The Problem with the Low-Tax Backlash: Rethinking Corporate Tax Policies to Adjust for Uneven Reputational Risks by Jack M. Mintz, V. Balaji Venkatachalam

“…The reputational damage to Starbucks’ brand, the company calculated, was not worth the money it was saving in avoiding taxes, even if it was doing so perfectly legally. The fear of this kind of reputational damage can foil the very taxation policies that governments design specifically as a means to tax corporations fairly, efficiently and competitively. …”
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The Problem with the Low-Tax Backlash: Rethinking Corporate Tax Policies to Adjust for Uneven Reputational Risks by Jack M. Mintz, V. Balaji Venkatachalam

“…The reputational damage to Starbucks’ brand, the company calculated, was not worth the money it was saving in avoiding taxes, even if it was doing so perfectly legally. The fear of this kind of reputational damage can foil the very taxation policies that governments design specifically as a means to tax corporations fairly, efficiently and competitively. …”
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Exploring explainable AI: category theory insights into machine learning algorithms by Ares Fabregat-Hernández, Javier Palanca, Vicent Botti

“…With this, we can translate theoretical information into parameters that are easily understandable. …”
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Evaluating naturalness of voice impersonations by subjective and objective measures by Ng, Chen Yi.

“…A random generator is created to randomize the voices in the database that are going to be used for the trial test. A graphic user interface is made to facilitate the listener to input his/her decision on whether the voice is disguised or not when doing the test and to play the voices one by one for the listener. …”
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Tatwiru Mawadi Ta’limi Kitabi LKS fi an-Nahwi Bikitabi Kayfa Haluk bi an-Nahwi? Litalamidi al Fasli al-‘Asyir fi al-Fasli ad-Dirosi al-Awal bi al-Madrosah Ast-Tsanawiyah Al-Islamiy... by Nur Sahid, Moh. Abdul Kholiq Hasan, Muh. Nashirudin

“…This phenomenon is basically influenced by many factors, namely: 1) the learning process is not going well and not smoothly due to the lack of appropriate and adequate learning resources; 2) the teaching materials used are not relevant to the abilities and conditions of the students 3) the teaching materials do not meet content standards and curriculum standards; in the end the teacher is "confused" choosing the right book or teaching material according to the potential and learning needs of students; 4) Students get bored quickly due to less innovative teaching material designs where the use of language is difficult to understand and understand when students want to learn it. …”
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Measurement of the multi-TeV neutrino interaction cross-section with IceCube using Earth absorption by Arguelles Delgado, Carlos A, Axani, Spencer Nicholas, Collin, G. H., Conrad, Janet Marie, Moulai, Marjon H.

“…This cross-section measurement can be used to set limits on the existence of some hypothesized beyond-standard-model particles, including leptoquarks.…”
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Russlandsforskere, hva nå? by Kristin Fjæstad, Tora Berge Naterstad

“…What methods and data are available, and what can we expect from these? …”
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Wat werkt er en hoe? Het common factors model als basis voor de hulpverlening in het sociaal werk. by Sjef de Vries

“…That theory determines what they want and can change and how they can do it in the best way. …”
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On the Redox-Activity and Health-Effects of Atmospheric Primary and Secondary Aerosol: Phenomenology by Francesca Costabile, Stefano Decesari, Roberta Vecchi, Franco Lucarelli, Gabriele Curci, Dario Massabò, Matteo Rinaldi, Maurizio Gualtieri, Emanuela Corsini, Elena Menegola, Silvia Canepari, Lorenzo Massimi, Stefania Argentini, Maurizio Busetto, Gianluca Di Iulio, Luca Di Liberto, Marco Paglione, Igor Petenko, Mara Russo, Angela Marinoni, Gianpietro Casasanta, Sara Valentini, Vera Bernardoni, Federica Crova, Gianluigi Valli, Alice Corina Forello, Fabio Giardi, Silvia Nava, Giulia Pazzi, Paolo Prati, Virginia Vernocchi, Teresa La Torretta, Ettore Petralia, Milena Stracquadanio, Gabriele Zanini, Gloria Melzi, Emma Nozza, Martina Iulini, Donatella Caruso, Lucia Cioffi, Gabriele Imperato, Flavio Giavarini, Maria Battistoni, Francesca Di Renzo, Maria Agostina Frezzini, Cinzia Perrino, Maria Cristina Facchini

“…Preliminary results indicate that, at the real atmospheric conditions observed (i.e., daily PM₁ from less than 4 to more than 50 μg m⁻³), high/low mass concentrations of PM₁, as well as black carbon (BC) and water soluble Oxidative Potential (WSOP,) do not necessarily translate into high/low toxicity. …”
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“The Identity Problem” in Prenatal Testing by Nina Beguš

“…Such embryos can be identified as female or male, abled or disabled, blue, brown, or green-eyed, right and wrong. …”
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Knowledge, Perspectives, and Priorities Regarding Self-Care Activities: A Population-Based Qualitative Study among Iranian Adolescents by Marjan Mohammadzadeh, Tayebe Alizadeh, Hamidin Awang, Zahra Mohammadzadeh, Frahnaz Mirzaei, Christiane Stock

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The freedom of speech and right of access to information in the emerging system of international information security by K. A. Ivanova, M. Zh. Myltykbaev

“…The limits on the exercise of freedom of speech and access to information do not correspond to the level of development of public relations, because there are no effective legal tools to prevent defamation in the mass media, which in turn can lead to conflict between countries. …”
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Pengembangan Sistem Informasi Obat dan Alat kesehatan di Instalasi Farmasi RSUD Kabupaten Pacitan by , Erwin Hadi Kusuma, , dr. Lutfan Lazuardi, M. Kes, Ph.D

“…The resulting information can fulfill wishes, officer manejemen and patients.…”

Evaluation of settlement due to lift behavior at airport runway strip in Peninsular Malaysia by Abu Bakar, Nur Hayati Maulad

“…Airports all over the world are doing the same applications in gathering information of their runway strips. …”
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Playful Strategies in Print Advertising by Alysa Karels, Teresa de la Hera

“…A thematic analysis of print advertisements was conducted, going through multiple rounds of coding that eventually resulted in the emergence of three central themes of playful strategies: (1) the use of playful visual design that is meant to instill a playful mindset; (2) the use of strategies based on a pleasurable interactive experiential logic; (3) the liberation of unspoken topics of a dark, solemn, and negative nature in a playful way. …”
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Impact on childhood mortality of interventions to improve drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) to households: Systematic review and meta-analysis by Hugh Sharma Waddington, Edoardo Masset, Sarah Bick, Sandy Cairncross

“…We observed that evidence synthesis can provide new findings, going beyond the underlying data from trials to generate crucial insights for policy. …”
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Non-pharmacological interventions for wandering of people with dementia in the domestic setting. by Hermans, D, Htay, U, McShane, R

“…Also, the same behaviour or type of wandering might occur for different reasons in different individuals; any theoretical formulation is going to have to allow for different triggers for the behaviour and so to get a 'one size fits all' kind of explanation is unlikely. …”

Co‐building a training programme to facilitate patient, family and community partnership on research grants: A patient‐oriented research project by Ingrid Nielssen, Sadia Ahmed, Sandra Zelinsky, Brian Dompe, Paul Fairie, Maria J. Santana

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The end of the Intel age by Fleming, Robert Swope

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Foreign Direct Investment in South Asia by Sanjaya Lall

“…With these background features of FDI, we can now turn to South Asia.…”
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