Watermelon farmers in Florida consider multiple uncertain risk factors when deciding when to transplant watermelon in a field. Early planting (late February or early March) is associated with higher risk of freeze damage ...
Ecology
Dec 19, 2022
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More than 35% of Americans make a New Year's resolution, like losing weight, eating healthier or saving more money.
Social Sciences
Dec 15, 2022
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Due to the war in Ukraine, wheat exports have declined worldwide. Yield fluctuations and losses due to climate change are additionally hampering the supply situation in individual regions of the world. As a result, wheat ...
Agriculture
Dec 8, 2022
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Ghana is one of the few countries often praised for achieving impressive reductions in hunger. The 2022 Global Hunger Index report reveals Ghana's hunger score has declined by more than 50 percent since the year 2000. At ...
Social Sciences
Dec 8, 2022
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Does gender matter in commercial real estate transactions? Not in the outcome of the sale, but gender plays a role because of a common affinity bias among property owners, according to a study by researchers at The University ...
Social Sciences
Dec 7, 2022
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Until about 2020, universities used cryptocurrencies only to pay ransoms to criminals attacking their networks. A fast payment to criminals helped victim universities restore their networks quickly.
Economics & Business
Dec 5, 2022
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The use of social media can be beneficial to international new ventures and help them to survive. A new study from the University of Vaasa, Finland, shows that newly established international firms and start-ups with limited ...
Economics & Business
Nov 28, 2022
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Winning the FIFA World Cup significantly increases GDP growth in the two quarters following the competition by up to 0.25 percentage points, according to new research from the University of Surrey.
Economics & Business
Nov 21, 2022
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For 30 years, developing nations have fought to establish an international fund to pay for the "loss and damage" they suffer as a result of climate change. As the COP27 climate summit in Egypt wrapped up over the weekend, ...
Environment
Nov 21, 2022
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Federal regulations ban tobacco companies from advertising to kids and prohibit profanity on television before 10 p.m. But what is protecting children from predatory advertising of junk food, especially with sneaky online ...
Economics & Business
Nov 18, 2022
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