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Out of China: Monumental Porcelain [PDF]
Working collaboratively with teams of local craftsmen in a Chinese manufactory in Jingdezhen, Aylieff has explored how technologies can be adapted to produce appropriate, original and unique contemporary sculptural expressions.
Aylieff, Felicity
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ESG Assurance and Dividends: Evidence From 18 Countries in Africa
ABSTRACT This study examines the impact of environmental, social and governance (ESG) assurance on a firm's dividend payout policies within the unique African context. Using a staggered difference‐in‐differences (DiD) model, this study examines how voluntary third‐party assurance of ESG reports influences firms' dividend payout policies compared to ...
Samuel Karanja Kogi, June Cao
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Embellishments were added inside the Basilica of Aquileia in the Renaissance, including a new floor, completed in the sixteenth century. Materials from previous furnishings, dating from the sixth to the twelfth century, were used for it.
Maurizio Buora
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Bas-relief modeling from RGB monocular images with regional division characteristics. [PDF]
Wu X, Zhao Y, Luo J, Zhang M, Yang W.
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Lithium batteries constitute a pivotal component in electric vehicles (EVs) owing to their rechargeability and high‐power output capabilities. ABSTRACT Lithium batteries constitute a pivotal component in electric vehicles (EVs) owing to their rechargeability and high‐power output capabilities.
Mohsen Alizadeh Afroozi +4 more
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Refractory concrete: A material that offers new ceramic opportunities. [PDF]
Refractory concretes (RC) are industrial materials used most commonly in high temperature applications, primarily in the steel and glass industries. In most cases they are a mix of refractory aggregate’s chosen for specific hot engineering applications ...
Alkandari, Fahad, Bremner, Alasdair
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Decoding Emotional Signatures of Ethical Ads: An Analysis of Actor‐Viewer Synchrony
ABSTRACT We examine whether ethical advertisements differ from conventional ads in their on‐screen emotional signatures and whether those signatures transfer to actor‐viewer synchrony. Study 1 analyses 138 professionally produced YouTube ads using Automated Facial Expression Recognition (AFER) and Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN) to quantify actor ...
Vik Naidoo, Nicolas Hamelin
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On the necessity of wonder: how to explain an artwork to a committee [PDF]
This essay emerged from an exhibition in 2006 in which notions of the Wunderkammer became central in the curation of the show. It brought together work by Anna Boggon, Silke Dettmers and Helen Maurer, three artists employing the language of what one ...
Dettmers, Silke
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Board Governance as a Strategic Mechanism: Carbon Risk and Firm Performance
ABSTRACT Carbon emissions are a major contributor to global warming and pose significant threats to the environment. In response to the urgency of climate change, firms are under increasing pressure to adopt policies that enhance environmental performance while reducing carbon risk.
Sarmad Ali +3 more
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This article is divided into four parts. Firstly, it notes the precedent provided by the conversion of the Roman theatre at Bosra in Syria into an Ayyubid Palace, for the conversion of the Roman theater into the Rum Seljuk palace at Belkis-Aspendos and ...
Terrance Michael Duggan
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