abstract issue: in economic literature, there are two hypotheses regarding the link between economic development and gender inequality. the first gender inequality decreases with economic development. second, economic development increases gender inequality. this research is conducted to investigate the effects of economic development on gender inequality according to kuznets gender curve in ir...

This study aims to examine the nonlinear relationship between environmental, social and governance (ESG) corporate financial performance (CFP) using Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) listed firms with ESG disclosure 2005 2019. The pooled ordinary least square (OLS) regression estimation results indicate ESG-CFP nexus is a (inverted U-shaped pattern). Furthermore, individual pillars each have differen...

The environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) hypothesis assumes there is an inverted U-shape relationship between pollution and income per capita, implying improvement in quality when a growing economy reaches high level of economic development. This study evaluated empirically the existence Greenland for period 1970–2018. Using autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) approach, results show evidence U-s...

The increasing amount of digital audio-visual content accessible today calls for scalable solutions for content based search. The state of the art solutions reveal linear scalability in respect to the collection size due to the large number of distance computations needed for comparing low level audio-visual features. As a result, search in large audio-visual collections is limited to associate...

Abstract: In this paper a new topology of high step-down dc-dc converter is proposed. The proposed converter uses an interleaved structure with one phase using a traditional buck converter and the second phase uses its inverted version. By this technique a high step down voltage conversion can be achieved as compared to the traditional interleaved buck converter. Operating principle and steady ...

We present a model for leptonic mixing and the lepton masses based on anomalous U(1) charges and a non-Abelian flavor symmetry. The model yields bilarge leptonic mixing, an inverted neutrino mass spectrum and hierarchical charged lepton masses. The non-Abelian flavor symmetry enforces an approximately maximal atmospheric mixing angle and predicts the relation θ12 π4 − θ13 between the solar and ...

We determined the relationship between garenoxacin exposure and quinolone-resistant subpopulations for three bacterial isolates in an in vitro hollow-fiber infection model. An "inverted-U" relationship was identified wherein resistant subpopulations rose initially and then declined with increasing exposure, until reaching a threshold that prevented resistance amplifications. Different targets f...

The prefrontal cortex plays a major role in cognitive control, but it is unclear how single genes and gene-gene interactions (genetic epistasis) impact neural and behavioral phenotypes. Both dopamine (DA) availability ("inverted U-model") and excitatory versus inhibitory DA receptor stimulation ("dual-state theory") have been linked to important principles of prefrontal processing. Catechol-O-m...