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Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining, EarlyView.Abstract Biochar has attracted considerable attention in recent years for its wide‐ranging applications, particularly its role in carbon sequestration as a strategy to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions. Its emerging uses within the circular bioeconomy also position it as a valuable tool for environmental management, and ongoing research continues to ...
Jean Agustin Velasquez‐Pinas +6 more
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A typology of schools across the four nations of the United Kingdom: Class, race and geography
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract In this paper we analyse the hierarchical field of schools across the United Kingdom during the transition to university and suggest that there are five socially distinct clusters of schools. Our five‐cluster typology of UK schools is composed of an established group of elite private and state schools, schools for the white rural and suburban ...
Sol Gamsu, Håkan Forsberg
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, 2010 The concept of absence of opportunities for free lunches is one of the pillars in the economic theory of financial markets. This natural assumption has proved very fruitful and has lead to great mathematical, as well as economical, insights in ...
Kardaras, Constantinos
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The Virtues and Vices of Equilibrium and the Future of Financial Economics [PDF]
The use of equilibrium models in economics springs from the desire for parsimonious models of economic phenomena that take human reasoning into account. This approach has been the cornerstone of modern economic theory.
J. Doyne Farmer, John Geanakoplos
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Private supplementary education is burgeoning worldwide, and over 25% of English children have received private tutoring. The neoliberalisation of education and parents' responsibilisation for children's attainment have driven market growth, but not all can afford to participate.
Sarah L. Holloway +2 more
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Food banks in schools in England
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract This article investigates the number and distribution of food banks in schools in England. Drawing on a novel source of nationally representative data, we show that one in five schools operate a food bank. This amounts to over 4000 school‐based food banks across the country.
William Baker +2 more
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract This paper uses empirical data from a longitudinal qualitative study conducted with aspirant teachers in England to propose (re)definitions of the concepts of ‘status’ and ‘safety’ as a framework with which to understand and improve teacher recruitment.
Emily MacLeod
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Biodiversity Credits: An Overview of the Current State, Future Opportunities, and Potential Pitfalls
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Biodiversity credits are an emerging vehicle for pro‐environmental financing, yet much uncertainty remains around how and when they could boost biodiversity conservation. Here we define what biodiversity credits are and explore impact pathways through a proposed theory of change. Based on evidence from 34 pilot projects and a review of lessons
Sven Wunder +16 more
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Overview of utility-based valuation [PDF]
, 2010 We review the utility-based valuation method for pricing derivative securities in incomplete markets. In particular, we review the practical approach to the utility-based pricing by the means of computing the first order expansion of marginal utility ...
German, David
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT With the growing regulatory interest in supply chain carbon footprint, we provide a foundation for future enquiry into the role of green supply chain management (GSCM) on carbon accounting. We conduct a systematic literature review on a final set of 113 articles published between 2010 and 2024 using the Web of Science (WoS) and Scopus ...
Millie Liew, June Cao
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