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AI‐Based Immortality: The Ethical Advantage of the Aretai Approach

AI &Innovation, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The convergence of artificial intelligence, digital identity technologies, and biogerontological ambitions has produced a novel set of philosophical problems that have not yet been adequately addressed within mainstream bioethical discourse. Digital life extension—encompassing AI‐generated avatars, neural data preservation, mind uploading, and
Mirko Daniel Garasic
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Fiscal Decentralization in Turkey and Differentiation in Selected Provinces

International Journal of Public Finance, 2018
In this study, fiscal decentralization in Turkey was first considered in terms of the size of local governments within the general government at the macro level, and then the differentiation of fiscal decentralization among the local governments on the ...
Ahmet Güzel, Hakkı Hakan Yılmaz
doaj   +1 more source

The ORCA‐TWIN qCMOS Experiment I. Science Case and Commissioning at Calar Alto Observatory

Astronomische Nachrichten, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We describe a pilot study to explore a new generation of fast and low noise CMOS image sensors for time domain astronomy, using two remote telescopes with a baseline of 1635 km. The experiment involves direct imaging with novel qCMOS image sensor technology that combines fast readout with sub‐electron readout noise.
Martin M. Roth, Paško Roje, Stella Vješnica, Stefan Cikota, Alex J. Brown, Mike Kretlow, Marco Azzaro, Santiago Reinhart, Jesús Aceituno, Harry Dawson, Carsten Denker, Torsten Enßlin, Stephan Geier, Thomas Granzer, Thomas Kupfer, Gianluca Li Causi, Samaya Nissanke, José Luis Ortiz, Fernando Pedichini, Katja Poppenhäger, Axel Schwope   +20 more
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Urban-rural equalization of basic public services, fertility behavior and growth

International Review of Economics & Finance
The equalization of basic public services is a central reform priority in China. This study develops a three-period overlapping generations (OLG) model with heterogeneous agents to examine how urban-rural equalization in pension subsidies and public ...
Ning Zhang, Yue Ding
doaj   +1 more source

Financial Constraints and Corporate Sustainability Performance: Do Climate Exposure and People's Climate Attention Matter?

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the relationship between financial constraints and a firm's sustainability performance. Our empirical analysis utilises a panel of 40,445 observations from 9466 listed non‐financial firms across 44 countries, spanning the period from 2002 to 2019.
Boying Xu, Ruth Owusu‐Mensah, Daniel Gyimah   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fiscal equalization in Nordic municipalities: institutions and inequalities

Journal of Public Policy
Abstract The topic of this paper is fiscal equalization among municipalities in the four Nordic countries: Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden. Fiscal equalization refers to transfers of financial resources to and between municipalities with the aim of mitigating regional differences in fiscal capacities and spending needs.
Lars-Erik Borge, Søren Frank Etzerodt, Niels Jørgen Mau Pedersen, Lasse Olavi Oulasvirta, Magnus Wikström   +4 more
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From Centrality to Sustainability: How Connected Boards Shape Waste Management Outcomes

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The escalating climate crisis has elevated waste management from an operational concern to a critical issue of corporate governance. However, the role of board connectedness in shaping firms' waste practices remains largely unexplored. Drawing on resource dependency and social capital theories, this study examines how board network centrality ...
Irfan Haider Shakri, Anh Tuan Nguyen, FNU Pratima   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Distributed wireless network resource optimisation method based on mobile edge computing

IET Networks, EarlyView., 2022
This paper mainly compares the network ranking leader, consumption amount and network signal reception of the three algorithms. The study found that in terms of network sort captain, there are significant differences between the CPLEX algorithm, the CCST algorithm, and edge computing methods. The CCST algorithm and edge computing have little difference
Jiongting Jiang, Chao Quan, Kai Qian, Jiefeng Pan, Yueping Yang   +4 more
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Reframing the Architecture of Climate‐Related Knowledge: Beyond Disclosure, Toward Strategic Translation

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Climate change has generated an unprecedented expansion of disclosure frameworks, metrics, and governance instruments intended to inform corporate strategy. Yet firms continue to differ markedly in how climate‐related knowledge is interpreted, prioritized, and embedded in decision‐making. This paper addresses this paradox by shifting attention
Giuseppe Modaffari, Pedro Seva‐Larrosa, Francisco García‐Lillo   +2 more
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Regenerative perfusion bioreactor for biologics production with lower COGs

Biotechnology Progress, EarlyView.
Abstract Perfusion bioreactor systems enable intensified bioprocessing with high cell densities and volumetric productivities in monoclonal antibody (mAb) manufacturing. However, their widespread adoption remains constrained by the high consumption of chemically defined cell culture media.
Eric Wynne, Dohyun Park, Hourieh Ahi, Jaeweon Lee, Seongkyu Yoon, Jongyoon Han   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source