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Advanced Science, EarlyView.Glaucoma, a major cause of blindness, involves retinal ganglion cell (RGC) degeneration. This study shows growth hormone‐releasing hormone receptor (GHRHR) deficiency preserves RGC survival and restores vision, unlike activation which only aids survival.
Yan Tong +24 more
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Why Pakistani Small and Medium Enterprises are Not Reporting on Sustainability Practices? [PDF]
Pakistan Journal of Commerce and Social Sciences, 2017 This paper seeks to understand why Pakistani SMEs are not reporting on sustainability practices. Also, this paper aims to understand the sustainability reporting patterns of SMEs worldwide.
Zeeshan Mahmood
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Advanced Science, EarlyView.A multifunctional mercaptosuccinic acid enables an ultrathin organic–inorganic SEI (Zn‐S‐RCOOH) that synergistically regulates interfacial water and accelerates Zn2+ transport. The optimized hydrogen‐bond environment and ZnS‐guided deposition suppress dendrites, corrosion, and by‐product formation, delivering ultrastable Zn cycling and high‐performance
Huaichong Sun +11 more
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Pakistan’s Nuclear Weapons Program and Implications for US National Security. [PDF]
, 2010 This article analyzes Pakistan’s nuclear weapons program and the characteristics of the environment in which the program is nested. These characteristics include Pakistan’s history of internal and external instability; nuclear saber rattling during ...
Tkacik, Michael
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Asymmetric Multi‐Site Ion Exchange in Porous Carbon Electrodes
Advanced Energy Materials, EarlyView.A lognormal‐distribution 2D EXSY NMR framework uncovers the full spectrum of ion dynamics in hierarchical porous carbons, bridging fast surface exchange and confined in‐pore transport—establishing structure–transport relationships for next‐generation energy storage, gas storage, and ion removal materials.
Henry R. N. B. Enninful +5 more
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Data for Thinking Healthy Programme Pakistan trial (THPP-Pakistan) [PDF]
, 2018 An anonymised dataset of 570 women (one row per woman) who gave informed consent to participate in a cluster randomised, parallel, superiority, controlled trial in Rawalpindi, Pakistan in 2014-2017. The intervention was an adapted version of the Thinking
Ahmad, Ikhlaq +7 more
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Livestock Tango: U.S. and Latin America Dance Together, but Who Will Lead?
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines the competitiveness between Latin American and U.S. livestock and meat sectors. We employ a computable general equilibrium modeling framework to evaluate two scenarios: coordinated improvements in Latin American productivity, transport efficiency, and market access (Scenario I), and the minimum productivity gains required ...
Taís C. Menezes +2 more
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Sustainable Productivity Growth in Agriculture: The Role of Shifts in R&D Investments and Technology
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The objective of the paper is to evaluate the long‐term prospects of sustainable productivity growth linked to plausible assumptions on public agricultural R&D investments as the key productivity driver. Second, it investigates the role of changing R&D focus from yield maximization to input saving technologies (fertilizers and pesticides). The
Zuzana Smeets Křístková +4 more
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Honour killings: Islamic and human rights perspectives [PDF]
, 2005 The issue of honour killing has become very acute in the Muslim countries/Asia in general and has got the attention of media and human rights groups in Pakistan in particular.
Shah, Niaz
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study investigates the financial literacy (FL) of Swedish farmers, its linkages to farmer characteristics, management accounting practices and farm outcomes by surveying Swedish Farm Accountancy Data Network farmers. Using item response theory, we expand the existing FL measurement specifically to the farming context, assess measurement ...
Uliana Gottlieb, Helena Hansson
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