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Challenges in Empirical Research in Economics: The Way Forward
This (NEs), the two major approaches adopted in . Section 4.2 examines the trends in these two approaches in major economic journals based on originally constructed data. Section 4.3 discusses the similariti...
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Effects of Mobile Money Education on Mobile Money Usage: Evidence from Ghana
This study conducts a randomised control trial to offer a technical workshop and examine whether providing information about the full range of services on the mobile money platform would increase mobile money ...
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Blue Revolution in Asia: The Rise of the Shrimp Sector in Vietnam and the Challenges of Disease Control
The aquaculture sector has grown rapidly over the last two decades, particularly in Asia, providing a larger share of seafood for human consumption than capture fisheries. It has received attention for its con...
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Company–Community Partnership and Climate Change Adaptation Practices: The Case of Smallholders Coffee Farmers in Lampung, Indonesia
Climate change affects agricultural production system and the livelihood of the smallholder producers. To help farmers increase their adaptive capacity, private sector may serve as an alternative to the govern...
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Conspecific distance-dependent seedling performance, and replacement of conspecific seedlings by heterospecifics in five hardwood, temperate forest species
The mechanisms driving species diversity in the context of Janzen–Connell model are best understood by evaluating not only conspecific distance-dependent (CDD) seedling performance, but also replacement of con...
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Open AccessRare metastatic pancreatic tumors from lung cancer with cystic changes resembling intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm: a case report
Metastatic pancreatic tumors from lung cancer (MPTLC) constitute 3% of all metastatic pancreatic tumors. We present an extremely rare case of cystic MPTLC that was difficult to distinguish from intraductal pap...
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Open AccessDoes training location matter? Evidence from a randomized field experiment in Rural Indonesia
Informal network helps disseminate agricultural knowledge in the rural area where formal extension is lacking. However, how the interplay between formal training and informal network promotes technology adopti...
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Marketing Risks and Standards Compliance: Challenges in Accessing the Global Market for High-Value Agricultural and Aquacultural Industries
This chapter discusses two challenges that producers in develo** countries face when they participate in the global markets, namely, the marketing risks and the difficulty of standard compliance. We illustra...
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Better management practices and their outcomes in shrimp farming: evidence from small-scale shrimp farmers in Southern Vietnam
Despite the growth of aquaculture exports from develo** countries to developed countries in recent years, a high percentage of these products are rejected at developed countries’ ports because of non-complia...
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Open AccessEffects of farmers’ social networks on knowledge acquisition: lessons from agricultural training in rural Indonesia
Agricultural information is transferred through social interactions; therefore, ties to agricultural informants and network structures within farmers’ local neighborhoods determine their information-gathering ...
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On the Possibility of Rice Green Revolution in Rainfed Areas in Northern Ghana: An Assessment of a Management Training Program
This chapter investigates the impact of technical intervention on the adoption of a set of improved rice production technologies, as well as on productivity and profit for smallholders in areas in Northern G...
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Effects of constant and variable temperatures on development and reproduction of the two-spotted spider mite Tetranychus urticae (Acari: Tetranychidae)
We focused on the influence of different temperature amplitudes on development and reproduction of the two-spotted spider mite, Tetranychus urticae Koch, at a 16:8 (L:D) h photoperiod and 60–95 % RH. The temperat...
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Olig2 labeling index is correlated with histological and molecular classifications in low-grade diffuse gliomas
Diagnosis of low-grade diffuse gliomas based on morphology is highly subjective and, therefore, is often difficult, with significant intra- and interobserver variability. Here, we investigated WHO grade II dif...
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Alpha-internexin and altered CIC expression as a supportive diagnostic marker for oligodendroglial tumors with the 1p/19q co-deletion
α-Internexin (INA) has been proposed as a biomarker of oligodendroglial tumors with the 1p/19q co-deletion. On the other hand, sequence studies have recently linked the CIC mutation and subsequent altered CIC ex...
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The Fresh Pineapple Export Industry in Ghana: The Role of Smallholders in the High-Value Horticultural Supply Chain
Agricultural markets in develo** countries have experienced many changes over the past decades (Jaffee and Morton, 1995; Dolan and Humphrey, 2000; Minot and Ngigi, 2004; World Bank, 2008). The domestic agric...
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Carbon tetrachloride affects inflammation-related biochemical networks in the mouse liver as identified by a customized cDNA microarray system
We have attempted to upgrade and validate an in-house cDNA microarray system developed by our group for the evaluation of chemical toxicity.
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Oxidation Behavior of Pt–Ir Modified Aluminized Coatings on Ni-base Single Crystal Superalloy TMS-82+
The oxidation resistance of Pt–Ir modified aluminized coatings, prepared by magnetron sputtering, was investigated. Cyclic oxidation tests revealed that Pt–30 at%Ir and Pt–50 at%Ir modified aluminide coatings ...
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Hyaluronidase expression in cultured growth plate chondrocytes during differentiation
Hyaluronan (HA) is a major component of the extracellular matrix of cartilage, contributes to its structural and functional integrity, and has various important roles in the differentiation of chondrocytes. HA...
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Correlation between angiogenesis and reduction ratio measured using201Tl chloride single photon emission computed tomography in patients with oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma
Objective: The aim of this study is to examine the correlation between tumor angiogenesis and response to preoperative radiotherapy evaluated using201T1 single photon emission computed tomography (Tl SPECT) in or...
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Evaluation of mandibular invasion by head and neck cancers using99mTc-methylene diphosphonate or99mTc-hydroxymethylene diphosphonate and201Tl chloride dual isotope single photon emission computed tomography
Whether a patient with head and neck cancer has mandibular invasion or not is important in determining the method of resection surgery. But, no modality is adequately reliable when used alone in the evaluation...
