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Diversity and Inclusion Standards: Exploring Drivers and Determinants of Adoption of ISO 30415:2021 and UNI/PdR 125:2022 in Italian SMEs

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the adoption of Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) standards among Italian small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs), focusing on the international guideline ISO 30415:2021 and the national certification UNI/PdR 125:2022. Using survey data from 866 SMEs across six manufacturing and service industries and applying descriptive
Laura Bravi, Gail Denisse Chamochumbi Diaz, Giada Pierli   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Understanding Consumption of Illicit Drugs and New Psychoactive Substances in Australia by Triangulating Drug Checking and Wastewater‐Based Epidemiology

Drug Testing and Analysis, EarlyView.
First Australian study combining wastewater‐based epidemiology and drug checking, demonstrating how complementary data sources enhance monitoring of illicit drugs and emerging psychoactive substances during high‐use periods. ABSTRACT Consumption of psychotropic drugs is a major economic and public health challenge in Australia.
Muhammad Usman, Malcolm McLeod, Dhayaalini Nadarajan, Joseph Clokey, Pritesh Prasad, Rory Verhagen, Benjamin Tscharke, Maurizio Quinto, Richard Bade   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Towards Transformative Climate Governance: Capacities and Constraints for Local Government in Aotearoa New Zealand

Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT An emerging consensus calls for transformative climate governance. However, what instigates and sustains transformative pathways remains unclear. This study characterises the existence, quality and structural underpinnings of transformative governance capacities in local government climate change response in Aotearoa New Zealand, applying a ...
Gangadari K. Ranawaka, Anna L. Berka, Karen F. Hytten, Florentine D. van Noppen   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Adversarial Robust and Generalizable Stereo Matching for Infrared Binocular Based on Deep Learning

Journal of Imaging
Despite the considerable success of deep learning methods in stereo matching for binocular images, the generalizability and robustness of these algorithms, particularly under challenging conditions such as occlusions or degraded infrared textures, remain
Bowen Liu, Jiawei Ji, Cancan Tao, Jujiu Li, Yingxun Wang   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

“You just want to re‐open our biggest wounds, don't you?”: Homeplace ethnography as (polluted) environmental method

Feminist Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract When I was 12, my family told me a story about their community falling apart and coming together, a time when someone tried putting a nuclear facility in their (our?) hometown. Since we moved when I was too young to remember, the story had little significance until I embarked on a “hometown” ethnographic journey for my dissertation.
Chandler L. Classen
wiley   +1 more source

MNE retrenchment and redeployment in the face of the US–China trade war: Real options and strategic flexibility

Global Strategy Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Research Summary Trade wars increasingly manifest in the contemporary environment for global business; thereby, calling for examination of MNE strategic responses. MNEs can respond to such shocks by leveraging their strategic flexibility and engaging in retrenchment and redeployment; that is, the respective scaling down (up) of subsidiary ...
Hyewon Ma, Joseph A. Clougherty
wiley   +1 more source

The community-level effects of women's education on reproductive behaviour in rural Ghana

Demographic Research, 2006
Using survey and census data for rural Ghana collected in the 1980s, this study examines the ability of women's education to increase interest in fertility regulation and contraception among all women, regardless of their individual and household ...
Kofi D. Benefo
doaj  

Classified Comparison and Cause Analysis of the Characteristics of Co‐Disabilities Among Older Adults With Physical Disability in China

Health Care Science, EarlyView.
This study used prevalence comparisons and binary logistic regression to analyze the data from the First and Second China National Sample Survey on Disability conducted in 1987 and 2006, respectively. Co‐disability patterns among older adults with physical disability in China were examined, and the associations of other disability types with both the ...
Yiran Wang, Xiaodong Zhang, Lu Tan, Chenyu Yan, Xiaoqian Yan, Wenwen Liu, Tianran Wang, Sijiu Wang, Wannian Liang   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Healthcare Costs Following Medical Gender‐Affirmation: Evidence From Whole‐of‐Population Australian Administrative Data

Health Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Gender incongruence in trans and nonbinary (“trans”) populations is often associated with psychological distress and increased demand for mental healthcare. Gender‐affirming hormone therapy (GAHT) is a key component of care for many trans people, yet long‐term evidence around its cost implications remains limited despite increasing uptake and ...
Karinna Saxby, Dennis Petrie, Brendan J. Nolan   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

New Medical Schools, Access to Physicians, and Health Outcomes: Evidence From Japan

Health Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We analyse the impact of the construction of medical schools and associated university hospitals in Japan during the 1970s, which was primarily driven by ‘One Prefecture, One Medical School Policy’ (OPOMS). We find that the number of physicians increased significantly in prefectures where a medical school was built, and this effect persisted ...
Kisho Hoshi
wiley   +1 more source