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Maximizing the Economic, Environmental, and Social Impact of the Metaverse

Thunderbird International Business Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The metaverse is a transformative digital ecosystem with the potential to redefine economic, environmental, and social systems. This qualitative study examines how the metaverse and its enabling technologies—such as AR/VR, blockchain, and AI—might evolve to influence sustainability. Drawing on semi‐structured interviews with global experts and
Alessandro Lanteri, Mark Esposito, Massimiliano Cappuccio   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A scoping review exploring women's experiences of cardiometabolic pregnancy complications and future cardiovascular health implications. [PDF]

NPJ Cardiovasc Health
Xu W, Wisnewski M, Kindsvater C, Teede H, Moran LJ, Lang S.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Technology‐Enabled Cross‐Border Entrepreneurship: The Role of Digital Platforms in SME Expansion Through the Lens of Institutional Theory

Thunderbird International Business Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) face significant institutional barriers when expanding across borders, including regulatory constraints, financial accessibility issues, and market entry challenges. Institutional theory provides a useful framework for understanding how external regulative, normative, and cognitive institutional forces
Sharmin Nahar, Muntasir Alam
wiley   +1 more source

Leveraging known Pacific colonisation times to test models for the ancestry of Southeast Asians. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Almeida M, Gandini F, Rito T, Foody MG, Brandão A, Oliveira M, Olivieri A, Fichera A, Oteo-Garcia G, Zainuddin Z, Eng KK, Pomat W, Bryk J, Pereira L, Farr H, Pala M, Oppenheimer SJ, Richards MB, Soares P.   +18 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Revisiting the Association of Pesticide Exposure and Parkinson's Disease: Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

Environmental Toxicology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The association between pesticide exposure and Parkinson's disease (PD) is substantial, but heterogeneity in methodology and lack of categorization according to the type of exposure and pesticide classes in previous meta‐analyses impair the interpretation of data. This study aims to update evidence of the association between pesticide exposure
Pedro Henrique Passos da Silva, Jadson Silva Abreu, Rafael Sidônio Gibson Gomes, Hemengella Karyne Alves Oliveira, Artur F. S. Schuh, Ignacio F. Mata, Bruno Lopes Santos‐Lobato   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring the correlates of COVID-19 vaccination inequity: a global analysis using machine learning from a health economic lens. [PDF]

Front Health Serv
Mukherjee M.
europepmc   +1 more source

Posidonia oceanica Leaves as a Natural Filler for Poly(Butylene Succinate‐Co‐Adipate) Composites: Characterization and Biodegradation Assessment in Seawater

Journal of Vinyl and Additive Technology, EarlyView.
This study shows that incorporating 5–10 wt.% Posidonia oceanica, with or without micro‐talc, in PBSA preserves thermal stability, modifying crystallization behavior, and maintains good filler dispersion and interfacial adhesion. Mechanical properties are moderately stiffened.
Chiara Pedrotti, Damiano Rossi, Giovanni Raimondi, Riccardo Gallorini, Miriam Cappello, Irene Anguillesi, Marco Sandroni, Patrizia Cinelli, Maurizia Seggiani   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Kava consumption and the rise of sociopolitical complexity in Oceania. [PDF]

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
Hrnčíř V, Sheehan O, Claessens S, Gray RD.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Maternal glucocorticoids have persistent effects on offspring social phenotype irrespective of opportunity for social buffering

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
This study tests whether early‐life maternal association buffers offspring from the effects of prenatal stress in a facultatively social lizard. Despite clear effects of maternal glucocorticoids on growth and social behaviour, social associations did not mitigate these effects, revealing limits to social buffering in this species.
Kirsty J. MacLeod, Alix Bouffet‐Halle, Erik Wapstra, Tobias Uller, Geoffrey M. While   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Phylogenetic Analysis of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza H7 Viruses in Australia and New Zealand Suggests Local Viral Evolution. [PDF]

Vet Sci
Silaban J, Ogada S, Naseem MN, Baek YH, Song MS, Ommeh SC.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source