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Sustainability Strategies in the Cocoa‐Chocolate Value Chain: An Analysis Using Stakeholder Theory, Global Value Chain Theory, and Resource Dependence Theory

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The cocoa‐chocolate value chain faces significant environmental and social challenges, driving firms to adopt sustainability strategies ranging from individual practices to third‐party certifications. This study investigates the factors associated with these strategies by analyzing 304 cocoa‐chocolate companies using firm‐level data from the ...
Stella Marschner   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hazardous Waits: CPSC Lets Crucial Time Pass Before Warning Public About Dangerous Products [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Despite a law requiring manufacturers to provide the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) with "immediate" notification of dangerous products, the agency typically delays nearly seven months after learning of dangerous, defective products before ...
Taylor Lincoln
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Design and optimization of processes for recovering rare earth elements from end‐of‐life permanent magnets

open access: yesAIChE Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Recovery of rare earth elements (REEs) from end‐of‐life (EOL) products represents a strategic opportunity to strengthen the domestic supply chain for rare earth elements. This work presents a superstructure‐based optimization framework for finding the most economical processing pathway for different EOL rare earth permanent magnets (REPMs ...
Chris Laliwala   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Conversion of an ordinary n bicycle into an electric bike and related research / Dviračio perdarymas į elektrinį ir jo tyrimas

open access: yesMokslas: Lietuvos Ateitis, 2014
An electric bicycle as a transport and leisure vehicle is expected to have a promising future. Currently, he market offers a great choice of factory electric bicycles and conversion kits to remake an ordinary bicycle into an electric bike.
Marius Janavičius
doaj   +1 more source

Development of bicycle powered water pump [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Bicycle powered water pump is a water pumping system that instead of using electric powered, it will used the human power to rotate the pump so it can pumping the water.
Zaihin, Mohd Zahib
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Automation of Surgical Workflow Recognition: Unveiling the Surgical Instrument Kinematics that Underly Robot‐Assisted Prostatectomy Procedures

open access: yesAdvanced Intelligent Discovery, EarlyView.
Automated procedural analysis is recognized as one of the major game changers for robotic surgery. Meaning digital analysis needs to replace the manual assessments that set todays standard. Mechanical robotic‐instrument tracking enables the derivation of quantitative kinematic metrics that support behavior‐based workflow segmentation into distinct ...
Kateryna Pirkovets   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Factors Determining Transit Access by Car Owners: Implications for Intermodal Passenger Transportation Planning [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Although walking is the dominant mode of transportation to transit facilities, there are strong variations by socio-demographics, geography, mode of public transit used and other factors.
Mallon, Y., Thakuriah, P., Tilahun, N.
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Printed Wearable Sweat Rate Sensor for Continuous In Situ Perspiration Measurement

open access: yesAdvanced Intelligent Systems, Volume 7, Issue 3, March 2025.
A wireless wearable sweat rate sensor system is presented, featuring digital 3D direct‐write printing on a flexible substrate with microfluidic layers for continuous, real‐time monitoring. Printed encapsulated metal electrodes are used for capacitance measurements, achieving high sensitivity (0.01 μL min−1) while maintaining a compact and lightweight ...
Mohammad Shafiqul Islam   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Experimental Determination of Bicycles and Electric Bicycle Stopping Distance

open access: yesEEPES 2024
This work presents the results of an experimental study of the braking properties of bicycles and an e-bicycle. Data on braking decelerations and braking distance under different braking conditions were obtained for different bicycles including an e-bicycle.
Daniel Lyubenov   +4 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Choice f micro-mobility: Case studies of ta public bicycle sharing system in New Zealand [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
This study considers how to improve understanding of sustainable urban transport planning from the perspective of the Central Business District (CBD) redevelopment process for two cities, Hamilton and Christchurch in New Zealand (NZ). The most proportion
Kim, Hyun-Chan, Kim, Tae Hwan
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