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ESG Assurance and Dividends: Evidence From 18 Countries in Africa

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the impact of environmental, social and governance (ESG) assurance on a firm's dividend payout policies within the unique African context. Using a staggered difference‐in‐differences (DiD) model, this study examines how voluntary third‐party assurance of ESG reports influences firms' dividend payout policies compared to ...
Samuel Karanja Kogi, June Cao
wiley   +1 more source

Activating Transcription Factor 1 (ATF1) Immunohistochemical Marker Distinguishes HCCC from MEC

open access: yesJournal of Molecular Pathology, 2023
The study aimed to compare 15 cases of mucoepidermoid carcinoma (MEC) and 15 cases of hyalinizing clear cell carcinoma (HCCC) using immunohistochemical staining and molecular analysis.
Wafaey Badawy   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Framing Modern Slavery: Do Stakeholders Talk Past Each Other?

open access: yesCanadian Journal of Administrative Sciences / Revue Canadienne des Sciences de l'Administration, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Modern slavery literature has thus far mostly adopted a downstream perspective, in the sense that researchers investigated corporate actors' responses after the enactment of transparency legislation. The common finding is that corporate disclosure is poor and ineffective, contributing to a failure to eradicate modern slavery.
Sylvain Durocher   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Restricted Tweedie stochastic block models

open access: yesCanadian Journal of Statistics, EarlyView.
Abstract The stochastic block model (SBM) is a widely used framework for community detection in networks, where the network structure is typically represented by an adjacency matrix. However, conventional SBMs are not directly applicable to an adjacency matrix that consists of nonnegative zero‐inflated continuous edge weights.
Jie Jian, Mu Zhu, Peijun Sang
wiley   +1 more source

Using probiotics to improve the utilization of chopped dried date palm leaves as a feed in diets of growing Farafra lambs

open access: yesFrontiers in Veterinary Science, 2022
The study determined the ability of three probiotics to improve the nutritional value of date palm leaves in diets of growing lambs. Twenty male Farafra lambs (26 ± 0.33 kg) were randomly allocated to one of four treatments (n = 6) and fed: a control or ...
Hatem A. Hamdon   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

States and Social Complexity: The Indus Valley (Harappan) Civilisation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
This article explores 'statehood' and argues Indus Valley (Harappan) Civilisation was not a state like contemporary Sumer and Egypt were, despite being equally complex - hence calling for revision of the unilineal anthropological model culminating in the
Riisfeldt, Thomas David
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Do CSR Committees Moderate the Relationship Between Democratic Societies and Firm Innovation? An International Overview

open access: yesCorporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study is to provide evidence of the impact of civil liberties and political rights on corporate innovation, through the lens of institutional theory. Moreover, the research also analyses the moderating role of the CSR committee in the relationships between civil liberties and innovation, and political rights and innovation.
Isabel Gallego‐Álvarez   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

New Dipinti in the Birth Portico of the Hatshepsut Temple at Deir el-Bahari

open access: yesÉtudes et Travaux (Institute des Cultures Méditerranéennes et Orientales de l'Académie Polonaise des Sciences), 2018
The subject of the present paper are two hitherto unpublished hieratic dipinti from the Birth Portico of the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari.
Mirosław Barwik
doaj   +1 more source

Funerary Processions in Egypt from The Old Kingdom till The New Kingdom. [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Association of Arab Universities for Tourism and Hospitality, 2019
Representation of the funeral rites on the walls of various tombs of Nobles was a common feature throughout ancient Egypt. Painted and inscribed pictorial scenes of funerary rituals appear in all periods from the Old through New Kingdoms.  The purpose of the funerary rituals was to elevate the mortal to the superhuman (Hays, 2010).
Moataz Al- Mahdy   +2 more
openaire   +1 more source

Two Pillars of My Path in Cytopathology: Mentorship From Training to Practice

open access: yesDiagnostic Cytopathology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Mentorship has been a cornerstone of my professional development in cytopathology, shaping both my diagnostic acumen and academic identity. Under the guidance of Dr. Claire Michael during residency and fellowship, I was introduced to a culture of intellectual rigor, systems thinking, and continuous improvement.
Hamza N. Gokozan
wiley   +1 more source

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