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Cognitive interviewing to improve women's empowerment questions in surveys: Application to the health and nutrition and intrahousehold relationships modules for the project‐level Women's Empowerment in Agriculture Index by Hannan, Anika, Heckert, Jessica, James-Hawkins, Laurie, Yount, Kathryn M.

“…The pro‐WEAI includes new modules with previously untested survey questions, including a health and nutrition module (focused on women's agency in this area) and an intrahousehold relationships module. This study uses cognitive interviewing to identify how new survey questions might be misinterpreted and to understand what experiences women are referencing when they respond to these questions. …”
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Clasificación y detección automática con eCognition para el análisis de coberturas en ortomapas y modelos de elevación digital. Tutorial by Arriola Valverde, S., Rímolo Donadio, R., López Sampson, A., Sepúlveda, N., Somarriba, E.

“…En esta guía se presenta el uso de la herramienta de software eCognition de la empresa Trimble® para el análisis de coberturas vegetales en sistemas agroforestales. …”
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Cognitive performance in Indian school-going adolescents is positively affected by consumption of iron-biofortified pearl millet: A 6-month randomized controlled efficacy trial by Scott, Samuel P., Murray-Kolb, Laura E., Wenger, Michael J., Udipi, Shobha A., Ghugre, Padmini, Boy, Erick, Haas, Jere D.

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Assessing farmer perceptions on livestock intensification and associated trade-offs using fuzzy cognitive maps; a study in mixed farming systems in the mid-hills of Nepal by Alomia-Hinojosa, Victoria, Groot, Jeroen C.J., Andersson, Jens A., Speelman, Erika N., McDonald, Andrew J., Tittonell, Pablo Adrian

“…Nevertheless, this pathway may entail prohibitive investment requirements of labour, capital or trade-offs at farm level that preclude sustainable intensification. We used fuzzy cognitive mapping (FCM) to assess farmers' perceptions of changes in the farm household system resulting from adding livestock to their mixed farms. …”
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Clasificación y detección automática con eCognition para el análisis de coberturas en ortomapas y modelos de elevación digital. Tutorial by Arriola Valverde, Sergio, Rímolo Donadio, Renato, López-Sampson, Arlene, Sepúlveda, Norvin, Somarriba, Eduardo

“…En esta guía se presenta el uso de la herramienta de software eCognition de la empresa Trimble® para el análisis de coberturas vegetales en sistemas agroforestales. …”
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Vegans: from radical hippies to inspiring celebrities? : a study on what influences vegetarian’s decision when considering veganism by Nilsson, Anneli

Subjects: “…cognitive dissonance…”

Impact of an added milk intervention to a micronutrient fortified school feeding program on child diet, cognition, learning, nutritional status, school attendance, and health: Statistical analysis plan by Bliznashka, Lilia, Gelli, Aulo

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Stakeholder perceptions on potential of irrigation to adapt to climate change in mixed farming systems of the Mid-Hills of Nepal: Fuzzy Cognitive Mapping study with farmers, extension and researchers– Summary Report by Vissers, Lisa, Shrestha, Nirman, Mponela, Powell, KC, Jibesh, Lopez Ridaura, Santiago, Groot, Jeroen C. J., Kafla, Sagar, Koirala, Pankaj

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Consumption of Iron-Biofortified Beans Positively Affects Cognitive Performance in 18- to 27-Year-Old Rwandan Female College Students in an 18-Week Randomized Controlled Efficacy Trial by Murray-Kolb, Laura E., Wenger, Michael J., Scott, Samuel P., Rhoten, Stephanie E., Lung'aho, Mercy G., Haas, Jere D.

“…Background: Evidence shows that iron deficiency in adulthood may affect cognitive performance, possibly by disrupting neurotransmitter regulation or brain energy metabolism. …”
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Ready-to-eat cereal and milk for breakfast compared with no breakfast has a positive acute effect on cognitive function and subjective state in 11–13-year-olds: A school-based, randomised, controlled, parallel groups trial by Adolphus, Katie, Hoyland, Alexa, Walton, Jenny, Quadt, Frits, Lawton, Clare L., Dye, Louise

“…Purpose: We tested the acute effect of breakfast (ready-to-eat-cereal [RTEC] and milk) versus (vs.) no breakfast on cognitive function and subjective state in adolescents. …”
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Resemblance metaphor and metonymy in the ethnozoological lexicon of the Amazonian language Aguaruna by García Ruiz, Ketty, Huasco Escalante, Jaime, López Rojas, Jhon Jairo

Subjects: “…cognitive linguistics…”
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Adoption of low-carbon behaviors and carbon emission reduction potential among rural residents: A case of Qingshan village, China by Peng, Yijing, Wang, Xinxin, Chen, Kevin Z.

“…Rural households constitute a crucial but understudied frontier in the decarbonization pathway in China; nevertheless, a sustained cognition-action gap still hinders the implementation of environmental awareness into behavioral adoption. …”
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Attacking the double burden of malnutrition in Asia and the Pacific by Gillespie, Stuart, Haddad, Lawrence J.

“…The study aims to create a better understanding of ways to improve life span, quality of life, early cognition and life-long learning, and earning capacity of individuals and nations.…”
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High iron and zinc beans: Kicking hidden hunger out of Malawi by Munthali, Justice, Fungo, Robert, Chirwa, Rowland, Onyango, Patricia, Rubyogo, Jean-Claude

“…Children suffering from iron-deficiency anaemia have poorer cognition, school achievement, and more behavioral issues into middle childhood [3].…”
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A framework for physical growth and child development by Alderman, Harold, Behrman, Jere R., Glewwe, Paul

“…It is widely recognized that there is a continuum of physical growth and social-emotional and cognitive development across the life course, from the preconception health status of the mother through adulthood. …”
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Effect of adding milk to a micronutrient fortified high-energy biscuit school feeding programme in Yemen: A cluster-randomised controlled trial by Bliznashka, Lilia, Michail, Monica George, Elsabbagh, Dalia, Gelli, Aulo, School Milk Initiative

“…Secondary outcomes were children’s cognition, learning, attendance, nutritional status, and health. …”
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Iodine deficiency and schooling attainment in Tanzania by Field, Erica Marie, Robles, Omar, Torero, Máximo

“…Cognitive damage from iodine deficiency disorders (IDD) has important implications for economic growth through its effect on human capital. …”
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In search of a conservation ethic by Salim, A., Brocklesby, M.A., Tiani, A.M., Tchikangwa, B., Sardjono, M.A., Porro, R., Woelfel, J., Colfer, C.J.P.

“…This paper makes use of the Galileo method to compare cognitive distances between selected forest-related concepts in Brazil, Indonesia and Cameroon. …”
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Food for thought? Experimental evidence on the learning impacts of a large-scale school feeding program by Aurino, Elisabetta, Gelli, Aulo, Adamba, Clement, Osei-Akoto, Isaac, Alderman, Harold

“…Improvements in child schooling, cognition, and nutrition constituted suggestive impact mechanisms, especially for educationally-disadvantaged groups. …”
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Public and private returns to investing in nutrition by Alderman, Harold, Sahn, David E.

“…These range from literature that shows that in utero and early-life nutritional inputs contribute positively to various economic metrics through a range of mediating factors (such as increased stature, improved cognition, and savings associated with reduced morbidity and mortality across the life course) to evidence from long-term historical studies that improved nutrition contributes to large improvements in per capita growth.…”
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