scholarly journals Agricultural cooperatives in netchains

2016 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Iliopoulos ◽  
M.L. Cook ◽  
F. Chaddad
Keyword(s):  
Policy Implications ◽  
Agricultural Cooperatives ◽  
Scholarly Work ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Research Papers ◽  
Research Themes ◽  
Multi Stakeholder ◽  
New Research ◽  
Empirical Approaches

This special issue of the Journal on Chain and Network Science on ‘Agricultural cooperatives in netchains’ includes new research on three research themes: (1) explanation of why are cooperatives particularly important in certain food netchains; (2) willingness of farmers to invest in their cooperative’s netchain; and (3) the role of ambidexterity in the emergence of multi-stakeholder cooperatives. The issue is organized into six papers; one editorial and five research papers. The findings reported in this issue inform scholarly work on agricultural cooperatives through multiple theoretical lenses and empirical approaches. They also have important managerial and public policy implications.

Policing and Political Violence

2021 ◽  
pp. 002200272110130
Author(s):  
Kristine Eck ◽  
Courtenay R. Conrad ◽  
Charles Crabtree
Keyword(s):  
Political Violence ◽  
The State ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Conflict Studies ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Conflict Processes ◽  
State Security ◽  
New Research ◽  
Conflict Research

The police are often key actors in conflict processes, yet there is little research on their role in the production of political violence. Previous research provides us with a limited understanding of the part the police play in preventing or mitigating the onset or escalation of conflict, in patterns of repression and resistance during conflict, and in the durability of peace after conflicts are resolved. By unpacking the role of state security actors and asking how the state assigns tasks among them—as well as the consequences of these decisions—we generate new research paths for scholars of conflict and policing. We review existing research in the field, highlighting recent findings, including those from the articles in this special issue. We conclude by arguing that the fields of policing and conflict research have much to gain from each other and by discussing future directions for policing research in conflict studies.

scholarly journals Cooperative Longevity: Why Are So Many Cooperatives So Successful?

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 3449 ◽  
Author(s):  
Constantine Iliopoulos ◽  
Vladislav Valentinov
Keyword(s):  
Research Effort ◽  
Fundamental Solutions ◽  
100Th Anniversary ◽  
Agricultural Cooperatives ◽  
Scholarly Work ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Bridging Social Capital ◽  
Long Period ◽  
Key Aspects

Despite popular misconceptions, cooperatives present a very successful organizational form worldwide. A recent study found that in the U.S., for example, 134 agricultural cooperatives celebrated their 100th anniversary in 2014. This observation on cooperative longevity is not matched by a corresponding research effort on what makes cooperatives so successful. Most of the extant research seems to focus on intra-cooperative problems that posit significant challenges to cooperatives. This special issue of Sustainability bridges the considerable gap between scholarly work and reality. By focusing on what makes cooperatives so successful for such a long period of time, this issue sheds light on key aspects of cooperative longevity. Bridging social capital, fundamental solutions to excessive heterogeneity-induced high ownership costs, tinkering, cooperative genius, and superior capacity to adapt to shocks and changes are among the factors identified to explain extended cooperative longevity. The insights thereby gained are useful to students of cooperatives, practitioners, and policy makers.

scholarly journals Editorial of Special Issue “Protective and Detrimental Role of Heme Oxygenase-1”

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (19) ◽  
pp. 4744
Author(s):  
Valeria Sorrenti
Keyword(s):  
Signaling Pathway ◽  
Heme Oxygenase ◽  
Dual Role ◽  
Heme Oxygenase 1 ◽  
Original Research ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Research Papers

The Special Issue, “Protective and Detrimental Role of Heme Oxygenase-1”, of the International Journal of Molecular Sciences, includes original research papers and reviews, some of which were aimed to understanding the dual role (protective and detrimental) of HO-1 and the signaling pathway involved [...]

scholarly journals How Important Are Structural Variants for Speciation?

Genes ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
pp. 1084
Author(s):  
Linyi Zhang ◽  
Radka Reifová ◽  
Zuzana Halenková ◽  
Zachariah Gompert
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Isolation ◽  
Statistical Methods ◽  
Genetic Basis ◽  
Structural Changes ◽  
Underlying Mechanism ◽  
Structural Variants ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
New Research ◽  
Empirical Approaches

Understanding the genetic basis of reproductive isolation is a central issue in the study of speciation. Structural variants (SVs); that is, structural changes in DNA, including inversions, translocations, insertions, deletions, and duplications, are common in a broad range of organisms and have been hypothesized to play a central role in speciation. Recent advances in molecular and statistical methods have identified structural variants, especially inversions, underlying ecologically important traits; thus, suggesting these mutations contribute to adaptation. However, the contribution of structural variants to reproductive isolation between species—and the underlying mechanism by which structural variants most often contribute to speciation—remain unclear. Here, we review (i) different mechanisms by which structural variants can generate or maintain reproductive isolation; (ii) patterns expected with these different mechanisms; and (iii) relevant empirical examples of each. We also summarize the available sequencing and bioinformatic methods to detect structural variants. Lastly, we suggest empirical approaches and new research directions to help obtain a more complete assessment of the role of structural variants in speciation.

scholarly journals Special Issue “New Frontiers in Parameterized Complexity and Algorithms”: Foreward by the Guest Editors

Algorithms ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (9) ◽  
pp. 236
Author(s):  
Neeldhara Misra ◽  
Frances Rosamond ◽  
Meirav Zehavi
Keyword(s):  
Parameterized Complexity ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Research Papers ◽  
Research Challenges ◽  
New Directions ◽  
New Research

