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Broad Skills, Smaller Footprints? Generalist CEOs and Firm Biodiversity Exposure
ABSTRACT We examine whether CEO generalist skills predict firm‐level biodiversity risk exposure, an emerging strategic and financial concern. Using the biodiversity indicator developed based on textual analysis and the General Ability Index, we find that firms led by generalist CEOs are associated with significantly lower disclosed biodiversity risk ...
Hafiz Hoque +2 more
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ABSTRACT Circular battery strategies have become of major interest focusing on material availability while increasing economic and environmental benefits. In this context of circular economy, one main challenge for automotive original equipment manufacturers is that the most profitable handling strategy along the lifecycle is unknown.
Michael Lieder +2 more
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Fecal microbiota profiles of growing pigs and their relation to growth performance.
The early gut microbiota composition is fundamentally important for piglet health, affecting long-term microbiome development and immunity. In this study, the gut microbiota of postparturient dams was compared with that of their offspring in three ...
Emilia König +11 more
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Increasing the Incentive to Serve: The Effects of a Juror Pay Increase in Texas
ABSTRACT Although low juror pay is commonly offered as a reason why jurors do not show up to jury service, there is remarkably little empirical information on how juror pay affects summons response. This study examines four large‐sized counties in Texas before and after pay increased from as little as $6 a day to $40, analyzing patterns of the percent ...
Mary R. Rose, Max Lisch, Faris A. Husain
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ABSTRACT We here describe mouse models with complementary homozygous Svil mutations. In skeletal muscle, Svil‐Mut mice express the Svil‐encoded N‐terminus fused to the βgal‐neo gene‐trap tag and lack the highly conserved archvillin C‐terminus; Svil‐KO mice lack expression of all known Svil‐encoded proteins; and Svil‐LoxP mice contain loxP sites for ...
Tara C. Smith +9 more
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: In cow-calf contact (CCC) systems breaking the maternal bond may induce stress for the cow, thereby affecting feed intake, milk yield, milk flow rate, and milk electrical conductivity.
C.L. van Zyl +5 more
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From Prediction to Decision Making: PBPK and QSP as Regulatory‐Grade NAMs
New approach methodologies (NAMs) encompass a diverse and rapidly evolving set of experimental and computational tools designed to generate human‐relevant mechanistic data for use in drug development and regulatory decision making. Experimental NAMs provide insights into drug disposition, pharmacological activity, and disease biology that are difficult
Karen Rowland Yeo, Piet H. van der Graaf
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aerial view, Hoover Dam, with intake towers, October 25 ...
engineering firm: United States Bureau of Reclamation (American, 1902-), contractor: Six Companies (American, 20th century)
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*1 lamb not recorded for sire breedDistribution of lambs by birth and rearing litter size, dam parity and sire breed between treatment groups.
Cathy M. Dwyer (776164) +2 more
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Chinese hydropower companies and environmental norms in countries of the global South: the involvement of Sinohydro in Ghana’s Bui Dam [PDF]
The paper examines the role of environmental norms in Chinese overseas investment in hydropower dams, exemplified by Sinohydro’s involvement in the Bui Dam in Ghana.
Hensengerth, Oliver
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