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The Value of Applying Big Data Analytics in Health Supply Chain Management. 大数据分析在医疗供应链管理中的应用价值
F1000Research Pub Date : 2025-02-19 eCollection Date: 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.156525.4
Dina Al Nuaimi, Niyi Awofeso
{"title":"The Value of Applying Big Data Analytics in Health Supply Chain Management.","authors":"Dina Al Nuaimi, Niyi Awofeso","doi":"10.12688/f1000research.156525.4","DOIUrl":"10.12688/f1000research.156525.4","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study aims to evaluate the impact of big data analytics (BDA) on the performance of healthcare supply chain management (HCSCMP) by examining both overall efficiency improvements and identifying critical success factors for effective implementation. Through a systematic literature review, the research investigates how BDA enhances real-time decision-making within healthcare supply chains (HCSCs) and identifies the key enablers required for successful BDA adoption. A comprehensive search strategy was employed to analyze 65 papers, resulting in the inclusion of 39 studies published between 2016 and 2023. The review revealed a preference for literature reviews and questionnaires as the primary research methods. The findings indicate that BDA significantly improves HCSCs' efficiency, particularly in real-time decision-making and operational management. However, successful BDA implementation depends on addressing critical enablers and overcoming associated challenges.</p>","PeriodicalId":12260,"journal":{"name":"F1000Research","volume":"13 ","pages":"1237"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11842960/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143482102","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Examining the effects of anxiety and education level on mental health: The role of spiritual intelligence as an intervening variable in post COVID-19 patients in Indonesia. 焦虑和教育水平对心理健康的影响:精神智力作为干预变量在印度尼西亚COVID-19后患者中的作用
F1000Research Pub Date : 2025-02-18 eCollection Date: 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.154599.3
Anis Ansyori, Ahmad Yunus, Sentot Imam, Yuly Peristiowati
{"title":"Examining the effects of anxiety and education level on mental health: The role of spiritual intelligence as an intervening variable in post COVID-19 patients in Indonesia.","authors":"Anis Ansyori, Ahmad Yunus, Sentot Imam, Yuly Peristiowati","doi":"10.12688/f1000research.154599.3","DOIUrl":"10.12688/f1000research.154599.3","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly affected global health systems and daily life, exacerbating vulnerabilities, particularly in Indonesia. This study investigates the impact of anxiety and education level on mental health, with spiritual intelligence as an intervening variable among post-COVID-19 patients in Indonesia.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Utilizing a cross-sectional design, data were collected from 390 post-COVID-19 patients in Indonesia. Structured questionnaires assessed anxiety, education level, spiritual intelligence, and mental health. Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) was used to analyze the relationships among these variables.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The findings indicate that anxiety significantly affects both spiritual intelligence and mental health, with spiritual intelligence acting as a mediating factor. Additionally, higher educational attainment is positively associated with enhanced spiritual intelligence and improved mental health outcomes.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The study underscores the importance of incorporating spiritual development practices into mental health interventions and educational programs to boost resilience and overall well-being in the post-pandemic era. While these findings are promising, the cross-sectional design limits causal inferences, and future research should consider longitudinal studies to examine these relationships over time. These practices can help mitigate the adverse effects of anxiety and educational disparities on mental health.</p>","PeriodicalId":12260,"journal":{"name":"F1000Research","volume":"13 ","pages":"916"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11826076/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143432656","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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The macroeconomic determinants of trade openness in Latin American countries: A panel data analysis. 拉丁美洲国家贸易开放的宏观经济决定因素:面板数据分析
F1000Research Pub Date : 2025-02-17 eCollection Date: 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.153690.3
Rogger Orlando Morán Santamaría, Yefferson Llonto Caicedo, Francisco Eduardo Cúneo Fernández, Lizana Guevara Nikolays Pedro, Castro Mejía Percy Junior, Milagros Judith Pérez Pérez, Lindon Vela Meléndez, Moises Elias Montenegro López
