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PLoS One
January 2025
Department of Plant Protection, IPB University, Bogor, Indonesia.
Smallholder farmers produce over 40% of global palm oil, the world's most traded and controversial vegetable oil. Awareness of the effects of palm oil production on ecosystems and human communities has increased drastically in recent years, with ever louder calls for the private and public sector to develop programs to support sustainable cultivation by smallholder farmers. To effectively influence smallholder practices and ensure positive social outcomes, such schemes must consider the variety in perspectives of farmers and align with their priorities.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Environ Manage
January 2025
Logistikum, University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria, 4400, Steyr, Austria; Supply Chain Intelligence Institute Austria, Vienna, Austria; Faculty of Business & Entrepreneurship, Daffodil International University, Daffodil Smart City, Ashulia, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Electronic address:
Environmental taxes play a critical role in mitigating air pollution and fostering sustainability by internalizing the social costs of environmental damage. By imposing financial disincentives on polluters, these taxes encourage cleaner practices and technological innovation. Using panel ARDL models, this study examines the impact of environmental taxes on CO₂ emissions across 38 OECD countries, accounting for cross-sectional dependence, non-stationarity, and heterogeneity.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWorld J Gastrointest Oncol
January 2025
Chongqing Cancer Multi-omics Big Data Application Engineering Research Center, Chongqing University Cancer Hospital, Chongqing 400030, China.
Background: Esophageal carcinoma (EC) presents a significant public health issue in China, with its prognosis impacted by myriad factors. The creation of a reliable prognostic model for the overall survival (OS) of EC patients promises to greatly advance the customization of treatment approaches.
Aim: To create a more systematic and practical model that incorporates clinically significant indicators to support decision-making in clinical settings.
Wiley Interdiscip Rev Comput Stat
March 2025
School of Business and Economics Maastricht University Maastricht The Netherlands.
Vector AutoRegressive Moving Average (VARMA) models form a powerful and general model class for analyzing dynamics among multiple time series. While VARMA models encompass the Vector AutoRegressive (VAR) models, their popularity in empirical applications is dominated by the latter. Can this phenomenon be explained fully by the simplicity of VAR models? Perhaps many users of VAR models have not fully appreciated what VARMA models can provide.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Intellect Dev Disabil
September 2024
Living with Disability Research Centre, School of Allied Health, Human Services and Sport, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia.
Background: This study explores the perceptions of supported accommodation staff and their managers of the support needs of residents ageing with intellectual disabilities, and their experiences of adjusting services for this group in the context of individualised funding.
Method: Qualitative interviews were conducted with 21 staff working in Australian supported accommodation services.
Findings: Four themes emerged.
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