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Did the Indian Green Revolution Change the Farm Size–Productivity Relationship?

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We examine the relationship between farm size and productivity during India's Green Revolution, a period of rapid technological transformation. Using a unique panel of over 5000 Indian farm households that spans the Green Revolution (1971–1999), we show that the classic (linear) inverse farm size–productivity relationship gradually evolved ...
Rabail Chandio, Leah E. M. Bevis
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The temporal occurrence of flesh flies (Diptera, Sarcophagidae) at carrion-baited traps in Grahamstown, South Africa [PDF]

African Invertebrates, 2017
Eleven species of flesh fly were identified in a sample of 737 specimens captured during fortnightly trapping at three sites in Grahamstown, South Africa, over a year. Sarcophaga africa Wiedemann, 1824, S. inaequalis Austen, 1909, S.
Martin H. Villet, Chrystal Clitheroe, Kirstin A. Williams   +2 more
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Seed viability of feathertop Rhodes grass (Chloris virgata Sw.) reduced by silage, digestion, and sheep rumen digestion

Frontiers in Agronomy, 2022
Weed seeds can be spread by different vectors, and seed dispersal is an important mechanism for the weed to persist. Weed seeds passaging through the digestive tract of a ruminant animal is expected to result in reduced viability.
Md Asaduzzaman, John Piltz, Eric Koetz, Michael Hopwood, Adam Shephard, Hanwen Wu   +5 more
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Examining pathways by which socioeconomic instability in adolescence influence sexual health during emerging adulthood in an agricultural setting in California

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract This study investigates the longitudinal impact of socioeconomic instability on teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted infection (STI) diagnosis among adolescents and young adults (AYA) living in an agricultural region and examines pathways including supportive family and social structures, decision making autonomy in romantic relationships ...
Marie C. D. Stoner, Erica N. Browne, Marissa Raymond‐Flesch, Mary Kate Shapley‐ Quinn, Nivedita L. Bhushan, Alondra Jaime‐Aguilar, Carmen Ramirez, Jessica Huante, Daisy Gallardo, Sue Napierala, Megan Comfort, Alexandra M. Minnis   +11 more
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Stamped Rhodian Amphorae in the Güray Museum: New Eponym-Fabricant Associations

Gephyra
Stamped amphorae and their stamps on them have been the subject of scientific studies for more than a century, and the stamped amphorae found in both archaeological excavations and museum collections have been evaluated and brought to the literature. The
Burcu Tüysüz, Gonca Şenol, Erkan Alkaç   +2 more
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How compatible are urban livestock and urban green spaces and trees? An assessment in a medium-sized South African town

International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development, 2017
Urban green spaces and trees provide multiple benefits to urban residents and the sustainability of cities. A poorly examined benefit is the provision of fodder to urban livestock.
C. M. Shackleton, J. Guild, B. Bromham, S. Impey, M. Jarrett, S. Ngubane, K. Steijl   +6 more
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The Fundamental Group of a Group Acting on a Topological Space

ACI Avances en Ciencias e Ingenierías, 2014
In 1966, F. Rhodes introduced the idea of the fundamental group of a group acting on a topological space. His article contains summarized proofs of results and has been studied since then primarily because the category of transformation groups is more ...
Bryan Maldonado, John Skukalek
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Two years and counting: The dynamics of long‐term youth mentoring and association with parent and peer relationships

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract The current study seeks to explore the reciprocal associations between mentor–mentee relationship strength and relationships with parents and peers across 2 years of mentoring. It is a secondary analysis of data collected by a national mentoring organization from youth (N = 1368; M age = 11.5 years; 59% female; White [n = 629], 30% Black [n ...
Westley L. Fallavollita, Michael D. Lyons   +1 more
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Riesige Magnetostriktion im Ferrimagnet SmFe5As3

Angewandte Chemie, EarlyView.
SmFe5As3 ist ein neu entdecktes ferrimagnetisches Material, das ungewöhnliche volumetrische Effekte in Abhängigkeit von der Temperatur zeigt. Aufgrund zweier magnetischer Teilstrukturen – eines mit d$d$‐Elektronen des Fe und eines mit f$f$‐Elektronen des Sm – zeigen SmFe5As3‐Einkristalle negative (blau), positive (rosa) sowie konstante (beige ...
Oksana Karychort, Jan Priessnitz, Volodymyr Buturlim, Mitja Krnel, Iñigo Robredo, Nazar Zaremba, Ulrich Burkhardt, Helge Rosner, Andrew Fitch, Markus König, Fabrice Wilhelm, Olha Zhak, Dileep Krishnan, Ivan Soldatov, Rudolf Schäfer, Maia Vergniory, Libor Šmejkal, Theo Siegrist, Berit H. Goodge, Krzysztof Gofryk, Yurii Prots, Eteri Svanidze   +21 more
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X: Poems & Anti-Poems by Shane Rhodes [PDF]

, 2014
A review of Shane Rhodes\u27 X: Poems & Anti-Poems. This review focuses on the link between language and landscape, and considers the ways in which that link, reflected in Rhodes\u27 work, comments upon the use of language as an oppressive tool in the ...
Miller, Tom
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