{"title":"The macroeconomic determinants of trade openness in Latin American countries: A panel data analysis.","authors":"Rogger Orlando Morán Santamaría, Yefferson Llonto Caicedo, Francisco Eduardo Cúneo Fernández, Lizana Guevara Nikolays Pedro, Castro Mejía Percy Junior, Milagros Judith Pérez Pérez, Lindon Vela Meléndez, Moises Elias Montenegro López","doi":"10.12688/f1000research.153690.3","DOIUrl":"10.12688/f1000research.153690.3","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Trade openness shows a positive impact on economic growth, supported by economic theory, and export diversification and economic complexity show a positive dynamic in trade openness in the world; however, a specificity is generated in South American countries. Therefore, the objective of the research is to analyse the macroeconomic determinants of trade openness in Latin American countries.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The research approach was quantitative and explanatory using panel data methodology from the databases of the World Bank, Harvard University and the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean for the period 2000-2020.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The fixed effects panel data model showed that the variables that had a negative impact on trade openness were GDP, the economic complexity index and the logistic performance index, while the variables that had a positive impact were exports of high-tech products (a proxy for innovation), exports, imports, research and development expenditure and interregional trade in goods.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Therefore, during the analysis period of 2000-2020 in South America, based on the panel data analysis under fixed effects, a total of 8 countries had a negative impact on trade openness, and only the economies of Chile, French Guiana, and Brazil had a positive impact on trade openness; these economies are characterized by their better performance in the economic complexity index, their higher percentage of budget for research and development expenses, and their trade policies oriented towards the industrialization of their value-added products.</p>","PeriodicalId":12260,"journal":{"name":"F1000Research","volume":"13 ","pages":"958"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11842959/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143481765","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Epidemiological, Gross Morphological, And Histopathological Analysis Of Postmortem Cases Of Hanging - An Observational Study. 绞刑死后病例的流行病学、大体形态学和组织病理学分析——一项观察性研究。
F1000Research Pub Date : 2025-02-17 eCollection Date: 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.159606.2
Alana Chacko, Chandni Gupta, Vikram Palimar, Deepak Nayak M
{"title":"Epidemiological, Gross Morphological, And Histopathological Analysis Of Postmortem Cases Of Hanging - An Observational Study.","authors":"Alana Chacko, Chandni Gupta, Vikram Palimar, Deepak Nayak M","doi":"10.12688/f1000research.159606.2","DOIUrl":"10.12688/f1000research.159606.2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Death due to hanging is commonly seen. Sometime the ligature mark will be very prominent and in some cases it might not. In those cases, the post-mortem examination with its gross morphological findings and histopathological analysis, becomes significantly important. Objective: The objective of this study was to identify the patterns of epidemiological, gross morphological, and histopathological features in hanging cases.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The study was conducted on 46 cases of hanging and was carried out from February 2023 to June 2024. Their sociodemographic features were collected. Gross morphological analysis of the ligature mark and various measurements were taken. Later tissue from the ligature mark was sent for histopathological analysis. Statistical analysis was performed on the collected parameters.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Significant male preponderance was observed in hanging cases. The maximum number of cases of hanging were observed in the fourth decade of life. Daily wage workers were the most significantly affected population. Depression was cited as the cause of suicide in most cases. Carotid intimal tears and injuries to bony and cartilaginous structures were present in smaller numbers. Vital reaction was observed in all 46 cases. Classification of wound vitality showed a correlation to known time since injury.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The results of the present study showed that socio-demographic factors play a significant role in the circumstances leading to suicidal deaths. Therefore, in reducing the burden of suicidal deaths, these factors must be addressed. To identify the cause of death as hanging analysis of various gross features and histopathology are very important and should be conducted carefully.</p>","PeriodicalId":12260,"journal":{"name":"F1000Research","volume":"13 ","pages":"1556"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11845901/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143482588","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Obtaining a PhD in Portugal. Determinants of Success and Subsequent Career Paths. 在葡萄牙获得博士学位。成功的决定因素和随后的职业道路。
F1000Research Pub Date : 2025-02-17 eCollection Date: 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.150552.2
Ana Ramos, Daniel Ferreira
