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Advanced Science, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Tumor immune escape is a major barrier to durable cancer immunotherapy, as advanced malignancies create a tumor microenvironment (TME) that preferentially exhausts and disables T cell responses. While most approved cell therapies are T cell‐based, this limitation motivates the exploration of an alternative effector cell platform.
Tereza Kochs +4 more
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Evaluation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Related Aspects: Case of the Czech Republic
Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 2015 The most important drivers of increasing greenhouse gas emissions are increasing world’s population, economic development resulting in higher level of productions and consumption, but also unanticipated increases in the energy intensity of GDP and in the
Veronika Solilová, Danuše Nerudová
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“Green” Transportation Taxes and Fees: A Survey Of Californians, MTI Report 08-05 [PDF]
, 2009 This report explores public opinion on a new and promising concept—green transportation taxes and fees. These are taxes and fees set at variable rates, with higher rates for more polluting vehicles and lower rates for those that pollute less.
Agrawal, Asha Weinstein +2 more
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Livestock Tango: U.S. and Latin America Dance Together, but Who Will Lead?
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines the competitiveness between Latin American and U.S. livestock and meat sectors. We employ a computable general equilibrium modeling framework to evaluate two scenarios: coordinated improvements in Latin American productivity, transport efficiency, and market access (Scenario I), and the minimum productivity gains required ...
Taís C. Menezes +2 more
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Markets Mitigate Land‐Use Competition From Energy Crops and Increase Farm Revenues
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Meeting the US Sustainable Aviation Fuel Grand Challenge target of 35 billion gal annually by 2050 will require an estimated 380 million–700 million dry tons of agricultural biomass feedstock. This study evaluates the implications of large‐scale biomass production for land use, crop production, and market outcomes under mature market ...
Daniel G. De La Torre Ugarte +2 more
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LOSS (OF REVENUE) OF STATE WITHIN TAXATION CRIMES IN INDONESIA
Mimbar Hukum, 2018 The difference of state’s tax loss amount between tax investigation, which has been completely declared by the Prosecutor, and judicial verdict can not be separated from the existence of the defendant’s right to propose Witnesses/Experts, and or the ...
Henry Dianto Pardamean Sinaga
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Some Issues Associated with Increasing Georgia's Cigarette Tax [PDF]
, 2010 This policy brief provides revenue estimates for an increase in tobacco taxes, discusses social cost of smoking, and explores the effect on convenience store employment from increases in tobacco ...
David L. Sjoquist
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Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Amid rising food and fertilizer prices, understanding farmers' policy preferences is critical for effective crisis response. We use best‐worst scaling experiment to assess Kenyan mobile‐owning crop farmers' preferences for government support under high and normal price scenarios.
Mywish K. Maredia +4 more
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Importance of the Recurrent Tax on Immovable Property in the Tax Systems of EU Countries
Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 2014 This paper deals with the issue of the recurrent tax on immovable property and its significance in the tax systems of the EU Member States. The recurrent tax on immovable property is classified as property taxes, also according to the international ...
Břetislav Andrlík, Lucie Formanová
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Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Estimates of reductions in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from lower demand for cattle‐based products must account for substitution effects. This study collected data through two surveys—one on ground beef and another on dairy milk—to evaluate substitution effects and potential GHG reductions.
Brandon R. McFadden +5 more
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