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Alati, Rosa, Elizabeth Maloney, Delyse M. Hutchinson, Jake M. Najman, Richard P. Mattick, William Bor, and Gail M. Williams. "Do maternal parenting practices predict problematic patterns of adolescent alcohol consumption?" Addiction 105, no. 5 (May 2010): 872–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1360-0443.2009.02891.x.

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Tyagi, Anupama, and Marc Cohen. "Oxygen Consumption Changes With Yoga Practices." Journal of Evidence-Based Complementary & Alternative Medicine 18, no. 4 (July 17, 2013): 290–308. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2156587213492770.

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Oxygen consumption varies with physical and mental activity as well as pathological conditions. Although there is a strong relationship between yoga and metabolic parameters, the relationship between yoga and oxygen consumption has not yet been formally reviewed. This systematic review attempted to include all studies of yoga that also measured oxygen consumption or metabolic rate as an outcome. A total of 58 studies were located involving between 1 and 104 subjects (average 21). The studies were generally of poor methodological quality and demonstrated great heterogeneity with different experimental designs, yoga practices, time periods, and small sample sizes. Studies report yoga practices to have profound metabolic effects producing both increase and decrease in oxygen consumption, ranging from 383% increase with cobra pose to 40% decrease with meditation. Compared to nonpractitioners, basal oxygen consumption is reported to be up to 15% less in regular yoga practitioners, and regular yoga practice is reported to have a training effect with oxygen consumption during submaximal exercise decreasing by 36% after 3 months. Yoga breathing practices emphasize breathing patterns and retention ratios as well as unilateral nostril breathing, and these factors appear critical in influencing oxygen consumption. A number of studies report extraordinary volitional control over metabolism in advanced yoga practitioners who appear to be able to survive extended periods in airtight pits and to exceed the limits of normal human endurance. More rigorous research with standardized practices is required to determine the mechanisms of yoga’s metabolic effects and the relevance of yoga practices in different clinical populations.
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You, Huay Woon. "Modelling Analysis on Dietary Patterns and Oral Health Status among Adolescents." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 22 (November 18, 2022): 15255. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192215255.

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Adolescence is a crucial stage between childhood and adulthood during which an individual learns new behaviours and practices including dietary patterns. This study aimed to examine the diet and oral health status among adolescents, and employed a structured questionnaire with three sections, namely, demographic, Adolescents’ Food Habits Checklist (AFHC) and the Kayser–Jones Brief Oral Health Status Examination (BOHSE). The AFHC was formulated consisting of 23 items to collect information about dietary patterns with respect to food purchase, preparation and consumption habits. Meanwhile, the BOHSE contained nine items to evaluate the oral conditions of adolescents. The relationship between dietary pattern and oral health in adolescents was investigated. A total of 160 adolescents were randomly selected in this study. The data analysis was presented in the form of tables. This study adhered to the STROBE checklist’s Guidelines for Systematic Reporting of Examination. According to the findings, food consumption dietary patterns among adolescents had the highest mean score (4.475). This demonstrates that adolescents practiced healthy food consumption. A significant positive correlation was found between food purchase, food preparation, food consumption and dietary patterns. Moreover, females had a slightly higher mean score than males, showing that females have a healthier diet status than males. This study can serve as points of reflection and recommendations on dietary patterns and oral health status.
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., Rajiva, Sukhmeet Minhas, Basavaraj ., P. M. P. Singh, and A. K. Yadav. "Tobacco consumption patterns amongst recruits at a training centre." International Journal Of Community Medicine And Public Health 9, no. 1 (December 27, 2021): 171. http://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20214991.

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Background: Approximately 3 million premature deaths occur every year due to tobacco. Gaps were observed in the scientific knowledge about tobacco consumption practices among armed forces personnel in our country. Keeping in view the paucity of studies in this field workers chose to undertake the present study.Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among service personnel across a training centre to determine prevalence of tobacco consumption. The sample size was calculated to estimate 95% confidence interval for prevalence of tobacco consumption with 5% absolute precision. The minimum sample size was calculated to be 250, however, 285 personnel were included in the study. “Personal interview technique” was used for data and standard statistical methods were utilized for data analysis.Results: The mean age (standard deviation) of the study subjects was 20.80 years (1.23). The overall prevalence of currently using tobacco in any form was 9.82%, mean (SD) of number of years of tobacco use was 2.33 years (1.27). Mean (SD) of number of cigarettes/bidis smoked per day was 7.52 (6.71). Average amount spent on tobacco consumption per month was Rs310.95 (2.42% of monthly salary). The commonest reasons for smoking is peer pressure, to relax and feel like hero.Conclusions: Our study has helped to fill in the existing gaps in the scientific knowledge about tobacco consumption practices among armed forces personnel in our country.
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Deming, Denise M., Ronette R. Briefel, and Kathleen C. Reidy. "Infant Feeding Practices and Food Consumption Patterns of Children Participating in WIC." Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior 46, no. 3 (May 2014): S29—S37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jneb.2014.02.020.

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Christensen, Bjarke B., Hanne Rosenquist, Helle M. Sommer, Niels L. Nielsen, Sisse Fagt, Niels L. Andersen, and Birgit Norrung. "A Model of Hygiene Practices and Consumption Patterns in the Consumer Phase." Risk Analysis 25, no. 1 (February 2005): 49–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.0272-4332.2005.00566.x.

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Osikominu, Jessica, and Nancy Bocken. "A Voluntary Simplicity Lifestyle: Values, Adoption, Practices and Effects." Sustainability 12, no. 5 (March 3, 2020): 1903. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12051903.

