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‘I was treated as a deficit’: Immigrant teachers' career progression in Australia

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Immigrant teachers have long been recruited through skilled and employer‐sponsored migration schemes to address teacher shortages in Australia, yet their career trajectories remain constrained by systemic inequities that limit their integration and professional development opportunities.
Ching Ting Tany Kwee, Hoa Thi Mai Nguyen, Tony Loughland   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Myopia: a review of current concepts, association with nonophthalmological conditions, and treatment strategy in children and adolescents [PDF]

Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
Myopia, among the most common vision disorders worldwide, is projected to affect approximately 50% of the world's population by 2050. Its prevalence is particularly high in East Asia, posing a considerable public health challenge.
Yeon Woong Chung
doaj   +1 more source

Effectiveness of modern methods of controlling myopia progression: a review

The myopia epidemic is becoming a more serious problem every year, increasingly affecting children and adolescents. Consequently, it is predicted that a significant percentage of the adult population will be myopic within the coming years. Current animal
Anna Przekoracka-Krawczyk, Maria Padurska, Monika Wojtczak-Kwaśniewska   +2 more
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Sectoral Heterogeneity in Corporate Biodiversity Disclosure: Evidence from Chinese Listed Companies Across Industries, 2001–2023

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines sectoral heterogeneity in corporate biodiversity disclosure (CBD) among Chinese listed firms over the period 2001–2023. Drawing on stakeholder, institutional, and resource dependency theories, it investigates how environmental exposure, ownership structures, and market dynamics influence biodiversity risk recognition and ...
Orkun Bayram, Irmak Aksoy, Yavuz Selim Balcıoğlu   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Free Trade Zones and Corporate ESG: Evidence From a Quasi‐Natural Experiment in China

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how China's Pilot Free Trade Zones (FTZs) influence corporate ESG performance. Using a staggered difference‐in‐differences model on Chinese listed firms from 2009 to 2024, we combine coarsened exact matching (CEM) and geography‐based instrumental variables to ensure robust identification.
Wen Li, Yinghan Zhao, Brian Lucey
wiley   +1 more source

Violet Light Exposure Can Be a Preventive Strategy Against Myopia Progression

EBioMedicine, 2017
Prevalence of myopia is increasing worldwide. Outdoor activity is one of the most important environmental factors for myopia control. Here we show that violet light (VL, 360–400 nm wavelength) suppresses myopia progression.
Hidemasa Torii, Toshihide Kurihara, Yuko Seko, Kazuno Negishi, Kazuhiko Ohnuma, Takaaki Inaba, Motoko Kawashima, Xiaoyan Jiang, Shinichiro Kondo, Maki Miyauchi, Yukihiro Miwa, Yusaku Katada, Kiwako Mori, Keiichi Kato, Kinya Tsubota, Hiroshi Goto, Mayumi Oda, Megumi Hatori, Kazuo Tsubota   +18 more
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Do Sustainability Committees Mitigate or Exacerbate ESG Decoupling?

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the impact of sustainability committees (SCs) on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) decoupling in US publicly listed firms. In particular, it examines their influence on overall and dimension‐specific (E, S, G) ESG decoupling and distinguishes their effects on internal versus external ESG actions.
Weite Qiu, Yuming Xuan, Maqsood Ahmad, Sunny Sun, Yang Jinghan   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Integrating Products, Processes, and Sourcing for Eco‐Innovation

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Eco‐innovation research has often examined regulatory or technological drivers but has paid limited attention to how long‐term organizational change shapes eco‐innovation in mature, resource‐intensive industries. This study addresses that gap by investigating how two leading Finnish pulp and paper firms integrated product, process, and ...
Misa Bakajic, Anand Nair, Markku Kuula
wiley   +1 more source

Whose Sustainability Counts? Board Governance, ESG Ratings, and Sustainable Development Goals: Evidence on the ESG–SDG Wedge

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Institutional investors increasingly rely on ESG ratings to evaluate financially material sustainability risks, while governments promote corporate alignment with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Because these frameworks differ substantially in capital market salience and monitoring intensity, board oversight may not ...
Mohamed Hegazy, Diego Prior, Mahmoud Zarea   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Five-Year Progression of Refractive Errors and Incidence of Myopia in School-Aged Children in Western China

Journal of Epidemiology, 2016
Background: To determine the change in refractive error and the incidence of myopia among school-aged children in the Yongchuan District of Chongqing City, Western China.
Wen-Jun Zhou
doaj   +1 more source