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Contribution of road transport infrastructure in mitigating the inward–immiserizing growth in Cameroon: An externality approach in computable general equilibrium analysis 道路交通基础设施对缓解喀麦隆内向型增长的贡献：可计算一般均衡分析中的外部性方法

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Sustainable Futures Pub Date : 2024-09-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.sftr.2024.100298

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Research on provincial implied carbon emissions in China under the shared responsibility driven by new quality productivity: A new approach 新优质生产力驱动下的责任共担--中国省级隐含碳排放研究：一种新方法

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Sustainable Futures Pub Date : 2024-09-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.sftr.2024.100303

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Developing customer service quality: Influences of job stress and management process alignment in banking industry 提高客户服务质量：银行业工作压力和管理流程调整的影响

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Sustainable Futures Pub Date : 2024-09-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.sftr.2024.100311

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Evaluation and prediction of water-energy-food nexus under land use changes in the Yellow River Basin, China 中国黄河流域土地利用变化下水-能源-粮食关系的评价与预测

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Sustainable Futures Pub Date : 2024-09-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.sftr.2024.100307

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Raising the future together: Assessing the impact of the Chics program on primary caregivers in low-income daycares 共育未来：评估 Chics 计划对低收入托儿所主要照顾者的影响

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Sustainable Futures Pub Date : 2024-09-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.sftr.2024.100306

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Embracing multi-functionality in European infrastructure projects: A system of systems perspective 将多功能纳入欧洲基础设施项目：系统的系统视角

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Sustainable Futures Pub Date : 2024-09-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.sftr.2024.100308

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Food security in Pakistan: Investigating the spillover effect of Russia-Ukraine conflict 巴基斯坦的粮食安全：调查俄罗斯-乌克兰冲突的溢出效应

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Sustainable Futures Pub Date : 2024-09-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.sftr.2024.100300

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Pathways to China's carbon neutrality and clean energy transition: Evidence from the three decades long stricter environmental regulations 中国碳中和与清洁能源转型之路：长达三十年之久的严格环境法规的证据

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Sustainable Futures Pub Date : 2024-09-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.sftr.2024.100296

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Do Islamic work ethics matter? Impact of aversive leadership on employees’ emotional and psychological health through the lens of conservation of resource theory 伊斯兰工作伦理重要吗？从资源保护理论的角度看厌恶型领导对员工情绪和心理健康的影响

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Sustainable Futures Pub Date : 2024-09-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.sftr.2024.100309

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Fiscal policy and deforestation 财政政策与毁林

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Sustainable Futures Pub Date : 2024-09-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.sftr.2024.100305

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