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Life expectancy, long-term care demand and dynamic financing mechanism simulation: an empirical study of Zhejiang Pilot, China

BMC Health Services Research
Background China has piloted Long-Term Care Insurance (LTCI) to address increasing care demand. However, many cities neglected adjusting LTCI premiums since the pilot, risking the long-term sustainability of LTCI.
Xueying Xu, Yichao Li, Hong Mi
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Emerging Trends and Challenges in Supply Chain Management and Sustainability

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The global emphasis on sustainability has been reinforced by international strategies, such as the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals proposed in the 2030 Agenda. These strategies have prompted a significant transformation in business management practices, leading to the integration of responsible approaches throughout the supply ...
Isabel Castillo‐Pérez, Nieves Perez, Francisco Jesús Gálvez‐Sánchez, Antonia Ruiz‐Moreno   +3 more
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(In)justice in Smart Cities: Barriers and an Integrative Framework for Solution Pathways From a Global Perspective

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Smart city initiatives aim for sustainability and inclusiveness, but recent evidence shows that they often lead to injustices. Although this contradiction has received growing academic attention, a comprehensive understanding of how justice is addressed within smart city practices remains limited.
Md. Nazmul Haque, Emilio Costales, Dominik Beckers, Ayyoob Sharifi, Samar Aad, Luca Mora   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Leaf Optical Responses to Light and Soil Nutrient Availability in Temperature Deciduous Trees [PDF]

, 2005
Leaf optical parameters influence light availability at the cellular, leaf, and canopy scale of integration. While recent studies have focused on leaf optical responses to acute plant stress, the effects of changes in plant resources on leaf optics ...
Baltzer, Jennifer L., Thomas, Sean C.
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The Nexus Between Circular Economy and Sustainable Supply Chain Management: PRISMA Methodology

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The intersection of sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) and circular economy (CE) has attracted increasing academic and practical attention, emphasizing the need for integrated sustainability approaches. This study employs the PRISMA protocol and conceptualizes the CE–SSCM relationship as a dynamic system in which internal capabilities,
Feriel Barkaoui, Khaled Ben abdallah
wiley   +1 more source

Smoothing and projecting age-specific probabilities of death by TOPALS

Demographic Research, 2012
BACKGROUND TOPALS is a new relational model for smoothing and projecting age schedules. The model is operationally simple, flexible, and transparent.
Joop de Beer
doaj  

New venture team stability and long‐run organizational growth

Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Research Summary We explore the impact of new venture team (NVT) stability on long‐run organizational growth. With an instrumental variable design, we leverage a matched employer‐employee dataset of all Danish new ventures from 1981 to 1997. We find strong evidence that NVT stability has a positive effect on organizational growth in employees ...
Jerry Guo, Anders Frederiksen, Lars Frederiksen   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Factors affecting e-government adoption in the state of Qatar [PDF]

, 2010
Electronic government (e-government) initiatives are in their early stages in many developing countries and faced with various issues pertaining to their implementation, adoption and diffusion.
Al-Shafi, S, Weerakkody, V
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Non-vanishing Magnetic Flux through the Slightly-charged Kerr Black Hole

, 2000
In association with the Blanford-Znajek mechanism for rotational energy extraction from Kerr black holes, it is of some interest to explore how much of magnetic flux can actually penetrate the horizon at least in idealized situations.
A. Papapetrou, A.R. King, B. Carter, Chul Hoon Lee, D. Macdonald, F.J. Ernst, H.K. Lee, Hongsu Kim, Hyun Kyu Lee, J. Bicak, J. Bicak, J.M. Bardeen, M.H.P.M. van Putten, M.J. Rees, R.D. Blandford, R.L. Znajek, R.M. Wald, S.A. Teukolsky, S.A. Teukolsky, V.I. Dokuchaev, W. Kinnersley, W.H. Press   +21 more
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Heart Rate as an Indicator of Stress in Gotland's Russ Horses

Zoo Biology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Animal welfare concerns both the physical and mental wellbeing of animals so the assessment of animals kept in captivity, for example zoos, is important and necessary both legally and ethically. Good welfare is especially vital when breeding endangered species as stress impairs reproductive investment.
Isidora Dundjerovic, Lynne U. Sneddon
wiley   +1 more source