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Breaking point: Identifying the factors that predict suspension from school

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract School suspensions are associated with adverse educational and psychosocial outcomes, yet little is known about how structural disadvantage, relational factors, health behaviours, well‐being indicators and school‐level factors jointly predict suspension risk in England.
Stephanie Cahill, Roberto Vagnetti, Christopher Knowles, Emma Thornton, Qiqi Cheng, Neil Humphrey   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Histogram of willingness to pay (IRR) for drivers (a), Histogram of logarithm of willingness to pay (IRR) for drivers (b).

, 2014
Histogram of willingness to pay (IRR) for drivers (a), Histogram of logarithm of willingness to pay (IRR) for drivers (b).
Mojtaba Ganjali (550736), Hamid Soori (415987), Henry Le (667318), Elaheh Ainy (667317), Taban Baghfalaki (667319)   +4 more
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Formalising Sustainability Management as a Core Process Group in Project Management

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sustainability has become a strategic imperative for organisations, yet widely used project management standards such as the PMBoK sixth and seventh editions still do not formalise how sustainability should be embedded across project work. This gap matters because PMBoK‐based processes shape governance, roles, documentation and performance ...
Cinzia Dessi, Vincenzo Basile, Federica Caboni, Flavio De Trane   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Used building materials as secondary resources – Identification of valuable building material and automized deconstruction

Journal of Facade Design and Engineering, 2017
These days, we are constantly expecting more from the performance of the building envelope with regard to both comfort and ecological compatibility. Operational energy has been undergoing significant improvement, which in turn draws attention to the ...
Magdalena Zabek, Linda Hildebrand, Sigrid Brell-Cokcan, Matti Wirth   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Transcriptional Control of the Bradyrhizobium japonicum irr Gene Requires Repression by Fur and Antirepression by Irr*

Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2010
Bradyrhizobium japonicum Fur mediates manganese-responsive transcriptional control of the mntH gene independently of iron, but it also has been implicated in iron-dependent regulation of the irr gene.
Thomas H. Hohle, M. O'Brian
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Issue Construals and Corporate Water Stewardship

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In the face of mounting environmental and social pressures, the importance of responsible corporate water stewardship (CWS) should be evident, yet not all businesses are taking water management issues seriously. The aim of this study is to explore why differences in CWS persist, especially within industries facing similar resource challenges ...
Daina Mazutis, Mohamed Chelli, Sharon OSullivan, Katherine Hanly   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Can Private Equity Deliver on Its Societal Ambitions? What We Know and Don't Know About Environmental, Social, and Governance Factor Integration in Private Equity

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Private equity (PE) firms increasingly integrate environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors in investment decisions and raise impact funds to address sustainability challenges. We review and integrate the growing body of literature on why, when, and how PE fund managers incorporate ESG factors into their investment strategies and ...
Tjarda Molenaar, Christopher Wickert, Svetlana Khapova   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pluripotency of Wolbachia against Arboviruses: the case of yellow fever [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]

Gates Open Research, 2019
Background: Yellow fever outbreaks have re-emerged in Brazil during 2016-18, with mortality rates up to 30%. Although urban transmission has not been reported since 1942, the risk of re-urbanization of yellow fever is significant, as Aedes aegypti is ...
Marcele Neves Rocha, Myrian Morato Duarte, Simone Brutman Mansur, Bianca Daoud Mafra e Silva, Thiago Nunes Pereira, Talita Émile Ribeiro Adelino, Marta Giovanetti, Luis Carlos Junior Alcantara, Franciele Martins Santos, Victor Rodrigues de Melo Costa, Mauro Martins Teixeira, Felipe Campos de Melo Iani, Vivian Vasconcelos Costa, Luciano Andrade Moreira   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

Beyond Conventional Cost–Benefit Analysis to Integrated Sustainability Assessment in Additive Manufacturing

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Additive manufacturing (AM) adoption provides numerous benefits, including decentralised production, design flexibility, mass customisation, reduced material waste and lightweight designs. However, AM investment decisions are complex and challenging for manufacturers, and limited knowledge exists about the holistic assessment of relevant costs
Dilupa Nakandala, Premaratne Samaranayake, Muhammad Salman Asif, Richard Yang, Pauline Ross, Abdul Babar   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Economic Efficiency and Payback of Renewable Energy Projects

Proceedings of the International Conference on Applied Innovations in IT
This paper investigates the economic efficiency and payback performance of renewable energy investment projects, with a focus on solar and wind power plants.
Elyor Saitov, Ortikjon Mamasaliev, Madina Mirzakhmudova, Urazbay Erniyozov, Nurzhamal Aldasheva, Xinlei Chen, Ainura Khamzaeva, Dilfuza Umarova, Gulnara Mamedova   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source