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Are Digital Finance Markets Inclusive? Evidence From Equity Crowdfunding Investors
European Financial Management, Volume 32, Issue 1, Page 336-358, January 2026.ABSTRACT Digital finance promises to reduce barriers in financial markets, yet its inclusiveness remains uncertain. This paper examines individual investors in equity crowdfunding (ECF) using data from 20,209 registered users on Italy's largest ECF platform. We analyze gender, age, location and ethnicity in investment decisions.
Vincenzo Butticè +3 more
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Conflict Resolution Quarterly, Volume 43, Issue 1, Page 133-157, Fall 2025.ABSTRACT This rapid scoping review examines the interplay between public administration and community resilience during the COVID‐19 pandemic, focusing on the type of research conducted, emerging themes in resilience studies, and key lessons learned. The findings show that research in the Global North has primarily examined resilience at the city level,
Daniela Gröschke
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Multi‐Method Integrated Approach to Assess Human Climate Comfort in Iran
Meteorological Applications, Volume 32, Issue 4, July/August 2025.Evaluating human thermal comfort in Iran through a multi‐method approach, this study analyzes 30 climatic and ecological variables using a comprehensive data set spanning 38 years (1984–2022). By integrating techniques such as principal component analysis, multivariate regression, cluster analysis, spatial modeling, machine learning, and artificial ...
Majid Javari
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Review of European, Comparative &International Environmental Law, Volume 34, Issue 2, Page 326-336, July 2025.Abstract While a few corporations benefit from the widespread use of plastics, the rest of society is, ironically, left holding the (plastic) bag. In many cases, the communities most affected by plastic pollution are left out of decisions that directly impact them.
Josselin Stone
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Science Education, Volume 109, Issue 3, Page 769-795, May 2025.ABSTRACT Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) programs are a burgeoning approach to engage teachers in STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) research that they can translate into their K‐12 classrooms. Despite an increase in studies of RETs, there is a need for comparison of RET and non‐RET teachers' student outcomes.
John Keller +13 more
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GCB Bioenergy, Volume 17, Issue 4, April 2025.The first evidence about exploiting municipal biowaste sources as feedstock to recover antifungal compounds is presented. This represents a novel challenge and unexplored way both to reduce the environmental impact of waste and to produce value‐added products that can be returned to the ecosystem by carbon recycling, thus promoting the circular ...
Ivana Castello +3 more
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International Journal of Systematic Theology, Volume 27, Issue 1, Page 46-66, January 2025.Abstract Recent work in eschatology has sought to retrieve the doctrine of the beatific vision, one that has served as one of the predominant views of the eschatological life throughout church history. Yet the doctrine has been criticized for its reported marginalization of the human body.
Daniel Lee Hill
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Does Populism Matter in EU–China Relations? The Cases of Italy and Czechia
JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, Volume 63, Issue 1, Page 89-107, January 2025.Abstract This article investigates whether populism affects the foreign policy of European Union (EU) member states towards China and, if so, through what mechanisms. In order to answer this question, we examine the cases of Italy and Czechia, both of which went through turbulent relations with China in the recent decade whilst also experiencing ...
Małgorzata Jakimów +2 more
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Household Plastic Waste Management and Gender Dynamics in Circular Economies
Sociology Compass, Volume 18, Issue 12, December 2024.ABSTRACT A circular economy has emerged as a promising solution for addressing plastic pollution. It directly impacts waste management practices in the household, which has long been considered a feminized domain. What are the hidden gendered costs of household plastic waste management?
Shiori Shakuto +5 more
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