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Contrasting roles of school and public libraries in lower primary pupils' reading
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Libraries represent an important institutional component of children's reading socialisation, yet their role is often treated as uniform despite substantial differences between school and public libraries. This study examines how visits to school and public libraries relate to pupils' reading attitudes, practices and self‐assessed reading ...
Kateřina Balcarová, Jiří Balcar
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Pupils in England who, for some reason, are not able to attend school often find themselves in Alternative Provision (AP). These are special arrangements designed to address their specific needs and help them return to mainstream schooling.
Nick Pratt +2 more
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract This paper analyses differences in academic achievement associated with attendance at publicly funded private schools and public schools across 11 European countries. Using eight waves of PISA data (2000–2022), we apply OLS, IPW and IPWRA estimators to account for observed heterogeneity and mitigate selection bias.
Priya Maurya +2 more
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Mathematics Serving Economics: A Historical Review of Mathematical Methods in Economics
SymmetryThis paper offers a historical review of the evolution of mathematical methods in economics, tracing their development from the earliest attempts in the 18th century to the sophisticated models of the late 20th century. The study begins by examining the initial integration of mathematical techniques into economic thought, highlighting key milestones ...
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Pectinase‐Based Bioprocesses for Circular Bioeconomy and Sustainable Industrial Development
Biotechnology and Bioengineering, EarlyView.This picture demonstrates a unified strategy for sustainable pectinase production, focusing on microbial bioproduction, innovative strategies in enzyme engineering (Protein engineering, rational enzyme design, directed evolution and heterologous expression) and various applications in industry, including food, textiles, pulp and paper, agriculture and ...
Nisha Sharma +6 more
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ESG Decoupling Phenomenon: A Systematic and Bibliometric Analysis
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT ESG decoupling, defined as the gap between a firm's ESG disclosures and its actual practices, poses a critical challenge to corporate sustainability. Using the PRISMA protocol, 451 articles were selected for a comprehensive bibliometric and systematic literature review to map the intellectual structure and thematic evolution of the research on
Maryam Laeeq +2 more
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The transition to a circular economy (CE) has become a strategic priority for firms, yet empirical assessments of corporate circularity remain fragmented and heavily dependent on structured indicators or self‐reported metrics. This paper proposes a novel, text‐based circularity index derived from mandatory non‐financial statements of large ...
Giuseppe Pernagallo +2 more
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On the Existence of Evolutionary Learning Equilibriums
Sultan Qaboos University Journal for Science, 2011 The usual kinds of Fixed-Point Theorems formalized on the existence of competitive equilibrium that explain much of economic theory at the core of economics can operate only on bounded and closed sets with convex mappings. But these conditions are hardly
Masudul Alam Choudhury
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Contradictory Effects of Ethical Neutrality and Formalization of Economics
AlterEconomics, 2022 The article analyses the issues of ethical neutrality and excessive formalization in modern econo-mics, and their mutual influence. The author systematizes the contradictory effects of ethical neutrality and excessive formalization on the development of ...
Olga V. NIFAEVA
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Widespread digital adoption has challenged our understanding of how these tools reshape collaboration, trust and sustainability outcomes across different institutional and network contexts. As networks now pursue resilience and sustainable development in parallel, we map emerging research directions and identify how collaboration and ...
Ari Carisza Graha Prasetia +1 more
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