each year in higher education institutions around the world millions of people embark on degree level study. Unfortunately many of these hopefuls, for whatever reason, fail to progress to their second year of their course.
Duty, Dennis J.
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Examining the Impact of Row Planting on Labor Use for Sustainable Food Production Among Maize Farmers in Rural Ghana

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Smallholder farmers are reverting to traditional production methods due to the high opportunity costs and unintended consequences of new technologies. This study focuses on row planting technology, which is labor‐intensive and slow without mechanized operations.
Emmanuel Tetteh Jumpah, Habtamu Alem, Abdulai Adams, Tomáš Ratinger, Miroslava Bavorová   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Humour as Ethical Pedagogy in Indonesian Universities: Student Experiences, Effective Humour Types, and SDG 4-Oriented Teaching Strategies

INSANIA: Jurnal Pemikiran Alternatif Kependidikan
A rigid and stressful classroom environment can reduce students’ motivation and increase academic anxiety. Humour in learning serves as an effective pedagogical strategy to enhance engagement, reduce tension, and strengthen memory retention.
Taufikin Taufikin, Sri Nurhayati, Habib Badawi   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source