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Climate Change Risk and Financial Market Response: An International Evidence From Performance Forecasts by Financial Analysts

Journal of Forecasting, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the effect of climate change exposure on analysts' forecasted stock performance operationalized by their actual recommendations. Our results indicate that firms with higher exposure to climate change receive less favorable recommendations from analysts.
Cyrine Khiari, Imen Khanchel, Hatem Rjiba, Josephat Daniel Lotto, Nazim Hussain   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Risk factors and pregnancy outcomes associated with placental malaria in a prospective cohort of Papua New Guinean women

Malaria Journal, 2017
Background Plasmodium falciparum in pregnancy results in substantial poor health outcomes for both mother and child, particularly in young, primigravid mothers who are at greatest risk of placental malaria (PM) infection.
Elvin Lufele, Alexandra Umbers, Jaume Ordi, Maria Ome-Kaius, Regina Wangnapi, Holger Unger, Nandao Tarongka, Peter Siba, Ivo Mueller, Leanne Robinson, Stephen Rogerson   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Factors Affecting Attendance at and Timing of Formal Antenatal Care: Results from a Qualitative Study in Madang, Papua New Guinea

PLoS ONE, 2014
Background Appropriate antenatal care (ANC) is key for the health of mother and child. However, in Papua New Guinea (PNG), only a third of women receive any ANC during pregnancy.
Erin V. W. Andrew, C. Pell, Angeline Angwin, Alma Auwun, Job Daniels, I. Mueller, S. Phuanukoonnon, R. Pool   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Breaking away from the land policy stalemate [PDF]

, 2015
Unlocking the potential of land is crucial for realising the development aspirations of the people of Papua New Guinea and the island nations of the Pacific, yet land policy development has largely been absent in these countries. Land is a political ‘hot
Levantis, Theo, Yala, Charles
core  

Wolf spiders of the Pacific region: the genus \u3ci\u3eZoica\u3c/i\u3e (Araneae, Lycosidae) [PDF]

, 2009
The wolf spider genus Zoica Simon 1898 is currently known only from the Indo-Australasian region, including India in the west to northern Western Australia and Papua New Guinea in the east.
Beatty, Joseph A., Berry, James W., Framenau, Volker W.   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

Foreign takeover protection and corporate social responsibility

Global Strategy Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Research Summary This study examines the impact of foreign takeover protection on firms' corporate social responsibility (CSR) following the enactment of investment screening laws worldwide. Drawing on research on intertemporal trade‐offs in managerial investment decisions, we argue that foreign takeover protection encourages protected firms ...
Dennis Wajda, Fengdian Yang, Wei Shi, Ruth V. Aguilera   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Acceptability of self-collected vaginal swabs and point-of-care testing for sexually transmitted and genital infections among pregnant women in Papua New Guinea

Global Public Health
The self-collection of vaginal swabs and point-of-care testing and treatment of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) is reported from several low-and middle-income countries. However, the reporting on women’s experiences of self-collection and same-day
Lisa M. Vallely, Priscilla Poga, Michaela A. Riddell, Handan Wand, Alice Mengi, Steven G. Badman, John Bolnga, Delly Babona, William S. Pomat, Somu Nosi, Andrew J. Vallely, Angela Kelly-Hanku   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

One size does not fit all: HIV prevalence and correlates of risk for men who have sex with men, transgender women in multiple cities in Papua New Guinea

BMC Public Health, 2019
Background Biobehavioral data about men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender women (TGW) in Papua New Guinea (PNG) are limited to those who sell sex.
Avi J. Hakim, Kelsey Coy, Steven G. Badman, Barne Willie, Rebecca Narokobi, Josephine Gabuzzi, Simon Pekon, Martha Kupul, Parker Hou, Herick Aeno, Ruthy Neo Boli, Joshua Nembari, Sophie Ase, Angelyne Amos, Nick Dala, Damian Weikum, Steven Callens, John M. Kaldor, Andrew J. Vallely, Angela Kelly-Hanku, on behalf of the Kauntim mi tu Study Team   +20 more
doaj   +1 more source

The direct medical cost of trauma aetiologies and injuries in a resource limited setting of Papua New Guinea: A prospective cost of illness study

The Lancet Regional Health. Western Pacific, 2022
Summary: Background: Injuries are a significant public health concern globally. Papua New Guinea has failed to achieve all eight health millennium development goals, and in doing so has not prioritized injuries in previous health policies. Understanding
Ian Umo, Kennedy James, Fiona Didilemu, Benard Sinen, Isaiah Borchem, Dominic Inaido, Rodger Ikasa   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Revisiting the taxonomy and nomenclature of Phyla, a small genus of Verbenaceae

Nordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Phyla is unique within Verbenaceae due to the presence of malpighiaceous hairs. Its taxonomy has long been marked by difficulties in defining species boundaries. The most recent revision of the genus recognized five species and three varieties. In this study, however, we recognize only two species and no varieties: P.
Pedro Henrique Cardoso, Nataly O'Leary, Marcelo Trovó, Fátima Regina Gonçalves Salimena   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source