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Hydrogen donor‐assisted visbreaking of Canadian oil sands bitumen

The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, EarlyView.
Abstract High‐viscosity Canadian oil sands bitumen requires processing for efficient transportation and refining. Partial upgrading technologies, primarily based on thermal processing, can effectively reduce, or even eliminate, the use of costly diluent, increase bitumen quality and market value, potentially decrease greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and
Yi Zhang, Mohamed Ali, Jinwen Chen
wiley   +1 more source

New Results on Single-Machine Scheduling with Rejection to Minimize the Total Weighted Completion Time

In this paper, we study eight single-machine scheduling problems with rejection and position-dependent parameters. We consider two position-dependent parameters as follows: (1) position-dependent weights and (2) position-dependent processing times.
Zhang Liqi, Lu Lingfa, Yu Xue
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The AI Sustainability Paradox: How Verification and Regulation Synergize to Curb Greenwashing in Emerging Markets

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Artificial intelligence (AI) reflects a paradox for corporate sustainability: it provides tools for genuine socio‐economic improvement and enables greenwashing at scale. This study examines this duality in emerging Asian markets, where rapid AI adoption coincides with evolving regulatory regimes.
Ashutosh Yadav, Simplice A. Asongu
wiley   +1 more source

A Framework for Impression Management in Extra‐Financial Reporting

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines how organisations employ impression management tactics in extra‐financial reporting, particularly in the context of environmental, social and governance (ESG) concerns. As stakeholder scrutiny and regulatory expectations intensify, organisations increasingly shape non‐financial disclosures to influence perceptions of ...
Laura Ribeiro, Nirupa Padia, Dusan Ecim, Warren Maroun   +3 more
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Abnormal Sustainability Reporting Tone and the Value Relevance of Accounting Fundamentals

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates whether and how abnormal sustainability reporting tone is associated with the firm's market value and conditions the value relevance of accounting fundamentals. Building on impression‐management theory, the value relevance literature, and recent advances in textual analysis, we focus on the discretionary component of ...
Alessandra Allini, Alessandro Corrado, Luca Ferri, Annamaria Zampella   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

CSR Disclosure Tone and Investor Signaling in IPO Prospectuses: A Textual Sentiment Analysis in U.S. Capital Markets

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines whether corporate social responsibility (CSR) disclosure in IPO prospectuses functions as a credible sustainability signal and how its credibility influences investor responses in U.S. capital markets. Drawing on a sample of 681 IPOs conducted between 2019 and 2023, we employ textual content analysis to construct a ...
Nesrine Bedoui, Aymen Ajina
wiley   +1 more source

Minimizing Total Weighted Completion Time in a Proportionate Flow Shop

, 1996
We study the special case of the m machine flow shop problem in which the processing time of each operation of job j is equal to p j ; this variant of the flow shop problem is known as the proportionate flow shop problem.
Michael Pinedo, Han Hoogeveen, Shakhlevich, NV, Hoogeveen, JA, Natalia Shakhlevich, Pinedo, ML   +5 more
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Longitudinal Residential Eating Disorder Treatment Outcomes for Binge‐Eating Disorder When Using the Unified Treatment Model

International Journal of Eating Disorders, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Despite its prevalence, research on binge‐eating disorder (BED) outcomes for residential treatment remains limited. To address this research scarcity, we evaluated changes in ED behaviors and comorbid symptoms, including depression and anxiety, for patients with BED that received residential eating disorder (ED) care from a ...
Kiki M. Kline, Briana Delibashi, Gayle Brooks, Shelby N. Ortiz   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Researchers' Perspectives and Guidelines on the Reporting of Lived Experience Involvement in Eating Disorder Research

International Journal of Eating Disorders, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives There is an increasing trend towards embedding consumer and community involvement in all health and medical research. The Executive Committee of the International Journal of Eating Disorders (IJED) disseminated a survey for eating disorder researchers investigating their practices and perspectives regarding Patient and Public ...
Tracey D. Wade, Marcela Radunz, Jake Linardon, Scott J. Crow, Ata Ghaderi, Anja Hilbert, Kelly L. Klump, B. Timothy Walsh, Ruth Weissman   +8 more
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Scheduling projects with linear time-dependent cash flows to maximize the net present value. [PDF]

In this paper we study the unconstrained project scheduling problem with discounted cash flows where the net cash flows are assumed to be linear dependent on the completion times of the corresponding activities.
Vanhoucke, M, Herroelen, Willy, Demeulemeester, Erik   +2 more
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