Free Trade Zones and Corporate ESG: Evidence From a Quasi‐Natural Experiment in China
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines how China's Pilot Free Trade Zones (FTZs) influence corporate ESG performance. Using a staggered difference‐in‐differences model on Chinese listed firms from 2009 to 2024, we combine coarsened exact matching (CEM) and geography‐based instrumental variables to ensure robust identification.
Wen Li, Yinghan Zhao, Brian Lucey
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Cereal Chemistry, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Sitophilus zeamais (Mostschulsky), the maize weevil, and Prostephanus truncatus (Horn), the larger grain borer, are two notorious insect pests of farm‐stored products in Sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA). The goal of this study was to determine whether there were interactions between P. truncatus and S. zeamais during storage.
Rashid Suleiman, Kurt A. Rosentrater
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Robust crowd anomaly detection via hybrid ensemble learning for real-world surveillance. [PDF]
Sci RepMabrouk D, Abdel-Fattah MA, Taha A.
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Carbon/Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cells: Status and Perspectives
Carbon Energy, EarlyView.This review examines carbon/silicon heterojunctions and highlights the advantages of carbon materials in terms of cost‐effectiveness, low‐temperature processing, and scalability. It adopts a comprehensive approach to bridge the gap between laboratory‐scale innovations and industrial‐scale applications, incorporating current state‐of‐the‐art findings ...
Randi Azmi +6 more
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Robust object counting through distribution uncertainty matching and optimal transport. [PDF]
Sci RepBoughorbel S +6 more
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Energy Landscapes in Chemical Reactions and Transport
ChemPhysChem, Volume 26, Issue 6, March 15, 2025.Kinetics/dynamics of chemical reactivity and transport of chemical species in a solid are both determined by the energy landscape in which they take place. Discussing common grounds but also distinct differences may help in advancing the understanding in both fields.
Karl‐Michael Weitzel
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Crowd Gathering Detection Method Based on Multi-Scale Feature Fusion and Convolutional Attention. [PDF]
Sensors (Basel)Yasen K +5 more
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Sudan at War With Itself: Civilian Devastation in the Civil War
Conflict Resolution Quarterly, EarlyView.ABSTRACT A civil war is raging in Sudan between the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) along with militia groups. Beginning on April 15, 2023, and continuing at least to this writing (October 15, 2025), civilian noncombatants have been subjected to bombings, beatings, torture, shootings, rape, and murder on a large scale. Since
Daniel Rothbart +3 more
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Complex motor imagery in elite female ice hockey players: a cortical arena of imagination revealed by magnetoencephalography. [PDF]
Front Hum NeurosciPotts AA +4 more
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Breadth at the Helm: Generalist CEOs and Corporate ESG Performance‐Evidence From China
Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Drawing on the Upper Echelons Theory and the Imprinting Theory, this study conjectures that generalist CEOs may have a stronger tendency to pursue environmental, social and governance (ESG) goals. We perform multiple regression analyses with observations of Shanghai and Shenzhen A‐share listed companies from 2010 to 2023 in order to explore ...
Shanmei Luo +4 more
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