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Adopting a voluntary simplicity lifestyle (VSL) contributes to a change in consumption patterns towards more sustainable ones, which is urgently needed. This study defines the VSL as a voluntary reduction of income and consumption in exchange for more free time. Our research aims to contribute with more detailed VSL criteria. A literature review develops initial VSL criteria, which are validated against and enriched by data gathered through in-depth interviews with nine voluntary simplicity practitioners. This study contributes with: (1) more detailed insights into the value changes during lifestyle adoption of a VSL, (2) a detailed perspective on significant aspects in VSL adoption as well as how they tend to happen in sequence, and (3) insight into how consumption reduces or changes and how free time is spent when adopting a VSL. A conceptual framework for more detailed VSL criteria, as proposed in this study, is valuable to characterise the VSL lifestyle and differentiate it from other lifestyles. In sum, the study contributes to clearer perspectives on the VSL and provides detailed VSL criteria. Finally, we reaffirm the potential of VSL to contribute toward changing dominant unsustainable consumption patterns and indicate directions for future research.
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Silva, Sara Araújo, Ariene Silva do Carmo, and Kênia Mara Baiocchi Carvalho. "Lifestyle patterns associated with common mental disorders in Brazilian adolescents: Results of the Study of Cardiovascular Risks in Adolescents (ERICA)." PLOS ONE 16, no. 12 (December 14, 2021): e0261261. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0261261.

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The association between lifestyle factors and mental health has been evaluated in isolation; however, there has been a lack of information about lifestyle patterns and Common Mental Disorders (CMD) in adolescents. Therefore, the present study aims to assess the association between sets of lifestyle patterns and the occurrence of CMD in Brazilian adolescents evaluated in a national school-based cross-sectional survey. The outcome variable considered was presence of CMD. Lifestyle patterns were identified from the Principal Component Analysis. Consumption of foods, water and alcoholic beverages, sleep, physical activity, and smoking were used to identify patterns as explanatory variables. Sociodemographic characteristics, administrative dependence of the school and, nutritional status, were considered adjustment factors in the regression model. A total of 70,427 adolescents were evaluated. The principal component analysis identified three lifestyle patterns: high consumption of ultra-processed foods and low consumption of unprocessed or minimally processed foods (pattern 1); high consumption of alcoholic beverages and tobacco in the last 30 days (pattern 2); and high consumption of water and high level of physical activity (pattern 3). In the adjusted model, in patterns 1 and 2, the third tertile presented greater chance of CMD (OR 1.68; CI 95% 1.51–1.87 and OR 1.38; CI 95% 1.19–1.60, respectively). In pattern 3, the second (OR 0.88; CI 95% 0.80–0.96) and the third (OR 0.80; CI 95% 0.72–0.88) tertiles presented lower chances of CMD among the adolescents evaluated. Therefore, we suggest that health-promoting practices aimed at adolescents include multiple behaviors, with the objective of ensuring physical, mental, and social well-being.
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Sahakian, Marlyne, Czarina Saloma, and Sunayana Ganguly. "Exploring the Role of Taste in Middle-Class Household Practices." Asian Journal of Social Science 46, no. 3 (June 14, 2018): 304–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15685314-04603005.

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Abstract Food consumption patterns and practices are undergoing changes in the mega-cities of South and Southeast Asia. Based on a qualitative, comparative case study, this article examines food consumption practices among middle-class households in Bangalore and Metro Manila. We demonstrate how taste preferences, shaped by and shaping food consumption practices, directly relate to increases in meat consumption, food packaging and household food waste—all areas of environmental significance. Taste preferences, which evolved over time, are explained through three inter-related dimensions: (a) the competencies involved in preparing food or eating out; (b) the material dimension of consumption, or products available in sites of food consumption; and (c) the different meanings attached to what makes for a tasty meal. The differences and similarities in food consumption practices between each research site provide insights into how food consumption practices might shift towards more sustainable pathways in Bangalore and Metro Manila, and in similar settings.
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Trotta, Gianluca, Kirsten Gram-Hanssen, and Pernille Lykke Jørgensen. "Heterogeneity of Electricity Consumption Patterns in Vulnerable Households." Energies 13, no. 18 (September 10, 2020): 4713. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en13184713.

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A key aspect of the design of specific tariff structures is to identify and characterize homogeneous electricity consumption profiles. Recent research in residential electricity demand has explored load profile segmentation via cluster analysis combined with descriptive data from the dwelling and occupants, which has partly explained electricity load patterns and their underlying drivers but has failed to investigate any consumption heterogeneity among similar households. Thus, the aim of this paper is to reverse this approach and investigate the extent that households with similar characteristics have different electricity consumption patterns. This study combines population-based register data with hourly electricity consumption data for a sample of 67 Danish households. First, a homogenous household group is selected based on several indicators that signal vulnerability. The specific group under investigation is single-person, older, low-income households in detached housing. Second, K-means clustering is used to identify similarities and differences in consumption patterns. The results indicate four distinct vulnerable household profiles characterized by different start and end times of peak and off-peak times, peak intensities, and overall consumption, which vary across seasons. These profiles are discussed concerning the performance of everyday practices and the design of demand-side management strategies targeted at vulnerable households.
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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Consumption patterns and practices"

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Denegri-Knott, Janice. "Consumption patterns and practices in the digital virtual." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2010. https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.529283.

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Frost, Anna. "Determining the practices and beliefs regarding nutritional supplement use in an urban adult population attending a medical centre in Rondebosch East, Cape Town." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/97238.

