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Jack of all trades? Product diversification in nonfinancial firms [PDF]

While financial firms keep searching for the secret formula to make profits out of providing multiple financial services under one roof, nonfinancial firms seem headed in the opposite direction.
Mitchell Berlin
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Strengthening urban resilience in China through underground infrastructures management: Addressing global climate challenges with technological solutions

Deep Underground Science and Engineering, EarlyView.
This paper explores how climate‐resilient technologies, such as smart grids, digital twins, and self‐healing materials, can enhance urban resilience. It highlights the urgent need for proactive planning, public‐private collaboration, and data‐driven innovation to future‐proof underground infrastructure amid accelerating climate and urban pressures ...
Kai Chen Goh, Tonni Agustiono Kurniawan, Christia Meidiana, Abdelkader Anouzla, Faissal Aziz, Imran Ali, Joan Cecilia C. Casila, M. Imran Khan, Dongdong Zhang, Meihui Jiang, Mohd Hafiz Dzarfan Othman, Md Munir Hayet Khan, Kasun Kumara Dissanayake   +12 more
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Secret Shopping is an Effective Tool for Identifyings in Library User Experience Local Pattern

Evidence Based Library and Information Practice, 2016
A Review of: Boyce, C. M. (2015). Secret shopping as user experience assessment tool. Public Services Quarterly, 11(4), 237-253. doi:10.1080/15228959.2015.1084903 Objective – To assess library user experience (UX) at two entry-level service desks to ...
Kelley Wadson
doaj  

Unveiling spatial heterogeneity in urban underground space development patterns and mechanisms for differentiated planning: A points of interest‐based study of Shanghai

Deep Underground Science and Engineering, EarlyView.
This study investigated the spatial patterns and development mechanisms of urban underground space (UUS) in Shanghai using underground points of interest data. It revealed distinct development mechanisms between the main city and suburbs, highlighting the need for differentiated UUS planning and policies to optimize underground space resources ...
Chenxiao Ma, Fangle Peng, Yongkang Qiao, Yunhao Dong   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Advances in vital‐sign prediction and early‐warning models for underground coal mine workers integrating environmental factors

Deep Underground Science and Engineering, EarlyView.
This review synthesizes advances in predicting miners' vital signs by integrating environmental monitoring (dust, temperature, and gas) with physiological data. It highlights multi‐source data fusion techniques and early‐warning models for enhanced occupational safety in underground coal mines.
Junji Zhu, Dawei Cui, Yingjie Liu, Yuntao Liang, Yue Zhang   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

BitTorrent Sync: Network Investigation Methodology

, 2014
The volume of personal information and data most Internet users find themselves amassing is ever increasing and the fast pace of the modern world results in most requiring instant access to their files.
Farina, Jason, Kechadi, M-Tahar, Scanlon, Mark   +2 more
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Over three‐quarters of earthworm species lack protection in China, a crisis exacerbated by climate change

Ecography, EarlyView.
Earthworms, as ‘ecosystem engineers', play a crucial role in regulating ecosystem functions and shaping community structures. Due to climate change, earthworms face severe survival pressures and extinction risks. However, whether conservation efforts targeting aboveground biodiversity can cover the long‐neglected earthworm diversity remains unknown. To
Yajie Zhou, Shuo Zhang, Wen Qin, Zhuoyi Wu, , Shaolin Peng, Ting Zhou   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Solar Energy in 2025: Global Deployment, Cost Trends, and the Role of Energy Storage in Enabling a Resilient Smart Energy Infrastructure

ENERGY &ENVIRONMENTAL MATERIALS, EarlyView.
This paper explores global solar PV deployment, cost trends, and grid integration challenges in 2025. It examines the role of energy storage in firming solar output and supporting electric vehicle (EV) growth, alongside policy shifts, investment flows, and technological innovations.
Ehsan Rezaee, S. Ravi P. Silva
wiley   +1 more source

Security services measures of secret data compiling: Comparative legal approach [PDF]

Zbornik Radova: Pravni Fakultet u Novom Sadu, 2017
Security services as specialized state bodies represent an important part of any national security system and as such bear the responsibility for achieving overall security.
Mirković Vladan M.
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Conflicting Emotions, Environmental and Political Factors in Support for Local Environmental Morality Policies: Evidence From an Experiment on Wild Boars in Haifa

Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Can emotional responses help explain public support for local environmental morality policies? As cities increasingly contend with complex interspecies conflicts in densely populated urban settings, understanding the drivers of policy support becomes essential.
Itai Beeri
wiley   +1 more source