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Innovation and paths to social-ecological sustainability

, 2017
The traditional approach to innovation assessment has mainly focused on the economic outcomes and failed to capture the ecological and social dimensions of sustainability. By giving high attention to the role of specific kind of innovation (technological
Demissie Damite Degato
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High effective supersaturation offsets low aerosol hygroscopicity to promote orographic cloud formation over the southern Tibetan Plateau

npj Climate and Atmospheric Science
The Tibetan Plateau, known as Asian water tower, plays a crucial role in regional water cycles and climate. However, limited in-situ cloud observations have hindered a comprehensive understanding of cloud microphysical processes over this region.
Yuan Wang, Fang Fang, Jiming Li, Ping Zhang, Zhao Ji, Jinsen Shi, Jianping Huang   +6 more
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A Low Energy House Concept Transformed in the Phase of Innovation Diffusion

, 2008
The construction sector is undergoing transformation towards sustainability, thus taking the three aspects of sustainability - ecological, economic and social - into account.
Glad, W
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Covalent Organic Framework Membranes through Sequential Imine Exchange for Precise Molecular Separation

Nano-Micro Letters
Highlights A sequential imine exchange strategy is first proposed for the fabrication of highly crystalline and defect-free covalent organic framework (COF) membranes.
Tingyuan Wang, Yanan Liu, Junhao Wu, Xiaocui Wei, Zongmei Li, Fu Zhao, Yixi Sun, Chunyang Fan, Yuhan Wang, Zhongyi Jiang   +9 more
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Comparison of Dust Storm Events between East Asia and North America [PDF]

E3S Web of Conferences
In this study, the decadal variations of global dust storm events (DSEs) are studied based on two typical cases that occurred in East Asia in 2023 and in North America in 1934, respectively.
Huang Jianping, Zhou Xiaoyou, Li Yan
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Laboratory Investigation of the Unsaturated Shear Strength Characteristics of Sand–Clay Mixtures

Advances in Civil Engineering
Sandy-clay mixtures are commonly used in civil engineering projects, such as transportation and water resources, due to their unique construction properties.
Gaoliang Tao, Nong Mao, ShaoPing Huang, Qing Ouyang   +3 more
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The ocean losing its breath under the heatwaves

Nature Communications
The world’s oceans are under threat from the prevalence of heatwaves caused by climate change. Despite this, there is a lack of understanding regarding their impact on seawater oxygen levels - a crucial element in sustaining biological survival. Here, we
Changyu Li, Jianping Huang, Xiaoyue Liu, Lei Ding, Yongli He, Yongkun Xie   +5 more
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Spaces of Innovation: learning, proximity and the ecological turn [PDF]

Contrary to the fashionable “death of distance” thesis, the socio-spatial context for innovation remains as important as ever for firms, networks and the public institutions that tend to be neglected in orthodox narratives of learning. In this article we
Kevin Morgan, Adrian Healy
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Constructing Collaborative Innovation Ecological Environment for College students innovation Ability Cultivation

, 2023
There are many problems among contemporary college students, such as weak innovation consciousness, insufficient innovation motivation and poor ability of innovation achievements transformation. Through analyzing the relevant elements of innovation chain,
Lianfu Han, Xin Li, Xiuyan Zhang, Yidi Teng, Guobin Tao   +4 more
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When Does Green Innovation Matter? Financial Globalization and Pollution Abatement Across the Ecological Footprint Distribution in the EU

Economies
This study examines when green innovation contributes to pollution abatement by analyzing how financial globalization and different forms of innovation jointly shape ecological pressure across European Union (EU) countries over the period 1992–2021.
Ayhan Kuloğlu, Furkan Yıldırım, Ulaş Ünlü, İhsan Yapar, Özkan Çıtak   +4 more
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