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Birthplace choices: what are the information needs of women when choosing where to give birth in England? A qualitative study using online and face to face focus groups

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2018
Background Current clinical guidelines and national policy in England support offering ‘low risk’ women a choice of birth setting. Options include: home, free-standing midwifery unit (FMU), alongside midwifery unit (AMU) or obstetric unit (OU).
Lisa Hinton, Carol Dumelow, Rachel Rowe, Jennifer Hollowell   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Why do people choose to enter and exit the teaching profession? An interdisciplinary quantitative synthesis

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Many nations experience recurring shortages of teachers in particular subjects, prompting concerns that pupils' education is suffering as a result. Researchers have responded by generating a sizable literature on the reasons for which people enter and exit the teaching profession.
Sam Sims, Harriet Lowes‐Belk, Clare Routledge   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Climate Change Risks and Customer Concentration: Evidence From US‐Listed Firms

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While prior studies have investigated climate risks in supply chains, customer ESG pressures, and shared climate exposure, this paper is, to the best of our knowledge, the first to provide direct empirical evidence on the relationship between climate change risks and firms' customer concentration.
Thi Thuy Trang Nguyen, Eric Owusu Boahen, Cuong Nguyen   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Morphogenesis, Structure, and Chemical Composition of Paiaguás Grass Under Different Nitrogen Doses and Deferment Periods

Plants
The study evaluated the effects of nitrogen fertilization on the morphogenetic, structural, productive, and nutritional characteristics of Brachiaria brizantha cv. Paiaguás subjected to two stockpiling periods in a pot experiment. The experiment was conducted using a randomized block design in a 4 × 2 factorial arrangement, with four nitrogen doses (0,
Armando Alves de Carvalho, Antonio Leandro Chaves Gurgel, Miguel Arcanjo Moreira Filho, Marcos Jácome de Araújo, Tairon Pannunzio Dias-Silva, Sheila Vilarindo de Sousa, Romilda Rodrigues do Nascimento, Luís Carlos Vinhas Ítavo, Rayanne Amorim Ferreira, Janice Maria dos Santos, Edy Vitoria Fonseca Martins, Auanny Jeniffer de Oliveira Silva, Gelson dos Santos Difante   +12 more
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Does Managerial Ability Improve Environmental Performance and Overall ESG Ratings? The Impact of the European Sustainability Reporting Mandate

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the role of managerial ability in driving environmental performance and overall environmental, social, and governance (ESG) ratings in the context of the European Union sustainability reporting regulations. Using a sample of 7242 firm‐year observations over the period 2015–2023, our results indicate a structural change in ...
Mihaela Ionașcu, Ion Ionașcu, Elena Turuianu   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Analysis on discard of blood and its products with suggested possible strategies to reduce its occurrence in a blood bank of tertiary care hospital in Western India

Global Journal of Transfusion Medicine, 2017
Background: Blood is precious and should be utilized judiciously with minimal wasting. By analyzing the data and the reasons for discard, the blood transfusion service can develop plans to evaluate causes that lead to discard of blood and its components ...
Ashishkumar Nathabhai Kanani, Jitendra H Vachhani, Spruha K Dholakiya, Shweta B Upadhyay   +3 more
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Takeover Vulnerability and the Discipline of ESG Overinvestment

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While takeovers serve a disciplinary role by replacing inefficient managers, the threat of takeovers may compel firms to divert attention from Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) efforts as a strategic response to external pressure, especially when such firms are already overinvesting in ESG.
Abongeh Tunyi, Ruth O. Sagay, Reon Matemane   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Unified Online Assessment Framework for Pre-Fault and Post-Fault Dynamic Security

Energies
With the expansion of interconnection in power systems and the extensive adoption of phasor measurement units (PMUs), the secure operation of power systems has been increasingly covered in research.
Xin Li, Rongkun Shang, Qiao Zhao, Yaowei Zhang, Jingru Liu, Changjie Wu, Panfeng Guo   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Life-Course Relationship between Socioeconomic Circumstances and Timing of First Birth in a Birth Cohort.

PLoS ONE, 2017
ObjectivesThis study examines the influence of socioeconomic circumstances in childhood (childhood SES) and adulthood (adult SES) on timing of first birth by age 37.MethodsA longitudinal study of a 1972-1973 New Zealand birth cohort collected information
Thea van Roode, Katrina Sharples, Nigel Dickson, Charlotte Paul   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Performance of dairy heifers grazing on Urochloa decumbens pastures deferred for two periods

Acta Scientiarum: Animal Sciences, 2014
O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar o consumo voluntário e o desempenho de novilhas leiteiras em pastos de Urochloa decumbens diferidos com dois períodos de diferimento. O delineamento experimental adotado foi inteiramente casualizados com dois tratamentos e sete repetições, que consistiram em dois períodos de diferimento: T1= 95 e T2= 140 dias ...
Teixeira, Fábio Andrade, Silva, Fabiano Ferreira da, Bonomo, Paulo, Pires, Aureliano José Vieira, Nascimento, Paulo Valter Nunes, Gonçalves Neto, João   +5 more
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