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Protection Motivation Theory and Farmers' Participation in Futures Markets: Evidence From Germany

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines why German farmers show limited adoption of commodity futures contracts despite substantial price volatility, applying Protection Motivation Theory (PMT) to understand the cognitive processes driving participation decisions in futures markets. Survey data from 303 German farmers collected in 2024 were analyzed using Partial
Hendrik Wever, Marius Michels, Oliver Musshoff   +2 more
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The association of markers of oxidative-inflammatory status with malnutrition in hemodialysis patients with serum ferritin lower than 500 ng/mL Associação dos marcadores do estado oxidativo e inflamatório com a desnutrição em pacientes hemodialisados com ferritina menor do que 500 ng/mL

Brazilian Journal of Nephrology, 2013
INTRODUCTION: Enhanced inflammatory-oxidative status is well established in chronic kidney disease. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to evaluate the oxidative- inflammatory status and iron indices in patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis
Simone Gonçalves de Almeida, Joel Paulo Russomano Veiga, Sandra Fernandes Arruda, Cibele Ferreira Neves, Egle Machado de Almeida Siqueira   +4 more
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Genome-wide association analyses of the 15^th QTL-MAS workshop data using mixed model based single locus regression analysis

BMC Proceedings, 2012
Background The mixed model based single locus regression analysis (MMRA) method was used to analyse the common simulated dataset of the 15th QTL-MAS workshop to detect potential significant association between single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and ...
Zhang Zhe, Fu Wei-Xuan, Wang Chong-Long, Ding Xiang-Dong, Ma Pei-Pei, Weng Zi-Qing, Liu Jian-Feng, Zhang Qin   +7 more
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Choice of the hypothesis matrix for using the Wald-type-statistic

Statistics & Probability Letters
A widely used formulation for null hypotheses in the analysis of multivariate $d$-dimensional data is $\mathcal{H}_0: \boldsymbol{H} \boldsymbolθ =\boldsymbol{y}$ with $\boldsymbol{H}$ $\in\mathbb{R}^{m\times d}$, $\boldsymbolθ$ $\in \mathbb{R}^d$ and $\boldsymbol{y}\in\mathbb{R}^m$, where $m\leq d$. Here the unknown parameter vector $\boldsymbolθ$ can,
Paavo Sattler, Georg Zimmermann
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Effects of Outsourced Agricultural Extension Services on the Technical Efficiency and Financial Returns of Soybean Farms in Northern Cameroon

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In the agricultural landscape of most developing countries, the last decade has witnessed the expansion of outsourced agricultural extension services. Private firms and nongovernmental organizations focused on delivering agricultural extension and advisory services to farmers have emerged.
Boris D. Soh Wenda, Doria A. Medondjeu, Dorothy E. Fon, Stefan Sieber   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Consumer Demand and Market Response to Added Sugar Labeling: Evidence From the Updated Nutrition Facts Panel

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines how mandatory disclosure of added sugar content on the updated U.S. Nutrition Facts Panel (NFP) affects consumer demand and market outcomes. Using NielsenIQ Retail Scanner Data (2015–2020) and a random coefficient discrete choice model, we estimate how added sugar labeling influences purchasing behavior in yogurt and cookie
Yuxiang Zhang, Yizao Liu
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Long‐term prognosis is associated with residual disease after neoadjuvant systemic therapy but not with initial nodal status

BJS (British Journal of Surgery), EarlyView., 2020
This long‐term follow‐up study determined survival rates in a Swedish national cohort of 417 patients with breast cancer who all had neoadjuvant systemic therapy (NAST). Sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) was performed before NAST in clinically node‐negative and after NAST in clinically node‐positive patients.
L. Zetterlund, F. Celebioglu, T. Hatschek, J. Frisell, J. de Boniface   +4 more
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Weather Attention in Online Discourse and Price Uncertainty in Agricultural Futures Markets

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Weather is a central determinant of production risk in agricultural markets, but markets respond not only to weather conditions themselves, but also to how those conditions are noticed, framed, and interpreted in public discourse. In this setting, real‐time online weather discussions may shape price uncertainty by influencing how market ...
Mario A. Ortez, Olga Isengildina Massa, Michael Liam Smith, Nicole Olynk Widmar   +3 more
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Development and validation of a clinical prediction model for hospitalization after emergency department admission in patients with cancer

ESMO Real World Data and Digital Oncology
Background and purpose: Emergency department (ED) admissions by cancer patients often result in hospitalization and prolonged ED stays, contributing to overcrowding.
Z.L.R. Kaplan, D. van Klaveren, J.G.A. den Duijn, R.J.C.G. Verdonschot, N. Wlazlo, J.G.J.V. Aerts, J. Bromberg, H.F. Lingsma, J. Alsma, M.M.E.M. Bos   +9 more
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What Explains Racial Differences in Farm Succession Planning? Evidence From Decomposition and Counterfactual Analysis

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines racial differences in farm succession planning using survey data from Tennessee farmers. While observed differences between White and Black farmers are small, decomposition and counterfactual analyses show that structural characteristics, particularly farm size, would predict higher succession planning among White farmers ...
Abdelaziz Lawani, Anna‐Liisa Ihuhwa, Armine Poghosyan   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source