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Technology or Service Experience? Exploring Consumer Intention Behavior in RSA Restaurants

open access: yesPsychology &Marketing, Volume 43, Issue 2, Page 374-387, February 2026.
ABSTRACT The integration of robotics and service automation (RSA) in the restaurant industry represents a transformative shift in service delivery, influencing consumer behavior and service experiences. This study examines the factors affecting consumer adoption of RSA technologies through two complementary studies.
Maria Teresa Borges‐Tiago   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Factors Affecting Adoption of Improved Sweet Potatoes Varieties in Developing Countries: Literature Review

open access: yesPlant-Environment Interactions, Volume 7, Issue 1, February 2026.
ABSTRACT This literature review examines the factors influencing the adoption of improved sweet potato varieties (ISPVs) in developing countries. Drawing on 17 studies conducted primarily in Africa and South Asia, the review categorizes influencing factors into socio‐economic, institutional, agronomic, post‐harvest, psychological, geographic ...
Hercidio Tandane   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Novel Wide‐Spectrum Virucidal Lipid Nanoparticles

open access: yesSmall, Volume 22, Issue 7, 2 February 2026.
POSTAN is a novel broad‐spectrum antiviral nanoparticle that combines safety with potent virucidal activity. Composed of biocompatible lipids, it mimics heparan sulfate proteoglycans and lipid rafts exploited by viruses, thereby dismantling viral envelopes and blocking replication.
Yugo Araújo Martins   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Behavior of subsistence producers in response to technological change- The elasticity of cassava production and home consumption in Benin [PDF]

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The welfare effects of GM (genetic modification)-led productivity growth for cassava producers are partly affected by the characteristics of individual cassava producing households. Those household characteristics include the elasticity of production and
Takeshima, Hiroyuki
core   +1 more source

Impact of global cotton markets on rural poverty in Benin [PDF]

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World cotton prices have fallen by about 40 percent over the last two years, focusing attention on the effect of subsidies for cotton growers in depressing prices. This paper combines farm survey data from Benin with assumptions about the decline in farm-
Daniels, Lisa, Minot, Nicholas
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The Efficacy and Safety of Physical Therapy Techniques on Stone‐Free Rates Post‐Conventional Renal Stone Surgery

open access: yesTrends in Urology &Men's Health, Volume 17, Issue 1, February 2026.
ABSTRACT Persisting small renal stone fragments remain a challenge after conventional renal stone treatment (ESWL or endoscopic treatment). Physical vibration therapy and patient inversion therapy are new techniques developed with the aim of increasing the stone‐free rate (SFR).
Yam Ting Ho   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Overcoming barriers to build partnerships for managing plant invasions under global change

open access: yesConservation Biology, Volume 40, Issue 1, February 2026.
Abstract Non‐native plant invasions are a cross‐boundary conservation challenge, requiring coordinated management and policy responses underpinned by science. Global change is expected to exacerbate this challenge by changing abiotic and biotic drivers of invasive plant distribution, abundance, and impact. Current approaches may no longer be effective,
Jennifer L. Bufford   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Efficacy and safety of bi‐weekly cofrogliptin treatment replacing daily dipeptidyl peptidase‐4 inhibitors in Chinese patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: A multicenter, open‐label, randomized controlled phase 2 trial

open access: yesDiabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, Volume 28, Issue 2, Page 1191-1200, February 2026.
Abstract Aim This study aimed to investigate the efficacy and safety of bi‐weekly cofrogliptin treatment as a replacement for daily dipeptidyl peptidase‐4 inhibitors (DPP‐4is) in Chinese patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Methods This multicenter, open‐label, randomized controlled study assigned participants in a 1:1 ratio to either the ...
Congqing Pan   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Nutritional and health benefits of wild and cultivated yam (Dioscorea spp.) species consumed in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. [PDF]

open access: yesSci Rep
Mondo JM   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

From Local Biodiversity to Global Food Security: Antioxidant Evidence of Unconventional Edible Plants (2020–2025)

open access: yesJournal of Food Process Engineering, Volume 49, Issue 2, February 2026.
This scoping review (2020–2025) compiles validated evidence on the antioxidant potential of unconventional edible plants (PANCs). Thirty species showed high phenolic content and strong radical‐scavenging activity, reinforcing their role as natural antioxidants and sustainable alternatives to synthetic additives within biodiversity‐based food systems ...
Nathália Letícia Hernandez Brito   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

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