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Policy entrepreneurship for transformative governance
Abstract Scholarship is growing on societal transitions, describing radical societal change involving multiple sectors and scales, and transformative governance, describing how public, private, and civil society actors use tools of policy to pursue this fundamental change, aiming to build resiliency and sustainability.
Gwen Arnold+4 more
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Decentralized Wind Energy Systems as Catalysts for Urban Resilience: A Design Framework
ABSTRACT Confronting the escalating extreme weather events (EWEs) and intensifying winds, this study proposes an active response to these issues by exploring decentralized wind energy production for Peng Chau Island, Hong Kong. It integrates theoretical perspectives on energy democracy—empowering local communities through energy autonomy—and urban ...
Tian Cheng
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Across 35 studies, this systematic review and meta‐analysis explored the link between ultra‐processed foods (UPFs) and cognition. For children, higher consumption of UPFs was associated with poorer attention, executive functioning, fluid intelligence, and language; for adolescents, higher UPF consumption was associated with poorer executive functioning,
Lan Nguyen+5 more
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TAX EXEMPTIONS IN THE INCOME TAX [PDF]
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ABSTRACT This research intends to examine how renewable energy (REN) consumption and natural resource (RES) rents affect the environmental impact of consumption in Switzerland. Along with REN and RES, the study considers Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and participatory democracy as other independent variables of interest.
Muhammad Khalid Anser+3 more
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ABSTRACT The integration of energy transition, artificial intelligence, and the digital economy represents a significant shift in the global effort to combat energy poverty and offers innovative tools and approaches to increase energy access, efficiency, and affordability for underserved populations. This study examines the impact of energy transition,
Abdulmuttalip Pilatin+4 more
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From life cycle assessment to grass‐based agriculture: A review and application
Research scope, primary processes and key considerations of life cycle assessment in grass‐based agriculture. Abstract Life cycle assessment (LCA) serves as an essential tool for the quantitative evaluation of production efficiency, environmental impacts, and sustainability across the entire life cycle of grass‐based agricultural systems.
Yutong Li+7 more
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Insurance Expansion During Pregnancy
ABSTRACT We analyze how the abolition of cost‐sharing in health insurance affects pregnant women's gross spending on health care services using an exogenous policy change in Switzerland. Using non‐linear regression, we find that the policy slightly increases average gross spending, contrasting policymaker expectations of no impact on demand.
Philip Hochuli, Christian P. R. Schmid
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ABSTRACT This article examines the relationship between economic development and tobacco consumption in Spain, using the Kuznets Curve framework. Drawing on panel data from Spanish provinces (2002–2021), the findings confirm that GDP has a non‐linear effect on cigarette consumption.
Miguel Ángel Del Arco‐Osuna+3 more
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ABSTRACT In Australia, as in many other countries, people living in rural and remote areas experience poorer health outcomes and use less primary healthcare compared to urban populations. Aiming to reduce these inequities, in 2022 the Australian government increased rural‐based financial incentives for General Practitioners (GPs) to “bulk bill” (i.e ...
Karinna Saxby, Yuting Zhang
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