When Nature Counts: Corporate Biodiversity Attention and Access to Bank Finance
ABSTRACT This paper investigates whether corporate attention to biodiversity influences firms' access to bank loans, an overlooked question in the emerging biodiversity–finance literature. Using a novel, text‐based measure constructed from 446 biodiversity‐related keywords and applied to Chinese A‐share listed firms from 2000 to 2023, we show that ...
Ruxiao Li +3 more
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Preliminary assessment of toxic metals in cookware, moulding materials and soils from manufacturing sites in southwest Nigeria, with evaluation of cookware leaching potential. [PDF]
Abdulrasheed ZA, Adie GU, Iniaghe PO.
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Three biobased membranes are synthesized by crosslinking oxidized Kraft lignin with poly(ethylene glycol) diglycidyl ether of increasing molecular weights. After incorporation of solvated potassium salts, potassium batteries including these biobased gel polymer electrolytes are able to deliver a maximum specific capacity at 0.05 A g−1 as high as 130 ...
Giuseppe Pascuzzi +5 more
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Manganese-Zinc Synergy in Prussian Blue Analogues for Long-Cycle Aqueous Zinc-Ion Battery Cathodes. [PDF]
Pan J +9 more
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ABSTRACT Background Replacing a portion of polished rice with intermediate wheatgrass (IWG) could diversify raw materials for sake, but its effects on composition and fermentation outcomes are not well characterized. The objective of this study was to quantify how adjunct form (whole vs.
Takehiro Murai +2 more
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Strategic niobium integration and thermomechanical processing in the advancement of novel CMnSiAlPMo TRIP-aided bainitic steel. [PDF]
Refaiy H, El-Shenawy E, Kömi J, Ali M.
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Soaking Water Management Strategies for Enhanced Quality of Parboiled Rice
ABSTRACT Background and Objectives Parboiling is a hydrothermal process that alters rice physicochemical and nutritional properties. The soaking step is crucial, influencing off‐flavor formation, mineral retention, and effluent quality. This study evaluated five soaking water (SW) management strategies combining different frequencies and volumes of SW ...
Eliane Lemke Figueiredo +6 more
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Fixed Bed Chemical Looping beyond Gas Switching: Application to Dynamic Industrial Waste Gas Conversion. [PDF]
Furlong AJ +7 more
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Beyond the hype surrounding the self‐healing properties of gallium‐based liquid metals (Ga‐LMs), this perspective critically examines their functional roles in metal‐ion batteries, highlighting both their underlying merits and the often‐overlooked challenges, including non‐representative design and testing configurations, performance overestimations ...
Turly P. P. Sumanasekara +7 more
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A smart compliance validation framework for steel reinforcement in concrete structures using web extension technology. [PDF]
Nirmalambal U +5 more
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