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Abstract Background Emotional support (ES) is the most frequently reported support need among older adults with cancer. Yet, the association of ES with cancer outcomes is largely unknown. This study examined the association of ES with health‐related quality of life (HRQoL), mental health, and survival among older adults with gastrointestinal (GI ...
Daniel Clausing +8 more
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Abstract Research Summary We investigate firms' corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategies under India's 2013 legal mandate. We study 12,086 firms and 86,755 projects from 2014 to 2017. Using an abductive approach, we examine firms’ choices of social causes, geographic locations, implementation channels, and number of projects through four ...
Aline Gatignon, Christiane Bode
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Abstract The COVID‐19 pandemic and Brexit were separate yet inter‐related developments which affected the British National Health Service (NHS). The UK's state‐funded health sector had historically relied on migrant labour and depended on a migration infrastructure designed to solve its nursing labour shortages.
Zinovijus Ciupijus +4 more
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Multi‐unit ownership and market power: A study of the lodging industry in Texas
Abstract As franchisees in the retail and service industries become experienced and acquire local market knowledge, they are likely to own multiple franchised units. Given non‐ (or weak) exclusive clauses in franchising contracts or industry norms, some of these multi‐unit owners are affiliated with multiple franchisors.
Jung Hwan Koh, Christian Rojas
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Abstract Public‐Private Innovation (PPI) Partnerships can generate innovative approaches to improving public services. However, incomplete contract theories point to difficulties in making public‐private collaborations work effectively and efficiently. Drawing on these theories, we analyze the transfer of the management of a children's social services ...
José M. Alonso, Rhys Andrews
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[Retracted] Evaluation of M&A Risk Based on Adaptive Immune Genetic Algorithm
In order to improve the convergence and accuracy of M&A risk assessment method, an M&A risk assessment method based on adaptive immune genetic algorithm is proposed. The risk of M&A is divided into M&A preparation stage, M&A implementation stage, and M&A integration stage.
Huadong Li, Shuo Zhang, Jian Su
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Abstract To date, a growing number of studies have shown that domain‐general auditory processing, which prior work has linked to L1 acquisition, could explain various dimensions of naturalistic L2 speech proficiency. The current study examined the generalizability of this topic to L2 speech learning in classroom settings. The spontaneous speech samples
Kazuya Saito +3 more
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Land distribution and inequality in a black settler colony: the case of Sierra Leone, 1792–1831†
Abstract Land distribution is considered to be one of the main contributors to inequality in pre‐industrial societies. This article contributes to the debate on the origins of economic inequality in pre‐industrial African societies by studying land inequality at a particularly early stage of African economic history.
Stefania Galli, Klas Rönnbäck
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ABSTRACT This article focuses on Nezihe Muhiddin, a pioneering figure in Turkish–Ottoman first‐wave feminism, who sought to secure women's political rights by attempting to establish the Women's People Party in 1923, over a decade before women gained suffrage.
Barbara Dell’Abate Çelebi
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ABSTRACT Background Differentiating typical language development (TD) and developmental language disorder (DLD) in a bilingual context is difficult. The societal language is often the only mutual language of the child and the SLT. It has been shown that when assessing second language (L2) performance using tools developed for monolingual children ...
Sini Smolander +5 more
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