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Informal payments by patients in Croatia: benign custom or detrimental residue from socialism?
Croatian Review of Economic, Business and Social Statistics, 2019 Almost three decades after the collapse of the socialist system, numerous informal practices inherited from that period have remained deeply entrenched in the Croatian economy and society.
Franić Josip, Kojouharov Anton
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In response to growing global challenges, this study explores how social entrepreneurship within the Edible City movement contributes to building resilient, sustainable, and equitable urban food systems. Drawing on semistructured interviews with over 70 stakeholders across five cities—Berlin, Andernach, Oslo, Rotterdam, and Havana—we ...
Ina Säumel +6 more
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Nearest neighbor search on embeddings rapidly identifies distant protein relations
Frontiers in Bioinformatics, 2022 Since 1992, all state-of-the-art methods for fast and sensitive identification of evolutionary, structural, and functional relations between proteins (also referred to as “homology detection”) use sequences and sequence-profiles (PSSMs). Protein Language
Konstantin Schütze +6 more
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Reaching global net‐zero targets has become an urgent priority as businesses and nations face increasing pressure to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Achieving carbon neutrality in manufacturing supply chains requires comprehensive systemic changes across business processes.
Vimal K. E. K. +5 more
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A Spatial Econometric Analysis on the Impact of COVID-19 on Mortality Outcome
Economics and Business, 2020 The study develops and examines the spatial distribution of the Corona Virus Disease (COVID) on mortality outcomes using a global panel dataset of 79 countries. The empirical evidence is based on Fixed Effect (FE) and System Generalized Method of Moment (
Shobande Olatunji, Ogbeifun Lawrence
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How Consumers Contest Legitimacy: Skepticism Toward Corporate Social Responsibility
Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Consumer skepticism toward Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives operates not only as an individual‐level response but also as a societal governance mechanism that disciplines firms and reshapes organizational legitimacy. Drawing on in‐depth interviews with consumers in an emerging Latin American economy, this study advances an ...
Francine Zanin Bagatini +2 more
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Med Research, EarlyView.This study examined the relative contributions of modifiable risk factors to cardiovascular diseases in adults with hypertension. More favorable risk factor profiles were consistently associated with lower risks across all outcomes. Beyond blood pressure, nicotine exposure showed comparatively larger population attributable fractions.
Shengtao Wei +10 more
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COVID-19 school closures and mental health of adolescent students: Evidence from rural Mozambique
SSM - Mental Health, 2023 The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, entailing widespread school closures as well as acute disruptions to household livelihoods, had substantial consequences for adolescent well-being in low-income countries. We present novel evidence about the prevalence
Feliciano Chimbutane +4 more
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I12 EULAR/ACR SLE classification criteria: 5 years later
Lupus Science and MedicineMartin Aringer
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A Hero's Journey to Systemic Change: Developing Expertise in Agricultural Development
Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Experts in rural development and agrarian change wield considerable influence over programme design and delivery, directing resources and shaping trajectories towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Yet the pathways through which such expertise develops remain under‐examined. This study examines the journey to expertise among experts
Kirt Hainzer +7 more
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