{"title":"Obtaining a PhD in Portugal. Determinants of Success and Subsequent Career Paths.","authors":"Ana Ramos, Daniel Ferreira","doi":"10.12688/f1000research.150552.2","DOIUrl":"10.12688/f1000research.150552.2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Over the past three decades, Portugal has invested significantly in doctoral training. However, there is a lack of up-to-date information on the success of scholarship holders in obtaining the degree or on their subsequent career paths.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This study analysed four cohorts of scholarship holders funded by the Foundation for Science and Technology between 1995 and 2012. The professional situation at different points in time after the Ph.D. (5, 10, 15 and 20 years) was studied.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The success rate for obtaining the degree was 88%, which is comparable to other European countries for doctorates completed with funding over a period of 3-4 years. The average time to obtain the degree was 5.06 years. The time to degree was influenced by the scientific field, the nationality of the scholarship holder, and the location of the institution awarding the degree (in Portugal or abroad). The gender or age range of the scholarship recipients did not influence the time required for graduation.The analysis of the career and sector of activity of these graduates at different points in time after obtaining the Ph.D. revealed that approximately 60% percent of the graduates were engaged in R&D activities at some point in their career paths, but this percentage diminished from the oldest to the most recent cohorts. In 2020, 63% of the graduates were engaged in R&D activities, and almost half were employed in higher education as teachers, researchers, or scholarship holders.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This study showed that there are still challenges to address concerning the integration of doctoral graduates into non-academic research positions. On the other hand, it has demonstrated an efficient use of public funds, with high success rates and a time to degree that is within the average of other European countries.</p>","PeriodicalId":12260,"journal":{"name":"F1000Research","volume":"13 ","pages":"1101"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11914870/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143656393","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Cicada minimum age tree: Cryptic speciation and exponentially increasing base substitution rates in recent geologic time. 蝉的最小年龄树:最近地质年代的隐性物种和指数级增长的碱基替换率。
F1000Research Pub Date : 2025-02-14 eCollection Date: 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.76068.4
Soichi Osozawa, John Wakabayashi
{"title":"Cicada minimum age tree: Cryptic speciation and exponentially increasing base substitution rates in recent geologic time.","authors":"Soichi Osozawa, John Wakabayashi","doi":"10.12688/f1000research.76068.4","DOIUrl":"10.12688/f1000research.76068.4","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We developed a new time-calibrated phylogenetic tree incorporating primarily endemic Ryukyu Islands cicada data, along with some cryptic species, following the recent global cicada studies by Marshall <i>et al.</i> (2018), Łukasik <i>et al.</i> (2018), Simon <i>et al.</i> (2019), Price <i>et al.</i> (2019), and Hill <i>et al.</i> (2021). A total of 352 specimens were analyzed using BEAST v1.10.4 software with a relaxed clock model. Fossil calibrations dating as far back as the Triassic were adopted, largely following Johnson <i>et al.</i> (2018) and Moulds (2018), with a Quaternary geological event calibration based on Osozawa <i>et al.</i> (2012, 2021b), which was input into BEAST v1.10.4. In the COI tree, the crown age of Cicadoidea was estimated at 200.63 Ma. Tettigarctidae was found to be the oldest lineage, sister to all remaining cicadas. Derotettiginae, at 99.2 Ma, is the next oldest lineage, sister to all other monophyletic cicadas. The Tibicininae clade branched at 66.15 Ma, with the subfamilies Tettigomyiinae, Cicadettinae, and Cicadidae diverging at a crown age of 40.57 Ma. The Cicadinae clade consists of many tribe and genus-specific clades, with numerous cryptic species emerging due to vicariance and adaptive radiation. We estimated the base substitution rate as a function of age, and the results strongly indicate an exponential increase in substitution rates during recent geological time. This increase in cicada biodiversity, including the generation of cryptic species in the Ryukyu Islands and surrounding regions, may have been driven by the spread of C4 grasses and concurrent Quaternary climate changes.</p>","PeriodicalId":12260,"journal":{"name":"F1000Research","volume":"11 ","pages":"308"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11564946/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142647224","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Combined exosome of adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cell and hyaluronic acid delays early osteoarthritis progression of ovine sheep model: Clinical, radiographic, macroscopic and microscopic evaluation. 脂肪源性间充质干细胞和透明质酸联合外泌体延缓羊模型早期骨关节炎进展:临床、影像学、宏观和显微镜评价
F1000Research Pub Date : 2025-02-13 eCollection Date: 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.147309.2
Ludwig Andribert Powantia Pontoh, Jessica Fiolin, Ismail Hadisoebroto Dilogo, Marcel Prasetyo, Radiana Dhewayani Antarianto, Alida Harahap, Angela Jennifer Tantry, Trevino Aristakus Pakasi, Bambang Pontjo Priosoeryanto, Tri Isyani Tungga Dewi
