A new non-parametric method to estimate a decision maker's coefficient of absolute risk aversion from observed economic behaviour is explained. The method uses the expected value-variance (E-V) framework and quadratic programming. An empirical illustration is given using Norwegian farm-level data. © 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved. JEL classification: Q12; D81

In this paper we address the question of farm-nonfarm linkages at the household level for a case-study in Senegal. We examine whether increasing off-farm employment opportunities for rural households – resulting from increased horticulture exports and associated agro-industrialization – has benefitted the smallholder farm sector through investment linkages. We use data from a household survey i...

t(11;22)(q24;q12) FLI1-EWSR1 85 ETS t(21;22)(q22;q12) ERG-EWSR1 5–15 t(7;22)(p22;q12) ETV1-EWSR1 <1 t(17;22)(q12;q12) E1AF-EWSR1 <1 t(2;22)(q33;q12) FEV-EWSR1 <1 patients and characterized by adverse outcome. Recently our understanding of molecular pathogenesis of Ewing sarcoma has greatly progressed, and there have been some promising therapeutic advances. The cytogenetic hallmark of Ewing sar...

Guangxi Province is one of the regions more serious desertification. This paper using ENVI image processing system, according to remote sensing image interpretation target mark and image spectral characteristics, found remote sensing interpretation model of the background information of forest, shrub and grass, agricultural land, surface water, towns, roads from TM and ETM data from 1988 to 200...

We present a case of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) with a balanced translocation between chromosomes 2q12 and 6q12, t(2;6)(q12;q12). This abnormality was defined by conventional cytogenetics and multicolor banding techniques using specific probes for chromosome 2. Blasts accounted for 2% of white blood cells in peripheral blood and approximately 30% of all nucleated cells in marrow aspirates. Th...

Wildflower strip plantings in intensive agricultural systems have become a widespread tool for promoting pollination services and biological conservation because of their use by wasps and bees. Many of the trap-nesting wasps are important predators of common crop pests, and cavity-nesting bees that utilize trap-nests are important pollinators for native plants and many crops. The impact of wild...

© 2008 The Authors Journal compilation © 2008 Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society Inc. and Blackwell Publishing Asia Pty Ltd doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8489.2007.00404.x Blackwell Publishing Ltd Oxford, UK AJAR ustralian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 1364-985X © 2008 The Authors Journ Compilat on © 2008 A str lian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society Inc. and...

Article history: Received 22 April 2011 Received in revised form 8 April 2013 Accepted 14 April 2013 Available online 23 April 2013 Using a panel dataset of 31 provinces in China, this paper computes the output-oriented Malmquist productivity indexes and their decomposition in China's agricultural sector over the period 1994–2008. In the second-stage regression, which uses the efficiency change...

This paper examines how subsistence farmers respond to extreme heat. Using microdata from Peruvian households, we find that high temperatures reduce agricultural productivity, increase area planted, and change crop mix. These findings are consistent with using input adjustments as a short-term mechanism attenuate the effect of heat on output. response seems complement other coping strategies, s...