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Through Time and Across Traits: Evaluating Explanations of Human Evolution. [PDF]
Evol AnthropolABSTRACT We argue that current explanatory practice misses two situations that can arise in any lineage, not only ours. The first is dynamic: traits continue changing in one direction when a lineage's own niche construction keeps enlarging the problem it faces.
Ben-Dor M, Barkai R.
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New Results From the Pre‐Pottery Neolithic Site of Al Uyaynah, Tabuk, in Northwestern Saudi Arabia
Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Al Uyaynah is a low sandstone mound on an alluvial plain, long known for its extensive surface remains of stone‐built circular and rectangular structures. Following test excavations in 2012, more detailed excavation was undertaken in 2016 within one of the largest rectangular stone structures.
Khalid Alasmari +6 more
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JISR Management and Social Sciences & Economics, 2015 Why the financial structure is still believed to be relevant within business firms? A number of competing theories have been developed for explaining this question. The three theories that stand out are Pecking order, Trade off and Agency cost.
Fazal Husain, Sajid Gul
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New Pecking Order Financing for Innovative Firms: an Overview [PDF]
The paper try to modify traditional pecking order. For this reason the role of venture capital as private equity financing is taken into account particularly for young innovative firms.pecking order; venture capital; innovative ...
SAU, Lino
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Brand Capital and Leverage Adjustments
Accounting &Finance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Using a sample of U.S. firm‐year observations, we document a positive association between brand capital and the speed of leverage adjustment. This relationship is stronger among firms that exhibit greater opacity in their information disclosure, weaker governance, and more rigid financial constraints.
Tongxia Li, Chun Lu, Lei Xu, Bo Yu
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The Analysis of Capital Structure Theories in Emerging Markets [PDF]
International Journal of Management, Accounting and EconomicsThe primary purpose of this paper is to verify the basic assumptions according to the pecking order and Trade-off theory for the capital structure in listed firms on KSA, Iran, and the Iraq Stock Exchange of West Asian countries.
Saad Faysal
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Australian Endodontic Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to compare three delivery methods of a hydraulic calcium silicate cement‐based sealer by quantifying voids using the single‐cone technique. Forty‐eight human mandibular molars were instrumented and scanned using micro‐computed tomography.
Yasmina Andreani +4 more
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The Anthropocene and the End of Nuclear Disaster: Normalizing the Fukushima Nuclear Accident
American Anthropologist, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article places the concept of disaster in critical dialogue with that of the Anthropocene, which introduces new imaginaries that negatively affect the governance of crises like nuclear accidents. I argue that tropes surrounding the Anthropocene can depict certain events as apocalyptic calamities while also portraying other events as mere “
Maxime Polleri
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Signaling Credit Risk in Agriculture: Implications for Capital Structure Analysis [PDF]
Signaling is an important element in the lender-borrower relationship that influences the cost and availability of debt capital to agricultural borrowers.
Barry, Peter J. +2 more
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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
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