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Increasing smallholder farmers' market participation through technology adoption in rural Timor-Leste '
(John Wiley and Sons Ltd, 2021)
This study examines the role of high-yielding maize varieties as one of the key drivers of smallholder farmers' market participation in a highly subsistence rural economy. The analysis is based on the End-of-Program Survey ...
Food waste and out-of-home-dining: antecedents and consequents of the decision to take away leftovers after dining at restaurants
(Routledge, 2021)
The rising trend of eating out has contributed noticeably to the increase in food waste generated by the hospitality sector. Therefore, it is essential to understand the drivers of food waste generation and the mitigation ...
Batch service systems with heterogeneous servers
(Springer, 2020)
Bulk-service multi-server queues with heterogeneous server capacity and thresholds are commonly seen in several situations such as passenger transport or package delivery services. In this paper, we develop a novel ...
Application of pooled testing in estimating the prevalence of COVID-19
(Springer, 2021)
Testing at a mass scale has been widely accepted as an effective way to contain the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 Virus. In the initial stages, the shortage of test kits severely restricted mass-scale testing. Pooled testing ...
Implications of various effort-sharing approaches for national carbon budgets and emission pathways
(Springer Science and Business Media B.V., 2020)
The bottom-up approach of the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) in the Paris Agreement has led countries to self-determine their greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction targets. The planned 憆atcheting-up' process, ...
Covid-19 and Domestic Violence: an Indirect Path to Social and Economic Crisis
(Springer, 2020)
Purpose: We intend to identify the links between Covid-19 and domestic violence, expose the potential reasons behind an increase in domestic violence cases due to Covid-19, and argue that rising incidence of domestic ...
Getting the measurement right! quantifying time poverty and multitasking from childcare among mothers with children across different age groups in rural north India
(Routledge, 2020)
Existing research suggests that women spend a disproportionate amount of time on unpaid housework and childcare compared to men. However, there is a lack of empirical evidence on unequal time burdens due to childcare among ...
Rational repricing of risk during COVID-19: Evidence from Indian single stock options market
(John Wiley and Sons Inc, 2021)
Could the COVID-19 related market crash and subsequent rebound be explained as a rational response to evolving conditions? Our results using multiple forward-looking measures of uncertainty implied from stock option prices ...
Intervening on impostor phenomenon: prospective evaluation of a workshop for health science students using a mixed-method design
(BioMed Central Ltd., 2022-11-17)
Background
Unaddressed impostor feelings that impede developing interest in science and self-efficacy in conducting research have a dispiriting effect that perpetuates unsatisfactory diversity in the health science ...