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The patterning of finance/security : a designerly walkthrough of challenger banking apps [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Culture is being ‘appified’. Diverse, pre-existing everyday activities are being redesigned so they happen with and through apps. While apps are often encountered as equivalent icons in apps stores or digital devices, the processes of appification – that
Dieter, Michael, Tkacz, Nathaniel
core   +1 more source

Adoption of "eco-advantage" by SMEs: emerging opportunities and constraints [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Purpose: A recent study has asserted that businesses need to adopt “eco-advantage”. This paper aims to explore the viability of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) achieving “eco-advantage” by exploring their understanding of sustainability issues, how ...
Brindley, C, Oxborrow, L
core   +1 more source

Recent Advances on Thermochromic Inks for Security Applications

open access: yesAdvanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
Thermochromic security inks have garnered interest in recent years as security elements for authentication, information encryption, and anti‐counterfeiting. This review outlines different types of thermochromic materials, how they have been developed as functional inks, and how advancements in property enhancement, sustainability, and printing ...
Duarte B. Oliveira   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Engaging the patient with HCV and Nash disease: a case study in 10 healthcare organizations in Italy

open access: yesInternational Journal of Integrated Care, 2019
Over the last decade, increased attention has been placed on measuring and improving the health care experience of patients. Patient experience is an integral component of service quality and is increasingly recognised as one of the three “pillars of ...
Lucia Ferrara   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Business process management tools as a measure of customer-centric maturity [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
In application of business process management (BPM) tools in European commercial sectors, this paper examines current maturity of customer centricity construct (CC) as an emerging dimension of competition and as a potential strategic management direction
Hitz, Christian, Vojvodic, Mag. Milomir
core   +1 more source

Elemene Augments the Effects of Anti‐PD‐1 Immunotherapy on Hepatocellular Carcinoma by Regulating the miR‐130a‐5p/SPP/MHC‐I Axis

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
Elemene increases SPP expression by competitively binding with miR‐130a‐5p to suppress SPP mRNA degradation. This led to more antigen/MHC‐I complexes being expressed on the cell surface, which consequently facilitated the recognition and killing of HCC cells by CTLs and enhancing the antitumor immune efficacy of anti‐PD‐1.
Menglan Wang   +18 more
wiley   +1 more source

How was it for you? Experiences of participatory design in the UK health service [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Improving co-design methods implies that we need to understand those methods, paying attention to not only the effect of method choices on design outcomes, but also how methods affect the people involved in co-design.
Andy Dearden   +21 more
core   +1 more source

Changes in Alcohol Retail Laws and Foot Traffic at Liquor Stores

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We study how expanding alcohol availability at grocery and convenience stores affects consumer traffic in liquor stores by leveraging recent changes in state‐level alcohol distribution laws in a difference‐in‐difference quasi‐experimental design.
Nathan Palardy   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Social exclusion and transport policy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
This paper is a review of social inclusion in the specification by central government of policy instruments for local government. It forms part of the scooping study on Accessibility and User Needs in Transport (AUNT) funded by the EPSRC Sustainable ...
Titheridge, H.
core  

The Role of Coordination Mechanisms and Transaction Costs Promoting Sustainability Performance in Agri‐Food Supply Chains: Evidence From Ecuador

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Social tensions and resource depletion pose significant challenges to the agri‐food sector, highlighting the need for coordinated strategies to ensure sustainability in supply chains. Despite its critical importance, the relationship between coordination mechanisms and sustainability performance remains underexplored.
Carlos Moreno‐Miranda, Liesbeth Dries
wiley   +1 more source

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