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Do outgrower schemes enhance technology adoption and productivity? Evidence from maize farmers in Northern Ghana

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract Nucleus outgrower schemes are contractual arrangements where well‐resourced large‐scale farmers (nucleus farmers) are empowered by development support agencies to take charge of smallholder farmers, by providing them with market access and the necessary training on agronomic practices and farm inputs for production.
Dominic Tasila Konja, Awudu Abdulai
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Recommendations for clinical decision-making when offering exoskeletons for community use in individuals with spinal cord injury

Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences
Approved in 2014 by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use with a trained companion, personal powered exoskeletons (PPE) for individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI) provide an opportunity for the appropriate candidate to ambulate in their home ...
Derrick Onate, Cassandra Hogan, Kathryn Fitzgerald, Kevin T. White, Kevin T. White, Keith Tansey, Keith Tansey, Keith Tansey   +7 more
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Staging an Experience of Cultural Heritage Preservation: Consumers' Willingness to Pay for Heirloom Rice in the Philippines

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Cordillera Administrative Region in the Philippines is home to terraced rice embedded in centuries of cultural heritage. However, weak market incentives threaten sustained production, jeopardizing indigenous communities' cultural heritage and the in situ biodiversity of rice genetic resources.
Kofi Britwum, Matty Demont
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Natural Language Processing Accurately Categorizes Indications, Findings and Pathology Reports from Multicenter Colonoscopy [PDF]

arXiv, 2021
Colonoscopy is used for colorectal cancer (CRC) screening. Extracting details of the colonoscopy findings from free text in electronic health records (EHRs) can be used to determine patient risk for CRC and colorectal screening strategies. We developed and evaluated the accuracy of a deep learning model framework to extract information for the clinical
arxiv  

Experiences of women farmworkers in Michigan: Perspectives from the Michigan Farmworker Project

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Agricultural work presents significant physical and social challenges globally and in the United States, with women farmworkers facing unique risks that remain underexplored. This study examines the social and occupational hazards confronted by women farmworkers in Michigan using data from the Michigan Farmworker Project.
Alexis J. Handal, Lisbeth Iglesias‐Rios, Mislael A. Valentín‐Cortés, Marie S. O'Neill   +3 more
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Is Broca's area critical for speech and language? Evidence from lesion-symptom mapping in chronic aphasia

Frontiers in Language Sciences
IntroductionThe specific role that Broca's area plays in speech and language has been hotly debated in the literature. Some research has pointed to a specific role in particular aspects of speech production, while other findings have suggested additional
Timothy J. Herron, Krista Schendel, Brian C. Curran, Sandy J. Lwi, Maria G. Spinelli, Carl Ludy, Nina F. Dronkers, Juliana V. Baldo   +7 more
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Heterogeneity in patterns of pain development after nerve injury in rats and the influence of sex

Neurobiology of Pain, 2021
The genesis of neuropathic pain is complex, as sensory abnormalities may differ between patients with different or similar etiologies, suggesting mechanistic heterogeneity, a concept that is largely unexplored.
Katherine Sherman, Victoria Woyach, James C. Eisenach, Francis A. Hopp, Freddy Cao, Quinn H. Hogan, Caron Dean   +6 more
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A Functional Model for Structure Learning and Parameter Estimation in Continuous Time Bayesian Network: An Application in Identifying Patterns of Multiple Chronic Conditions [PDF]

arXiv, 2020
Bayesian networks are powerful statistical models to study the probabilistic relationships among set random variables with major applications in disease modeling and prediction. Here, we propose a continuous time Bayesian network with conditional dependencies, represented as Poisson regression, to model the impact of exogenous variables on the ...
arxiv  

Expanding the Tyrosine Kinase Domain of CSF1R? A Case Report From an Adult‐Onset Leukoencephalopathy

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Adult‐onset leukoencephalopathy with axonal spheroids and pigmented glia (ALSP), also termed hereditary diffuse leukoencephalopathy with spheroids‐1 (HDLS1), results from mutations in the CSF1R gene and leads to progressive leukoencephalopathy.
Piervito Lopriore, Gianmichele Migaleddu, Pei‐Chien Tsai, Antonella Fogli, Maria Adelaide Caligo, Gabriele Siciliano, Mirco Cosottini, Yi‐Chung Lee, Yi‐Chu Liao, Michelangelo Mancuso, Roberto Ceravolo, Daniela Frosini   +11 more
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Culture, Connection and Care: The Role of Institutional Justice Capital for Enhancing the Wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children in Out‐Of‐Home Care

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Ensuring that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children removed from their families by child protection services remain connected to their kin, Country and culture is a priority to begin to redress the intergenerational trauma and harm caused by colonisation.
Sharynne Hamilton, Larissa Jones, Millie Penny, Charmaine Pell, Sarah Maslen, Carol Michie, Raewyn Mutch, Melissa O’Donnell, Carrington Shepherd, Brad Farrant   +9 more
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