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1. A bibliometric review on natural resource accounting during 1995–2014

Author:
Zhong, Shaozhuo; Geng, Yong; Liu, Wenjing; Gao, Cuixia; Chen, Wei
Source:
Journal of cleaner production 2016 v.139 pp. 122-132
ISSN:
0959-6526
Subject:
bibliometric analysis; ecological footprint; emergy; environmental management; exergy; life cycle assessment; material flow analysis; mathematical models; natural resources; natural resources conservation; research and development; research methods; social networks
Abstract:
... Natural resource accounting plays a critical role in sustainable utilization and conservation of natural resources. This paper aims to review research progress on natural resource accounting for the period of 1995–2014. The main research methods for this study include bibliometric analysis and social network analysis, covering publications’ performances, characteristics of related journals, countr ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.08.039

2. Accounting the effects of WTO accession on trade-embodied emissions: Evidence from China

Author:
Liu, Zhengyan; Song, Peng; Mao, Xianqiang
Source:
Journal of cleaner production 2016 v.139 pp. 1383-1390
ISSN:
0959-6526
Subject:
World Trade Organization; adverse effects; emissions; emissions factor; environmental impact; exports; imports; models; trade liberalization; China
Abstract:
... The indicators of the ‘emissions embodied in exports’, the ‘balance of emissions embodied in trade’ and the ‘net emissions contributed by trade’ are used to measure the trade-embodied environmental impacts from various angles. A counterfactual scenario of “without WTO accession” is formed as the comparative baseline with the support of a dynamic computable general equilibrium model. Then the diffe ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.08.100

3. Acetylated bacterial cellulose coated with urinary bladder matrix as a substrate for retinal pigment epithelium B Biointerfaces

Author:
Gonçalves, Sara; Rodrigues, Inês Patrício; Padrão, Jorge; Silva, João Pedro; Sencadas, Vitor; Lanceros-Mendez, Senentxu; Girão, Henrique; Gama, Francisco M.; Dourado, Fernando; Rodrigues, Lígia R.
Source:
Colloids and surfaces 2016 v.139 pp. 1-9
ISSN:
0927-7765
Subject:
acetylation; adsorption; bladder; cell adhesion; cell polarity; cellulose; colloids; cytoskeleton; epithelium; hydrophobicity; microvilli; phenotype; proteins; strength (mechanics)
Abstract:
... This work evaluated the effect of acetylated bacterial cellulose (ABC) substrates coated with urinary bladder matrix (UBM) on the behavior of retinal pigment epithelium (RPE), as assessed by cell adhesion, proliferation and development of cell polarity exhibiting transepithelial resistance and polygonal shaped-cells with microvilli. Acetylation of bacterial cellulose (BC) generated a moderate hydr ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.colsurfb.2015.11.051

4. A channel evolution model for subtropical macrochannel systems

Author:
Thompson, C.J.; Croke, J.; Fryirs, K.; Grove, J.R.
Source:
Catena 2016 v.139 pp. 199-213
ISSN:
0341-8162
Subject:
case studies; ecological restoration; floods; models; rivers; sediment deposition; semiarid zones; streams; subtropics; Queensland
Abstract:
... A channel evolution model (CEM) represents stages of channel development in response to specific types of disturbance. In recent years, classic incised/disturbed CEMs have provided process-based understanding of channel adjustment and formed the cornerstone for river restoration and rehabilitation. While broadly applicable to alluvial systems in temperate and semi-arid regions, these models cannot ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.catena.2015.12.012

5. A comprehensive evaluation of physical and environmental performances for wet-white leather manufacture

Author:
Shi, Jiabo; Puig, Rita; Sang, Jun; Lin, Wei
Source:
Journal of cleaner production 2016 v.139 pp. 1512-1519
ISSN:
0959-6526
Subject:
adenosine diphosphate; adenosine monophosphate; atomic absorption spectrometry; carbon; chromium; energy; energy-dispersive X-ray analysis; environmental impact; formaldehyde; furniture; global warming; humans; leather; leather tanning; life cycle assessment; manufacturing; nanoclays; scanning electron microscopy; shrinkage; tannins; temperature; toxicity; vegetables
Abstract:
... This paper presents the comprehensive evaluation results of physical and environmental performances for a novel wet-white (chrome-free) leather manufacturing. The tanning process is optimized as 15 wt% tannic acid (TA) combination with 4 wt% Laponite nanoclay, giving the leather with shrinkage temperature (Ts) above 86 °C. Inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectrometry (ICP-AES) measureme ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.08.120

