Focal Interest
Focal Interest

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  1. Positive CBDC stance linked to higher bank net interest margin
    Study shows CBDC development leads banks to widen interest margins by raising both deposit and lending rates to counter increased competition from digital currencies.
  2. Fire weather emergence is already detectable in many burnable areas
    Climate models show fire weather conditions driven by human warming already detectable in 39% of burnable areas, with dangerous extremes emerging at 2–3°C warming in multiple regions.
  3. Forest carbon stock changes China’s forestry productivity estimates
    Analyze China's forestry productivity 2000-2020 using green total factor productivity measures integrating ecological and market efficiency while incorporating forest carbon stock.
  4. Academic freedom in Hungary declined alongside government deterioration
    Legal analysis of Hungarian higher education legislation reveals strong correlation between academic freedom decline and government autocratization from 1990 to present.
  5. Natural disaster risk links differently to DeFi and NFTs
    Study reveals natural disaster uncertainty differentially affects cryptocurrencies, DeFi assets, and NFTs across market regimes during geopolitical and inflationary crises.
  6. Index links land humidity trends to precipitation and temperature
    New index based on precipitation and evapotranspiration ratio reveals land relative humidity decreased substantially since 1973, reconciles climate model discrepancies, and improves hydroclimate.
  7. SOI spillovers were strongest for SAFEX maize
    Time-frequency analysis of Southern Oscillation Index spillovers to grain futures reveals regional asymmetries in climate vulnerability, with SAFEX maize showing significant SOI predictive capacity.
  8. Conflictual dialogue did not improve story ratings
    Research challenges the creative writing principle that conflictual dialogue improves stories. Two experiments found no significant difference in perceived quality or audience response with.
  9. Optimal portfolio proportions were computed for Nifty 50 stocks
    Empirical study constructing optimal portfolios using Sharpe's Single Index Model on NIFTY 50 stocks, analyzing risk-return characteristics and optimal investment allocations.
  10. Destination structures and export stability varied across major wheat suppliers
    Analyzing how destination diversification and competitiveness shape wheat export resilience among major suppliers during pandemic, climate, and geopolitical shocks from 2020-2024.
  11. Foundations for an Empowered Bharat: Addressing Regional Imbalances in Women Health and Empowerment in Karnataka
    Composite index analysis reveals significant regional disparities in women's health and empowerment across Karnataka districts, with positive associations to economic participation.
  12. AQHI tracked health risks better than AQI in central Taiwan
    PM2.5 chemical analysis and multi-pollutant health risks in Central Taiwan 2020-2022. AQHI assessment shows improved sensitivity over conventional AQI for predicting respiratory and cardiovascular.
  13. Authors reject support for global biodiversity catastrophe claims
    Critical analysis of the Living Planet Index and planetary boundary frameworks, arguing these metrics are methodologically inappropriate and misleading for guiding conservation practice and policy.
  14. Android app matched manual facial index measurements
    Validation study of an Android application for measuring facial index in orthodontic diagnosis, comparing digital photographic measurement to traditional manual anthropometry.