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“The purpose of activism is to educate”: Young people's climate activism as and for education in the youth strike movement in England

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract By skipping school for their cause, young climate strikers repeatedly demonstrated their priorities in 2019 and 2020. They regularly chose to sacrifice a day of their formal education in favour of collective action. This study asks what we can learn from the reflections of former youth strikers.
Loz J. Hennessy
wiley   +1 more source

World’s Largest Eye Bank has Served a Nation for Three Decades

Journal of Ophthalmic & Vision Research, 2020
Mahmood Farazdaghi
doaj   +1 more source

Board Characteristics, Asset Quality and Financial Performance of Deposit Money Bank

Copernican Journal of Finance & Accounting
This study evaluates how the board composition and asset quality of Nigerian deposit money banks affected their financial performance. The study used a sample size of 20 out of 33 deposit money banks and an ex-post facto research design.
Yusuf Olamilekan Quadri, Ifedolapo Oluwasolape Omotosho, Daud Omotosho Saheed, Babatunde Abdullah Adio   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

System failure? Exploring the interplay of fear of failure, competition, cooperation and sense of belonging in education in England and Flanders

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Fear of failure is damaging in a host of ways yet is rife in many schools. Drawing on self‐worth theory, we explore whether fear of academic failure is higher in education systems with features that increase students' experiences of competition. To do this, we compare two very different education systems: England, where, for instance, national
Carolyn Jackson, Mieke Van Houtte
wiley   +1 more source

SEROPREVALENCE OF HIV, HBV AND HCV IN THE DONOR EYES IN THE WESTERN REGIONAL INSTITUTE OF OPHTHALMOLOGY

National Journal of Medical Research, 2012
Introduction: The number of donor corneas procured by eye banks is steadily increasing all over the world. Proper evaluation of donor cornea is critical to the success of cornea transplantation.
Sima K Bhatt, Monik S Kohli , Somesh V Aggarwal, Ami M Shah, Jagdeepkaur S Dani   +4 more
doaj  

Extent, characteristics and policy applications of Key Biodiversity Areas

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A global standard for the identification of Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) was published 10 years ago to provide a unified set of criteria for identifying ‘sites of significance for the global persistence of biodiversity’. We review the initiative's origins, the KBA identification process, characteristics of the current network, threats, policy
Stuart H. M. Butchart, Olivia Crowe, Tom Scott, Andrew J. Plumptre, Megan Eldred, Ellen McKee, Zoltan Waliczky, Ibrahim Al Hasani, Adrián B. Azpiroz, Daniele Baisero, Fred Barasa, Alison E. Beresford, Bezeng S. Bezeng, Charlotte Boyd, Thomas M. Brooks, Graeme Buchanan, Gill Bunting, Sofia Capellan, Neil Cox, Tim R. B. Davenport, Tammy E. Davies, Gina Della Togna, Wendy Elliott, Matt Foster, Jo Gilbert, Jonathan M. Handley, Diego Juffe‐Bignoli, Victoria R. Jones, Naomi Kingston, Jeannot Kivono, John Lamoreux, Penny F. Langhammer, James Lewis, Bruce Liggitt, Daniel Marnewick, Paul Matiku, Erin McCreless, Rachel A. Neugarten, Catherine Numa, Mark O'Brien, Madhu Rao, Ciara Raudsepp‐Hearne, Justina C. Ray, Samridhi Rijal, Jon Paul Rodríguez, Jurgis Sapijanskas, Wes Sechrest, Martin Sneary, Andrew Snyder, Konstantina Spiliopoulou, Thomas Starnes, Cecilia Tobar, Gautam Surya, Marcelo F. Tognelli, Andrew W. Tordoff, Maria G. Toscano, Yongyut Trisurat, Amy Upgren   +57 more
wiley   +1 more source

Digital Technologies Disclosure and the Cost of Capital: The Mediating Role of Sustainability Performance

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the economic consequences of Digital Technologies Disclosure (DTD), focusing on its impact on the cost of capital. The increasing significance of digital transformation in shaping corporate strategies and market perceptions motivates the study.
Hussein Mohsen Saber Ahmed, Awad Elsayed Awad Ibrahim, Khaldoon Albitar   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Multimodal imaging quality control of epithelia regenerated with cultured human donor corneal limbal epithelial stem cells

Scientific Reports, 2017
Current imaging techniques for the characterization of differentiated corneal limbal stem cells are destructive and cannot be used in eye bank for monitoring the regenerated epithelium in culture.
Marco Lombardo, Sebastiano Serrao, Vanessa Barbaro, Enzo Di Iorio, Giuseppe Lombardo   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sailing From Penalties to Accountability: Business Strategies and Governance for Firms to Innovate After Environmental Misconduct

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Firms' continuous pursuit of making a profit in the competitive market may ignore the actions related to environmental responsibilities. This set of actions for financial gains constitutes environmental misconduct, which not only harms ecosystems and communities but also brings reputational damage. Negative press and social media amplification
Ashutosh Singh, Salwa Saleh Almasabi, Ajay Kumar Patel, Priyanka Malik   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Cost of Debt: Evidence From European Firms Under Mandatory and Voluntary Disclosure

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Considering the growing attention to sustainability and the increasing regulatory pressure in the European landscape, this study evaluates whether greenhouse gas emissions affect firms' cost of debt. A panel regression was conducted from 2021 to 2024 on two samples of European firms.
Daniela Cicchini, Pasquale De Luca, Salvatore Principale, Chiara Signore   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source