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Global patterns and trends in kidney cancer incidence and mortality
International Journal of Cancer, EarlyView.What's New? Decreasing mortality from kidney cancer in developed countries contrasts with persistently high or rising mortality in less‐developed regions. Factors underlying this widening gap remain incompletely understood. Using GLOBOCAN 2022 data, the present study examined patterns in kidney cancer incidence and mortality worldwide and the relation ...
Anton Barchuk +5 more
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Impact of Sovereign Debt Maturity on Fiscal Sustainability
International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study is the first to investigate the impact of the term structure of public debt on fiscal sustainability. We adopt the widely used backward‐looking measure of fiscal sustainability—fiscal responsiveness as proposed by Bohn. Using data from De Graeve and Mazzolini and focusing on a sample of 19 most developed countries, we demonstrate ...
António Afonso +3 more
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International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.Abstract Objective This study identifies and describes global caesarean section (CS) training practices, comparing high‐income countries (HIC) and low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMIC). Methods A convergent parallel mixed‐methods study was conducted with a cross‐sectional survey.
Liesl de Waard +4 more
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Major Cybersecurity Breaches: Shaping Corporate Cybersecurity Policies and Closing the Gaps
Journal of Corporate Accounting &Finance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT As digitalization accelerates, cybercrime has intensified in both scale and impact over the past two decades. This study aims to critically examine major cybersecurity events, assess them through the lens of routine activity theory, examine insight from three other established criminological and organizational theories, and address central ...
Laura K. Rickett, Deborah Smith
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Fiber Reinforcement of Soft Spider Silk Hydrogels
Macromolecular Rapid Communications, EarlyView.Along the development of matrices for biomedical applications, precise tuning of the biomaterial to interact with specific cell types/tissues is essential. The fabrication of fiber mesh‐reinforced soft hydrogels made of recombinant spider silk proteins allows for the adjustment of mechanical properties and hydrogel porosity, leading to improved cell ...
Christina Heinritz, Thomas Scheibel
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International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Studying goose domestication through archaeological finds has been challenging due to the similar skeletal morphology of the European domestic goose and its wild progenitor, the greylag goose (Anser anser). We analyzed stable carbon (δ13C) and nitrogen (δ15N) isotopes from bone collagen of subfossil domestic and potentially domestic geese to ...
Johanna Honka +7 more
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Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Women remain significantly underrepresented in political leadership worldwide. This study examines how different combinations of government accountability mechanisms enhance women's political representation (WPR) as a pathway to leadership in 30 OECD countries.
Samira Nazar, Seyed Ashkan Zarghami
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People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Protected areas represent complex social‐ecological systems that require governance and management approaches that valorise and enhance positive relationships between people and nature. This study analyses the alignment between social and ecological systems to detect the social‐ecological fit of projects focused on biodiversity conservation ...
Elena Andriollo +4 more
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People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Volunteers have been involved in nature observations for decades through citizen science initiatives, providing large data sets as well as problem identification that allow a more complete understanding of many natural phenomena. Although communication is a core component in citizen science, the key factors that determine its effectiveness in ...
Kristiina Gibson +18 more
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Status and future of seed conservation of threatened plants in the post‐2020 era
PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.Ambitious targets have been set to backup seeds of threatened plants by the global strategy for plant conservation (GSPC), but it is unclear in how far these targets have been met and how seed collection should be organized to meet future challenges. Here, we provide an overview of the status of 44 countries in achieving seed conservation targets.
Andreas Ensslin +130 more
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