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Background Empirical research on how and why nutritional supplements (including vitamin/mineral supplements and herbal supplements) are being taken by middle-income populations in South Africa is lacking. This study quantifies the types of nutritional supplements being taken. It unpacks beliefs regarding benefits and risks. This information is useful for healthcare practitioners in similar settings as it could affect their practice of history taking and alert practitioners to the need to know more about nutritional supplement benefits and risks. The information could be used to influence policy regarding advertising and labelling of nutritional supplements. Method The study was a cross-sectional survey. An anonymous self-completed structured questionnaire was completed by 123 participants attending a medical centre during the data collection period. Face-to-face semi-structured interviews were conducted on 16 participants to gather qualitative information. Results Nutritional supplements were widely taken in this questionnaire sample (59%). Consumption was not related to age, language, ethnic group, education and smoking, but nutritional supplements were more commonly used by women and higher income groups. Women who felt they had fair/poor health, women with chronic medical conditions, especially those with depression or women on chronic prescription medication were more likely to take nutritional supplements than those without these characteristics. Wellness, treating tiredness and short-term disease prevention were the most common reasons for taking the supplements, although research proving these benefits is lacking. Chronic disease prevention was an uncommon reason for consumption. Participants were mostly unaware of possible drug interactions and side-effects and therefore felt it unnecessary to inform their practitioner of consumption habits. Conclusion Healthcare professionals should include a nutritional supplement question in their routine history taking, especially when prescribing chronic medication and in the presence of chronic conditions. They should be knowledgeable regarding efficacy, safety, possible side-effects and drug interactions of commonly consumed nutritional supplements in order to advise patients appropriately. Further empirical research is needed into proven benefits of nutritional supplements.
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Bonnier, Thérèce. "Building Low Carbon Lifestyles : A qualitative study of the built environment’s potential to encourage low carbon lifestyles." Thesis, KTH, Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-212937.

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With over half of the world’s population living in urban settlements and an ongoing urbanization, cities today offer a unique opportunity to tackle climate change. Emissions of greenhouse gases derive from all products and services used, and in Sweden the average inhabitant emit 7 tons of greenhouse gases in carbon dioxide equivalents every year from privately acquired products and services, calculated from a consumption perspective. Long-term climate goals, and international climate agreements sets a limit of 1-2 tons. Lifestyle changes are important to achieve sustainable development, but planning practices today generally do not try to influence citizens’ consumption, and is presumed cannot affect inhabitants’ consumption of food, clothes, electronics, furniture, etc.  This thesis investigates how planning and the built environment can practically encourage more sustainable consumption patterns, and which of these practices would be suitable to implement in the current sustainability project of Norra Kymlinge. The study concludes that sustainable consumption patterns could be encouraged in Norra Kymlinge through: collaborative living, sharing infrastructure, green leases, food production, personal measurement, and semi self-built apartments. For future research, more quantitative studies on the topic are suggested.
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Dockner, Engelbert J., and Gustav Feichtinger. "Cyclical Consumption Patterns and Rational Addiction." Inst. für Volkswirtschaftstheorie und -politik, WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, 1991. http://epub.wu.ac.at/6278/1/WP_5.pdf.

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Drake, Rana. "Patterns of meat consumption and pregnancy." Thesis, London South Bank University, 1997. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.245068.

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Yamada, Keiko Carleton University Dissertation Canadian Studies. "Consumption patterns of Canadian baby boomers." Ottawa, 1985.

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Peck, Celeste 1956. "FOOD CONSUMPTION PATTERNS IN OBESE WOMEN." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/276420.

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Sweetman, Christopher James. "Consumption Patterns of Chesapeake Bay Fishes." W&M ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1550153634.

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As fisheries management moves away from single-species approaches and towards more holistic, ecosystem-based approaches, physiological and ecological interactions need to be explicitly considered and mechanistically understood. Accurate portrayals of food web interactions and the direction and magnitude of energy flow between predator and prey populations are fundamental components to further develop ecosystem-based fisheries management (EBFM). to bolster information that is required within an EBFM framework in the Chesapeake Bay, I conducted research designed to advance traditional dietary studies and better understand the form and structure within the Bay's food web. This research relied on controlled feeding experiments, comprehensive sampling of predator and prey communities, and over 10 years of data from the Chesapeake Bay Monitoring and Assessment Program (ChesMMAP) and the Juvenile Fish and Blue Crab surveys. The dissertation presented here has two main objectives: 1) incorporate additional methodologies to improve stomach content identification, and 2) examine the drivers of trophic interactions and consumption within a suite of abundant and economically valuable predatory fishes in the Chesapeake Bay. Prey that is considered unidentifiable is often ignored in stomach content analyses, but can account for a significant proportion of fish diets. in Chapter 1, I demonstrate the use of molecular techniques to detect specific prey consumed by Atlantic croaker (Micropogonias undulatus) and evaluate factors that influence the rate of gastric evacuation. Molecular protocols developed to identify specific prey DNA from stomach contents determined that DNA from blue mussel (Mytilus edulis) can be detected as long as prey resides in the stomach (~30 hours), which is long after prey can be considered visually identifiable. Furthermore, temperature significantly influenced gastric evacuation rates and therefore should be considered throughout the collection process to ensure accurate identification of prey. Chapter 2 evaluated prey selection patterns among three sympatric predators in the Chesapeake Bay: weakfish (Cynoscion regalis), summer flounder (Paralichthys dentatus), and Atlantic croaker. Comprehensive sampling of predator and prey (midwater, zooplankton, benthic) populations revealed selection patterns on dominant prey selection taxa driven by a variety of mechanisms. Bay anchovy selection was significantly influenced by predator size in both weakfish and summer flounder. Mysid selection was driven by both fish size and Julian Day in weakfish and by temperature in summer flounder. Atlantic croaker select for both polychaetes and bivalves, with selection patterns relating to predator size and Julian Day. to evaluate how trophic linkages and environmental conditions influence consumption, bioenergetics models were developed in Chapter 3 for young-of-the-year Atlantic croaker and weakfish. Annual consumption from 2006 – 2016 was estimated and subsequent analyses demonstrated that prey abundance metrics significantly influenced the observed consumption patterns. This research represents a comprehensive study on predator-prey interactions within the Chesapeake Bay and contributes to a broader understanding of fish ecology and production patterns. The results from this dissertation provides a better understanding of food web structure and aids in the development EBFM strategies towards the sustainable use of marine living resources.
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Chunsheng, Guo. "Relationship between Consumption patterns and Waste Composition." Thesis, KTH, Industriell ekologi, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-101246.

