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Assessing Forest Conservation Strategies for Biodiversity Restoration and Sustainable Development: A Comparative Analysis of Global Income Groups

Rima H. Binsaeed, Abdelmohsen A. Nassani, Khalid Zaman, Zeeshan Arshad et al. • Problemy Ekorozwoju (2024)

The escalating rate of deforestation presents significant challenges to the global economy, including the loss of habitats for endangered species and a decline in biocapacity reserves. This situation also raises concerns about overcrowding ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.35784/preko.5753

Do stock markets exhibit cyclical market efficiency? Emerging markets’ perspective

T. Mallikarjunappa, Diana Saldanha, Iqbal Thonse Hawaldar • Cogent Economics & Finance (2025)

This article assesses cyclical market efficiency under different market conditions. We examine the cyclical return predictability, the time-varying effectiveness of trading strategies and their profitability, along with the relationships be...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1080/23322039.2025.2476094

Investigating Spatial Effects through Machine Learning and Leveraging Explainable AI for Child Malnutrition in Pakistan

Xiaoyi Zhang, Muhammad Usman, Ateeq ur Rehman Irshad, Mudassar Rashid et al. • ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information (2024)

While socioeconomic gradients in regional health inequalities are firmly established, the synergistic interactions between socioeconomic deprivation and climate vulnerability within convenient proximity and neighbourhood locations with heal...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/ijgi13090330

Strategic decoupling through legitimacy: the sustainability-innovation gap in the food processing sector and its health implications

Mustafa Yucel • Globalization and Health (2025)

Abstract Background Environmental and public health impacts are critical in the food processing industry. To demonstrate responsiveness to stakeholder expectations, firms foreground sustainability reporting through frameworks such as Enviro...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12992-025-01166-9

The Impact of Fiscal Policy on Macroeconomic Conditions in Pakistan: Insights from a Structural Vector Autoregression Analysis

Sarnaila Sharif, Saima Nawaz • Business Review (2024)

This article explores the relationship between fiscal policy and macroeconomic conditions in Pakistan using a robust Structural Vector Autoregression (SVAR) model. Since fiscal shock has the tendency to put a constraint on the future path o...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.54784/1990-6587.1581

VaR and the cross-section of expected stock returns: an emerging market evidence

Dar-Hsin Chen, Chun-Da Chen, Su-Chen Wu • Journal of Business Economics and Management (2014)

In this paper we investigate the explanatory power of the market beta, firm size, and the book-to-market ratio, as well as Value-at-Risk regarding the cross-sectional expected stock returns in a less developed stock market – Taiwan's stock ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3846/16111699.2012.744343

CSR, Digital Transformation, and Internal Control: Three-Way Interaction Effect on the Firm Value of Chinese Listed Companies

Jae Wook Yoo, Bu Fan, Yu Jin Chang • Systems (2024)

CSR has become a key issue for the qualitative growth of the Chinese economy, while digital transformation has emerged as a crucial strategy for enhancing company competitiveness. Thus, the complex impact of CSR and digital transformation o...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/systems12070236

The Impact of Assets Structure and the Components of Cash Conversion Cycle on the Egyptian SMEs Financial Failure Predictability

Dr. Hassan Mounir El-Sady, Hatem Ahmed, DR. Hosny Hamdy • The Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance (2022)

This study investigates determinants of Egyptian SMEs financial failure predictability based on a sample of 32 failure SMEs and 28 non-failure SMEs for the period 2013 and 2019. The determinants of SMEs financial failure are categorized int...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.57229/2373-1761.1427

Effects of audit committee and critical mass of boardroom gender diversity on corporate sustainability: Empirical evidence from firm size

Ahmed Samour • South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences (2026)

Background: There is a growing volume of literature on corporate governance and corporate sustainability. Despite this, the linkage among a critical mass of board gender diversity (BGD), audit committee independence (ACI) and corporate carb...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.4102/sajems.v29i1.6707

The quality of alternative models of primary health care and morbidity and mortality in Brazil: a national longitudinal analysis

Matías Mrejen, PhD, Rudi Rocha, PhD, Christopher Millett, PhD, Thomas Hone, PhD • The Lancet Regional Health. Americas (2021)

Background: Evidence is limited on health benefits from quality improvement of primary healthcare (PHC) in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). This study investigated whether increasing PHC quality in Brazil with highly-skilled health...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.lana.2021.100034

ANALYSIS OF FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE (Study on Permanent Employees in Operational Section of PT WIMCycle Indonesia - Surabaya)

Arik Prasetya • Profit: Jurnal Administrasi Bisnis (2018)

The purpose of this study was to describe and examine the factors that affect the performance of employees at PT. Wimcycle Indonesia Surabaya. These factors are grouped into 2 (two): the individual dimensions (abilities, work experience, mo...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: https://doi.org/10.21776/ub.profit.2018.012.01.1

Use of Experimental Design to Evaluate the Effect of the Incorporation of Quartzite Residues in Ceramic Mass for Porcelain Tile Production

Karina Ruiz Silva, Liszandra Fernanda Araújo Campos, Lisiane Navarro de Lima Santana • Materials Research (2018)

The potential of using quartzite residues in the composition of an industrial ceramic mass for porcelain tile production was investigated through experimental design. Chemical, physical and microstructural analyses were accomplished to unde...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1590/1980-5373-mr-2018-0388

Prognostic techniques for aeroengine health assessment and Remaining Useful Life estimation

Caricato A., Ficarella A., Chiodo L. Spada • E3S Web of Conferences (2021)

Predictive maintenance is the latest frontier in the management and maintenance of many industrial assets, including aeroengines. Made possible by last decades advances in monitoring equipment and machine learning algorithms, it permits ind...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1051/e3sconf/202131211017

Sex- and age-specific effects of fat distribution on bone mineral density

Xiao Lin, Jun-Jie Yang, Bei Huang, Peng-Xin Wang et al. • Experimental Gerontology (2026)

Background: BMI cannot distinguish fat distribution and may mask the true effects of different fat depots on bone mineral density (BMD). To investigate sex- and age-specific associations between fat distribution and BMD and its mediating ro...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2026.113301

Copper exposure association with prevalence of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and insulin resistance among US adults (NHANES 2011–2014)

Chen Chen, Qi Zhou, Ruiyue Yang, Zhu Wu et al. • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety (2021)

Background: Excessive copper (Cu) has risky effect on insulin resistance (IR), oxidative stress and inflammation. Instead, some studies reported serum Cu to be protective for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). The aim of this study ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2021.112295

Factors Associated with Quality of Life Among Older Adults with Chronic Disease in Taiwan

Hsiao-Mei Chen, Ching-Min Chen • International Journal of Gerontology (2017)

Background: There have been many studies reviewing quality of life (QoL) of older population and found an inverse association between QoL and chronic diseases. However, previous studies have focused only on that of people with specific dise...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.ijge.2016.07.002

A nationwide study on immunosenescence biomarkers profile in older adults: ELSI-Brazil

Maria Luiza Lima-Silva, Karen Cecília Lima Torres, Juliana Vaz de Melo Mambrini, Nathalia Coimbra Brot et al. • Experimental Gerontology (2024)

Immunosenescence is a phenomenon caused by changes in the immune system, and part of these changes involves an increase in circulating immunological biomarkers, a process known as “Inflammaging.” Inflammaging can be associated with many dis...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2024.112433