{"title":"Combined exosome of adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cell and hyaluronic acid delays early osteoarthritis progression of ovine sheep model: Clinical, radiographic, macroscopic and microscopic evaluation.","authors":"Ludwig Andribert Powantia Pontoh, Jessica Fiolin, Ismail Hadisoebroto Dilogo, Marcel Prasetyo, Radiana Dhewayani Antarianto, Alida Harahap, Angela Jennifer Tantry, Trevino Aristakus Pakasi, Bambang Pontjo Priosoeryanto, Tri Isyani Tungga Dewi","doi":"10.12688/f1000research.147309.2","DOIUrl":"10.12688/f1000research.147309.2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Current treatment of osteoarthritis (OA) mainly focused on treating symptoms. Exosome from Adipose-derived Mesenchymal Stem Cell (Ad-MSC) have been shown to delay degenerative process. This study aimed to investigate the clinical, radiological and histological impact of combined intra-articular (IA) hyaluronic acid (HA) and exosome Ad-MSCs in-vivo using a larger animal model with low-grade OA.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Eighteen male <i>Ovies aries</i> sheep underwent total lateral meniscectomy and conventional radiography was performed to confirm low-grade OA after 6 weeks. The sheep were divided into three groups, Group 1 (G1; n=6) received thrice exosome injections, G2 (n=6) received twice HA injection, and G3 (n=6) received both treatments with a 1-week interval after 10 days of meniscectomy. Clinical evaluations were conducted using the Clinical Lameness Score (CLS), radiographic with X-ray using OA score by Innes et al, while macroscopic evaluation by Osteoarthritis Research Society International (OARSI) scores.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Lameness parameter scored lowest in G3 significantly (2.0±0.0 VS 2.7±0.52 VS 2.7±0.52; p=0.024) at the second month although the overall CLS score did not significantly differ at the 3 <sup>rd</sup> month. The best improvement of conventional total OA radiographic score at the 3 <sup>rd</sup> month compared to all groups (5.2±1.17 vs 6.3±0.82 vs 6.7±1.03; p=0.053). Macroscopic OARSI evaluation showed no difference (p=0.711).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Combined repeated exosome Ad-MSC and HA IA injection proven to delay OA progression, however longer duration of follow up is required to evaluate its long-term effect.</p>","PeriodicalId":12260,"journal":{"name":"F1000Research","volume":"13 ","pages":"494"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11842963/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143482587","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Incentives in prescribing, dispensing and pharmaceutical spending: A scientometric mapping. 处方、配药和药品支出的激励:科学计量学映射。
F1000Research Pub Date : 2025-02-11 eCollection Date: 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.156306.1
Tocaruncho-Ariza L H, Riascos-Ochoa J, Jimenez-Barbosa W G
{"title":"Incentives in prescribing, dispensing and pharmaceutical spending: A scientometric mapping.","authors":"Tocaruncho-Ariza L H, Riascos-Ochoa J, Jimenez-Barbosa W G","doi":"10.12688/f1000research.156306.1","DOIUrl":"10.12688/f1000research.156306.1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Health systems worldwide are struggling to ensure the affordability of medicines. Prescription, dispensing, and pharmaceutical expenditures are key variables that highlight the need to understand how global scientific evidence is generated against factors (implicit and non-explicit) that influence these variables.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Explore and provide a detailed description of the characteristics of the global scientific production of Open Access articles related to the prescription, dispensing and pharmaceutical expenditure faced by health systems worldwide.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A five-stage scientometric mapping was performed based on a systematic search of 8 databases. The five stages are: i) retrieval, ii) migration, iii) analysis, iv) visualization and v) interpretation.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A corpus of evidence from 103 systematic literature reviews was obtained, screened and sifted, visualizing the countries, authors, databases, journals, institutions and time periods that contributed most to evidence generation. Central research themes are identified and phenomena related to article publication are discussed.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The analysis reveals a clear leadership of the United Kingdom and the United States in scientific production on prescribing, dispensing and pharmaceutical expenditure in health systems worldwide. This scientific production is mainly focused on financing policies, pharmaceutical incentives and interventions, and rational use of medicines. There is also evidence of the scarcity of scientific production in Latin American publications and authors, which could generate interest for future research.</p>","PeriodicalId":12260,"journal":{"name":"F1000Research","volume":"13 ","pages":"1333"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11826077/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143432756","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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The Role of Climate Change Adaptation in Enhancing Household Food Security: A Case Study of the Hamassa Watershed Agroecologies, Southern Ethiopia. 适应气候变化在加强家庭粮食安全中的作用:以埃塞俄比亚南部哈马萨流域农业生态为例
F1000Research Pub Date : 2025-02-11 eCollection Date: 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.160204.1
Tegegn Bergene, Belay Simane, Meskerem Abi