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The purpose of this study is to explore whether changes in consumption patterns contributed to the changes in waste composition in Jinan during 1999-2008 and to predict trend of the waste composition relevant total household consumer expenditure in the future 10 years. The results reveal that household consumption is the most significant contributors in changes of waste composition. Although this study points to the possibility of predictions for several important fraction such as food scraps, metal, glass, paper and plastic by according to household consumption, these predictions has not been strong enough to decrease errors, a trend can only be given in the future 10 years.
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com, emmayuen@hotmail, and Emma Yuen. "Water Consumption Patterns in Australian Aboriginal Communities." Murdoch University, 2005. http://wwwlib.murdoch.edu.au/adt/browse/view/adt-MU20051119.134422.

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Aboriginal Australians have a significantly lower health status than their non-Aboriginal counterparts. To facilitate healthy living practices necessary for good health, a high level investment is currently made in water services, on the assumption that there is a relationship between the volume and quality of water supplied with health outcomes, despite the high economic and environmental cost. This thesis investigates whether the current design supply criteria of 1000-1200 litres per person per day of water, meeting the Australian Drinking Water Quality Guidelines, is both sufficient and necessary to improve the health of Aboriginal Australians. The scope of the thesis is limited to the sufficiency of design guidelines although it necessarily also touches on the broader issues of Aboriginal health. Both qualitative and quantitative methods were used to explore current water consumption patterns of consumers at multiple hierarchical levels (community, household and individual) and hence the requirements of physical infrastructure on which consumers depend. Multiple linear regression was used to consider factors correlated with supply volume, while metering was used at both the domestic and appliance level to determine where and how water was used. Meters were installed on fixtures in two houses in a community near Alice Springs. This was then complemented by qualitative information obtained through focus group discussions, key informant interviews and observation in the field. The appropriateness of the supply of high quality water for all uses was addressed by considering the volume of drinking water intake and its impact on the derivation of water quality guidelines. This was achieved by a face-to-face survey involving 57 volunteers. Fieldwork was conducted predominantly in three communities near Alice Springs although some additional data was collected in other communities in Western Australia and the Northern Territory. The results showed that the factors influencing water consumption were highly complex and variable between communities and individuals. However, there were some culturally specific needs identified in Aboriginal communities, such as the need for temperature and dust control, as well as the reduction of losses. The unique characteristics of each community made it difficult to provide a more precise estimate for design supply. As a result, overly conservative guidelines such as those already used are necessary in the short term despite there being no guarantee of improved health. In the long term, issues of community governance and capacity building will start to be addressed, and the realisation that social systems are both complex and dynamic will need to be reflected in policy. These issues were represented in a systemic conceptual model at the end of the thesis, which also highlighted inadequacies of reductionist approaches such as design supply guidelines. The thesis concluded that complex problem situations such as that of health, require a systems approach.
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Books on the topic "Consumption patterns and practices"

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Environmental impacts of consumption patterns. Aldershot, Hants, England: Gower, 1986.

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Uusitalo, Liisa. Environmental impacts of consumption patterns. Aldershot: Gower, 1986.

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Environmental impacts of consumption patterns. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1986.

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Frank, Judith. UK and international food consumption patterns. Bradford: Food Policy Research Unit, 1987.

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Frank, Judith. UK and international food consumption patterns. Bradford: University of Bradford, Food Policy Research Unit, 1987.

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Kuehn, John A. Urban food consumption patterns in Liberia. Columbia, Mo: Mid America International Agricultural Consortium, 1987.

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Jayatissa, R. L. N. Food consumption patterns in Sri Lanka. Colombo: Hector Kobbekaduwa Agrarian Research and Training Institute, 2014.

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Seale, James L. International evidence on food consumption patterns. Washington, D.C.]: Economic Research Service, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, 2003.

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Frank, Judith. UK and international food consumption patterns. Bradford: University of Bradford, Food Policy Research Unit, 1987.

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Frank, Judith. UK and international food consumption patterns. Bradford: University of Bradford, Food Policy Research Unit, 1987.

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Book chapters on the topic "Consumption patterns and practices"

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Hansen, Arve. "Capitalism, Consumption, and the Transformation of Everyday Life: The Political Economy of Social Practices." In Consumption, Sustainability and Everyday Life, 27–54. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-11069-6_2.

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AbstractThis chapter takes the growth of the ‘global consumer class’ as a starting point and argues that a broader research agenda to make sense of consumption among new middle classes is needed. Specifically, the chapter argues that such an agenda needs to approach changing consumption patterns as the outcome of both large-scale societal transformations and local-scale changes in how people carry out mundane activities. The chapter is influenced by social practice theories but argues for combining this with a direct study of economic systems. However, practice approaches have been labelled as so far unable or even ill-suited for studying the political economy of consumption. The chapter engages with this critique and suggests ways forward, focusing in particular on the fundamentally structuring role that capitalism has on consumption patterns. This is illustrated with the case of the radical changes in consumption patterns in China and Vietnam in the past decades, after both countries embarked on market reforms. The dramatic consumption booms these countries have seen under communist regimes, traditionally highly sceptical towards a wide range of consumer goods, represent an excellent case for discussing the conditioning effects of the political-economic context on consumption patterns.
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Volden, Johannes, and Arve Hansen. "Practical Aeromobilities: Making Sense of Environmentalist Air-Travel." In Consumption, Sustainability and Everyday Life, 193–225. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-11069-6_8.

