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How Does Vulnerability Framing by Microfinance Institutions Leverage Funding Success in Crowdfunding?

International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study draws on framing theory to investigate how microfinance institutions (MFIs) strategically construct a vulnerability‐oriented organisational identity and how this framing influences their funding decisions during the pre‐campaign phase of prosocial crowdfunding.
Ana Paula Matias Gama, Ricardo Emanuel‐Correia, Fábio Duarte, Mário Augusto   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Does Digital Banking Promote Remittance Receipts? Evidence From Developing Countries

International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In the realm of technological advancement, like many sectors, the financial sector swiftly embraced digital transformation to help facilitate financial transactions, especially remittance receipts. The digitalisation of the banking sector has made transfers and access to funds quite easier, faster, and more economical by reducing transaction ...
Syed Ali Abbas, Eliyathamby A. Selvanathan, Saroja Selvanathan   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Differences of skin carotenoids and adherence to the Mediterranean Diet pattern in adults from Southern Italy and Dominican Republic

Journal of Translational Medicine
Background The measurement of the skin carotenoids using the Veggie Meter® has emerged as a rapid objective method for assessing fruit and vegetable intake, highly recommended by the Mediterranean Diet (MD), which represents one of the healthiest dietary
Giuseppina Augimeri, Manuel Soto, Fabrizio Ceraudo, Giovanna Caparello, Melisa Villegas Figueroa, Mirko Cesario, Lorenzo S. Caputi, Berniza Calderón, Daniela Bonofiglio   +8 more
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First national photo-identification catalog of the Greater Caribbean Manatee (Trichechus manatus manatus) in the Dominican Republic using UAV surveys

Novitates Caribaea
Between May 2023 and December 2025, a total of 611 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) flights were conducted across eleven coastal sites in the Dominican Republic with the objective of developing the first standardized photo-identification catalog of the ...
Rita I. Sellares-Blasco, Rachel Plekaniec, María F. Villalpando, Marvin Del Cid, Valeria P. Herrera   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Drought Risk in Mango and Avocado Orchards: Insights Into Plant Water Relations and Irrigation‐Related Agronomic Solutions

Irrigation and Drainage, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Climate change is making water availability more uncertain, with growing consequences for the productivity and long‐term sustainability of tropical and subtropical fruit orchards. Mangifera indica L. and Persea americana Mill. both require large amounts of water to sustain growth and productivity.
Eleonora Cataldo
wiley   +1 more source

Culturally adapted mobile application for optimizing metabolic control in type 1 diabetes: a pilot study

Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública
Objective. To evaluate whether use of a culturally adapted mobile application (app) for adolescents with type 1 diabetes is associated with improved metabolic control. Methods.
Jenny L. Cepeda-Marte, Arelis Moore, Carlos B. Ruiz-Matuk, Daniela D. Salado-Díaz, Pablo Socias-Pappaterra, Vivian W.Y. Ho-Sang, Isabella Mella-Bonilla   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cultural Strength Mechanisms: Family Ethnic Socialization, Ethnic Identity, Familism Links to Rural US Latino/a Youth Prosocial Behaviors Across Time

Journal of Adolescence, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Cultural strength‐based models propose that family ethnic socialization promotes prosocial development in Latino/a youth through cultural values such as ethnic identity and familism. However, longitudinal research testing these serial pathways remains scarce, and prosocial behavior is understudied in rural, emerging immigrant ...
Alexia Carrizales, Gustavo Carlo, Yumary Ruiz, Zoe E. Taylor   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Does Economic Growth Drive Equitable Water and Sanitation Access? Assessing Inequality Reduction Across 64 Nations

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines whether economic growth reduces inequalities in access to water and sanitation across 64 countries over an average period of 13.5 years. Drawing on disaggregated data by income quintiles and rural–urban location, and employing ordinary least squares (OLS), two‐stage least squares (2SLS), and Seemingly Unrelated Regression
Marcos García‐López, Samara López‐Ruiz, Gabriela Cuadrado‐Quesada   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Carbon VIX, Climate Risk and Financial Stability New Evidence From Developing Countries

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the effects of the carbon VIX and climate risk on financial stability through the banking Z‐score in developing economies. Using the Dynamic Panel Threshold Model of 106 developing countries from 2012 to 2022, the results reveal that both carbon VIX and climate risk exert a significant negative influence on banking ...
Alanoud Al‐Maadid, Mohamed Sami Ben Ali, Kamal Si Mohammed, Omer Salih Mohammed Abker   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Probing the Energy Trilemma Pillars: Do Innovation Pathways Deliver Cleaner and More Equitable Energy Systems?

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Balancing reliable energy supply, equitable access, and environmental sustainability is a central challenge of the global energy transition. This study examines how innovation influences the energy trilemma by shaping energy security, energy equity, and environmental sustainability across 115 countries from 2011 to 2023.
Kingsley Imandojemu, Omozele Lynda Showunmi, Felix Orole, Damilola Felix Eluyela, Hammed Oluwaseyi Musibau, Romanus Osabohien   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source