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Does an optimistic tone in annual reports predict better financial and non‐financial performance?

European Management Review, EarlyView.
Abstract In the current paper, we investigate whether management adopts an optimistic disclosure tone to impress the corporate audience or to provide incremental information (II) by anticipating positive corporate performance. Specifically, we test whether an optimistic tone in annual reports (ARs) is a positive predictor of better financial and non ...
Francesco Gangi, Daniele Angelo Previati, Lucia Michela Daniele, Giuseppe Galloppo   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Management of Distal Anterior Cerebral Artery Aneurysms in a Tertiary Center in Pakistan: A Retrospective Analysis of Treatment Modalities and Angiographic and Short-Term Functional Outcomes. [PDF]

Cureus
Sajid T, Sheikh F, Majeed MN, Zaman K, Zahid Ullah M, Khan A, Zafar MA, Majid A, Bashir Q.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Do Female Directors Protect Employee Pension Benefits? Evidence on the Nexus Between Pensions and Dividends

European Financial Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines whether female directors influence firms' allocation of internal funds between dividend payments and defined benefit (DB) pension funding. Using FTSE All‐Share firms from 2007 to 2021, we find that companies with a higher proportion of female directors exhibit stronger pension funding positions and, overall, maintain ...
Zezeng Li, Erhan Kilincarslan
wiley   +1 more source

Implementation of a Hot Gallbladder Service at a District General Hospital: A 15-Month Review. [PDF]

Cureus
Cui XC, Zaman O, Naqvi M.
europepmc   +1 more source

Melusine, Emblem of the Self: The Female Traveler and the Contours of Acceptable Difference

The German Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract Though the foreign roots of Volksbücher such as Thüring von Ringoltingen's Melusine (1457) have long been recognized, these early modern German prose novels are still characterized as insular and folksy. Taking Melusine as an example, this article uses the framework of mobility to offer a new interpretation that posits the Volksbuch as an ...
Andrew C. Sternhagen Schwenk
wiley   +1 more source

Kitchen Hygiene and Microbial Contamination of Selected Urban Residential Houses in Dhaka City of Bangladesh. [PDF]

Int J Food Sci
Zaman S, Aziz MA, Katta S, Takimoto Y, Sugiyama J, Kakizawa Y, Bari ML.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Effect of Endophytic Fungi on Thrips tabaci Development and Population Dynamics

Journal of Applied Entomology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Endophytic fungi are promising biocontrol agents because they colonise healthy plant tissues asymptomatically while inducing systemic resistance that negatively affects herbivorous insects. We investigated whether treatments with the endophytes Trichoderma harzianum and Beauveria bassiana in two onion cultivars (Allium cepa L.; Sturon and Red ...
Ngoc Anh Vu, Sevgan Subramanian, Rainer Meyhöfer   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

<i>Terminalia chebula</i> Retz. As a resistance-modifying botanical drug against priority pathogens: a systematic review. [PDF]

Front Pharmacol
Zaman K, Ravedar S, R N, Karun K, Patel J, Felix F, Akula KK, Hiremath N, Tendulkar S, Salunkhe T, Kavathekar A, Bhat J.   +11 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Melatonin seed priming: A climate‐smart, green strategy to enhance abiotic stress tolerance in plants

Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, EarlyView.
This review synthesizes how melatonin seed priming preconditions seeds to enhance tolerance against diverse abiotic stresses. It highlights the underlying mechanisms and proposes an integrative roadmap of advanced molecular and breeding tools to design next‐generation, stress‐smart plants.
Ali Raza, Yiran Li, Chunli Guo, Erna Karalija, Evgenios Agathokleous, Meng Jiang, Jie Zhou, Vasileios Fotopoulos, Zhangli Hu   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluating AI Models for Pneumothorax Detection on Chest Radiographs: Diagnostic Accuracy and Clinical Trade-Offs. [PDF]

Cureus
Chetla N, Patel S, Sharma S, Bouras A, Kumar R, Samayamanthula S, Rodriguez L, Bonagiri V, Zaman N.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source