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AbstractFlying has become an increasingly contested form of consumption, but ‘green’ consumers often continue to fly. This chapter provides novel insights into the stubbornness of air-travel by specifically studying the obstacles that environmentally conscious consumers face when trying to limit or eliminate aeromobility. Through in-depth interviews with Norwegian environmental organisation workers—conceptualised as particularly self-reflexive when it comes to environmentally contested forms of consumption—we analyse how environmentalists negotiate one of the most environmentally destructive aspects of their consumption patterns. To explore how the social embeddedness of flying complicates the reduction of air-travel in these accounts, we draw on a combination of mobilities and social practice approaches. The participants considered flying to be problematic, but also often necessary in specific practices. Various expectations related to convenience, time, and sociality, led to a certain ‘lock-in’ of (aero)mobility. Zooming out to consider broader practice geographies, we argue that aeromobility contributes to the tempo-spatial expansion of many practices, changing their contents, meanings, and the contexts in which they unfold. To achieve sustainable mobility, we suggest that attention must be shifted from the air-travels of individual consumers to the broader practices in which aeromobility is embedded.
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Nakai, Miki. "Social Stratification and Consumption Patterns: Cultural Practices and Lifestyles in Japan." In Studies in Classification, Data Analysis, and Knowledge Organization, 211–18. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-11363-5_24.

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Standal, Karina, Harold L. Wilhite, and Solvår Wågø. "Household Energy Practices in Low-Energy Buildings: A Qualitative Study of Klosterenga Ecological Housing Cooperative." In Consumption, Sustainability and Everyday Life, 57–84. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-11069-6_3.

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AbstractThis chapter examines household energy practices in the ecological housing cooperative Klosterenga in Oslo, Norway. Klosterenga, built in 2000, was one of the early implementers of smart building principles in Oslo, Norway. Although the ecological profile of Klosterenga inspired some of the residents to change behavioural habits such as limiting their car use or consumption patterns, the findings of this article show that expectations of smart technology as a primary solution towards energy efficiency and residents being rational consumers using this technology to save costs do not hold. The residents of Klosterenga rarely emphasised the building’s ecological profile and smart energy systems when purchasing their home, and the energy-efficient systems and integration of heating costs in the rent had adverse effects on residents’ energy consumption. Rather than taking the visions of ecology at heart, many residents legitimised everyday habits of high indoor temperature in the fact that the system was efficient. The findings contribute to the growing body of research that critically examines how smart technology visions for reducing energy use in buildings are implemented and practiced by the residents living in them.
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Herrero, Mario, Marta Hugas, Uma Lele, Aman Wirakartakusumah, and Maximo Torero. "A Shift to Healthy and Sustainable Consumption Patterns." In Science and Innovations for Food Systems Transformation, 59–85. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-15703-5_5.

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AbstractThis chapter recognises that current food consumption patterns, often characterised by higher levels of food waste and a transition in diets towards higher energy, more resource-intensive foods, need to be transformed. Food systems in both developed and developing countries are changing rapidly. Increasingly characterised by a high degree of vertical integration, evolutions in food systems are being driven by new technologies that are changing production processes, distribution systems, marketing strategies, and the food products that people eat. These changes offer the opportunity for system-wide change in the way in which production interacts with the environment, giving greater attention to the ecosystem services offered by the food sector. However, developments in food systems also pose new challenges and controversies. Food system changes have responded to shifts in consumer preferences towards larger shares of more animal-sourced and processed foods in diets, raising concerns regarding the calorific and nutritional content of many food items. By increasing food availability, lowering prices and increasing quality standards, they have also induced greater food waste at the consumer end. In addition, the potential fast transmission of food-borne disease, antimicrobial resistance and food-related health risks throughout the food chain has increased, and the ecological footprint of the global food system continues to grow in terms of energy, resource use, and impact on climate change. The negative consequences of food systems from a nutritional, environmental and livelihood perspective are increasingly being recognised by consumers in some regions. With growing consumer awareness, driven by concerns about the environmental and health impacts of investments and current supply chain technologies and practices, as well as by a desire among new generations of city dwellers to reconnect with their rural heritage and use their own behaviour to drive positive change, opportunities exist to define and establish added-value products that are capable of internalising social or environmental delivery within their price. These forces can be used to fundamentally reshape food systems by stimulating coordinated government action in changing the regulatory environment that, in turn, incentivises improved private sector investment decisions. Achieving healthy diets from sustainable food systems is complex and requires a multi-pronged approach. Actions necessary include awareness-raising, behaviour change interventions in food environments, food education, strengthened urban-rural linkages, improved product design, investments in food system innovations, public-private partnerships, public procurement, and separate collection that enables alternative uses of food waste, all of which can contribute to this transition. Local and national policy-makers and small- and large-scale private sector actors have a key role in both responding to and shaping the market opportunities created by changing consumer demands.
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Hansen, Arve, and Kenneth Bo Nielsen. "Consumption, Sustainability and Everyday Life." In Consumption, Sustainability and Everyday Life, 3–26. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-11069-6_1.

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AbstractUnsustainable consumption patterns are among the world’s most wicked problems. In large part in response to the environmental unsustainabilities embedded in modern consumer societies, a large field of consumption research has developed over the past decades. This introductory chapter reviews the history and development of consumption research and situates the contributions in this book within the broader field. We start broadly, before zooming in on the ‘practice turn’ and on research engaging with consumption and sustainability. Following this, we outline the chapters of the book and conclude with some reflections on the possible future of consumption research, calling for a broader agenda for research on consumption and sustainability.
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Warde, Alan. "Sustainable Consumption: Practices, Habits and Politics." In Consumption, 181–204. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-55682-0_9.

