Decile-based index drought insurance to help improve income stability for wheat producers in Australia by Jonathan Barratt, Jarrod Kath, Brian Collins, Shahbaz Mushtaq, Duc-Anh An-Vo

“…Results indicate that, for optimally sown crops, the average financial gain from adopting the insurance contract was $182 per hectare, while the average drought-related loss was $71 per hectare. …”
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High metabolic activity in positron emission tomography and systemic inflammation occurring years after exposure cessation in engineered stone silicosis by Antonio León-Jiménez, Julio Rodríguez-Rubio Corona, Gema Jiménez-Gómez, María Luisa Piñero Fernández-Reyes, Antonio Hidalgo-Molina, Magdalena Pajares-Vinardel, Miguel Ángel Conde-Sánchez, Antonio Campos-Caro, Daniel Sanchez-Morillo

“…The mean age of the patients was 44 ± 5.4 years. Moreover, the average exposure duration was 10.94 ± 3.2 years, and the average number of years from cessation of exposure was 11.6 ± 1.6 years. …”
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Reducing red blood cell folate testing: a case study in utilisation management by Alan Gob, Ian Chin-Yee, Ola Ismail, Vipin Bhayana, Angela Rutledge

“…Physician feedback was supportive of the change, and during the 2 months after targeted email correspondence, the average monthly test volume decreased 24% (p<0.01) to 128 (SD 1). …”
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The annual feasibility and affordability of a healthy diet for families with children in Israel by income quintile and geographic area of residency by Naama Dgania-Yaroslaviz, Moran Blaychfeld Magnazi, Vered Kaufman-Shriqui

“…Policymakers should consider steps to decrease health inequality in food affordability, targeting the three middle-lower income quintiles. …”
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Temperature and Precipitation Synergistically Affect Yield, Harvesting Time and Post-Processing Quality of Tropical Macadamia Nuts by Yifan Li, Hong Zhao, Tao Zhong, Haibing Wu, Wenhong Peng, Ziqiang Li, Weirong Huang, Shuaifeng Huang, Bing Shi, Yu Li

“…Key findings include: (1) During the flowering to fruit growth stage, 2020 had the highest average temperature, followed by 2021, and then 2022. …”
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Trends in mortality rate and years of life lost due to premature deaths from colorectal cancer in Danyang City， Jiangsu Province， 2013‒2023 by HU Jiahui, WANG Jiaye, CHEN Lili, JIANG Tao

“…Continued efforts to strengthen CRC prevention and control are needed, particularly targeting males and the elderly population.…”
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Motivation and Employees’ Performance in Local Governments: A Case Study of Kabale Municipal Council, Kabale District by Robert, Ampeire

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Motivation And Employees’ Performance in Local Governments: A Case Study of Kabale Municipal Council, Kabale District by Robert, Ampeire

“…Findings from the first study objective about the contributions of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation on employee performance at KMC found out that the majority of the responses were on agree side with the average man of M=3.64 and SD=1.041. The second study objective about the other factors other than motivation affecting employee performance at KMC indicated an average mean of M=3.81 and SD= 1.110, implying that there were other factors other than motivation. …”
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Accuracy of tracer-based methane flux quantification: underlying impact of calibrating acetylene measurements by A. Shah, O. Laurent, P. Kumar, G. Broquet, L. Loigerot, T. Depelchin, M. Lozano, C. Yver Kwok, C. Philippon, C. Romand, E. Allegrini, M. Trombetti, P. Ciais

“…This study therefore emphasises the equal importance of calibrating target as well as tracer gas measurements, regardless of the instrument being used to obtain these measurements. …”
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Cost-effectiveness of bioimpedance-guided fluid management in patients undergoing haemodialysis: the BISTRO RCT by Mandana Zanganeh, John Belcher, James Fotheringham, David Coyle, Elizabeth J Lindley, David F Keane, Fergus J Caskey, Indranil Dasgupta, Andrew Davenport, Ken Farrington, Sandip Mitra, Paula Ormandy, Martin Wilkie, Jamie H Macdonald, Ivonne Solis-Trapala, Julius Sim, Simon J Davies, Lazaros Andronis

“…Bioimpedance measurements were used in conjunction with usual clinical judgement to set a target weight that would avoid excessive fluid depletion at the end of a dialysis session. …”
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Saudi healthy plate-2024: framework for developing, modeling, and evaluating Saudi Arabia’s dietary guidelines by Omar A. Alhumaidan, Sarah M. Alkhunein, Shihana A. Alakeel, Ghadir A. Fallata, Madhawi M. Aldhwayan, Asalah Y. Alfaifi, Wala M. Albalwi, Haya AlZeer

