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Empirically derived guidance for social scientists to influence environmental policy by Marshall, Nadine, Adger, Neil, Attwood, Simon, Brown, Katrina, Crissman, Charles, Cvitanovic, Christopher, De Young, Cassandra, Gooch, Margaret, James, Craig, Jessen, Sabine, Johnson, Dave, Marshall, Paul, Park, Sarah, Wachenfeld, Dave, Wrigley, Damian

“…Failure to stem trends of ecological disruption and associated loss of ecosystem services worldwide is partly due to the inadequate integration of the human…”
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Canada's International Development Research Centre's Eco-Health Projects with Latin Americans: Origins, Development and Challenges by Cole, Donald C., Crissman, Charles C., Orozco T., A. Fadya

“…Background: Since its founding in 1970, Canada's International Development Research Centre (IDRC) has supported research by concerned Latin American…”
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Prospects and challenges of fish for food security in Africa by Chan, Chin Yee, Tran, Nhuong, Pethiyagoda, Shanali, Crissman, Charles C., Sulser, Timothy B., Phillips, Michael J.

“…Fish contribute to Africa's food and nutrition security, but future directions for the fish sector remain uncertain. Using a structural foresight modeling…”
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Inducing the adoption of conservation technologies: lessons from the Ecuadorian Andes by WINTERS, PAUL, CRISSMAN, CHARLES C., ESPINOSA, PATRICIO

“…Programs that provide incentives to induce conservation are often ineffective, leading farmers to abandon conservation once assistance is withdrawn. An…”
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Pesticide use and farm worker health in Ecuadorian potato production by Crissman, C.C, Cole, D.C, Carpio, F

“…A case study to assess impacts of pesticide use in potato production in Ecuador is offered. Both farmers and their families are suffering health and economic…”
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Risk, Efficiency, and the Adoption of Modern Crop Varieties: Evidence from the Philippines by Antle, John M., Crissman, Charles C.

“…Pooled time series and cross-sectional data are used to investigate the behavior of rice farmers when a modern rice variety was introduced in a region of the…”
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Consistent Collaborative Filtering via Tensor Decomposition by Zhao, Shiwen, Crissman, Charles, Sapiro, Guillermo R

“…Collaborative filtering is the de facto standard for analyzing users' activities and building recommendation systems for items. In this work we develop Sliced…”
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Econometric production models with endogenous input timing: an application to Ecuadorian potato production by Antle, J.M, Capalbo, S.M, Crissman, C.C

“…In this article, a model was developed in which the quantity and timing of input and harvest decisions are endogenous. The endogenous timing model allows all…”
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The Market for Innovations and Short-Run Technological Change: Evidence from Egypt by Antle, John M., Crissman, Charles C.

“…Attention is given to the choices that must be made by suppliers of technology and demanders of technology in developing countries in the face of changing…”
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Reducing pesticide exposure and associated neurotoxic burden in an Ecuadorian small farm population by Cole, Donald C, Sherwood, Stephen, Paredes, Myriam, Sanin, Luz Helena, Crissman, Charles, Espinosa, Patricio, Munoz, Fabian

“…The contribution of community-based interventions, including farmer field schools (FFSs) in integrated pest management (IPM), to reducing pesticide exposures…”
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Cultural encounters: learning from cross-disciplinary science and development practice in ecosystem health by Sherwood, Stephen, Cole, Donald, Crissman, Charles

“…Overcoming challenges to ecosystem health calls for breaking down disciplinary and professional barriers. Through reflection on a research and development…”
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Pesticides and health in highland Ecuadorian potato production: assessing impacts and developing responses by Cole, Donald C, Sherwood, Stephen, Crissman, Charles, Barrera, Victor, Espinosa, Patrico

“…Pesticide use in highland Ecuador is concentrated in the high-risk, commercial production of potatoes. Small farm families experience considerable exposure and…”
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Pesticide Use in Commercial Potato Production: Reflections on Research and Intervention Efforts towards Greater Ecosystems Health in Northern Ecuador by Yanggen, David, Cole, Donald C., Crissman, Charles, Sherwood, Stephen

“…Since 1990, an interdisciplinary and interinstitutional team of scientists has led a research-intervention initiative examining pesticide impacts on…”
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Epidemiologic support to state and local sexually transmitted disease control programs by Finelli, Lyn, St Louis, Michael E, Gunn, Robert A, Crissman, Charles E, Field Epidemiology Network for STDs

“…Program managers named 146 people working on epidemiologic activities, and 84 ofthose people were classified as "epidemiologist" by the criteria we applied…”
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Epidemiologic Support to State and Local Sexually Transmitted Disease Control Programs: Perceived Need and Availability by FINELLI, LYN, ST. LOUIS, MICHAEL E., GUNN, ROBERT A., CRISSMAN, CHARLES E.

“…Background and Objectives: Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) comprise the majority of national infectious disease morbidity reported, yet the number of…”
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