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Miniaci, Raffaele, Chiara Monfardini, and Guglielmo Weber. "Changing Consumption Patterns." In Economic Policy for Aging Societies, 53–76. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2002. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-42582-4_4.

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Dandeniya, Warshi S., and Serena Caucci. "Composting in Sri Lanka: Policies, Practices, Challenges, and Emerging Concerns." In Organic Waste Composting through Nexus Thinking, 61–89. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-36283-6_4.

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AbstractCompost is a widely accepted organic fertiliser throughout the world. It is being produced using a wide variety of source materials at household to commercial scale. With the increased population and changes in food consumption pattern tending towards a vegetable- and meat-rich diet, the amount of organic waste generated in urban and peri-urban settings has increased. Many governments promote composting as a process that helps them to reduce the volume of organic waste and recycle nutrients back to croplands. Some examples of organic waste accumulated in large scale include household waste from urban and peri-urban settings, sewage, animal farm waste, agricultural waste from large-scale markets, food debris, and kitchen waste from hotels. The composition of compost varies in a wide range depending on the nature of materials used to produce it. The safety concerns related to compost also vary along the same line. The quality of compost has become a subjective term that means different aspects to different bodies due to a lack of commonly agreed standards to regulate the composting process and the final product itself. Recent research findings indicate that compost can serve as a carrier of potentially toxic trace elements, organic pollutants, and determinants of antimicrobial resistance to the environment and along the food chain. Producing good-quality compost safe to human health and the environment at large has become a challenge that should be addressed at various levels: from production to policymaking. This chapter discusses some of the major challenges faced in Sri Lanka with compost making. To prepare the background for this discussion, information on the policies and current practices of nutrient management in Sri Lanka is also presented. The context may be applicable to many other developing countries in the tropics.
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Johnson, Christopher. "Performance Practices." In Musicians’ Migratory Patterns, 36–47. New York : Routledge, 2019.: Routledge, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780429027512-3.

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Janowski, Maciej, Adegboyega Ojo, Edward Curry, and Lukasz Porwol. "Mediating Open Data Consumption - Identifying Story Patterns for Linked Open Statistical Data." In ICEGOV2019: 12th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance. New York, NY, USA: ACM, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3326365.3326386.

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Tumaševičiūtė, Rasa, and Aušra Zigmontienė. "Zero Waste MSW Management Challenges in Klaipėda District." In Environmental Engineering. VGTU Technika, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.3846/enviro.2017.054.

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Production volumes are increasing by growing economy and consumption processes. Industry and other economic activities generate municipal solid waste stream. With growth of the industry, economy and pace of consumption major key is to avoid municipal solid waste (MSW) generation. The majority of developing countries are seeking to alter the prevailing waste management practices and to adapt the concept of Zero Waste society. This study aims to provide guidance in Klaipėda district and gives an opportunity to become the first district in Lithuania, which provides an objective assessment of the public municipal waste management service area and identifies the real situation of the municipal waste management sector. This paper develops that the path towards Zero Waste society is essential for the approximation of the different waste treatment technologies. To achieve this objective is a difficult task because the solution requires a holistic approach to waste generation, collection, processing and disposal. The main conclusions of the study offers a major challenges faced by Klaipėda district of limited data quantifying and characterizing waste generation patterns also suggesting that “way to Zero Waste” society require renewed governmental leadership as well as founding of effective national regulatory framework to reduce waste generation or conserve resources.
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Rutsinskaya, Irina, and Galina Smirnova. "VISUALIZATION OF EVERYDAY SOCIAL AND CULTURAL PRACTICES: VICTORIAN PAINTING AS A MIRROR OF THE ENGLISH TEA PARTY TRADITION." In NORDSCI Conference Proceedings. Saima Consult Ltd, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.32008/nordsci2021/b1/v4/37.

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"Throughout the second half of the seventeen and the eighteenth centuries, tea remained an expensive exotic drink for Britain that “preserved” its overseas nature. It was only in the Victorian era (1837-1903) that tea became the English national drink. The process attracts the attention of academics from various humanities. Despite an impressive amount of research in the UK, in Russia for a long time (in the Soviet years) the English tradition of tea drinking was considered a philistine curiosity unworthy of academic analysis. Accordingly, the English tea party in Russia has become a leader in the number of stereotypes. The issue became important for academics only at the turn of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Currently, we can observe significant growth of interest in this area in Russia and an expansion of research into tea drinking with regard to the history of society, philosophy and culture. Despite this fact, there are still serious lacunas in the research of English tea parties in the Victorian era. One of them is related to the analysis of visualization of this practice in Victorian painting. It is a proven fact that tea parties are one of the most popular topics in English arts of the nineteenth and the twentieth centuries. No other art school in the world referred to the topic so frequently: painting formed the visual image of the English tea party, consolidated, propagandized and spread ideas of the national tea tradition. However, this aspect has been reflected neither in British nor Russian studies. Being descriptive and analytical, the present research refers to the principles of historicism, academic reliability and objectivity, helping to determine the principal trends and social and cultural features and models in Britain during the period. The present research is based on the analysis of more than one hundred genre paintings by British artists of the period. The paintings reflect the process of creating a special “truly English” material and visual context of tea drinking, which displaced all “oriental allusions” from this ceremony, to create a specific entourage and etiquette of tea consumption, and set nationally determined patterns of behavior at the tea table. The analysis shows the presence of English traditions of tea drinking visualization. The canvases of British artists, unlike the Russian ones, never reflect social problems: tea parties take place against the background of either well-furnished interiors or beautiful landscapes, being a visual embodiment of Great Britain as a “paradise of the prosperous bourgeoisie”, manifesting the bourgeois virtues. Special attention is paid to the role of the women in this ritual, the theme of the relationship between mothers and children. A unique English painting theme, which has not been manifested in any other art school in the world, is a children’s tea party. Victorian paintings reflect the processes of democratization of society: representatives of the lower classes appear on canvases. Paintings do not only reflect the norms and ideals that existed in the society, but also provide the set patterns for it."
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Sawafi, Marwan, Osama Kindi, Abdulaziz Hashimi, Taher Ghailani, Azza Maskari, Moh’d Abri, and Suleiman Hinai. "Historical Polymer Flood Oil Gain through Outstanding Subsurface and Surface Integrated Operations." In ADIPEC. SPE, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/211444-ms.

