ABSTRACT Circular economy (CE) is increasingly adopted by the manufacturing industry to decouple economic growth from environmental impacts by optimizing resource use and minimizing waste generation. Nevertheless, circular manufacturing often triggers systemic responses that diminish or offset their potential environmental gains, resulting in the so ...
Mariantonietta Ferrante +2 more
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Electrical Resistance Activation of Embedded Fe-SMA Rebars in Pre-Cracked UHPFRC Beams: Internal Temperature Evolution and Calibrated Electro-Thermal Simulation. [PDF]
Tabrizikahou A +5 more
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ABSTRACT In response to growing global challenges, this study explores how social entrepreneurship within the Edible City movement contributes to building resilient, sustainable, and equitable urban food systems. Drawing on semistructured interviews with over 70 stakeholders across five cities—Berlin, Andernach, Oslo, Rotterdam, and Havana—we ...
Ina Säumel +6 more
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Improving damping capabilities in low-rise frames using reinforced rubberized concrete: A comprehensive study. [PDF]
Habib A +5 more
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ABSTRACT This study explores how sustainability is perceived and prioritized by consumers within full‐service restaurants and rural agritourism settings in Italy, examining the socio‐cultural and economic role of the HoReCa sector in promoting sustainable practices and analyzing gender and generational differences in consumer behavior.
Roberta Minazzi +3 more
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A Study on the Influencing Factors of the Mechanical Properties of Steel-Fiber-Reinforced Cement Concrete. [PDF]
Gong F, Yao Y, Li H, Xu Y.
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Nudging ESG Investments via Digital Financial Advising: Evidence From an Investment Game Experiment
ABSTRACT The influence of financial advisors on retail investors' sustainable investment choices remains surprisingly underexplored, despite their potential to shape investment behavior. This study uses an experimental design to examine how sustainability‐related information provided by a digital (simulated) financial advisor affects individual demand ...
Caterina Lucarelli +2 more
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Impact performance and probabilistic reliability of natural fiber-reinforced standard and high-strength concrete. [PDF]
S AH, Kothandapani K.
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Drivers of Nature‐Related Investment Strategies Among Institutional Investors
ABSTRACT Institutional investors are increasingly responding to biodiversity loss through nature‐related investment strategies. Using survey data from 557 institutional investors, this study examines the drivers of strategy selection and how biodiversity risk is integrated across investor types, sizes, and regions.
Emma Olofsson
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Numerical experimental and theoretical investigation of reinforced concrete elements with rectangular spiral rebar for multi-behavior analysis. [PDF]
Shamsi M, Zakerinejad M.
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