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textile industry, etc ; aesthetics; arable soils; cotton; hemp; insecticides; markets; raw materials; tensile strength; Show all 9 Subjects
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... Cotton is the most popular natural fiber used in apparel industry world over. Although cotton is cultivated in approximately 2.4% of the world’s arable land, it accounts for 24% of the world’s insecticide market. Industrial hemp is considered as the most sustainable raw material as substitute of cotton in textile industry. However, there are several challenges associated with hemp processing as th ...
industry, etc ; adsorption; dyes; electrocoagulation; electrolysis; heavy metals; methyl orange; nickel; polymers; spectroscopy; wastewater; China; Show all 12 Subjects
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... Electrocoagulation (EC) has been widely used to treat the heavy metal wastewater in industry. A novel process of sinusoidal alternating current electrocoagulation (SACC) is adopted to remove Ni²⁺ in wastewater in this study. The morphology of precipitates and the distribution of the main functional iron configurations were investigated. Ferron timed complex spectroscopy can identify the monomeric ...
industry, etc ; artificial intelligence; canopy; drought; irrigation; model validation; phenotype; radiative transfer; remote sensing; summer; tomatoes; uncertainty; Show all 12 Subjects
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... Drought management largely depends on the availability of timely, accurate and integrated information about its characteristics. Concurrently, biostimulants could represent a sustainable measure to foster the resilience of cropping systems under water-limited conditions. Nevertheless, scientific recognition of the potential of biostimulants has not grown as fast as the interest from industry: ther ...
fats and oils industry; food industry, etc ; models; transportation; Indonesia; Show all 5 Subjects
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... Without packaging, bulk food is prone to contamination which may lead to external quality failure that demands food recall. Companies need to employ effective recall decisions to prevent major loss and minimize the costs associated with recall. This study aims to determine the most effective disposition timing to reduce such recall costs and to ensure that business remains sustainable. Two disposi ...
alternative energy industry; coal industry; oil and gas industry, etc ; empirical research; energy policy; environmental policy; governance; markets; models; politics; pollutants; Show all 11 Subjects
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... This paper comprehensively evaluates the efficiency of green investments in the Chinese energy sector using data for 113 relevant listed enterprises in 2010–2018. The general Richardson residual measurement model is introduced and an improved model is built by incorporating specific determinants of green investment (i.e., company governance, political connections, environmental policy restrictions ...
... The purpose of this paper is to study what are the characteristics that make firms less or more prone to greenwashing. We collect data from sustainability disclosures of the S&P top 100 companies, to investigate the determinants of greenwashing. We use content analysis to measure the level of reporting of the companies. We define the “greenwashing” variable as the difference between what the compa ...
oil and gas industry, etc ; acetylene; air; air pollution control; alkenes; aromatic compounds; cities; evaporation; inventories; models; natural gas; ozone; solvents; China; Show all 14 Subjects
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... Both concentrations and emissions of many air pollutants have been decreasing due to implement of control measures in China, in contrast to the fact that an increase in emissions of non-methane hydrocarbons (NMHCs) has been reported. This study employed seven years continuous NMHCs measurements and the related activities data of Shanghai, a megacity in China, to explore evolution of emissions and ...
agricultural industry; textile industry, etc ; electricity; energy; fabrics; gross domestic product; human development; prices; Show all 8 Subjects
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... This research quantifies the international electric payments embodied in goods and services, for the purpose of moving towards a clear and fair electric exchange within international footprint accounts. The electric consumption and related cost of 43 countries that represent 84% of global Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has been calculated, shifting from traditionally used Production-Based Accounting ...
alternative energy industry; electric power industry; service industry, etc ; energy; input output analysis; raw materials; renewable energy sources; supply chain; value added; Korean Peninsula; Show all 10 Subjects
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... This study aims to identify the changes in the economic relations between industries resulting from the dissemination of renewable energy in Korea. Although previous studies have examined the ripple effect of renewable energy using an input-output table, there are limited studies that have performed an accurate analysis due to the absence of real economic transaction data for renewable energy and ...
furniture industry; wood industry, etc ; environmental technology; forests; furniture; markets; supply chain; waste wood; wood; Show all 9 Subjects
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... Nowadays, sustainability is one of the critical factors for the success of supply chains in organizations and firms that strive to maintain a competitive edge in the market. In wood industry, due to the need for integrating several business units such as forest entrepreneurs, carriers, pulp and paper mills and sawmills, such industries encounter various difficulties in maintaining effective supply ...