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Abstract The largest polymer flood field in the Middle East is operating since 2010 with more than 40 polymer patterns and around 300 wells. Following a very diligent and complex operational procedures is essential to deliver the polymer properly to the reservoir. Throughout the past 12 years, this project went through several challenges such as injection uptime sustainability, polymer viscosity stability & polymer pumps uptime which have a direct ramification of the field polymer oil gain recovery. In 2022, the field realized the highest polymer oil gain since the project commenced, around 50% improvement in the oil daily rate compared to the past three years. These substantial results are consequences of several initiatives such as Polymer viscosity improvements due to better monitoring and improvements on troubleshooting reaction time, sustainable injection uptime with more than 85% though better maintenance & monitoring of the polymer pumps and PSUs and Polymer injection optimization: increasing polymer consumption in good performing patterns and reduce/stop in the lower ones. All these initiatives have led to significant improvements in the polymer utilization factor by around 40%. It is crucial to sustain a good performance and stable operation & injection uptime prior to the polymer phase 3 start-up where more than 400 infill wells are planned to be drilled to expedite the polymer recovery without polymer facility expansion. The objective of this paper is to shed light on the road map followed to restore value to this great project but also to provide insights to the newly introduced best practices that were developed by Marmul team and can be translated universally to any future polymer/cEOR project.
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Liu, Fuyong, Xun Gao(), Yong Li, and Wanying Cheng. "Strategies for improving packaging experience design of children's vitamin D3 drops." In Human Interaction and Emerging Technologies (IHIET-AI 2022) Artificial Intelligence and Future Applications. AHFE International, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.54941/ahfe100913.

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Based on the usage patterns and scenarios of vitamin D3 drops for children in the existing market, this paper designs the packaging and experience of the products according to the needs of users. Emotional needs should be integrated into the packaging design of medical and health care products, fully considering the use scenarios, use processes, pain points and demand points of target groups, user psychology and other factors, reflecting the characteristics of ease-of-use, fun and convenience of health care products, and fulfilling the needs of users' psychological level. Solve the problems of inconvenient carrying, difficult capsule opening and children's resistance, and better embody the humanized design. Finally, through the design practice of floor-to-floor products, a set of optimized design schemes suitable for the packaging design of children's health care products are explored, so as to truly meet the use needs of consumption.
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"Session details: User Consumption Patterns." In the 2017 ACM International Conference, Chair Wendy Van der Broeck. New York, New York, USA: ACM Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3077548.3257988.

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Van der Broeck, Wendy. "Session details: User Consumption Patterns." In TVX '17: ACM International Conference on Interactive Experiences for TV and Online Video. New York, NY, USA: ACM, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3257988.

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"PV-087 - PERSONALITY DISORDER AND MODAFINIL DEPENDENCE – A CASE REPORT." In 24 CONGRESO DE LA SOCIEDAD ESPAÑOLA DE PATOLOGÍA DUAL. SEPD, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.17579/abstractbooksepd2022.pv087.

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Introduction: Comorbidity of personality and substance use disorders, including prescription drug abuse, is common in clinical practice. We present a case report of a patient with a diagnosis of a personality disorder and symptoms of modafinil dependence. Case report: 33-year-old male, single, unemployed for over 3 years. He started psychological treatment at the age of 17 due to anxiety symptoms. Since the age of 21 he had irregular consultations with several psychiatrists in private practice. He received several diagnoses, including anxiety, depression, obsessive compulsive disorder and personality disorder. In one of the consultations, modafinil 100mg was prescribed twice daily to alleviate depressive symptoms. The patient gradually increased the dose to up to 1000mg a day. He presented for a consultation in our psychiatric hospital claiming he had been trying to reduce the dose of the drug. He had a fast speech and showed aggressive behavior, reported intrusive suicidal and homicidal thoughts, and had recent episodes of aggressive behavior requiring police intervention. Hospitalization was proposed for discontinuation of the psychostimulant medication. Discussion and conclusions: Modafinil is a central nervous system stimulant, pharmacologically different from other stimulants. It is approved in Portugal for the treatment of excessive somnolence associated with narcolepsy. However, it is often used off label in several countries as an adjunctive treatment for symptoms of depression or fatigue associated with cancer or neurologic diseases. Although modafinil is typically associated with low abuse potential, case reports have been presented in the literature describing patterns of abuse and dependence of this drug. It is important that clinicians prescribe it with caution, bearing in mind patients' past consumption patterns and traits and that may increase the risk of abuse, such as high novelty seeking and reward sensitivity and low agreeableness and conscientiousness.
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Khare, Rahul, Mostafa Khadem, Sainath Moorty, Kittipong Methaprayoon, and Jun Zhu. "Patterns and practices for CIM applications." In 2011 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting. IEEE, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/pes.2011.6039268.

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Lahtinen, Samuel, and Marko Leppänen. "Refactoring Patterns, Practices for Daily Work." In the 10th Travelling Conference. New York, New York, USA: ACM Press, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3022636.3022642.

