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Nanotechnology is becoming increasingly important for the food sector, and advances and products are already being made in the areas of food packaging and food safety. However, there are several potential issues associated with the commercialization of agricultural and food (agrifood)...
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Market professionals with decades of experience typically argue that a call option is a surrogate for the underlying asset, indicating that they perceive the risk of a call option as similar to the risk of the underlying asset. Experimental evidence also points to the same conclusion. Such...
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The use of pesticides on the farm is largely governed by voluntary behavior. It is important to understand what drives farmer’s behavior of pesticide use. Health belief models in public health and social psychology argue that persons who have had adverse health experiences are likely to...
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We show that socio-economic status (SES) is a powerful predictor of many facets of a child's personality. The facets of … personality we investigate encompass time preferences, risk preferences, and altruism, as well as crystallized and fluid IQ. We …'s personality by documenting that many dimensions of a child's environment differ systematically by SES: parenting style, quantity …
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Since 1950s, most African nations have gained independence from their colonial powers. Fortunately, independence has brought many changes to these nations and these include multi-party democratic government and western education systems. Unfortunately, the Africa’s economy is the least...
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.e. temperament, personality and temporal orientation). The statistical analysis consisted on structural equation modelling and … temperamental features (FCB-TI, n=612), moderately – by personality features (NEO-FFI; n=605). Temporal orientation has the …
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caste), westernization and consumer’s choices and preference change with time and fashion. The current personality and … analysis resulted in positive association between personality factor and purchasing decision but a negative association between … the eastern clothing whereas, if the marketer of the eastern clothing hits the jackpot i.e. the personality of the men …
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consider cognitive ability, patience, risk tolerance, and the Big Five personality measures as predictors of individual and …
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developing the personality of the students in the community and the environment through educational programs that foster and … develop all aspects of a student 's personality. Besides that, GE aims to cultivate and create mature understanding in the …
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personality traits and demographic characteristics. …
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