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Independent Board of Directors Group Faultlines and CSR: Evidence From India

open access: yesBusiness Ethics, the Environment &Responsibility, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study, leveraging group faultline and upper echelons theories, explores how relation and task‐based faultlines among independent board members influence CSR investment under the contingency effect of the financial slack of the firms. This study, leveraging the concept of group faultline and upper echelons, first hypothesizes how the supra‐
Arpita Agnihotri, Saurabh Bhattacharya
wiley   +1 more source

Love British Books 2012 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Middleton, Paul, Puzzovio, Carolyn
core  

Exercising Agency for a Better Future: Adolescents in Korea's Kinship Care

open access: yesChild &Family Social Work, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The literature on adolescents' perspectives on growing up in kinship care is limited. The study aims to explore the lived experiences of adolescents in grandparent kinship care by examining how they respond to adversity, build support and exercise agency. The study recruited 22 grandparent–adolescent pairs in a large Korean city.
Eunju Lee   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Differentiable Variable Fonts

open access: yesComputer Graphics Forum, EarlyView.
Abstract Typography is an essential component of visual communication. Editing and animating text appearance for graphic designs, title sequences, commercials, and logos remain highly skilled tasks requiring detailed, hands‐on efforts from pro artists. Automating these challenging manual workflows requires balancing the competing goals of maintaining a
Kinjal Parikh   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The plasticisation model of dye diffusion: Part 7

open access: yesColoration Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract Re‐evaluation using the Williams‐Landel‐Ferry equation, of exhaustion/fixation/adsorption data previously reported for four classes of anionic dye onto three different types of wool substrate, revealed that thermally activated dyeing/desorption behaviour is governed by the thermally regulated structural relaxation times of the respective water‐
Stephen M. Burkinshaw
wiley   +1 more source

The effect of seawater hardness on cotton fabric dyeing using reactive blue dye

open access: yesColoration Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract Oceans are an abundant source of water; their economic potential has not yet been fully exploited. In this context, the current study aims to apply seawater in the dyeing of cotton fabrics, evaluating the influence that total hardness has on the process results.
Iêda Letícia de Souza Ferreira   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Delipidisation of wool fibres and the subsequent beneficial properties of delipidised wool fibres

open access: yesColoration Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract Wool fibres are complex matrices of proteins and fatty acids/lipids found both internally and externally. 18‐methyleicosanoic acid (18‐MEA) is covalently bound to the surface of the fibre via a thio‐ester link, and is considered one of the most important lipids as it is responsible for the hydrophobic properties of wool fibres.
Jamie A. Hawkes, David M. Lewis
wiley   +1 more source

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