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Abstract ‘I have to share a bathroom’, I had so often murmured, almost with shame, as if I personally had been found unworthy of a bathroom of my own. Barbara Pym, Excellent Women (1952) For a single woman of a certain age, living alone in postwar London, austerity was more than a set of political and economic imperatives.
Charlotte Charteris
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Abstract Economic sanctions and consumer boycotts are common tools to punish organizations for undesirable behavior and attempt to coerce them to change their actions. However, these tools occasionally spill over beyond the intended recipients and affect guiltless supply chain members, jeopardizing the principles of diversity, equity, and inclusion in ...
Timofey Shalpegin +2 more
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Flame-Retardant and Hydrophobic Cotton via Alkoxysilyl-Functionalized Polysiloxanes, Cyclosiloxanes, and POSS with Surface Thiol-Ene Dithiophosphate Grafting. [PDF]
Przybylak M +5 more
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Abstract Germany is a corporate environment that is sceptical towards digitalization and work‐from‐home, and in which it is customary to separate professional and personal spheres of life. The COVID‐19 pandemic, and ensuing government‐mandated shutdowns, changed all that by inducing extensive work‐from‐home conditions for most of the white collared ...
Jasmin Mahadevan +3 more
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Reducing microplastic fiber shedding from hand-washed polyester. [PDF]
Goliad A, Au S, Golovin K.
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Stock Market Response to Private Corruption: The Moderation Role of Public Perceptions
ABSTRACT This study examines how corporate corruption events affect stock returns among European firms, focusing on the moderating role of public sector corruption perceptions measured by the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI). Using over 25,000 firm‐level events from 2007 to 2022, the study finds that corruption events lead to negative abnormal ...
Marta Alonso +3 more
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Harnessing fluorescence for advanced characterization of textile microfibre emissions. [PDF]
Allen E +6 more
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Can Central Bank Digital Currencies Promote the Internationalization of Currencies?
ABSTRACT Using multinational data (2000–2023), this study employed system GMM and fixed‐effects models to examine CBDC's impact on currency internationalization through a framework measuring ‘market acceptance’ and ‘policy drive.’ The results indicated that CBDC advancement significantly promotes currency internationalization.
Haodong Gu
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Surgeons' personal cloth scrub caps: harmless perk or implicit infection prevention risk? [PDF]
Hughes J, Pilc EM, Bridges C, Tuten HR.
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“When home is gone”: Challenges faced by families evacuated from war zones—a qualitative study
ABSTRACT Objective This qualitative study examined how forced evacuation during a national crisis disrupts parenting among families with adolescents. Background Parenting under displacement creates unique challenges, especially when caregivers face trauma, fear, and uncertainty.
Inbar Levkovich +1 more
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