{"title":"The Role of Climate Change Adaptation in Enhancing Household Food Security: A Case Study of the Hamassa Watershed Agroecologies, Southern Ethiopia.","authors":"Tegegn Bergene, Belay Simane, Meskerem Abi","doi":"10.12688/f1000research.160204.1","DOIUrl":"10.12688/f1000research.160204.1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Climate change adaptation is an incomparable prior measure to tackle unpreventable climate calamities to enhance smallholder farming and food security. This empirical study assesses smallholder farmers' adaptation options to climate change or variability for achieving food security.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Data were gathered from a survey of 328 respondents, selected randomly and proportionally from three different agro-ecological zones. Additional qualitative insights were collected through focus group discussions and interviews with key informants to reinforce the findings. The multinomial endogenous switching regression, independent t-test and the instrumental variable (2sls) regression were used as method of analysis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The result indicated that ACAC impacted food security positively and significantly in the study area at a percent rate of 12.4, 16.3,18 and 27.7 when households adopting one, two, three, and four ACAC, respectively, in the HFBM case, and the same meaning was obtained from other food security measuring tools. However, the rate and manner of change differ at different agroecologies, signifying careful discernment when applying ACAC at different spacial areas, especially in agroecology. The change in agroecology declares that midlands have a negative likelihood propensity for climate adaptation compared to highlands, while lowlands have positive and insignificant implications. The mean comparison from the independent t-test showed statistically significant adopters and non-adopters food security measures, which also informed the positive contribution of CACA on households' food security. Interestingly, factors such as distance to water sources, land size, ox ownership, crop income, and access to credit influenced food security in diverse ways depending on regional and contextual specifics.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Thus, ACAC impacts food security differently at different rates in different agroecologies in the area. Integrated and tailored technical, institutional, and policy interventions are needed to tackle the calamities of climate change leap to smallholder farming and food security.</p>","PeriodicalId":12260,"journal":{"name":"F1000Research","volume":"14 ","pages":"188"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11926525/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143691619","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Ethiopia's Potato Seed System: Regulatory Challenges, Quality Assurance Issues, and Pathways for Improvement ─ A mini review. 埃塞俄比亚马铃薯种子系统:监管挑战、质量保证问题和改进途径─小型综述。
F1000Research Pub Date : 2025-02-10 eCollection Date: 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.158093.1
Lemma Tessema, Ebrahim Seid
{"title":"Ethiopia's Potato Seed System: Regulatory Challenges, Quality Assurance Issues, and Pathways for Improvement ─ A mini review.","authors":"Lemma Tessema, Ebrahim Seid","doi":"10.12688/f1000research.158093.1","DOIUrl":"10.12688/f1000research.158093.1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Ethiopia's potato seed system is currently hindered by a disjointed regulatory framework, insufficient quality assurance processes, and a lack of collaboration among stakeholders, which collectively impede agricultural productivity and food security. The regulatory environment is characterized by inconsistent seed certification practices and a dependence on informal seed sources, negatively affecting the quality of potato seeds available to farmers. Although potatoes play a crucial role in global food security by providing high yields compared to other staple crops, the sector grapples with significant challenges due to bureaucratic inefficiencies, limited technical expertise, and the widespread presence of counterfeit seeds throughout the value chain.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>To tackle these challenges, this mini-review outlines potential improvements, stressing the necessity for a unified regulatory framework tailored to the unique issues of vegetatively propagated crops. For this reason, we have used different literature source from web of science, Pubmed, Google Scholar, ResearchGate and other scientific websites. We have documented the most relevant information focusing on potato seed system, regulatory frameworks, quality assurance bottlenecks and pathways for improvement across the seed value chain.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>our paper highlights key recommendations that includes enhancing training for regulatory staff, investing in research for disease-resistant varieties, and bolstering public-private partnerships to encourage innovation and resource sharing. Furthermore, improving traceability in the seed supply chain is essential for maintaining seed quality and integrity.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This review calls for a comprehensive strategy that fosters stakeholder engagement and promotes sustainable practices to rejuvenate Ethiopia's potato seed system, thereby supporting the livelihoods of millions of smallholder farmers and strengthening national food security through integrated seed sector development and capacity improvement of the seed regulatory body as well as smallholder farmers.</p>","PeriodicalId":12260,"journal":{"name":"F1000Research","volume":"13 ","pages":"1348"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11782929/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143078830","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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