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Takama, Takesh, Elvine Kwamboka, Mbeo Ogeya, Anne Nyambane, and Rocia Diaz-Chavez. Improving Kenya’s coffee value chain and sector reforms through Sustainable Consumption and Production Practices integration. Stockholm Environment Institute, April 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.51414/sei2021.036.

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Coffee is an essential player in Kenya’s agricultural sector, yet it has suffered a steady decline in production in the past 40 years. Addressing the sector’s challenges can also advance the UN 2030 Agenda’s 12th Sustainable Development Goal, which is to “ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns,” by incorporating Sustainable Consumption and Production Practices (SCPs) in the coffee value chain. This policy brief explores the potential integration of SCPs across the coffee production chain. We present SCPs that emerged from a series of focus group discussions, stakeholder consultations and surveys, which will minimize environmental impacts and maximize productivity and worker welfare. We also summarize capacity-building measures and financial support required to implement the SCPs at scale. Adopting the recommended solutions can both boost Kenya’s coffee industry and put the sector on a path toward greater environmental sustainability.
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Werner, Eric, Scott McMillan, and Jonathan Chu. Patterns and Practices for Future Architectures. Fort Belvoir, VA: Defense Technical Information Center, August 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.21236/ada610099.

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Astudillo, Karen, Vicente Fretes Cibils, Carola Pessino, and Darío Rossignolo. Making the Invisible Visible: Applying a Gender Perspective To Strengthen Tax Policy in Latin America and the Caribbean. Inter-American Development Bank, July 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0004350.

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Latin American and Caribbean countries have made efforts to ensure that fiscal policies do not cause biases toward women. However, depending on where the tax burden falls, taxes do create gender biases. This technical note has two purposes. First, it provides evidence of how womens economic participation, care responsibilities, and consumption patterns enter into a countrys tax systems, generating invisible biases. Second, it summarizes the main lessons learned through cross-country comparisons that analyze the impact of direct and indirect taxes on gender equality, the progressivity of the tax systems using both income and expenditure as welfare measures, and the impact of tax systems and tax reforms on households depending on their composition and across the income distribution. The note also provides policy recommendations and good practices that will add to the regions efforts to strengthen fiscal policy taking a gender perspective into account. There is no unique approach to achieving gender equity only through gender-sensitive fiscal policies; rather, the path to change will likely be highly dependent on the balance struck between differing political and economic factors and interests. However, should Latin American and the Caribbean countries take on this challenge, not only could they generate more revenue in the future, but the changes should contribute to sustained and inclusive growth, with greater gender equality.
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Wolle, Abdulazize, Kalle Hirvonen, Alan de Brauw, Kaleab Baye, and Gashaw T. Abate. Household food consumption patterns in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133654.

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Caron, Justin, and Thibault Fally. Per Capita Income, Consumption Patterns, and CO2 Emissions. Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research, August 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.3386/w24923.

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Tao, Yang, Victor Alchanatis, and Yud-Ren Chen. X-ray and stereo imaging method for sensitive detection of bone fragments and hazardous materials in de-boned poultry fillets. United States Department of Agriculture, January 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.32747/2006.7695872.bard.

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As Americans become increasingly health conscious, they have increased their consumptionof boneless white and skinless poultry meat. To the poultry industry, accurate detection of bonefragments and other hazards in de-boned poultry meat is important to ensure food quality andsafety for consumers. X-ray imaging is widely used for internal material inspection. However,traditional x-ray technology has limited success with high false-detection errors mainly becauseof its inability to consistently recognize bone fragments in meat of uneven thickness. Today’srapid grow-out practices yield chicken bones that are less calcified. Bone fragments under x-rayshave low contrast from meat. In addition, the x-ray energy reaching the image detector varieswith the uneven meat thickness. Differences in x-ray absorption due to the unevenness inevitablyproduce false patterns in x-ray images and make it hard to distinguish between hazardousinclusions and normal meat patterns even by human visual inspection from the images.Consequently, the false patterns become camouflage under x-ray absorptions of variant meatthickness in physics, which remains a major limitation to detecting hazardous materials byprocessing x-ray images alone.Under the support of BARD, USDA, and US Poultry industries, we have aimed todeveloping a new technology that uses combined x-ray and laser imaging to detect bonefragments in de-boned poultry. The technique employs the synergism of sensors of differentprinciples and has overcome the deficiency of x-rays in physics of letting x-rays work alone inbone fragment detection. X-rays in conjunction of laser-based imaging was used to eliminatefalse patterns and provide higher sensitivity and accuracy to detect hazardous objects in the meatfor poultry processing lines.Through intensive research, we have met all the objectives we proposed during the researchperiod. Comprehensive experiments have proved the concept and demonstrated that the methodhas been capable of detecting frequent hard-to-detect bone fragments including fan bones andfractured rib and pulley bone pieces (but not cartilage yet) regardless of their locations anduneven meat thickness without being affected by skin, fat, and blood clots or blood vines.
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Eli, Shari, and Nicholas Li. Caloric Requirements and Food Consumption Patterns of the Poor. Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research, November 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.3386/w21697.

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Research Institute (IFPRI), International Food Policy. Consumption of animal-source foods in Ethiopia: Patterns, changes, and determinants. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.2499/1020502793.

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Research Institute (IFPRI), International Food Policy. Changing consumption patterns and roles of pulses in nutrition, and future demand projections. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.2499/9780896292567_02.

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ten Hove, Hermine, Harriette Snoek, Diane Bosch, and Demewez Moges. Rural consumer study : Dairy consumption, beliefs and practices among rural populations in Ethiopia. Wageningen: Wageningen Centre for Development Innovation, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.18174/561479.

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