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Rescaling the Developmental State: Competitive Shrinkage Governance and the Spatial Restructuring of Higher Education in South Korea

Asia Pacific Viewpoint, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Against the backdrop of sustained demographic contraction across the Asia‐Pacific, the developmental state (DS) paradigm, long premised on growth, faces profound challenges. While existing research on shrinking regions focuses on urban planning, little attention has been paid to how the state restructures its spatial power under contraction ...
Li Mingfeng
wiley   +1 more source

The Pecking Order Theory: Evidence from Malaysia [PDF]

The pecking-order theory of capital structure, which predicts that firms prefer internal to external finance, is one of the most influential theories of corporate leverage. This study examines whether the Malaysian listed companies follow a pecking order
Poon, Wei Leng
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Same Same, but Different: A Glossary of Carcino‐Entomology as a Basis for an Improved Communication and for a Modern View of Carcinology Encompassing Entomology

Acta Zoologica, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT One core aspect of science is communication, both among researchers as well as with the public. For successful communication, it is crucial that the terminology used is clear to avoid misunderstandings. Especially when researchers working on different groups of organisms communicate, they often use different terms for similar morphological ...
Joachim T. Haug, Carolin Haug
wiley   +1 more source

Challenges and Coping Strategies of Migrant Parents in Türkiye: A Qualitative Study

Child &Family Social Work, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This qualitative study explored the coping mechanisms used by 22 immigrant parents (nine men, 13 women) of Syrian, Iraqi, Afghan and Palestinian origin in Türkiye to cope with challenges related to food, shelter, healthcare and social exclusion while caring for their children.
Murat Altuntaş, Habibullah Akinci
wiley   +1 more source

The Pecking Order Theory: Evidence from Listed Firms in Nigeria

International Finance and Banking, 2015
Pecking order theory of capital structure demonstrates how managers could reduce inefficiency in the presence of information asymmetry in the source of finance. This study aims at a critical evaluation of the relevance of pecking order theory to firms, using the panel data of the listed firms on the Nigerian Stock Exchange.
Felix Babatunde Dada, Ben Ukaegbu
openaire   +2 more sources

The effect of optimized lighting conditions on feather pecking and production of laying hens [PDF]

, 2010
Feather pecking is one of the major problems in commercially kept laying hens.
Gunnink, H., Ruis, M.A.W., Reuvekamp, B.F.J., Binnendijk, G.P.   +3 more
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The State of the Art in Visualization Literacy

Computer Graphics Forum, EarlyView.
In this survey paper, we review 385 visualization literacy papers to understand the state of the field. We discuss 5 different types of research contributions, as well as 4 competency themes that capture the skills relevant to visualization literacy. Abstract Research in visualization literacy explores the skills required to engage with visualizations.
Matthew Varona, Karen Bonilla, Maryam Hedayati, Alark Joshi, Matthew Kay, Lane Harrison, Carolina Nobre   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The determinants of leverage; differences between quoted and non quoted firms. [PDF]

The design of capital structure in quoted companies has received much attention in the academic literature. Using panel data from quoted as well as non quoted Belgian companies, this paper investigates not only the determinants of capital structure, but ...
Van Hulle, Cynthia, Schoubben, Frederiek
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Larval character evolution in Holometabola (Insecta)

Cladistics, EarlyView.
Abstract Larvae, a novel type of immature stage, are a crucial innovation of the Holometabola. Larval features therefore provide key evidence for reconstructing evolutionary transformations in this megadiverse group. Here we present the first formal reconstruction of larval character evolution, using maximum parsimony and Bayesian ancestral‐state ...
Rolf Georg Beutel, Jakub Goczał, Di Li
wiley   +1 more source

Access to Credit and Employment Liquidation. Firm‐Level Evidence From Eastern and Central Europe (2001–2007)

Economics of Transition and Institutional Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article investigates the changes in the structure of employment in Central and Eastern European firms between 2001 and 2007, before the Global Financial Crisis and following the reforms in the labour and credit markets in these economies.
Elisabetta Magnani
wiley   +1 more source