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The development of social and environmental accounting research 1995-2000 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2000
This paper reviews five years of social and environmental accounting literature (from 1995-2000) in an attempt to evaluate the current position. The methodology used follows that employed in Mathews (1997a) which covered a period of 25 years in three ...
Mathews, M. R.
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The UN System for Environmental-Economic Accounts for Water (SEEA-W) and groundwater management: the experience of the Arno River Basin Authority within the PAWA project

open access: yesAcque Sotterranee, 2014
The Pilot Arno Water Accounts (PAWA) project was recently funded under the Call “Preparatory Action on Development of Prevention Activities to Halt Desertification in Europe” of the Directorate- General for the Environment of the European Commission to ...
Bernardo Mazzanti   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cumulative Social Disadvantage and Disease Activity in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: A Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance Registry Study

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.
Background Social determinants of health (SDOH) contribute to JIA disparities, but most studies have assessed SDOH independently rather than cumulatively across individual, family, and neighborhood levels. Using a socioecological framework, we investigated the relationship between cumulative social disadvantage, neighborhood disadvantage, and JIA ...
William Daniel Soulsby   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Investigating the type 2 diabetes epidemic and contributing lifestyle factors in the State of Kuwait: an evolutionary mismatch perspective

open access: yesAcademia Nutrition and Dietetics
Diabetes mellitus is a complex, multifactorial group of chronic metabolic diseases falling under the umbrella of non-communicable diseases. In the State of Kuwait, the prevalence of diabetes mellitus is 22.4% among men and 14.4% among women ...
Wesley Kuijpers
doaj   +1 more source

Condition Prediction of Existing Concrete Bridges as a Combination of Visual Inspection and Analytical Models of Deterioration

open access: yesApplied Sciences, 2019
In most state-of-the-art Bridge Management Systems, structural condition is predicted by a homogeneous Markov chain model that uses condition ratings assigned during visual inspections.
Ivan Zambon   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Aboveground carbon in Quebec forests: stock quantification at the provincial scale and assessment of temperature, precipitation and edaphic properties effects on the potential stand-level stocking [PDF]

open access: yesPeerJ, 2016
Biological carbon sequestration by forest ecosystems plays an important role in the net balance of greenhouse gases, acting as a carbon sink for anthropogenic CO2 emissions. Nevertheless, relatively little is known about the abiotic environmental factors
Louis Duchesne   +4 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Business activities to use during the low season [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
The objective of this work is to find alternative activities or businesses that contrast the low winter season of an organisation. The research methods are mixed, using a quantitative method with a survey of 50 people and a qualitative method with ...
Basurto, Juan, Yaeghoobi, Ehsan
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The Human–Nature Relationship and Its Impact on Health: A Critical Review [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Within the past four decades, research has been increasingly drawn toward understanding whether there is a link between the changing human–nature relationship and its impact on people’s health.
Adger   +138 more
core   +3 more sources

Innovating Aircraft Repair Processes: The Role of Digitalization in Sustainability

open access: yesAdvanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
This research explores how digitalization—by storing detailed non‐destructive testing data in structured DICONDE databases and creating a standard data model of the component—innovates aviation maintenance and repair processes. Coupled with a developed state‐based simulation model, it enables data‐driven, sustainable repair strategies that reduce waste,
Johanna Aigner   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Statistical Accounting and Classification of Water Resources

open access: yesСтатистика України
The article examines the role of statistical accounting and classification of water resources in ensuring sustainable development, environmental balance, and economic security. Water is not only a fundamental component of the natural environment but also
O. M. Motuzka
doaj   +1 more source

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