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Mapping and Innovating Business Models of Food Hubs in Short Food Supply Chains

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Short food supply chains (SFSCs) offer sustainable alternatives to conventional food systems (CFSCs) but require effective intermediaries to scale and remain competitive. Food Hubs (FHs) serve this role by enhancing SFSC efficiency and market reach while upholding community‐oriented values. However, limited research has examined how FHs design
Marije Renkema‐Singh, Lea Fobbe, Per Hilletofth   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Strategic Action Plan to Advance Circular Economy Practices in the Automotive Industry Based on Sector Insights to Support Sustainable Development

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The circular economy is gaining traction as a transformative approach to address climate change and the shortcomings of the linear economic model, which is defined by unsustainable production and consumption patterns. This study explores the implementation of circularity principles in the Spanish automotive industry, with particular attention ...
Salvador Perez‐Canto, Alvaro Ramos‐Garcia, Carlos de las Heras‐Rosas   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Simulation-Based Optimization Framework for Collaborative Scheduling of Autonomous and Human-Driven Trucks in Mixed-Traffic Container Terminal Environments

Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
To address the efficiency and safety challenges arising from the mixed operation of autonomous and human-driven container trucks during the automation transformation of traditional container terminals, this study designed a simulation-based optimization ...
Weili Wang, Fangying He, Jiahui Hu, Yu Wang   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

An ACO-Inspired, Probabilistic, Greedy Approach to the Drone Traveling Salesman Problem [PDF]

, 2019
In recent years, major companies have done research on using drones for parcel delivery. Research has shown that this can result in significant savings, which has led to the formulation of various truck and drone routing and scheduling optimization ...
Houseknecht, Jessica
core   +1 more source

Sustainability‐Oriented Collaborations in Green Energy Markets Formation: A Configurational Analysis of Alliance Management Capabilities and Relational View

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sustainability‐oriented collaborations are inter‐organisational arrangements where the competencies of multiple companies are pooled together to tackle environmental challenges. These collaborations differ from traditional strategic alliances in that they tackle complex goals amidst greater uncertainties that extend beyond economic performance,
Vittorio Maria Garibbo, Eleonora Annunziata, Francesco Rizzi, Marco Frey   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Dark Model Adaptation: Semantic Image Segmentation from Daytime to Nighttime

, 2018
This work addresses the problem of semantic image segmentation of nighttime scenes. Although considerable progress has been made in semantic image segmentation, it is mainly related to daytime scenarios.
Dai, Dengxin, Van Gool, Luc
core   +1 more source

Safety Case for Autonomous Trucks (SCAT)

, 2023
Funding: Vinnova, Swedish Energy Agency, Formas.
Sobiech, Cilli, Berglund, Pia, Bergman, Mats, Johansson, Viktor, Lundahl, Jenny, Nylander, Tomas, Skoglund, Martin, Strandberg, Ted   +7 more
openaire   +1 more source

Strengthening urban resilience in China through underground infrastructures management: Addressing global climate challenges with technological solutions

Deep Underground Science and Engineering, EarlyView.
This paper explores how climate‐resilient technologies, such as smart grids, digital twins, and self‐healing materials, can enhance urban resilience. It highlights the urgent need for proactive planning, public‐private collaboration, and data‐driven innovation to future‐proof underground infrastructure amid accelerating climate and urban pressures ...
Kai Chen Goh, Tonni Agustiono Kurniawan, Christia Meidiana, Abdelkader Anouzla, Faissal Aziz, Imran Ali, Joan Cecilia C. Casila, M. Imran Khan, Dongdong Zhang, Meihui Jiang, Mohd Hafiz Dzarfan Othman, Md Munir Hayet Khan, Kasun Kumara Dissanayake   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Flexible Chromatic VIS‐IR Meta‐Textile for Multi‐Scenario Stealth

ENERGY &ENVIRONMENTAL MATERIALS, EarlyView.
A flexible chromatic meta‐textile was developed for multi‐spectral stealth across VIS‐IR bands, combining low color difference, ultralow infrared emissivity, and passive radiative cooling. The textile exhibits excellent VIS wide‐angle compatibility, optical durability, and mechanical flexibility, offering a promising solution for advanced stealth ...
Jian Wang, Chong Wang, Xiaoyu Sun, Fangyuan Yu, Zuoxu Wu, Xiaofang Li, Jun Mao, Qian Zhang, Feng Cao   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Towards Full Automated Drive in Urban Environments: A Demonstration in GoMentum Station, California

, 2017
Each year, millions of motor vehicle traffic accidents all over the world cause a large number of fatalities, injuries and significant material loss. Automated Driving (AD) has potential to drastically reduce such accidents. In this work, we focus on the
Al-Stouhi, Samir, Anon, Alexandre Miranda, Chiu, Jimmy, Cosgun, Akansel, Demir, Mahmut, Huang, Jiawei, Lian, Thang, Ma, Lichao, Tafish, Hasan   +8 more
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