6. A design of experiments approach for the optimisation of energy and waste during the production of parts manufactured by 3D printing

Author:
Griffiths, C.A.; Howarth, J.; De Almeida-Rowbotham, G.; Rees, A.; Kerton, R.
Source:
Journal of cleaner production 2016 v.139 pp. 74-85
ISSN:
0959-6526
Subject:
computer software; data collection; economic analysis; energy; environmental impact; equipment; experimental design; manufacturing; models; system optimization; wastes
Abstract:
... Direct digital manufacture and additive manufacture has expanded from rapid prototyping into rapid production and has the possibility to produce personalised high quality products with the batch size of one. Affordable additive manufacturing machines and open source software enables a wide spectrum of users. With a populace empowered with the possibility of producing their own products, this disru ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.07.182

7. Advances in preparation, analysis and biological activities of single chitooligosaccharides

Author:
Li, Kecheng; Xing, Ronge; Liu, Song; Li, Pengcheng
Source:
Carbohydrate polymers 2016 v.139 pp. 178-190
ISSN:
0144-8617
Subject:
animals; antioxidants; bioactive properties; chitooligosaccharides; elicitors; plants (botany); structure-activity relationships
Abstract:
... Chitooligosaccharides (COS), as a source of potential bioactive material, has been reported to possess diverse bioactivities. These bioactivities of COS are often tested using relatively poorly characterized oligomer mixtures during past few decades, resulting in difficult identification of COS molecules responsible for biological effects. Therefore, a new interest has recently been emerged on hig ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.carbpol.2015.12.016

8. Affirmative action through minority reserves: An experimental study on school choice

Author:
Klijn, Flip; Pais, Joana; Vorsatz, Marc
Source:
Economics letters 2016 v.139 pp. 72-75
ISSN:
0165-1765
Subject:
economics; issues and policy; laboratory experimentation; minorities (people); students
Abstract:
... Minority reserves are an affirmative action policy proposed by Hafalir et al. (2013) in the context of school choice. In a laboratory experiment, we find that adding minority reserves to the GS and TTC mechanisms has positive effects on stability but is quite disappointing in terms of efficiency. Also GS induces higher rates of truth-telling by minority students and thus outclasses TTC. ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.econlet.2015.12.018

9. A honeycomb composite of mollusca shell matrix and calcium alginate B Biointerfaces

Author:
You, Hua-jian; Li, Jin; Zhou, Chan; Liu, Bin; Zhang, Yao-guang
Source:
Colloids and surfaces 2016 v.139 pp. 100-106
ISSN:
0927-7765
Subject:
4',6-diamidino-2-phenylindole; Anodonta woodiana; absorption; actin; calcium alginate; calcium carbonate; cartilage; chemical reactions; collagen; colloids; confocal laser scanning microscopy; fluorescent antibody technique; freezing; gels; hydrochloric acid; mechanical properties; rats; sodium alginate; staining; tissue engineering
Abstract:
... A honeycomb composite is useful to carry cells for application in bone, cartilage, skin, and soft tissue regenerative therapies. To fabricate a composite, and expand the application of mollusca shells as well as improve preparing methods of calcium alginate in tissue engineering research, Anodonta woodiana shell powder was mixed with sodium alginate at varying mass ratios to obtain a gel mixture. ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.colsurfb.2015.12.006

10. A hybrid multi-criteria decision making method approach for selecting a sustainable location of healthcare waste disposal facility

