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Can Uncertainty be Green? Renewable Energy, Trade Openness, Institutional Quality and Environmental Sustainability Across Different Uncertainty Regimes

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines how uncertainty shapes the environmental effects of energy use, trade openness, economic growth, and institutional quality, with particular emphasis on the role of renewable energy in advancing environmental sustainability and the low‐carbon transition.
Chaoyi Chen, Mehmet Pinar
wiley   +1 more source

Unnatural Causes: Cryptocurrencies, Carbon Credits, and the rise of Neoliberalism from Below

open access: yesEconomic Anthropology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Klima is a carbon‐backed cryptocurrency running as a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO). In 2021, it had accumulated 9 million metric tons of digital carbon credits and reached a market value of more than US$1 billion. In 2023, its treasury stored twice as many carbon credits, but its spot price was a tiny fraction compared to 2021 ...
Riccardo De Cristano, Alexander Paulsson
wiley   +1 more source

Ascetical and mystical experience in Chinese Buddhism [PDF]

open access: yesKom: Časopis za Religijske Nauke
The oldest religious beliefs of the ancient China were characterized by personification of natural phenomena, cult of ancestors with a developed magical element and frequent practice of alchemical experimentation. Sorcery continues to exist in later ages,
Dabetić Ilija
doaj   +1 more source

Rapid and Efficient Affinity Isolation of Engineered Extracellular Vesicles Encapsulating Functional Proteins via Internal Twin‐Strep Tetraspanin Tagging

open access: yesSmall, EarlyView.
Structure‐guided internal twin‐Strep tagging of the tetraspanins CD63 or CD9 enables rapid and efficient antibody‐free affinity isolation of engineered extracellular vesicles (EVs) using Strep technology while allowing luminal protein loading. The approach removes over 96% of contaminants, separates tagged EVs from coexisting viral particles, and ...
Minh‐Tu Pham   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

On Quanzhen Daoism and the Longmen Lineage: An Institutional History of Monasteries, Lineages, and Ordinations [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
This thesis examines Quanzhen Daoism, and the Longmen lineage in particular, during the Qing dynasty in China from an institutional perspective. By critically analyzing monasteries, lineages, and texts, this study sheds light on why the notion of lineage
Wang, Yue 1989-
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{p. 95}The Errors of Daoism

open access: yes, 2017
Book 2 discusses what the author believes to be the errors of Daoism and other errors that are ostensibly similar to the beliefs of what this text describes as, the true way.
Anh Q. Tran
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Learner Engagement in L2 Vocabulary Learning through Communicative Tasks: Comparing Learner‐ and Teacher‐Generated Content

open access: yesTESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examined how task design, task motivation, and learner engagement influenced L2 vocabulary learning by comparing learner‐generated content (LGC) and teacher‐generated content (TGC) in a classroom setting. One hundred sixty‐three Japanese high school students from five intact classes were assigned to LGC, TGC, or a test‐only control ...
Gaia Oikawa, Takumi Uchihara
wiley   +1 more source

An In-Depth Exploration of the Ideology and Practice of Disease Treatment with Daoist Talismans and Decoctions

open access: yesYixue yu zhexue
Initially, when Daoist practitioners treated diseases with talismans, they did not use herbal decoctions but relied solely on talismans. Through the differentiation and development during the Wei, Jin, and Southern and Northern Dynasties, some Daoists ...
Fang LIU, Yinwei LIU
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Service Recovery in Chatbot‐mediated Environments: Trust Dynamics and Customer Loyalty Intentions

open access: yesBritish Journal of Management, EarlyView.
Abstract Prior research has shown that customers’ perceptions of chatbots may be influenced by the situational context in which human–chatbot interactions take place. This research advances understanding of artificial intelligence (AI)‐enabled chatbot‐led service failure recovery (SFR) in the context of customer loyalty.
Wilson Ozuem   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Envisioning Homosexuality within Daoism - The Orientation and Sexual Dimensions of Yin and Yang [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Explicit examinations of homosexuality within Daoism have not been found within academic journals. This paper attempts to begin to address this issue.
Bruce D. LeBlanc
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