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Reforming the International Monetary System in the 1970s and 2000s: Would an SDR Substitution Account Have Worked [PDF]

, 2014
This paper analyzes the discussion of a substitution account in the 1970s and how the account might have performed had it been agreed in 1980. The substitution account would have allowed central banks to diversify away from the dollar into the IMF’s ...
McCauley, Robert N., Schenk, Catherine R.   +1 more
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Board That Transforms: Relationship Between Board Structure and Environmental, Social, and Governance Performance in BRICS Countries

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between board composition characteristics and ESG performance in companies from BRICS countries, and to assess how sector sensitivity moderates this relationship. A sample of 2045 BRICS companies was examined using panel data regression with random effects and logistic regression ...
Geovane Camilo dos Santos, Cíntia de Melo de Albuquerque Ribeiro, Elis Regina de Oliveira   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mapping-based genome size estimation

BMC Genomics
While the size of chromosomes can be measured under a microscope, obtaining the exact size of a genome remains a challenge. Biochemical methods and k-mer distribution-based approaches allow only estimations. An alternative approach to estimate the genome
Shakunthala Natarajan, Jessica Gehrke, Boas Pucker   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The priority areas and possible pathways for health cooperation in BRICS countries

Global Health Research and Policy, 2023
As one of the largest alliances of middle-income countries, the BRICS, known as an acronym for five countries including “Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa”, represents half of the global population.
Zuokun Liu, Zongbin Wang, Ming Xu, Jiyan Ma, Yinuo Sun, Yangmu Huang   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Board Governance as a Strategic Mechanism: Carbon Risk and Firm Performance

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Carbon emissions are a major contributor to global warming and pose significant threats to the environment. In response to the urgency of climate change, firms are under increasing pressure to adopt policies that enhance environmental performance while reducing carbon risk.
Sarmad Ali, Muhammad Farooq, Qadri Al‐Jabri, Hassan Mujtaba Nawaz Saleem   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Financialisation and physical investment: a global race to the bottom in accumulation? [PDF]

, 2017
We estimate the effects of financialisation on physical investment in the developed and developing countries using panel data based on balance-sheets of publicly listed non-financial companies (NFCs) for the period 1995-2015.
Onaran, Özlem, Tori, Daniele
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Introducing AI & Innovation

AI &Innovation, EarlyView.
Mirko Farina, Xiao Yu, Rongrong Ji, Chen Jin, Vincent Blok, Paolo Ciancarini, Ngcaweni Busani, Witold Pedrycz   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Pilot Randomized Controlled Feasibility Trial of Emotion Regulation Group Therapy as an Adjunct to Enhanced Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Eating Disorders

International Journal of Eating Disorders, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective This pilot randomized controlled trial evaluated the feasibility and acceptability of Emotion Regulation Group Therapy (ERGT) as an adjunct to Enhanced Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT‐E) for adults with eating disorders and co‐occurring impulsive and destructive behaviors.
Alexandra Boalt, Ata Ghaderi, Hanna Sahlin   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Potencjał destabilizacji zachodniej hegemonii w świetle ekspansji grupy BRICS+ [PDF]

Przegląd Geopolityczny
The BRICS+ alliance is not perceived by the West as a direct threat to the existing international order, due to the internal limitations and structural weaknesses of this group as perceived by the G7 countries.
Katarzyna Woźniak
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Directed Hole Localization Stabilizing Interfacial Sulfur Species to Boost α‐C–H Activation for Selective Biomass Photo‐oxidation

ENERGY &ENVIRONMENTAL MATERIALS, EarlyView.
Efficient α‐C–H bond activation and directional conversion for selective biomass photo‐oxidation are achieved by integrating polarization and interface engineering strategies in P‐doped ZnIn2S4 polar photocatalysts, which leverage hole localization and stable interfacial sulfur species, endowing bio‐based HMF at 94.4% conversion with 94.5% selectivity ...
Yinyin He, Jie Li, Shunmugavel Saravanamurugan, Hu Li   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source