He, Chunyan Qiu, Weisong Yu, Junlin
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Frontiers in Environmental Science
Climate change impacts agricultural production negatively. Therefore, rural residents experience large income and consumption fluctuations when dealing with climate change risks. However, little is known about whether digital financial inclusion can help rural residents improve their ability to resist climate change. This study uses the Peking Univ...
Felsinger, Richard Groman, Ernest
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Frontiers in Public Health
Objective Only 13% of the world's population are living in countries imposing appropriate tobacco tax-rates. This study aims to promote the implementation of price policy measures as a striking tobacco control strategy in Austria and to encourage other countries to further increase their taxes to WHO best-practice levels. Method This study used the...
Małecka, Agnieszka Mitręga, Maciej Pfajfar, Gregor
The aim of this study is to show how consumers' pursuit of social identity drives collaborative consumption. A survey conducted among active participants in various forms of collaborative consumption found four types of users with clearly distinguishable characteristics: Social Followers, Distrustful Prosumers, Doubtful Laggards and Traditional Spe...
Merchant, Emily V. Odendo, Martins Ndinya, Christine Nyabinda, Naman Maiyo, Norah Downs, Shauna Hoffman, Daniel J. Simon, James E.
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Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
Malnutrition and food security continue to be major concerns in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). In Western Kenya, it is estimated that the double burden of malnutrition impacts 19% of adults and 13–17% of households. One potential solution to help address the concern is increased consumption of nutrient-dense African Indigenous Vegetables (AIVs). The obj...
HRIBAR, JERNEJ
Planinske koče so objekti oddaljeni od javne infrastrukture. Z razvojem planinstva, ki danes postaja ena izmed najbolj priljubljenih oblik rekreacije, se tudi od planinskih koč pričakuje vse več. Večja ponudba hrane in ostalih storitev v koči botruje k povečanju potreb po energiji. Če je koča včasih lahko delovala brez električnega napajanja ali pa...
Culiberg, Barbara Cho, Hichang Kos Koklič, Mateja Žabkar, Vesna
In response to the growing importance of environmental issues, more and more consumers are turning to anti-consumption by reducing, rejecting, or avoiding consumption. Covering the intersection of sustainable consumption and anti-consumption, previous studies relied on socio-cognitive models to explain this decision. In order to extend their findin...
Chudik, A. Pesaran, M. H. Smith, R. P.
The idea that certain economic variables are roughly constant in the long-run is an old one. Kaldor described them as stylized facts, whereas Klein and Kosobud labelled them great ratios. While such ratios are widely adopted in theoretical models in economics as conditions for balanced growth, arbitrage or solvency, the empirical literature has ten...
Ngoka`, I.R. Chikwendu, J.N. Maduforo, A.N.
Background: Cola pachycarpa and Cola lepidota are two varieties of fruit known as Monkey cola. They are from the same plant family. The plant was predominantly found in the wild until recently. There is basic information on the leaves, seeds, and fruits of this plant. However, there is paucity of empirical studies on their consumption and utilizati...
Al-Jundi, Salem A. Al-Janabi, Haitham A. Salam, Mohammad Asif Bajaba, Saleh Ullah, Shakir
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Frontiers in Psychology
This study examined the relationship between urban culture and street vending. Prior research on this topic is limited and inconclusive. Therefore, we have proposed an integrated model to test the positive effect of urban culture on street vending using multiple mediations of consumption patterns, resistance, and microfinance. We tested a sample of...
Agarwal, Deepali Ravi, Priyanka Purohit, Bharathi Priya, Harsh
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Nutrition reviews
Consumption of high-energy food has increased globally, thereby leading to an increase in many diseases. One strategy for addressing this is to make people aware of their energy intake through energy and fat labels. However, the effectiveness of this remains debatable. This review aims to pool the mixed outcomes of recent studies assessing the effe...