Author:
Chauhan, Ankur; Singh, Amol
Source:
Journal of cleaner production 2016 v.139 pp. 1001-1010
ISSN:
0959-6526
Subject:
business enterprises; economic sustainability; hazardous waste; health services; issues and policy; models; multi-criteria decision making; surveys; waste disposal
Abstract:
... Sustainability is the concern of organisations across the world; it has received attention of researchers from different fields including operations management. For addressing sustainability, the triple bottom line approach of environmental, societal, and economic sustainability has been widely mentioned in the literature. Since, the nature of healthcare waste is hazardous and infectious for envir ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.08.098

11. Airborne bacteria in the atmosphere: Presence, purpose, and potential

Author:
Smets, Wenke; Moretti, Serena; Denys, Siegfried; Lebeer, Sarah
Source:
Atmospheric environment 2016 v.139 pp. 214-221
ISSN:
1352-2310
Subject:
air quality; airborne microorganisms; atmospheric chemistry; bacteria; ecosystems; environmental factors; human health; humidity; ice nucleation; models; pathogens; space and time
Abstract:
... Numerous recent studies have highlighted that the types of bacteria present in the atmosphere often show predictable patterns across space and time. These patterns can be driven by differences in bacterial sources of the atmosphere and a wide range of environmental factors, including UV intensity, precipitation events, and humidity. The abundance of certain bacterial taxa is of interest, not only ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.atmosenv.2016.05.038

12. Altered nutrient intake by baculovirus-challenged insects: Self-medication or compensatory feeding?

Author:
Shikano, Ikkei; Cory, Jenny S.
Source:
Journal of invertebrate pathology 2016 v.139 pp. 25-33
ISSN:
0022-2011
Subject:
Autographa californica multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus; Trichoplusia ni; animals; carbohydrate intake; feeding behavior; hosts; immune response; insects; motivation; parasites; pathogens; prediction; probability; protein intake; temperature; trophic levels; viruses
Abstract:
... Infection by parasites can alter the feeding behaviour of hosts. Some animals seek out substances that can therapeutically clear infections (self-medication), some may seek out resources to recoup resources lost while fighting off infection (compensatory feeding) and others may be manipulated to ingest substances that benefit parasite fitness (parasite manipulation of host). Recent studies have in ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jip.2016.07.005

13. Alternative conceptions of sustainability in a business context

Author:
Lankoski, Leena
Source:
Journal of cleaner production 2016 v.139 pp. 847-857
ISSN:
0959-6526
Subject:
business enterprises; managers; researchers; value added
Abstract:
... Even when restricting our observations to the business context, it is evident that the concept of sustainability is interpreted in quite different ways, which hinders the achievement of sustainability transitions. Approaching sustainability as an ‘essentially contested concept’, this paper unpacks it into three constituent, management-relevant dimensions – scope, substitutability, and goal orienta ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.08.087

14. A method of simultaneously measuring particle shape parameter and aerodynamic size

Author:
Ding, Lei; Zhang, JinBi; Zheng, HaiYang; Wang, YingPing; Fang, Li
Source:
Atmospheric environment 2016 v.139 pp. 87-97
ISSN:
1352-2310
Subject:
aerosols; atmospheric chemistry; laboratory experimentation; monitoring; probability distribution; variance
Abstract:
... For the purpose of classification of airborne particles, this paper describes an experimental apparatus for simultaneously measuring shape characteristics and aerodynamic size at single particle level. The shape of a particle is indicated through near forward scattering light collected by 3 PMTs placed at 120-degree offset azimuthal angles and the aerodynamic diameter is obtained by time-of-flight ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.atmosenv.2016.05.011

15. A methodology for predicting the energy performance and indoor thermal comfort of residential stocks on the neighbourhood and city scales. A case study in Spain

Author:
Braulio-Gonzalo, Marta; Bovea, María Dolores; Ruá, María José; Juan, Pablo
Source:
Journal of cleaner production 2016 v.139 pp. 646-665
ISSN:
0959-6526
Subject:
building construction; case studies; cooling; decision making; energy; energy requirements; geographic information systems; heat; planning; prediction; stakeholders; statistical models; urban areas; Spain
Abstract:
... The aim of the study is to present a developed bottom-up-based methodology for predicting the energy performance of residential stocks on the neighbourhood and city scales. This methodology enables predicting the energy demand and discomfort hours (heating and cooling) taking into account urban and building factors such as urban block type, street height-width ratio and solar orientation of the ma ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.08.059

