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Exercising Criminal Jurisdiction Against International and Transnational Crimes in the Sea: The Scope of Extraterritorial Criminal Jurisdiction
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Learning from the Arts: Incorporating Classroom Critiques in a Computer Science Course
No full textIn most computer science courses, students do not see other students’ code (if they have followed their course’s academic honesty polices), nor do they typically know their instructor’s assessment of work other than their own. This contrasts with instruction in the visual arts where students are regularly exposed to the work of other students, both finished and in progress, and often hear their instructor’s evaluation of other students’ work. Critical evaluation of one’s own work and that of others, and the development of that skill, is a significant component of most arts courses; however, computer science students typically do not receive such formal instruction or see examples that are not from the textbook or instructor in the context of the classroom. This work describes experiences in incorporating a commonly used teaching tool in the visual arts, the classroom or group critique, into an intermediate, university level computer science classroom. The primary goals of this approach are to develop students’ ability to critically evaluate code, both their own and code they may encounter, and to boost achievement on challenging programming assignments. Both successes and challenges encountered with this method are addressed
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No full textThe Impact of Climate Change Risk on Corporate Debt Financing Capacity: A Moderating Perspective Based on Carbon Emissions
No full textClimate change risk has significant impacts on corporate financial activities. Using firm-level data from A-share listed companies in China from 2010 to 2022, we examine how climate risk affects corporate debt financing capacity. We find that climate change risk significantly weakens firms’ ability to raise debt, leading to lower leverage and higher financing costs. These results remain robust across various checks for endogeneity and alternative specifications. We also show that reducing corporate carbon emission intensity can mitigate the negative impact of climate risk on debt financing, suggesting that supply-side credit policies are more effective than demand-side capital structure choices. Furthermore, we identify three channels through which climate risk impairs debt capacity: reduced competitiveness, increased default risk, and diminished resilience. Our heterogeneity analysis reveals that these adverse effects are more pronounced for non-state-owned firms, firms with weaker internal controls, and companies in highly financialized regions, and during periods of heightened environmental uncertainty. We also apply textual analysis and machine learning to the measurement of climate change risks, partially mitigating the geographic biases and single-dimensional shortcomings inherent in macro-level indicators, thus enriching the quantitative research on climate change risks. These findings provide valuable insights for policymakers and financial institutions in promoting corporate green transition, guiding capital allocation, and supporting sustainable development
