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A Matrix-Analytic Solution for Randomized Load Balancing Models with Phase-Type Service Times [PDF]
, 2010 In this paper, we provide a matrix-analytic solution for randomized load balancing models (also known as \emph{supermarket models}) with phase-type (PH) service times.
Li, Quan-Lin +2 more
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Bakery Products Enriched With Fruit and Vegetable Wastes: A Functional Approach
AgriFood: Journal of Agricultural Products for Food, EarlyView.Enrichment of bakery products with bioactive compounds from fruit and vegetable wastes. ABSTRACT Bread and other bakery goods are among the most critical components of the human diet, which make them attractive carriers for functional ingredients aimed at improving public health.
Sena Bakir
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European Spatial Research and Policy, 2023 The article presents the development of food retail in Poland in comparison with global trends, characterised by the tendency to replace small traditional food stores with large-format stores, such as supermarkets and hypermarkets.
Agnieszka Rochmińska
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Swedish farmers' approval of nudges
Agribusiness, EarlyView.Abstract Interest in the use of behavioral policy approaches, such as nudges, has strongly increased over the past years, including in the domains of food, agricultural and environmental policies. While the approval of nudges among the general public has been studied extensively, we know little about the attitude of farmers toward nudging. Farmers may (
Liesbeth Colen +2 more
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AGRICULTURA, NECESSIDADES DO CAPITAL E A CAPTURA DA IDEIA DE COMIDA
Revista de Políticas Públicas, 2020 The current food question presents diametrically opposed dilemmas, such as the epidemics of hunger and overweight. Such dilemmas are embedded in a sociopolitical context in which big food conglomerates have sought to capture the concept of healthy food ...
Newton Narciso Gomes Junior +2 more
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Stochastic Analysis of Synchronization in a Supermarket Refrigeration System
, 2015 Display cases in supermarket systems often exhibit synchronization, in which the expansion valves in the display cases turn on and off at exactly the same time. The study of the influence of switching noise on synchronization in supermarket refrigeration
Leth, John +3 more
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Foreign labor, peer‐networking and agricultural efficiency in the Italian dairy sector
Agribusiness, EarlyView.Abstract While the presence of immigrants in the agricultural sector is widely acknowledged, the empirical evidence on its economic consequences is lacking, especially from a microeconomic perspective. Using the Farm Accountancy Data Network panel data for Italian dairy farms in the period 2008–2018, the present study investigates the relationship ...
Federico Antonioli +2 more
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Energies, 2018 In this work the thermodynamic performance of a transcritical R744 booster supermarket refrigeration system equipped with R290 dedicated mechanical subcooling (DMS) was exhaustively investigated with the aid of the advanced exergy analysis.
Paride Gullo
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Doubly Exponential Solution for Randomized Load Balancing Models with General Service Times [PDF]
, 2010 In this paper, we provide a novel and simple approach to study the supermarket model with general service times. This approach is based on the supplementary variable method used in analyzing stochastic models extensively.
Li, Quan-Lin
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Does Contract Farming Improve Diet Quality? The Case of Senegalese Smallholders
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The institution of contract farming has gained prominence in most developing countries owing to its numerous benefits. While several studies have already highlighted the welfare benefits of contract farming, very few have investigated the effects on diet quality, despite poor quality diets being a serious challenge in most parts of the ...
Francis E. Ndip, Takeshi Sakurai
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