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Hong Kong's non‐local undergraduate recruitment: Policies, institutional practices and student perspectives

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Beneath the Hong Kong government's enthusiasm for recruiting non‐local undergraduates—including students from the Chinese Mainland and other international regions—lies a longstanding gap in understanding the core meanings and drivers shaping the territory's expanding focus on inward international student mobility (ISM).
Fang Gao   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Incomparable Punishments: How Economic Inequality Contributes to the Disparate Impact of Legal Fines and Fees

open access: yesRSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences, 2022
Low-level misdemeanor and traffic violations draw tens of millions of people into local courts to pay fines and fees each year, generating billions of dollars in revenue.
Lindsay Bing   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Hospitalization costs among immobile patients with hemorrhagic or ischemic stroke in China: a multicenter cross-sectional study

open access: yesBMC Health Services Research, 2020
Background In this study, we aimed to analyze the hospitalization costs for immobile patients with hemorrhagic stroke (IHS) or ischemic stroke (IIS) in China and to determine the factors associated with hospitalization costs.
Hongpeng Liu   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Layered double hydroxides‐based nanozymes for effective biomedical applications: A review and future perspectives

open access: yesBMEMat, EarlyView.
In this review, we introduced the preparation methods of LDHzymes and discussed their catalytic activity and mechanisms. Subsequently, the applications of LDHzymes in biomedical were discussed. Finally, potential future work on LDHzymes was proposed to better design these new types of nanozymes.
Jiawei Cui   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

The impact of user fees on health service utilization in low- and middle-income countries: how strong is the evidence?

open access: yesBulletin of the World Health Organization
OBJECTIVE: To assess the effects of user charges on the uptake of health services in low- and middle-income countries. METHODS: A systematic search of 25 social science, economics and health literature databases and other sources was performed to ...
Mylene Lagarde, Natasha Palmer
doaj   +1 more source

Iceland and development aid in the era of the MDGs: a case study of an Alma Ata inspired primary healthcare project in southern Malawi

open access: yesDevelopment Studies Research, 2018
The monitoring of relevant health indicators is important in the examination of work that aims to improve health, not only globally, as for example, through the Millennium Development Goals 2000–2015, but also at the national, regional and/or sectoral ...
Geir Gunnlaugsson   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

FACTORS INFLUENCING THE FEE FOR USE OF THE RAILWAY INFRASTRUCTURE

open access: yesActa Polytechnica CTU Proceedings, 2017
It is necessary to update the current system of levying charges for railway infrastructure to reflect the current market situation, to take into account the new transport strategy established by the European Union, and to reflect legislative changes in ...
Petr Novák, Václav Cempírek
doaj   +1 more source

Corporate Management of Environmental, Social, and Governance Ratings and Rating Divergence

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As environmental, social, and governance (ESG) ratings increasingly influence investment and corporate decision‐making, companies face growing pressure to manage their ESG performance strategically. This study examines how firms navigate the fragmented ESG rating landscape marked by significant agency divergence. Based on a multiple‐case study
Selina Hauch
wiley   +1 more source

Analysis of alternative commercial vehicle road user charges

open access: yesTransportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives
As fuel tax revenues decline from increased fuel efficiency and the transition to alternative fuels, governments are searching for new revenue sources to support the transportation system. User fees are among the most widely considered substitutes.
Dan Wei   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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