Under a Creative Commons license open accessAbstract This study examines two dimensions of diversity on the board of directors (BOD) and the sharia supervisory board (SSB), namely, gender diversity and educational diversity, and their influence on risk taking by Islamic banks. The study extends th...
Abstract Early ability tracking increases inequalities in education. It has been proposed that the awareness of negative school-track-related stereotypes contributes to educational inequalities, as stereotype awareness interferes with students’ abilities to thrive, particularly those in lower, stigmatized ...
This, in turn, leads individuals to assume that any action they take will have no effect on the issue (Rotter, 1966; Levenson, 1981). The role of educational institutions in sustainable development has been studied from a variety of perspectives, including educational strategies (Littledyke et ...
Therefore, hypothetically, and other things being equal, search-and-rescue operations could have a causal effect on the inflow of migrants across the CMR by reducing the riskiness of crossing a natural and human-made barrier2. However, this claim remains contested....
Abstract Background A uniform definition of continence is urgently needed to allow the comparison of study results and to estimate patient outcomes after radical prostatectomy (RP). To identify a practical definition that includes both objective and subjective aspects in a tangible way, we assessed ...
Regarding leverage, research on non-listed Italian public companies identified the pattern that firms have “a slight increase in leverage after the introduction of a one-tier board system” (Pellegrini and Sironi, 2017). Another paper finds that banks that are both shareholders and creditors use ...
Abstract Background Questionnaires remain one of the most common forms of data collection in epidemiology, psychology and other human-sciences. However, results can be badly affected by non-response. One way to potentially reduce non-response is by sending potential study participants advance ...
The English Language Does Not Have the Words to Describe Something as Powerful as This: Protecting the Homeland: Keeping the Memory Alive Through Education... NM Ray 被引量: 1发表: 2015年 The Language of Liberation: Slave Voices in the Wars of Independence In lieu of an abstract, here is...
Abstract The present study examined why live-stream commerce is superior to traditional e-commerce since its retail sales have been booming in China and the communication style with live broadcast technology is entirely different. An integrated model was employed to predict the drivers or restraints ...
Abstract Microbial colonization of the human intestine impacts host metabolism and immunity; however, exactly when colonization occurs is unclear. Although many studies have reported bacterial DNA in first-pass meconium samples, these samples are typically collected hours to days after birth. Here, we ...