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El aprendizaje autónomo en los estudiantes de español como lengua extranjera en el espacio postsoviético: el caso de Kazajistán [PDF]

open access: yesmarcoELE. Revista de Didáctica Español Lengua Extranjera, 2019
El trabajo que hemos llevado a cabo trata de aclarar qué instrumentos emplean y qué actividades realizan los estudiantes de español como lengua extranjera del espacio postsoviético y, más concretamente, los aprendientes kazajos, para continuar la ...
Gutiérrez Rubio, Enrique
doaj  

Climate Vulnerability and Renewable Energy Consumption: The Moderating Role of Financial Development

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the nexus between climate vulnerability (CVUL) and renewable energy consumption (RECO) and tests the moderating effect of financial development (FD) on this relationship. The analysis is, particularly, relevant for the 162 panel countries observed between 1995 and 2022, which face diverse climate risks and exhibit ...
Sorin Gabriel Anton
wiley   +1 more source

The Future of Nuclear Energy: Facts and Fiction: An update using 2009/2010 Data [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
An update of our 2009 study, "The Future of Nuclear Energy, Facts and Fiction" using the 2009 and the available 2010 data, including a critical look at the just published 2009 edition of the Red Book, is presented. Since January 2009, eight reactors with
Dittmar, Michael
core  

Leading Sustainable Competitive Advantage From Within: An Analysis of the Mining Industry

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sustainability has emerged as a critical global challenge, compelling industries to integrate environmental considerations into their core strategies. The main objective of this study is to examine the direct influence of green transformational leadership and the mediating roles of green knowledge management and green motivation in achieving a
Zhadyra Konurbayeva   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sustainable Foreign Direct Investment in Emerging Markets: The Institutional Drivers of Firms' Climate Action

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how home‐ and host‐country institutions jointly shape the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) on firms' climate action commitments (CAC) in emerging markets. Drawing on New Institutional Economics and Varieties of Capitalism, we conceptualize FDI as a mechanism of institutional transmission through which multinational
Jose Pla‐Barber, David Tobón‐Orozco
wiley   +1 more source

Does Economic Growth Drive Equitable Water and Sanitation Access? Assessing Inequality Reduction Across 64 Nations

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines whether economic growth reduces inequalities in access to water and sanitation across 64 countries over an average period of 13.5 years. Drawing on disaggregated data by income quintiles and rural–urban location, and employing ordinary least squares (OLS), two‐stage least squares (2SLS), and Seemingly Unrelated Regression
Marcos García‐López   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ethnicity and Elections under Authoritarianism: The Case of Kazakhstan [PDF]

open access: yes
Despite the ethnicisation of power since independence in 1991, Kazakhstan has managed to maintain political stability without experiencing large-scale mobilisation to oppose Kazakh domination.
Oka, Natsuko
core  

Electrocution of raptors at power lines in Central Kazakhstan [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Along three transects of medium voltage power lines in the steppe of Central Kazakhstan, surveys for bird casualties were carried out in summer 2006 in order to estimate the quantitative and qualitative impact of power lines on bird mortality in this ...
Lasch, Ulrike   +2 more
core  

Achieving Sustainable Development Goals Through Social Life Cycle Assessment: A Case Study of Portuguese Forest Wood Supply Chains

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Social considerations are often overlooked in efforts to achieve sustainable development, despite being critical for building equitable and resilient global value chains. This study addresses this gap by applying a social life cycle assessment to three key Portuguese forest wood supply chains—uncoated woodfree paper, natural cork stoppers, and
Andreia Santos   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Probing the Energy Trilemma Pillars: Do Innovation Pathways Deliver Cleaner and More Equitable Energy Systems?

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Balancing reliable energy supply, equitable access, and environmental sustainability is a central challenge of the global energy transition. This study examines how innovation influences the energy trilemma by shaping energy security, energy equity, and environmental sustainability across 115 countries from 2011 to 2023.
Kingsley Imandojemu   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

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