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Mediated Character of Economic Interactions

Entropy, 2003
: Economic interactions are conducted between economic agents - individuals and collectives, through exchange of natural or artificial entities - goods, services and money, in a myriad of combinations. In this article we adopt a microscopic point of view,
Josip Kasac, Igor Bertovic, Josip Stepanic   +2 more
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Mapping Soil Cation Exchange Capacity in a Semiarid Region through Predictive Models and Covariates from Remote Sensing Data

Revista Brasileira de Ciência do Solo, 2018
: Planning sustainable use of land resources requires reliable information about spatial distribution of soil physical and chemical properties related to environmental processes and ecosystemic functions.
César da Silva Chagas, Waldir de Carvalho Júnior, Helena Saraiva Koenow Pinheiro, Pedro Armentano Mudado Xavier, Silvio Barge Bhering, Nilson Rendeiro Pereira, Braz Calderano Filho   +6 more
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The impacts of GP federations in England on practices and on health and social care interfaces: four case studies

Health Services and Delivery Research, 2020
Background: General practices have begun working collaboratively in general practitioner federations, which vary in scope, geographical reach and organisational form. Objectives: The aim was to assess how federating affects practice processes, workforce,
Ruth McDonald, Lisa Riste, Simon Bailey, Fay Bradley, Jonathan Hammond, Sharon Spooner, Rebecca Elvey, Kath Checkland   +7 more
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Microbial modification of host long-distance dispersal capacity

BMC Biology, 2009
Background Dispersal plays a key role in shaping biological and ecological processes such as the distribution of spatially-structured populations or the pace and scale of invasion.
Hutchings Linda, Bonte Dries, Martin Oliver Y, Goodacre Sara L, Woolley Chris, Ibrahim Kamal, George Thomas CF, Hewitt Godfrey M   +7 more
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Vineyard Variability Analysis through UAV-Based Vigour Maps to Assess Climate Change Impacts

Agronomy, 2019
Climate change is projected to be a key influence on crop yields across the globe. Regarding viticulture, primary climate vectors with a significant impact include temperature, moisture stress, and radiation.
Luís Pádua, Pedro Marques, Telmo Adão, Nathalie Guimarães, António Sousa, Emanuel Peres, Joaquim João Sousa   +6 more
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On Playing with Emotion: A Spatial Evolutionary Variation of the Ultimatum Game

Entropy
The Ultimatum Game is a simplistic representation of bargaining processes occurring in social networks. In the standard version of this game, the first player, called the proposer, makes an offer on how to split a certain amount of money.
D. Y. Charcon, L. H. A. Monteiro
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Spatial Evaluation of Technical, Scale and Management Efficiency Coefficient in Business Incubators of Iran )Data envelopment Analysis Method According to Scientific and Industrial Capacity) [PDF]

پژوهش‌های مدیریت عمومی
In this research, the spatial efficiency coefficient of Business incubator of Iran's technology units has been analyzed for thirty provinces. For this purpose, by using data envelopment analysis method and the variable return model to the cluster-based ...
Reza Fathi, Mohammadnabi Shayeki Tash, Masome Rafat   +2 more
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Ethical and Frugal Approaches to Animal Experimentation in Bioelectronics and Neural Engineering—An Invertebrate Renaissance?

Advanced Electronic Materials, EarlyView.
Invertebrates are the classic neuroscience models and should make a comeback. Invertebrate organisms can be a more ethical and cost‐effective way to move bioelectronics research forward more rapidly. ABSTRACT The accelerating development of bioelectronic neural interfaces has brought increased attention to ethical considerations surrounding in vivo ...
Eric Daniel Głowacki
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Ban Glyphosate—Does It Affect the Swedish Farmers' Willingness to Grow Cover Crops?

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The cultivation of cover crops is one of the new Eco‐scheme practices introduced in Sweden. This study examines how the design of policy attributes of these schemes influences farmers' willingness to grow cover crops on arable land, with particular focus on the potential impact of a glyphosate ban.
Vivian Wei Huang, Anna Kristina Edenbrandt, Elin Röös   +2 more
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Do Tax Incentives for Farmland Leases Increase Farm Supply? Evidence From Iowa's Beginning Farmer Tax Credit

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In recent decades, agriculture has become increasingly concentrated through horizontal mergers and acquisitions via corporate entities, and policy makers are concerned this will be exacerbated by the aging population of farm operators. To reduce market concentration in agriculture, many states have enacted policies to entice new prospective ...
Justin M. Ross, Wesley M. Zebrowski, Julia C. D. Valliant   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source