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An investigation of the factors underlying informal settlement growth: The case of Burayu City, Ethiopia

Heliyon
Informal settlements in developing countries' cities are becoming more and more widespread. The city of Burayu is no exception to this trend. To address the challenges involved, it is important to understand the reasons for the prevalence and ...
Tefera Beyera Bayuma, Birhanu Girma Abebe   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Association between Social Relationship and Glycemic Control among Older Japanese: JAGES Cross-Sectional Study.

PLoS ONE, 2017
AimThe present study examined whether social support, informal socializing and social participation are associated with glycemic control in older people.MethodsData for this population-based cross-sectional study was obtained from the Japan ...
Kenichi Yokobayashi, Ichiro Kawachi, Katsunori Kondo, Naoki Kondo, Yuiko Nagamine, Yukako Tani, Kokoro Shirai, Susumu Tazuma, JAGES group   +8 more
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Availability of informal social support and the impact on health services utilization among women in community corrections who engage in substance use and risky sexual behavior: New York City, 2009–2012

Health & Justice, 2022
Background Women under community supervision in the U.S. experience high rates of substance use and HIV/STDs and face multiple barriers to healthcare services.
Karli R. Hochstatter, Melissa N. Slavin, Louisa Gilbert, Dawn Goddard-Eckrich, Nabila El-Bassel   +4 more
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Assessing Haitian Consumers' Willingness to Pay a Premium for Aflatoxin‐Compliant Peanut Butter in the Informal Market

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Market‐based solutions are increasingly tested to address aflatoxin issues in peanuts in developing countries. Although previous studies have found that Haitian grocery store shoppers are willing to pay a 21% premium for peanut butter with levels of aflatoxin that meet international standards, no information is available for the much larger ...
Phendy Jacques, Stevens Azima, Maurice Doyon   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Predictors of the prevalence and importance of the observed trinary control system in rural China

Humanities & Social Sciences Communications
Western criminological literature continues to focus on the binary control system (formal vs. informal), while China has long employed the trinary system (formal, semiformal, and informal) in its construction of social control.
Shanhe Jiang, Dawei Zhang, Darrell D. Irwin, Xin Jiang, Yichen Zhao   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Geography of Success: A Spatial Analysis of Export Intensity in the Italian Wine Industry

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper investigates the paradox of how Italy's fragmented, SME‐dominated wine industry achieves global export success. Moving beyond purely firm‐centric explanations, we test whether export intensity is spatially dependent, clustering geographically in regional ecosystems.
Nicolas Depetris Chauvin, Jonas Di Vita
wiley   +1 more source

Too Complex to Choose? The Role of Heuristics in Shaping Farmers' Willingness to Pay for Income Stabilization Tool in Italy

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT European agriculture is increasingly exposed to economic instability driven by extreme weather events, market volatility, and geopolitical tensions. To manage these growing risks, farmers are encouraged to adopt innovative risk management strategies such as the Income Stabilization Tool (IST), which offers protection against severe income ...
Alice Stiletto, Ruggiero Rippo, Samuele Trestini, Elisa Giampietri, Roberta Raffaelli, Simone Cerroni   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

‘Value-based methodology for person-centred, integrated care supported by Information and Communication Technologies’ (ValueCare) for older people in Europe: study protocol for a pre-post controlled trial

BMC Geriatrics, 2022
Background Older people receive care from multiple providers which often results in a lack of coordination. The Information and Communication Technology (ICT) enabled value-based methodology for integrated care (ValueCare) project aims to develop and ...
E. L. S. Bally, A. van Grieken, L. Ye, M. Ferrando, M. Fernández-Salido, R. Dix, O. Zanutto, M. Gallucci, V. Vasiljev, A. Carroll, A. Darley, A. Gil-Salmerón, S. Ortet, T. Rentoumis, N. Kavoulis, O. Mayora-Ibarra, N. Karanasiou, G. Koutalieris, J. A. Hazelzet, B. Roozenbeek, D. W. J. Dippel, H. Raat, on behalf of the ValueCare consortium   +22 more
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Pesticide MRLs as Trade Barriers: Evidence From Vietnam's Coffee and Rice Exporters

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As tariffs have declined globally through bilateral and regional trade agreements, food safety standards have emerged as significant determinants of agricultural trade flows. This study examines the impact of maximum residue limits (MRLs) for five pesticides—Azoxystrobin, Chlorpyrifos, Chlorantraniliprole, Clothianidin, and Cyhalothrin—on ...
Nhat Mai Nguyen, Hoa‐Thi‐Minh Nguyen, Kaliappa Kalirajan   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

An exploratory assessment model for preventing individual extreme violent crimes from a social control perspective—a qualitative study of four Chinese cases

Frontiers in Psychology
IntroductionIndividual extreme violent crimes pose a severe threat to public safety. From a social control perspective, this paper explores the dimensions of “formal control,” “informal control,” and “self-control”.
Gu Anqi
doaj   +1 more source