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Electrodeposited Piezoelectric Chitosan Films: A New Approach Toward a Scalable and Standardized Fabrication of Sensors

open access: yesAdvanced Electronic Materials, EarlyView.
Electrodeposition is explored as an innovative and scalable approach to fabricate standardized and highly piezoelectric chitosan films. Chitosan deposition is driven onto gold‐coated silicon plates by an applied voltage. Films’ piezoelectricity is clearly proved and correlated to the material structural order.
Valeria D'Errico   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The economic impact of travel and tourism.

open access: yes, 1978
This report discusses and describes direct and indirect benefits that can be gained from travel and suggests some basic "rules" to consider for those businesses active in the ...
Kansas. Department of Economic Development. Planning and Community Development Division.
core   +1 more source

Nutrition and socio-economic development in Southeast Asia [PDF]

open access: yesProceedings of the Nutrition Society, 1992
While most Third World countries, particularly in Africa and Latin America, have experienced a deterioration in child welfare as a result of the severe economic downturn in the 1980s, Southeast Asia in general managed to sustain improvements in the situation of its children because it has maintained satisfactory rates of economic growth. However, there
R F, Florentino, R A, Pedro
openaire   +2 more sources

How Video‐Based Information Affects Farmers' Willingness to Pay for Drone Services

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Professional service for digital technology like agricultural drones lowers transaction costs and scope thresholds for smallholders. Meanwhile, perceptual adoption barriers remain underexplored. We conduct a two‐stage choice experiment with a randomized video‐based information treatment among 384 Chinese crop farmers to measure its effect on ...
Hua Zhang   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Longitudinal study of changes in greenness exposure, physical activity and sedentary behavior in the ORISCAV-LUX cohort study

open access: yesInternational Journal of Health Geographics
Background Greenness exposure has been associated with many health benefits, for example through the pathway of providing opportunities for physical activity (PA).
Juliette F. E. van Beek   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Promoting Healthier Drinking: Evidence From a Vignette Experiment on Contextual and Informational Drivers of Dealcoholized Wine Choices

open access: yesApplied 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   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessing Government Subsidies for Reducing Pesticide Use: A Meta‐Analysis

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In the efforts being made by governments to reduce pesticide use, subsidies are an important instrument to encourage farmers to adopt more sustainable practices. Yet, their effectiveness remains uncertain due to diverse designs and contexts.
Gaëlle Leduc   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Inter-American Development Bank Sustainability Report 2019 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Sustainability is a core element of the IDBs work. Long-term economic growth, and the reduction of poverty and inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean depend on development that is economically, financially, environmentally, socially, and ...
Inter-American Development Bank
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Agronomic and Nutritional Perspectives on Vegetable Crops in Africa

open access: yesAgriFood: Journal of Agricultural Products for Food, EarlyView.
Vegetable production plays a key role in food security, nutrition, and livelihoods across Africa. Moreover, African indigenous vegetables emerge as underutilized yet highly valuable crops, rich in macro‐ and micronutrients, as well as bioactive compounds with an array of health benefits.
Đorđe Vojnović   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Dynamics of socio-economic development in Maharashtra

open access: yes, 1996
The level of development of various districts of Maharashtra was obtained with the help of composite index based on optimum combination of forty three economic indicators. Twenty nine districts of the State were included in the study.
Rai, S. C., Sarup, Shanti, Narain, Prem
core   +1 more source

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