16. A microfoundation for stochastic frontier analysis

Author:
Oikawa, Koki
Source:
Economics letters 2016 v.139 pp. 15-17
ISSN:
0165-1765
Subject:
econometric models; prediction
Abstract:
... This paper provides a microfoundation for distributions of technical inefficiency in parametric stochastic production frontier analysis. It shows that dial-setting technology à la Jovanovic and Nyarko (1996) implies a gamma distribution with a specific set of parameters that depends on a manager’s experience or his/her prediction ability. ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.econlet.2015.12.006

17. A multi-objective optimization framework for energy and asset management in an industrial Microgrid

Author:
Choobineh, Moein; Mohagheghi, Salman
Source:
Journal of cleaner production 2016 v.139 pp. 1326-1338
ISSN:
0959-6526
Subject:
ambient temperature; assets; case studies; cost effectiveness; emissions; energy; factories; manufacturing; profits and margins; renewable energy sources; system optimization
Abstract:
... Increased competition and reduced profit margins are pushing manufacturing plants to find ways to improve operational efficiency and reduce costs. At the same time, government incentives and community initiatives are encouraging the industrial sector to pursue sustainability in operation and energy consumption. This has introduced a paradigm shift where the focus of plant operation is moving from ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.08.138

18. An advanced micro-bio-loop to produce biogas

Author:
Jin, Qiang; Borthwick, Alistair G.L.
Source:
Journal of cleaner production 2016 v.139 pp. 1094-1097
ISSN:
0959-6526
Subject:
algae culture; anaerobic digestion; biogas; energy balance; environmental impact; labor; land use; recycling; solar radiation
Abstract:
... The authors report an advanced micro-bio-loop that involves recycling through four steps; namely: microalgae culture; de-oxygenation; anaerobic digestion; and aerobic decomposition. The advanced micro-bio-loop operates under sunlight to produce a continuous stream of biogas without requiring any additional external input or internal output to its surrounds. In comparison to conventional biogas pro ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.08.136

19. Anaerobically digested brewery effluent as a medium for hydroponic crop production – The influence of algal ponds and pH

Author:
Power, Sean D.; Jones, Clifford L.W.
Source:
Journal of cleaner production 2016 v.139 pp. 167-174
ISSN:
0959-6526
Subject:
algae; anaerobic digestion; biomass; crop production; fruit growing; hydroponics; mineral fertilizers; nutrients; pH; phosphoric acid; plant growth; ponds; public water supply; tomatoes
Abstract:
... Millions of mega-litres of nutrient-rich effluent are discharged daily with environmental implications and often at considerable financial cost to the primary water user. This research aimed to develop technology that adds value to this liability, by making the effluent available for downstream use in hydroponic crop production.Brewery effluent subject to anaerobic digestion (AD) followed by treat ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.07.189

20. An alphabaculovirus isolated from dead Lymantria dispar larvae shows high genetic similarity to baculovirus previously isolated from Lymantria monacha – An example of adaptation to a new host

Author:
Rabalski, Lukasz; Krejmer-Rabalska, Martyna; Skrzecz, Iwona; Wasag, Bartosz; Szewczyk, Boguslaw
Source:
Journal of invertebrate pathology 2016 v.139 pp. 56-66
ISSN:
0022-2011
Subject:
Alphabaculovirus; Lymantria dispar; Lymantria monacha; bioactive properties; biopesticides; deoxyribodipyrimidine photo-lyase; forests; genes; genetic similarity; high-throughput nucleotide sequencing; insect larvae; national parks; nucleocapsid; pests; phylogeny; virion; viruses; Poland
Abstract:
... A new isolate of baculovirus, Lymantria dispar multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus-BNP (LdMNPV-BNP), was found in dead gypsy moth (L. dispar) caterpillars collected in the Biebrzanski National Park in Poland. Here, we examined its biological activity, structure, genetic content and phylogeny. Multiple nucleocapsids of LdMNPV-BNP are enveloped together in 2–26 virions embedded in occluded bodies (OBs) ve ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jip.2016.07.011