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Determinants of FinTech Equity Funding Flows: Evidence From a Global Perspective

International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study explores the factors affecting FinTech (Financial technology startups) equity financing and deals. Traditional and alternative financing are currently progressing together; however, alternative financing remains underexplored. Using panel data from 57 countries in 2010 to 2020 and one‐step difference generalised method of moments ...
Uttam Golder, Suborna Barua, Mohammad Zoynul Abedin, Douglas Akwasi Adu, Boru Ren   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

“No One Told You Life Was Gonna Be This Way”: A Qualitative Exploration of Friendship Expectations and Reality in University Life

Journal of Adolescence, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Young adulthood (ages 18–25) is a high‐risk period for loneliness, particularly during educational transitions. Loneliness has negative consequences for mental health, physical health, and educational achievement. Psychologists conceptualize loneliness as emerging from a discrepancy between expected and experienced social ...
Michael Priestley, Hannah Rachael Slack, Miss Madiha Islam, Delia Fuhrmann, Emily Long, Sarah Crook, Juliet Foster, Sophie Homer, Nicola Byrom   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sex, Stigma, and the Holy Ghost: The Black Church and the Construction of AIDS in New York City [PDF]

, 2010
This article examines the difficulties that a group of Black churches in New York City have had in addressing HIV/AIDS and how these challenges were overcome.
Harris, Angelique
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Minority Stress, Resilience, and Trouble Falling Asleep Among Gender and Sexual Minority Adolescents

Journal of Adolescence, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Gender and sexual minority adolescents experience greater stress and report worse sleep outcomes compared to their cisgender and/or heterosexual peers. Understanding how minority stress and resilience factors are linked to sleep health provides levers for improving sleep within these populations.
Will J. Beischel, René‐Marc Lavigne, Alexa Martin‐Storey, Jean‐Pascal Lemelin, Ryan J. Watson   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Revisiting Group Differences in High‐Dimensional Choices: Method and Application to Congressional Speech

Journal of Applied Econometrics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Gentzkow, Shapiro, and Taddy, Econometrica 87, no. 4, 2019 (henceforth GST), use a supervised text‐based regression model to assess changes in partisanship in US congressional speech over time. Their estimates imply that partisanship is far greater in recent years than in the past and that it increased sharply in the early 1990s.
Paul Hofmarcher, Jan Vavra, Sourav Adhikari, Bettina Grün   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Misunderstood: The Matthew Shepherd Hate Crime and its Intercultural Implications [PDF]

, 2012
The increasing vocalization by both supporters and opponents of homosexual rights has launched the topic into the spotlight, reenergizing a vibrant discussion that personally affects millions of Americans and which will determine the direction in which U.
Muir, Cameron
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Structural Vulnerability Framework: An Application to Professional Counselors

Journal of Counseling &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Professional counselors address systemic factors that underlie client wellness and utilization of counseling services. Despite growing attention toward social determinants of health and systems‐based perspectives for multiculturalism, social justice, and advocacy, employing counseling interventions to address structural inequities remains ...
Christian D. Chan, Jordan B. Westcott
wiley   +1 more source

Homosexual Orientation in Males: Evolutionary and Ethological Aspects

, 2001
Evolutionary theory proposes that adaptive traits are reproduced more successfully than maladaptive traits. Accordingly, natural selection should favour heterosexuality as it facilitates reproduction and the propagation of genes.
Fink, Bernhard, Grammer, Karl, Kirk-Smith, Michael, Muscarella, Frank   +3 more
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The Big Five and HEXACO Personality Traits as Predictors of Multicultural Counseling Competencies of Turkish Counselor Candidates

Journal of Counseling &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The diversity and unique psychological needs of individuals, groups, and communities have become challenging issues for the mental health profession. In light of these challenges, the extent to which mental health professionals can provide culturally appropriate psychological services has emerged as an important topic of research.
Cafer Kılıç
wiley   +1 more source

Informative Value of Non‐Financial Reports: Analyzing the Impact of Disclosure Format and Auditing

Journal of Corporate Accounting &Finance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Since the Non‐Financial Reporting Directive (NFRD) came into force in 2017, large, listed companies in the European Union (EU) are obliged to disclose non‐financial reports annually. Accordingly, Member States transposed the Directive into national law with country‐specific rules.
Simon Hirsch, Veronika Heichl
wiley   +1 more source