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Self-concepts of primary students with mild intellectual disabilities : issues of measurement and educational placement

, 2000
The educational placement of students with mild intellectual disabilities remains controversial. Arguments for educational placement are often based upon the anticipated impact upon self-concept.
Tracey, Danielle K. (R13635), Marsh, Herbert W. (R8137)   +1 more
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The Power of Unity: Collective Action and Smallholder Agricultural Performance in West Africa

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We analyze the impact of collective action through farmer‐based organizations (FBOs) on smallholders' farm performance and income inequality in Ghana, Benin, The Gambia, and Mali. We find that FBO membership increases cereal yield in Ghana and The Gambia, legume yield in Mali, ruminant numbers in Benin and The Gambia, and total farm income in ...
Emmanuel Donkor, Bright Owusu Asante, David Boansi, Victor Owusu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Arbosana Olive Is Self-Incompatible, but Inter-Compatible with Some Other Low-Vigor Olive Cultivars

Horticulturae
Trendy high-density olive fields are often monovarietal orchards, mostly using the cultivar Arbequina. However, Arbequina shows a strong self-incompatibility response, and its yields depend on wind cross-pollination, which is not always available.
Julián Cuevas, Fernando M. Chiamolera, Virginia Pinillos, Francisco Rodríguez, Irene Salinas, Diego Cabello, Alenka Baruca Arbeiter, Dunja Bandelj, Marina Raboteg Božiković, Gabriela Vuletin Selak   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Consumers' Willingness to Pay a Premium for Climate‐Friendly Food Production: The Role of Production Method Information and Social Norms

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines whether information about production methods and social norms can increase consumers' willingness to pay (WTP) a price premium for food produced using climate‐friendly farming methods. A randomized survey experiment was conducted with 1568 respondents across Denmark, Lithuania, and Spain, who were assigned to one of four ...
Kassa Tarekegn Erekalo, Tove Christensen, Sigrid Denver, Marilena Gemtou, Spyros Fountas, Søren Marcus Pedersen   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Developmental plasticity of hermaphrodite sperm production across environments in Caenorhabditis elegans.

PLoS ONE
Many organisms show flexible resource allocation to adjust for optimal reproductive investment across different environments. How such reproductive plasticity occurs in hermaphroditic organisms-allocating resources to both oocytes and sperm-are central ...
Clotilde Gimond, Nausicaa Poullet, Anne Vielle, Emilie Demoinet, Christian Braendle   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Thinking as human: Self-reflective reinforcement learning framework for fertilization decision-making

Smart Agricultural Technology
Variable-rate fertilization based on reinforcement learning has achieved significant success in simulated environments. However, issues of insecurity and inefficiency led by blind exploration mechanism constitute impediments to apply reinforcement ...
Shulang Li, Jie Liu, Yang Yang, Rujia Shen, Jingchi Jiang   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Consumer Acceptance of New Sustainable Food Technologies: Upcycling Technology, Biostimulants, and Artificial Intelligence

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Food systems have a significant impact on environmental sustainability, underscoring the need for innovative technologies to support more sustainable agricultural methods. However, the adoption of these technologies hinges on consumer acceptance, making the analysis of consumer perceptions essential.
Greta Castellini, Guendalina Graffigna
wiley   +1 more source

What's Genetic Variation Got to Do with It? Starvation-Induced Self-Fertilization Enhances Survival in Paramecium. [PDF]

Genome Biol Evol, 2020
Thind AS, Vitali V, Guarracino MR, Catania F.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

MODELING ANIMAL AND FORAGE RESPONSE TO FERTILIZATION OF ANNUAL RANGELANDS

The response functions for forage, animal gain, and stocking rate were estimated from data obtained in a three-year fertilization experiment on California annual range.
Taggard, Ken L., Raguse, Charles A., Olson, Kent D., Mikesell, Chris L., George, Melvin R.   +4 more
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Who's on first? : causal ordering of ademic self-concept, motivational goals, and achievement

, 2004
Investigating causal relations between self-concept and motivational goals represents a leading edge in self-concept research. The objective of the study was to determine the nature and extent of causal relations between students’ academic self-concept ...
Dowson, Martin, Barker, Katrina L., McInerney, Dennis M.   +2 more
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