“…While most nutritional targets were achieved, persistent gaps in vitamin E and choline intake require targeted strategies in future updates to enhance dietary adequacy.…”
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Modeling of hydrogen isotope effect on divertor detachment in EAST by Qiushi Li, Rui Ding, Guoliang Xu, Ilya Senichenkov, Elizaveta Kaveeva, Hang Si, Vladimir Rozhansky, Junling Chen

“…As the drifts are taken into account, the relative difference of detachment onset at the outer target becomes larger, while it becomes smaller for the inner target. …”
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Gnom 3 as a Donor for Ultra Short- Stem Trait of Winter Rye by В. В. Скорик

“…In average, the height of plants in the course of 27 breeding cycles were decreasing by 2.69 cm, but that was not going gradually. …”
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A Spatiotemporal Feature-Based Approach for the Detection of Unlicensed Taxis in Urban Areas by Yun Xiao, Rongqiao Li, Jinyan Li

“…The results show that the model effectively identifies suspected unlicensed taxis (ACC = 99.10%). The daily average mileage, daily average operating time, and number of operating days for suspected unlicensed taxis are significantly higher than those for private cars. …”
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Transforming Public Services Management: A P-Graph Methodology Case Study and Scenario Analysis  by Boglárka Eisinger, László Buics

“…The study concludes that managing an average enrolment of 4,200 students is inefficient for administrative employees, leading to high overtime rates that harm staff well-being. …”
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SSNM-A new approach to increasing fertilizer N use efficiency and reducing N loss from rice fields by WANG Guang-huo, ZHANG Qi-chun, HUANG Chang-yong

“…In China, average rate of N application for rice production is high and fertilizer-N use efficiency is low compared with other major rice growing countries. …”
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Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Modeling Based on Climate Variables in Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Russia and Turkey (1999-2022) by Dr. Irina Lizinfeld, Dr. Mohammad Fereidouni, Dr. Natalia Pshenichnaya, Dr. Gulzhan Abuova, Dr. Mohammad Reza Shirzadi, Dr. Hanan Abdulghafoor Khaleel, Dr. Riyadh Al Hilfi, Dr. Maryam Keshtkar-Jahromi

“…Methods: In this retrospective study, we collected data on climate variables (Annual Average Temperature (AAT), Annual Highest Average Temperature (AHAT), Annual Lowest Average Temperature (ALAT), and Average Annual Precipitation (AAP)) in Russia (6 endemic regions: Astrakhan, Dagestan, Kalmykia, Rostov, Stavropol, and Volgograd), Kazakhstan (3 endemic regions: Jambul, Kyzylorda, and Turkestan), Turkey, Iran, and Iraq (climate change knowledge portal: https://climateknowledgeportal.worldbank.org/). …”
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Meta-analysis of legumes and groundnut production trends and variability in the Global South by Francis Kloh Fukah, Aneth Japhet Magubika, George Muhamba Tryphone, Eliakira Kisetu Nassary

“…In Sub-Saharan Africa, cowpeas and groundnuts are vital, with cowpeas grown over 11.4 million hectares on average yielding 450 kg ha−1, and groundnuts covering 9.1 million hectares with an average yield of 1007 kg ha−1. …”
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Photocatalytic removal of N2O in cropped fields using R-Leaf by Carlos J. Bueno-Alejo, Yusuf K. Khambhati, Apostolos Papadopoulos

“…A methodology is proposed to measure and estimate N₂O removal based in well-known micrometeorological methods allowing for quantification of photocatalyst performance in open field. Average N₂O concentrations were measured at two different heights in both treated and control fields (1 ppb difference on average), the vertical fluxes were calculated, and the N₂O removal achieved by R-Leaf equated to an average of 1.96 tons of CO₂ equivalent removed per hectare over a crop season. …”
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Comparative analysis of sentiments towards different stigmatized groups on social media platforms in Spain by Martín Oller-Alonso, Carlos Arcila Calderón, Javier J. Amores, Patricia Sánchez-Holgado, Maximiliano Frías-Vásquez, William González-Baquero, Marcos Paulo Gomes-Barbosa

“… Social media platforms have become critical spaces for the dissemination of negative, toxic, intolerant, and discriminatory sentiments and messages targeting stigmatised minority groups defined by their ethnicity, religion, culture, origin, gender identity, or sexual orientation. …”
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