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Bioinspired Asymmetrical Pleated Textile With Unidirectional Transport Channel for Personal Moisture and Thermal Management

Exploration, EarlyView.
Inspired by the cactus branch, this work proposed an asymmetrical pleated structure textile embedded with a unidirectional water transport channel. Water repellency, water collection, and directional water transport ability are assembled into one unified system by means of the asymmetrical pleated structure, which is expected to enable efficient ...
Meitong Ge, Fengxiang Chen, Chaoyu Chen, Honglian Cong, Xin Wang, Zhijia Dong, Pibo Ma   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Climate Change Risk and Financial Market Response: An International Evidence From Performance Forecasts by Financial Analysts

Journal of Forecasting, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the effect of climate change exposure on analysts' forecasted stock performance operationalized by their actual recommendations. Our results indicate that firms with higher exposure to climate change receive less favorable recommendations from analysts.
Cyrine Khiari, Imen Khanchel, Hatem Rjiba, Josephat Daniel Lotto, Nazim Hussain   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

25 Years of the Baltic States Independence: from the Soviet to the European Union

Контуры глобальных трансформаций: политика, экономика, право, 2018
As soon as the Baltic states gained independence in 1991, they targeted, in terms of domestic and foreign relations’ development, reorientation to the West and integration into Euro-Atlantic structures. Whereas NATO (under leadership of the United States)
V. V. Vorotnikov
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High Summer Temperatures and Mortality in Estonia

PLoS ONE, 2016
Background On-going climate change is predicted to result in a growing number of extreme weather events—such as heat waves—throughout Europe. The effect of high temperatures and heat waves are already having an important impact on public health in terms ...
Daniel Oudin Åström, Christofer Åström, Kaidi Rekker, Ene Indermitte, H. Orru   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A comparative study on the compensation of bankruptcy trustees in insolvent estates

International Insolvency Review, EarlyView.
Abstract A well‐functioning bankruptcy system is essential for economic stability, ensuring the efficient resolution of bankruptcies and the fair distribution of remaining assets. However, many jurisdictions face the issue of “empty,” “assetless,” or “insolvent” estates, where the assets of bankrupt entities are insufficient to cover the costs of the ...
R. D. Vriesendorp, J. M. W. Pool
wiley   +1 more source

Globalisation, Financialisation and Endogenous Thresholds for Premature Deindustrialisation

International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We investigate the pattern and determinants of premature deindustrialisation (PD) for a large panel of advanced, emerging and developing economies. We consider the impacts of international financial integration (de facto financial globalisation), capital account openness (de jure financial globalisation) and financialisation which are often ...
Seda Ekmen Özçelik, Erdal Özmen, Fatma Taşdemir   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Determinants of FinTech Equity Funding Flows: Evidence From a Global Perspective

International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study explores the factors affecting FinTech (Financial technology startups) equity financing and deals. Traditional and alternative financing are currently progressing together; however, alternative financing remains underexplored. Using panel data from 57 countries in 2010 to 2020 and one‐step difference generalised method of moments ...
Uttam Golder, Suborna Barua, Mohammad Zoynul Abedin, Douglas Akwasi Adu, Boru Ren   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Childbearing among first- and second-generation Russians in Estonia against the background of the sending and host countries

, 2017
Background: An expanding literature documents the childbearing patterns of migrants and their descendants in contemporary Europe. The existing evidence pertains mainly to the northern, western, and southern regions of the continent, while less is known ...
A. Puur, Leen Rahnu, L. Abuladze, L. Sakkeus, S. Zakharov   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Patterns of School‐to‐Work‐Transition Societies With High Rates of NEETs

Journal of Adolescence, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction In the context of increasing interest across Europe with youth not in employment education or training (NEET), the article explores and depicts the policy measures for stimulating school‐to‐work transition (SWT) and the work integration of youth in four EU countries.
Claudia Petrescu, Bogdan Voicu, Adriano Mauro Ellena, Leonor Bettencourt, Vladislava Lendzhova   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Estonian Identity Construction Between Nation Branding and Building

Czech Journal of International Relations, 2020
Whilst most accounts of nation branding emphasize the economic and diplomatic relevance of the phenomenon, this article examines the way Estonia has been proposing a nation “branding + building” strategy.
Polese, Abel, Ambrosio, Thomas, Kerikmäe, Tanel   +2 more
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