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Bio-inspired multispectral camouflage material for microwave, infrared, and visible bands based on single hierarchical metasurface

open access: yesNanophotonics
Nature can significantly inspire humans. Chameleons, jellyfish, and many other creatures use unique camouflage methods. Multispectral camouflage materials are highly desirable to against progressive multispectral detection.
Liu Shiju   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Differential frequency of autotomy in two colour morphs of the grasshopper Atractomorpha lata (Orthoptera: Pyrgomorphidae) on dense and sparse grass substrates

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Entomology
Background colour matching is considered highly effective in preventing the detection of an animal by visual predators. In a grasshopper species with green-brown polymorphism, a green morph on grass and a brown morph on bare ground or dead litter may be ...
Jun-Ya IDE
doaj   +1 more source

Degradation of the Camouflage Pattern and Textile of the Field Uniforms

open access: yes
National Armed Forces Republic of Latvia has started improvement program of the Soldier Individual Protection System. As a part of this program more than 500 field uniforms of the National Armed Forces Republic of Latvia were evaluated by researchers ...
Šitvjenkins, Igors   +4 more
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The Grey Zone of Stakeholder Engagement: Misalignment as a Manifestation of Greyness in Stakeholder Collaboration

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study identifies and conceptualises the grey zone of stakeholder engagement and explores how it manifests in a collaborative context related to the promotion of a circular economy. While prior research on stakeholder engagement has highlighted the positive, value‐creating bright side or the harmful dark side of stakeholder engagement, we ...
Annika Blomberg   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Other title: Blend with your background

open access: yes, 1943
Includes vignette of German soldier with white strip across his eyes, surrounded by the words 'Camouflage blinds the enemy.'; "1943--O-554991."Concealed solder aiming his rifle surrounded by dense ...

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Supply Chain Network, ESG Scores and Financial Performance

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper provides novel evidence on the role of supply chain networks in influencing firms' environmental, social and governance (ESG) scores and financial performance. Our analysis employs financial, board, ESG and supply chain data, resulting in an unbalanced panel of over 16,000 firm‐year observations from 3028 publicly traded US firms ...
Michail Filippidis   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Platform Thinking as a Catalyst for Circular Innovation in Low‐ and Medium‐Tech Industries

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Growing pressures to replace linear with circular models challenge organisations to innovate continuously and to absorb new knowledge. While platform thinking has been examined as an enabler of innovation in high‐tech industries, its relevance in low‐ and medium‐tech industries, like construction, remains underexplored.
Julia Köhler   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Scorpionfish adjust skin pattern contrast on different backgrounds

open access: yesEcology and Evolution
The two scorpionfish species Scorpaena maderensis and S. porcus are well camouflaged ambush predators that rapidly change body colouration to adjust to background colour in less than 1 min.
Leonie John   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

SDG Forward Faster in the Face of Geopolitical and Climate Risks: Does CEO Power Strengthen This Relationship?

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In a macroeconomic environment characterised by systemic disruptions and global uncertainty, companies are forced to reconfigure their sustainability strategies. This study examines the combined impact of geopolitical and climate risks on corporate commitment to and actual progress toward the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals ...
Isabel‐María García‐Sánchez
wiley   +1 more source

Adaptive Multispectral Infrared Camouflage

open access: yes, 2018
With advancements in infrared detection technology, there is a need for fast, switchable infrared camouflage. Here, we report an adaptive infrared camouflage system that can be engineered to operate at any desired wavelength in the technologically ...
Chandra, Sayan   +14 more
core   +1 more source

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