... Intelligent packaging is one of the advanced packaging systems in enhancing the functionality of a food package. The development of such innovative packaging systems for commercialization faces many challenges especially in the fabrication process: for the production of consistent, reproducible, low-cost and large-scale packaging materials. Based on recent research outputs, one of the solutions ca ...
... Supplier audits are frequently criticized for lacking authenticity and objectivity. Technology-enhanced audits (TEA) offer a potential solution to supplier audit problems by enabling enhanced analytical, visualization, modeling, and predictive capabilities. This paper explores the potential of Industry 4.0 practices in enhancing supplier audit authenticity and efficacy, as well as reducing supplie ...
... The use of static calculation models in building energy audits typically requires estimation of power loads, as appliance load monitoring is both expensive and intrusive. Small power loads are particularly difficult to monitor in detail and so, with increasing proportional contribution to overall building energy consumption, constitute a significant source of uncertainty in estimations. Little res ...
... This study aimed to evaluate the effect of solvent medium, such as ethanol (EtOH), 50% (vol/vol) propylene glycol (PG), 20% (vol/vol) tween‐20 (TW‐20), and 20% (vol/vol) tween‐80 (TW‐80), on curcumin‐mediated photosensitization to inactivate Aspergillus flavus spores in vitro and on the surface of yellow and white maize kernels and flour. Results showed suppression of curcumin phototoxic activity ...
furniture industry; pulp and paper industry; wood industry, etc ; bark; biomass; forestry; forests; fuelwood; heat production; models; prices; regression analysis; sawdust; sustainable development; wood pulp; woodworking; Czech Republic; Show all 17 Subjects
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... Currently, due to the calamity of unplanned harvesting, the amount of biomass from wood products has increased. Forests occupy 33.7% of the total area of the Czech Republic; therefore, wood and non-wood forest products are important renewables for the country. Wood biomass consists mainly of branches and bark that are not used in the wood or furniture industry. However, it can be used in bioenergy ...
biopharmaceutical industry, etc ; biopharmaceuticals; gels; therapeutics; Show all 4 Subjects
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... The charge heterogeneity of fusion proteins can vary dramatically compared with more traditional biopharmaceuticals like monoclonal antibodies, making the characterization of fusion proteins a challenge. A single platform method suitable for the analysis of multiple fusion proteins would reduce method development and streamline production workflows. Here, we develop a platform method to characteri ...
wine industry, etc ; entrepreneurship; evolution; hybrids; Show all 4 Subjects
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... The interest in environmental entrepreneurship (EE) is growing. Notably, environmental entrepreneurs are hybrid individuals, who meet commercial and ecological identities. Their entrepreneurial identity (EI) plays a key role in successfully starting and continuing entrepreneurial activities. Given that scholars have recognized the pivotal concept of EI for understanding EE, and that they have call ...
... Typified by the United Nations' net-zero emission initiatives, the need for corporate bodies, including financial institutions, to fulfill their social contracts has become ever critical. Many studies have analyzed the expanding literature on environmental, social and governance (ESG) from various perspectives, but only a handful of this work directly informs the decision-making of practitioners l ...
pharmaceutical industry, etc ; cellulose; flavor; lubricants; Show all 4 Subjects
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... Microcrystalline cellulose (MCC) is one of the most popular cellulose derivatives in the pharmaceutical industry. Thanks to its outstanding tabletability, MCC is generally included in direct compression (DC) tablet formulations containing poor-tabletability active pharmaceutical ingredients. Nowadays, numerous grades of MCC from various brands are accessible for pharmaceutical manufacturers, leadi ...