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Exploring resilience capacities with food innovators: a narrative approach

Global Sustainability, 2020
We interviewed grassroots food innovators in South Africa to explore the diverse ways in which their narratives expressed different capacities for resilience, such as dealing with surprise and shaping desirable change. We drew on key resilience themes of
Megan Lindow, Rika Preiser, Reinette Biggs   +2 more
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Refining a preclinical model of viral myocarditis in accordance with biotech standards

Animal Models and Experimental Medicine, EarlyView.
This study aimed to refine a murine model of Coxsackievirus B3‐induced myocarditis by integrating dietary and imaging innovations to improve animal welfare, data quality, and clinical applicability. The refined diet significantly reduced animal health burden, reduced weight loss, and stabilized blood glucose during development of cardiac inflammation ...
Jonas Stewen, Julia Riedesel, Juliane Stein, Brandon H. Greene, Svenja Rohde, Sonja Suess, Bjoern Keiner, Priya Panjwani, Padmapriya Ponnuswamy, Juan E. Camacho Londoño   +9 more
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Descriptive, comparative, and functional anatomy of the facial musculature in cattle (Bos taurus)

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Facial expressions can provide insight into animal emotions and pain, but no standardized system for assessing the entire facial display in cattle (Bos taurus Linnaeus) exists. The Facial Action Coding System (FACS), originally developed for humans, identifies distinct facial movements based on mimetic muscles.
Maja Söderlind, Bridget Cain, Katrina Ask, Jean‐Francois Valarcher, Elin Hernlund, Pia Haubro Andersen, Marie Rhodin   +6 more
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Operational Performance Implications of Circular Economy Implementation: An Empirical Exploration in the Manufacturing Sector

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The global manufacturing sector has increasingly adopted circular economy (CE) practices to address sustainability challenges and improve operational efficiency. This study explores the impact of five CE practices—reduce, reuse, remanufacture, recycle, and recover—on key operational performance dimensions: quality, speed, dependability ...
Jose Arturo Garza‐Reyes, Meiirman Khassen, Ranjit Roy Ghatak, Rohit Joshi, Christian Muñoz Sánchez, Jayakrishna Kandasamy   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Greening the Bottom Line: Public Funding for Circular Economy Initiatives and Financial Stability

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Public funding for circular economy (CE) initiatives plays a crucial role in shaping corporate financial performance, yet its effects remain underexplored. Grounded in the resource‐based view (RBV) of the firm, this study investigates the financial impact of CE funding on private firms, using Portugal as a case study. It analyses the financial
Rui Cruz, Marisa R. Ferreira, Carina Silva, María Isabel Sánchez‐Hernández   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Defining Remanufacturing: A Key Business Strategy Advancing Industrial Circularity

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Remanufacturing is a key strategy in the circular economy, enabling substantial product value retention. However, inconsistent definitions across standards and legislation hinder global trade, core recovery and market acceptance. This study examines how remanufacturing is defined in laws and standards, and how these definitions impact industry
Erik Sundin, Jennifer D. Russell, Carl Dalhammar   +2 more
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Methodological Pathways for Circular Economy in Energy and Environmental Studies: A Structured Review Toward Sustainable Development

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The circular economy (CE) has become a major focus in energy and environmental (E&E) research, as it helps advance sustainable development, improve resource efficiency and alleviate environmental pressure. Even so, the literature is still fragmented, particularly in the CE themes it explores, the levels of analysis it adopts and the methods ...
Jahira Debbarma, Mohamed Shrief, Vikas Kumar   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Dopaminergic Regulation of Reward System Connectivity Underpins Pain and Emotional Suffering in Migraine

Journal of Pain Research, 2021
Dajung J Kim, Hassan Jassar, Manyoel Lim, Thiago D Nascimento, Alexandre F DaSilva Headache and Orofacial Pain Effort (H.O.P.E.), Biologic and Material Sciences & Prosthodontics, University of Michigan School of Dentistry, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109 ...
Kim DJ, Jassar H, Lim M, Nascimento TD, DaSilva AF   +4 more
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Inteins: Localized Distribution, Gene Regulation, and Protein Engineering for Biological Applications

Microorganisms, 2018
Inteins are self-splicing polypeptides with an ability to excise themselves from flanking host protein regions with remarkable precision; in the process, they ligate flanked host protein fragments.
Theetha L. Pavankumar
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Are SMEs Claiming to Be Circular, Actually Circular? An Empirical Study on the Implementation and Performance Evaluation of Circular Economy Practices

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The circular economy is a key paradigm for ecological and ethical transition, particularly in the manufacturing sector. Although small and medium‐sized enterprises are pivotal in advancing the circular economy, the implementation of circular economy practices remains limited, with a focus on less impactful practices such as recycling and ...
Marta Negri, Alessandra Neri, Enrico Cagno, Vikas Kumar, Anabela Soares   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source