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Food Waste Applications Beyond the West: Archetypes and Insights From China

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Food waste is a major challenge for sustainable development, but digital solutions designed to reduce it remain unevenly distributed globally. Food waste mobile applications (FWMAs) have emerged as promising tools for reducing food surpluses through redistribution and improved household food management.
Jiequan Hong, Ralf Barkemeyer, Anicia Jaegler   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fiducial Placement for Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy under Only Endoscopic Ultrasonography Guidance in Pancreatic and Hepatic Malignancy: Practical Feasibility and Safety

Gut and Liver, 2014
Background/AimsStereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) for gastrointestinal malignancies requires the placement of fiducials to guide treatment delivery. This study aimed to determine the safety and technical feasibility of endoscopic ultrasonography (
doaj   +1 more source

Can Private Equity Deliver on Its Societal Ambitions? What We Know and Don't Know About Environmental, Social, and Governance Factor Integration in Private Equity

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Private equity (PE) firms increasingly integrate environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors in investment decisions and raise impact funds to address sustainability challenges. We review and integrate the growing body of literature on why, when, and how PE fund managers incorporate ESG factors into their investment strategies and ...
Tjarda Molenaar, Christopher Wickert, Svetlana Khapova   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Enhanced STag Marker System: Materials and Methods for Flexible Robot Localisation

Machines
Accurate localisation is key for the autonomy of mobile robots. Fiducial localisation utilises relative positions of markers physically deployed across an environment to determine a localisation estimate for a robot.
James R. Heselden, Dimitris Paparas, Robert L. Stevenson, Gautham P. Das   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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

Business 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

Three-Dimensional Binary Marker: A Novel Underwater Marker Applicable for Long-Term Deployment Scenarios

Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
Traditional 2D optical markers degrade quickly in underwater applications due to sediment accumulation and marine biofouling, becoming undetectable within weeks.
Alaaeddine Chaarani, Patryk Cieslak, Joan Esteba, Ivan Eichhardt, Pere Ridao   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Validated Signalling: How Ownership Structure Enhances ESG Disclosure Credibility in an Emerging Market

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While signalling theory predicts that ESG disclosure reduces information asymmetry and supports forward‐looking firm valuation, this relationship remains contested in emerging markets with concentrated ownership. Using a panel of 84 Turkish listed firms over 2014–2024 (924 firm‐years) and two‐step system GMM, we examine whether business groups,
Ajab Khan, Alhashmi Aboubaker Lasyoud, Mariam Abbas   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tumor track seeding: A new complication of fiducial marker insertion

Radiology Case Reports, 2014
In the United States, lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death. Candidates for tumor ablation using CyberKnife® require fiducial placement in or near the target tumor to achieve precision.
Zeal Patel, MD, Michele Retrouvey, MD, Harlan Vingan, MD, Scott Williams, MD   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Examining ESG Performance Through TNFD‐Aligned Disclosure Practices

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines adherence to the Taskforce on Nature‐related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) framework in relation to the ESG performance of non‐financial and non‐utility S&P 500 firms. Drawing on legitimacy, stakeholder, and institutional monitoring theories, we construct measures of TNFD, nature‐related risk and opportunity indicators for ...
Dauda Bola Abdulsalam, Duminda Kuruppuarachchi, Helen Roberts   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Towards Accurate Photogrammetry Using Molded Markers

Sensors
Traditional marker-based photogrammetry systems often require the attachment and removal of a sticker for each measured point, involving labor-intensive manual steps.
Iñigo Auzmendi Iriarte, Oier Saez de Egilaz, Pedro Gonzalez de Alaiza Martinez, Imanol Herrera   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source