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A Systemic Model for Understanding Business Interactions With Biodiversity and Ecosystems

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation represent critical threats to human well‐being and economic resilience, challenging businesses to understand and manage their interdependence with natural systems. This study develops a systemic framework—the BioModel—that elucidates the reciprocal relationship between businesses, biodiversity, and ...
Lino Cinquini   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hydroelectric Dams and the Decline of Chinook Salmon in the Columbia River Basin

open access: yes
The decline of chinook salmon runs into the mouth of the Columbia River in recent decades is thought to be partly attributable to the construction of hydroelectric dams. The purpose of this article is to estimate the magnitude of losses in chinook salmon
Booth, Douglas E.
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Scour in rock riverbeds downstream of large dams

open access: yes, 1994
Because of the potential risk of undermining foundations, adequate control of scour is an integral part of dam safety for both new and existing dams.
Fahlbusch, F.E. (author)
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Fish data for Impacts of beaver dams on low-flow hydrology and hydraulics, Knife River, Minnesota

open access: yes, 2019
We conducted general fish surveys in 2018 around active beaver dams selected for low-flow hydrology and hydraulics in the Knife River (https://conservancy.umn.edu/handle/11299/220310), as a component of that project was to evaluate fish movement ...
Dumke, Joshua D.
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The Use of Renewable Energy in Prominent City Buildings: A Diffusion Study on Top European Football Organizations

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The present study applied the diffusion of innovation theory to investigate the rate of diffusion of renewable energy sources used by Europe's top professional football stadiums and the relationship with carbon neutrality. A discrete diffusion model estimated the diffusion of renewable energy to saturation, and a multivariate logistic ...
Chad S. Seifried   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Using a Curved Bed Sill as a Scour Countermeasure around a Complex Bridge Pier

open access: yesTikrit Journal of Engineering Sciences
Bridges are constructed to facilitate transport between riverbanks. These bridges are supported by piers of varying geometric shapes that differ from one bridge to another.
Israa H. S. Al-Rahoo, Nashwan K. Alomari
doaj   +1 more source

Can Carbon Strategy Enhance Corporate Productivity? Evidence From Carbon Risk and Opportunity Management

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Whether corporate carbon management can enhance productive efficiency is central to firms' long‐term competitiveness and determines whether carbon reduction efforts can be sustained beyond regulatory compliance. This study examines how corporate carbon risk and opportunity management affects firm productivity (measured by total factor ...
Nan Huang, Hanlu Fan, Ruoxin Zhu
wiley   +1 more source

The Perils of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Controversies: Implications for a Firm's Financial and Nonfinancial Performance

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Although ESG controversies are on the rise, research investigating them yields contradictory findings. The paper provides resolutions to the debate through investigating (a) how ESG controversies influence firms' short‐term and long‐term financial performance; (b) how firms navigate ESG controversies' effect; and (c) how ESG controversies ...
Amalesh Sharma   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

c‐Rel–dependent Chk2 signaling regulates the DNA damage response limiting hepatocarcinogenesis

open access: yesHepatology, EarlyView., 2022
In response to genotoxic injury, c‐Rel upregulates ATM‐Chk2‐p53 pathway DNA damage proteins to limiting hepatocarcinogenesis. Abstract Background and Aims Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a leading cause of cancer‐related death. The NF‐κB transcription factor family subunit c‐Rel is typically protumorigenic; however, it has recently been reported as a
Jack Leslie   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

Water storage in an era of climate change: addressing the challenge of increasing rainfall variability. Blue paper [PDF]

open access: yes
Water storage / Climate change / Rain / Dams ...
McCartney, Matthew, Smakhtin, Vladimir
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