This Special Issue contains eleven articles—surveys and research papers—that represent fresh and ambitious new directions in the area of Parameterized Complexity. They provide ground-breaking research at the frontiers of knowledge, and they contribute to bridging the gap between theory and practice. The scope and impact of the field continues to increase. Promising avenues and new research challenges are highlighted in this Special Issue.

scholarly journals Feminizing Politics

1970 ◽  
pp. 2
Author(s):  
Fawaz Traboulsi
Keyword(s):  
Women In Politics ◽  
Arab Women ◽  
Women And Politics ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Political Decision ◽  
Research Papers ◽  
Survey Analyses ◽  
Political Decision Making ◽  
Different Levels

Contributions to this special issue of Al-Raida deal with the role of Arab women in political decision-making. However, testimonies, opinions, research papers and survey analyses reflect different levels of concern and achievement. Implicitly or explicitly a number of pertinent issues have been raised concerning Arab women and politics- or better Arab women in politics.

Introduction to the Special Issue on Agent-Based Models for Economic Policy Advice

2008 ◽  
Vol 228 (2-3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Blake LeBaron ◽  
Peter Winker
Keyword(s):  
Economic Policy ◽  
Agent Based Modeling ◽  
Policy Advice ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Agent Based Models ◽  
Research Papers ◽  
Agent Based ◽  
Heterogenous Agents

SummaryThis special issue of the Journal of Economics and Statistics is devoted to the use of agent-based models for economic policy advice. It presents a collection of research papers in different fields of applications. Special emphasis is laid on discussing the potential and possible limitations of agent-based models for economic policy advice. The editorial provides an overview on the role of agent-based modeling in economic policy referring also to the papers presented. Furthermore, it highlights the strength of the approach, i.e., the explicit microfoundation and the modeling of heterogenous agents. Finally, we also report on current limitations of the method with regard to economic policy advice and point at some areas deserving further research.

scholarly journals Developmental Signals in the 21st Century; New Tools and Advances in Plant Signaling

Genes ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (11) ◽  
pp. 1708
Author(s):  
Ignacio Ezquer ◽  
Paola Vittorioso ◽  
Stefan de Folter
Keyword(s):  
21St Century ◽  
Abiotic Stresses ◽  
Plant Response ◽  
Signaling Cascades ◽  
Plant Signaling ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Biotic And Abiotic Stresses ◽  
Research Papers ◽  
Developmental Processes

This special issue includes different research papers and reviews that studied the role of signaling cascades controlling both plant developmental processes and plant response mechanisms to biotic and abiotic stresses [...]

scholarly journals Sprachliche Verfestigung und sprachlich Verfestigtes.

2019 ◽  
Vol 96 (3) ◽  
pp. 3-7
Author(s):  
Simon Meier ◽  
Bettina Bock ◽  
Konstanze Marx ◽  
Robert Mroczynski ◽  
Sven Staffeldt
Keyword(s):  
Language Use ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Formulaic Language ◽  
Colonial Studies ◽  
Functional Perspective ◽  
Pragmatic Aspects ◽  
Empirical Approaches ◽  
Cultural Linguistics ◽  
Different Levels

The present special issue of Linguistik Online is dedicated to theoretical and methodological approaches to formulaic language use from a pragmatic perspective. Following the assumption that language use is thoroughly shaped by routines and prefabricated patterns, formulaic language plays a central role in recent theoretical and empirical approaches to language use like construction grammar or corpus pragmatics. Within the field of phraseology, pragmatic approaches have become prevalent, too, be it by corpus linguistic foundations or by a functional perspective on phrasemes in different communicative domains. Based on case studies from various fields like language acquisition, cultural linguistics or colonial studies, the papers of this special issue discuss the role of formulaicity on the different levels of language use. They demonstrate which concepts and empirical methods are suitable to capture the pragmatic aspects of formulaic language use.

Bidirectional Encoding Contextual Approach for Identification of Relevant Document in Corpus

2021 ◽  
pp. 2150014
Author(s):  
K. M. Shiva Prasad ◽  
T. Hanumantha Reddy
Keyword(s):  
Information Technologies ◽  
Strong Association ◽  
Contextual Approach ◽  
Human Consciousness ◽  
Research Papers ◽  
Research Fields ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Experimental Findings ◽  
New Research

With the increasing advance of computer and information technologies, numerous documents have been published online as well as offline, and as new research fields have been continuingly created, users have a lot of trouble in finding their interesting documents. These documents can be in the form of blogs, research papers, and thesis. There is a heterogeneous set of documents which has information linked with each other. Traditional search is about taking an input of the query text from the user and checking if the subsequence is a part of any sentence in the set of documents and showing the set to the user. In this paper, we have proposed a Bidiection Encoding Contextual algorithm that can be applied to different types of documents and do a semantic search across the corpus. The algorithm used to understand the meaning of the word, their relative relationship between other words and provide the user with the documents that not just has the textual reference but also contain the relative meaning of the query. On the COVID-19 dataset, test been performed on the reliability of the interpretation through the function of linguistic similarities. The experimental findings demonstrate the strong association between the conceptual term interpretation of human consciousness in the role of measuring the similarity. Experiments show that the Bidirectional Encoding Contextual model has the best accuracy of 85.6% when compared with other traditional models like RNN, CNN and LSTM models.

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