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ESG Assurance and Dividends: Evidence From 18 Countries in Africa

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the impact of environmental, social and governance (ESG) assurance on a firm's dividend payout policies within the unique African context. Using a staggered difference‐in‐differences (DiD) model, this study examines how voluntary third‐party assurance of ESG reports influences firms' dividend payout policies compared to ...
Samuel Karanja Kogi, June Cao
wiley   +1 more source

Breeding Process Aimed at Dwarf Hops

open access: yesKvasný průmysl, 2016
Crossings aimed at breeding of new dwarf hop progenies were carried out within the international EUREKA project. Totally 22,327 genotypes were obtained.
Vladimír Nesvadba
doaj   +1 more source

Addressing Youth Perceptions of Harm in Marijuana Prevention Programming [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
The inverse relationship between perception of harm and substance use is clearly supported by decades of research – youth are less likely to engage in substance use when it is seen as harmful.
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Elucidating the Interplay Between Structure and Electrochemical Behavior in Lignin‐Based Polymer Electrolytes for Potassium Batteries

open access: yesBattery Energy, Volume 4, Issue 2, March 2025.
Three biobased membranes are synthesized by crosslinking oxidized Kraft lignin with poly(ethylene glycol) diglycidyl ether of increasing molecular weights. After incorporation of solvated potassium salts, potassium batteries including these biobased gel polymer electrolytes are able to deliver a maximum specific capacity at 0.05 A g−1 as high as 130 ...
Giuseppe Pascuzzi   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Investigation of properties of biologically active substances and their content in cones of ukrainian hop varieties

open access: yesAgricultural Science and Practice, 2018
Introduction. According to the data of foreign studies, prenyl fl avonoids and bitter substances of hop have signifi cant antioxidant, antiviral, antimicrobial, anti-infl ammatory and anti-carcinogenic properties. Methods.
L. Protsenko   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY OF HOP OIL EMULSION [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of the Institute of Brewing, 1976
Beer spoilage organisms added to hop oil emulsion rapidly die. Thus the emulsion is not a potential source of contamination of beer. However, the antimicrobial activity of the emulsion is insufficient to retard spoilage of beer contaminated from other sources.
openaire   +1 more source

Optimal model‐based design of experiments for parameter precision: Supercritical extraction case

open access: yesThe Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, EarlyView.
Abstract This study investigates the process of chamomile oil extraction from flowers. A parameter‐distributed model consisting of a set of partial differential equations is used to describe the governing mass transfer phenomena in a cylindrical packed bed with solid chamomile particles under supercritical conditions using carbon dioxide as a solvent ...
Oliwer Sliczniuk, Pekka Oinas
wiley   +1 more source

Czech aroma hop variety.

open access: yesKvasný průmysl, 2009
The variety Harmonie was first registered in the year 2004. It is a multiple hybrid with its origin in the varieties Saaz aroma variety (55%), Premiant (31%), Northern Brewer (12%) and Fuggle (2%). Red coloured hop bines and hop cones of cylindrical form
Karel KROFTA   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Preventing Obesity Among Preschool Children: How Can Child-Care Settings Promote Healthy Eating and Physical Activity? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Synthesizes research about current practices in, opportunities for, and promising strategies for promoting a healthy diet and regular physical activity in early childhood.

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Sudan at War With Itself: Civilian Devastation in the Civil War

open access: yesConflict Resolution Quarterly, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A civil war is raging in Sudan between the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) along with militia groups. Beginning on April 15, 2023, and continuing at least to this writing (October 15, 2025), civilian noncombatants have been subjected to bombings, beatings, torture, shootings, rape, and murder on a large scale. Since
Daniel Rothbart   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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