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From Green Governance to Biodiversity Strategy: The Role of Environmentally Experienced Directors in Chinese Firms

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates how directors with environmental protection (EP) backgrounds influence corporate biodiversity concern (BIO) among Chinese A‐share listed firms from 2008 to 2023. Drawing on Upper Echelons Theory, we argue that directors' environmental expertise shapes firms' biodiversity strategies.
Chengming Huang, Sultan Sikandar Mirza, Chengwei Zhang   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Improving water stability and mechanical behavior of surface clayey soil by bio-constructed barrier

Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
Soil erosion induced by water is one of the most common natural disasters. Microbially-induced calcite precipitation (MICP) technique was investigated as a possible method for improving soil hydro-mechanical characteristics against erosion. Although many
Chao-Sheng Tang, Xin-Lun Ji, Xiao-Hua Pan, Yue-Han Xie, Yi-Ming Chen   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Algumas observações sobre as propriedades geotécnicas de solos estruturados derivados de granito da Grande Florianópolis [PDF]

, 2011
Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro Tecnológico. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Engenharia CivilNeste trabalho apresentam-se algumas considerações sobre o comportamento geo-mecânico de alguns solos naturalmente ...
Boehl, Pedro Eugênio Gomes
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When Nature Counts: Corporate Biodiversity Attention and Access to Bank Finance

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper investigates whether corporate attention to biodiversity influences firms' access to bank loans, an overlooked question in the emerging biodiversity–finance literature. Using a novel, text‐based measure constructed from 446 biodiversity‐related keywords and applied to Chinese A‐share listed firms from 2000 to 2023, we show that ...
Ruxiao Li, Bo Zhang, Zhang‐Hangjian Chen, Hafiz Hoque   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Compressibility of expansive soil mixed with sand and its correlation to index properties

Heliyon
Prior research has primarily focused on Atterberg limits, void ratios, and/or water content, often disregarding the impact of coarse material percentage in the soil, which significantly affects compressibility behavior. This paper examines the effects of
Ammar Alnmr, Rashad Alsirawan, Richard Ray, Mounzer Omran Alzawi   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Reclaiming Anatomy as Method: From Morphological Reasoning to Clinical Relevance

Clinical Anatomy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In recent decades, molecular biology and omics technologies have profoundly reshaped biomedical research, with genomics, proteomics, and other high‐throughput approaches dominating scientific agendas and funding priorities. Within this molecular paradigm, however, the anatomical sciences face an epistemic and institutional tension: morphology,
Katia Cortese, Marco Frascio
wiley   +1 more source

Measuring Consumer Aversion Toward AI in Marketing Communication and Assessing Its Relationship to Brand Perceptions and Purchase Intention

Journal of Consumer Behaviour, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Some consumers exhibit aversion toward artificial intelligence (AI), particularly when it is embedded in persuasive marketing communication (MarCom). Here, we developed and validated a measure of consumer aversion to AI in MarCom and examined its downstream consequences for brand perceptions and purchase intention.
Louvins Pierre, Viviana Carolina Zambrano Rodriguez, Jiayi (Joy) Wang   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Critical roles of short‐range‐order minerals in shaping soil water retention curves in volcanic regions

Vadose Zone Journal
Predicting water retention is difficult for highly aggregated volcanic soils (Andisols) with heterogeneous pore size distribution. This paper aimed to examine how andic materials influence soil water retention based on soil composition.
Kazumichi Fujii, Chie Hayakawa, Takashi Kosaki, Jan Frouz, Sukartiningsih   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Primary vegetation development on the sand spit of Shallow Inlet, Wilsons Promontory, southern Victoria

, 2013
The sand spit that separates Shallow Inlet from Waratah Bay (38º52ʹ S, 146º13ʹ E), near Wilsons Promontory in southern Victoria, has developed since the previous spit was washed out in 1901.
Heyligers, Petrus C.
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Ensemble‐based soil liquefaction assessment: Leveraging CPT data for enhanced predictions

Civil Engineering Design, Volume 7, Issue 1, Page 23-35, March 2025.
Abstract This study focuses on predicting soil liquefaction, a critical phenomenon that can significantly impact the stability and safety of structures during seismic events. Accurate liquefaction assessment is vital for geotechnical engineering, as it informs the design and mitigation strategies needed to safeguard infrastructure and reduce the risk ...
Arsham Moayedi Far, Masoud Zare
wiley   +1 more source