DRIVERS OF DISCRETIONARY FIRM DONATIONS IN BRAZIL

Drivers of Discretionary Firm Donations in Brazil

Discretionary firm donation is usually related to the stakeholder theory and corporate social performance.Although theoretical Audio Receivers explanations for this social behavior are pervasive in related literature, empirical modeling remains underdeveloped.We developed an explanatory structural model of discretionary firm donation using firm and

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Detection and Confirmation of Electricity Thefts in Advanced Metering Infrastructure by Long Short-Term Memory and Fuzzy Inference System Models

The successful implementation of Smart Grids heavily relies on energy efficiency, particularly through the Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) and Smart Gas Tap Electricity Meters (SEM).However, cyber-attacks pose a threat to SEM, with electricity theft being a primary motivation.Despite the valuable data provided by SEM for analytical purposes,

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Life history strategy dictates thermal preferences across the diel cycle and in response to starvation in variable field crickets, Gryllus lineaticeps

Insects behaviorally thermoregulate across the diel cycle, and their preferred microhabitats change based on current resources available and the thermal performance optima of traits.Specific combinations of traits being prioritized are set by life history strategies, making life history an important intrinsic determinant of thermal preferences.Howe

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Estimation of the Grassland Aboveground Biomass of the Inner Mongolia Plateau Using the Simulated Spectra of Sentinel-2 Images

An accurate assessment of the grassland aboveground biomass (AGB) is important for analyzing terrestrial ecosystem structures and functions, estimating grassland primary productivity, and monitoring climate change and carbon/nitrogen circulation on a global scale.Multispectral satellites with wide-width advantages, such as Sentinel-2, have become t

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