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CSR disclosure and investment efficiency in MENA countries: The moderating role of CSR committee

Strategic Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Corporate social responsibility disclosure (CSRD) is often recognized as a transparency mechanism that allows companies to communicate their commitment to CSR. However, CSRD may also exacerbate agency conflicts. This study addresses these two contrasting perspectives by investigating the impact of CSRD on investment efficiency and exploring ...
Mohamed Malek Belhoula, Imen Khanchel, Naima Lassoued, Rouba Jebri   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pedalling for safety: Schoolchildren and safe active transport [PDF]

, 2010
This research will add to the international body of knowledge around safe active transport and its benefits for individuals and their communities. In order to achieve this, the report begins with a brief description of the risks associated with active ...
Campbell, Maxine M., Fisher, Kylie
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Attrition in Cochlear Implant Research: Sociodemographic, Audiologic, and Performance Variables

The Laryngoscope, EarlyView.
In a retrospective review of attrition patterns for participants in a clinical research study, sociodemographic variables were not significantly different between those who elected to withdraw and those who completed the study. Those in the withdrawal group had poorer low‐frequency residual hearing, were less likely to be electric‐acoustic stimulation ...
Amanda D. Sloop, Margaret E. Richter, Samantha P. Scharf, Meredith A. Rooth, Kevin D. Brown, Margaret T. Dillon   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessment of Hearing Health Among Adults in Rural Health Clinics

The Laryngoscope, EarlyView.
Rural health clinics are a critical healthcare system tasked with improving health in rural communities. This study recruited 403 adults from 10 rural healthcare clinics throughout rural Kentucky, mostly within Appalachia, to screen for hearing loss and evaluate the utilization of diagnostic hearing healthcare and found that 70% of participants ...
Mit A. Patel, David Adkins, Laura Bellnier, Anthony Mahairas, Matthew L. Bush   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Commuting: An Analysis of Works by Soviet Scholars [PDF]

, 1976
This article analyzes a number of works by Soviet authors on problems of commuting. Among Soviet scholars there is no common view on this phenomenon.
Kiseleva, G.P.
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The Rise of Human–Computer Integration in Marketing: A Theory Synthesis

Psychology &Marketing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Human–computer integration (HCInt) technologies, which merge human bodily, cognitive, and sensory functions with computational processes, are reshaping the foundations of consumer experience. Unlike traditional human–computer interaction, HCInt entails adaptive and reciprocal coupling through AI‐driven augmentation, wearables, muscle–computer ...
Carlos Velasco, Kosuke Motoki, Olivia Petit, Aram Nikolai Andersen, Marzieh Alaei, Anders Gustafsson   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Parental and adolescents’ perspectives on environmental predictors of active commuting to school – findings from the ARRIVE mixed-methods study

Frontiers in Built Environment
BackgroundActive commuting to school (e.g., walking or cycling) can contribute to an increase in daily physical activity time of adolescents which is associated with positive health effects. However, it is known that the perceived barriers related to the
Clara Tristram, Isabel Marzi, Franziska Beck, Katharina Diehl, Denise Renninger, Yolanda Demetriou, Claus Krieger, Anne Kerstin Reimers   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Urban Containment Policies and Physical Activity A Time–Series Analysis of Metropolitan Areas, 1990–2002 [PDF]

, 2008
Background: Urban containment policies attempt to manage the location, character, and timing of growth to support a variety of goals such as compact development, preservation of greenspace, and efficient use of infrastructure.
Aytur, Semra, Catellier, Diane J, Evenson, Kelly R, Rodriguez, Daniel A   +3 more
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The Linearized Inverse Boundary Value Problem in Strain Gradient Elasticity

Mathematical Methods in the Applied Sciences, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In this paper we study the linearized version of the strain gradient elasticity equation in ℝ2$$ {\mathbb{R}}^2 $$ with constant coefficients and we prove that one can determine the two Lamé coefficients λ,μ$$ \lambda, \mu $$ as well as the internal strain gradient parameter g$$ g $$, as indicated by Mindlin in his revolutionary papers in 1963–
Antonios Katsampakos, Antonios Charalambopoulos   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Association between active commuting and elevated blood pressure in adolescents

Einstein (São Paulo)
Objective: To analyze the association between active commuting and blood pressure in adolescents. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study with high school students from public education network in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil.
Fábio da Silva Santana, Aline Cabral Palmeira, Marcos André Moura dos Santos, Breno Quintella Farah, Bruna Cadengue Coêlho de Souza, Raphael Mendes Ritti-Dias   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source