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A Farewell to Arms… Manufacturing: Learning From a Landmine Producer Who Became a Deminer

Business Ethics, the Environment &Responsibility, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Certain industries—labeled “dirty,” “sinful,” “stigmatized,” or “controversial”—are under public scrutiny because of the ethical, social, and environmental concerns that they raise. Previous research has typically focused on the industry or organizational level of analysis, examining how companies in controversial industries can enhance their ...
Marco Guerci, Luca Carollo
wiley   +1 more source

Disciplining the “Queen of the World”? Responsible Innovation as a Way of Life

Business Ethics, the Environment &Responsibility, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper offers a critical reflection on the concept of responsible innovation as defined during the last decades. We argue that the emphasis on innovation as a process risks neglecting the very goals of innovation, namely societal desirability and acceptability. Thus, we suggest reconsidering the role of imagination, the “Queen of the world”
Xavier Pavie, Ghislain Deslandes, Monika Kostera   +2 more
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An Implementable Framework for Standardizing National Pavement Crack Measures [PDF]

, 2015
National consistent pavement performance measures are essential for MAP-21. Cracks, as the most common type of pavement distresses and an important symptom of potential pavement failure, are a major component of many transportation agencies' pavement ...
Jiang, Chenglong, Tsai, Yichang
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Proteomic profile of CSF obtained at the time of diagnosis determines amyotrophic lateral sclerosis progression and survival: CXCL7 levels in disease prognosis and survival

Brain Pathology, EarlyView.
Untargeted multiomic profiling of cerebrospinal fluid reveals that proteomic, but not lipidomic, signatures robustly distinguish ALS patients from controls and stratify individuals by survival, highlighting marked molecular differences between short survival and long survival disease.
Sergio Roca‐Pereira, Yaiza López‐Sampere, Pol Mengod‐Soler, Mario Peña‐Fonteboa, Carla Marco, Alejandro Caravaca‐Puchades, Raúl Domínguez, Juan Francisco Vázquez‐Costa, Enrique Santamaría, Joaquín Fernández‐Irigoyen, María J. Colomina, Isabel León Moreno, Antonio Martínez Yélamos, Sergio Martínez Yélamos, Gabriel Santpere, Elia Obis, Manuel Portero‐Otín, Gerard Piñol‐Ripoll, Mónica Povedano, Pol Andrés‐Benito   +19 more
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Rehabilitation of Concrete Pavements Utilizing Rebblization and Crack and Seat Methods:TR-473 , June 2005 [PDF]

, 2005
Deterioration in portland cement concrete (PCC) pavements can occur due to distresses caused by a combination of traffic loads and weather conditions. Hot mix asphalt (HMA) overlay is the most commonly used rehabilitation technique for such deteriorated ...

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A grounded theory of the process of social transition in a family context from the perspective of gender diverse young people and their parents

Child and Adolescent Mental Health, EarlyView.
Background Some gender diverse young people (GDYP) socially transition—a process of changing from living as the gender that they were assigned at birth to another gender, through social means. Whilst the role of the whole family in the social transitions of GDYP has been indicated, there is a lack of applicable theory and research on the processes of ...
Sophie Razzel, Simon Levinson, Trish Joscelyne   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Interim Guide for Optimum Joint Performance of Concrete Pavements, September 2011 [PDF]

, 2011
The purpose of this guide is to help practitioners understand how to optimize concrete pavement joint performance through the identification, mitigation, and prevention of joint deterioration. It summarizes current knowledge from research and practice to

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Death in Children's Lives: Reimagining Death Literacy in Childhood

Children &Society, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Children encounter death in everyday life, through family, peers, media, and health care. Opportunities for meaningful engagement with death‐related topics are limited. In this article, we reimagine death literacy—the knowledge and skills needed to navigate dying, death, and bereavement—through a child‐centred, social constructionist lens ...
Anne‐Sofie Nyström, Rakel Eklund
wiley   +1 more source

A systematic review of rigid-flexible composite pavement

Journal of Road Engineering
Rigid-flexible composite pavement has gained significant popularity in recent decades. This paper provides a comprehensive review of the research progress concerning rigid-flexible composite pavement, aiming to promote its application and address key ...
Zhaohui Liu, Shiqing Yu, You Huang, Li Liu, Yu Pan   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Interaction of subgrade resistance and dimensions of asphalt pavement surface cracks on propagation of secondary distresses [PDF]

, 2017
Reactions created in road construction and secondary distresses made in pavement are dependent on dimensions and geometry of cracks, resistance of subgrade and existing pavement layers.
Saberian, Mohammad, Khabiri, Mohammad Mehdi, rahgozar, Mohammad Ali   +2 more
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