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Does an optimistic tone in annual reports predict better financial and non‐financial performance?

European Management Review, EarlyView.
Abstract In the current paper, we investigate whether management adopts an optimistic disclosure tone to impress the corporate audience or to provide incremental information (II) by anticipating positive corporate performance. Specifically, we test whether an optimistic tone in annual reports (ARs) is a positive predictor of better financial and non ...
Francesco Gangi, Daniele Angelo Previati, Lucia Michela Daniele, Giuseppe Galloppo   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Surface wear and roughness of experimental composites containing calcium orthophosphate particles following toothbrush abrasion

European Journal of Oral Sciences, EarlyView.
Abstract This study evaluated experimental composites containing dicalcium phosphate dihydrate (DCPD) particles for toothbrush wear and roughness. Composites containing bisphenol‐A glycidyl dimethacrylate/triethylene glycol dimethacrylate with 50 vol% inorganic fraction consisting of barium glass and DCPD (35:15 and 15:35 vol%) or barium glass only ...
Handially S. Vilela, Mariana C. A. Resende, Leticia O. Sakae, Amanda L. Campos, Tais Scaramucci, Roberto R. Braga   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Do Politically Connected Board Members Influence Firms' Debt Choices? Public Debt Versus Bank Debt

European Financial Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using a unique hand‐collected data set on the political connections of board members of S&P 1500 companies, we find that board members with stronger government ties are positively associated with firms' preference for public debt over bank debt.
Mustapha Douch, Fernando Moreira, Gan Wang   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Modelling of impact damage and permanent indentation on laminate composite plate [PDF]

, 2010
This paper deals with impact damage and permanent indentation modelling. A model enabling the formation of damages developing during a low velocity / low energy impact test on laminate composite panels has been elaborated.
Barrau, Jean-Jacques, Bouvet, Christophe, Rivallant, Samuel   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Influence of Social Determinants of Health on Adherence to Lifestyle Modifications in Individuals With Prediabetes: A Mixed Methods Study

Journal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim To explore the relationship between social determinants of health and adherence to lifestyle recommendations, and how these determinants can help explain contextual and interpersonal factors contributing to adherence among individuals with prediabetes.
Ana Carvalho‐Azevedo, Manuela Abbate, Sergio Fresneda, María Arias‐Fernández, Aina Huguet‐Torres, Cristina Moreno‐Mulet, Aina M. Yañez, Miquel Bennasar‐Veny   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Periodontitis and Periodontal Conditions in Systemically Healthy Children and Adolescents

Journal of Clinical Periodontology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To answer the PICoS question ‘in systemically healthy children and adolescents (Population), what are the main features of periodontitis, necrotising periodontal diseases (NPD) and other periodontal conditions (periodontal abscesses, endo‐periodontal lesions, traumatic occlusal forces, prosthesis‐ and tooth‐related factors ...
Inbar Eshkol‐Yogev, Nagore Ambrosio, Cheryl Somani, Elena Figuero, Lior Shapira, Janet Davies   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Self‐Adhesive Flowable Resin Composites—Are We Going Somewhere?

Journal of Esthetic and Restorative Dentistry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To map laboratory/clinical evidence on self‐adhesive flowable resin composites (SAFRCs), tracing their chemical evolution, performance, and behavior, and to identify gaps that must be addressed to drive their optimization. Overview A comprehensive literature search was performed in PubMed/MEDLINE, Scopus, and LILACS without language ...
António H. S. Delgado, Miguel Alves, Inês Pires, Marta Nunes Ferreira, Carlos Enrique Cuevas‐Suárez   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Elements of Cellular Blind Interference Alignment --- Aligned Frequency Reuse, Wireless Index Coding and Interference Diversity

, 2012
We explore degrees of freedom (DoF) characterizations of partially connected wireless networks, especially cellular networks, with no channel state information at the transmitters.
Jafar, Syed A.
core  

Carbon Pricing versus Green Finance

The Journal of Finance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Green finance—including environmental, social, and governance investing and sustainable finance regulations—is widespread, but can it substitute for carbon pricing in fighting climate change? In a unified model, I show that (i) when carbon prices reflect the social cost of carbon, green finance should not be used; (ii) when carbon prices are ...
LASSE HEJE PEDERSEN
wiley   +1 more source

Learning Random Access Schemes for Massive Machine-Type Communication With MARL

IEEE Transactions on Machine Learning in Communications and Networking
This paper investigates various multi-agent reinforcement learning (MARL) techniques for designing grant-free random access (RA) schemes suitable for low-complexity, low-power battery-operated devices in massive machine-type communication (mMTC ...
Muhammad Awais Jadoon, Adriano Pastore, Monica Navarro, Alvaro Valcarce   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source