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Predicting Police Officer Seat Belt Use: Evidence-Based Solutions to Improve Officer Driving Safety

open access: yes, 2020
One of the hidden dangers of police work is self-imposed—the failure to wear seat belts. Unfortunately, little evidence exists concerning the factors that account for why officers do not wear their seat belts.
Rojek, J   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Resolving the biome debate: ecological and palaeo‐data concur that the extensive tree‐limited grassy biomes of central and north‐western Madagascar are largely anthropogenic

open access: yesBiological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT For millennia, human activities have transformed ecosystems globally. Determining which landscapes are predominantly anthropogenic is crucial to conservation and habitat restoration. Madagascar, a critically‐threatened biodiversity hotspot, is a prominent example.
Grant S. Joseph   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

A spatial and temporal analysis of seat-belt usage and seat-belt laws [PDF]

open access: yes
Seat-belt usage has increased significantly in the US since the introduction of mandatory seat-belt usage laws in the 1980`s. This paper analyzes the impact of these laws on increasing seat-belt usage while controlling for other state-specific variables.
Majumdar, Arnab   +2 more
core  

Productivity and Emissions in Italian Agriculture: A Farm‐Level Efficiency Analysis

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Achieving the European Union climate‐neutrality objectives requires metrics that jointly assess farm productivity and greenhouse gas emissions at a granular level. However, harmonized evidence for benchmarking the productivity–emissions nexus of Italian farms remains limited.
Giulio Fusco   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Safety belt with tensioning

open access: yes, 2012
A safety belt 4 comprising one or more tensioning elements 8 for exerting tension between first and second ends of the belt, and a quick release fastening means 5 attached to a first end of the belt 4 for releaseably retaining the second end of the belt ...
Collins, Loel
core   +6 more sources

Design of safety performance detector for mine-used belt conveyer

open access: yesGong-kuang zidonghua, 2018
For problems of single detecting type and limited abilities including data processing and complex function realization of existing safety performance detection instruments for mine-used belt conveyer, a safety performance detector for mine-used belt ...
LI Man, SHEN Junjie, ZHAO Ku
doaj   +1 more source

Highlighting That Green Products Derive From Waste: Which Is the Effect on Consumer Behavioral Intention?

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In the current market landscape, many innovative eco‐friendly materials are being developed. Plant‐based leather is being used recently in the production of fashion accessories. Based on the rational perspective in explaining sustainable consumer behavior, this study investigates the effect of green perceived utility, perceived performance ...
Rosa Maria Dangelico, Luca Fraccascia
wiley   +1 more source

When Nature Counts: Corporate Biodiversity Attention and Access to Bank Finance

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper investigates whether corporate attention to biodiversity influences firms' access to bank loans, an overlooked question in the emerging biodiversity–finance literature. Using a novel, text‐based measure constructed from 446 biodiversity‐related keywords and applied to Chinese A‐share listed firms from 2000 to 2023, we show that ...
Ruxiao Li   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Safety belt use and its related factors: a study from Kerman, Iran

open access: yesPayesh, 2013
Objective (s): To estimate the rate of safety belt use and its related factors among the car drivers of Kerman, Iran.Methods: This was a cross-sectional study carried out in Kerman, Iran.
Rohallah Borghebani   +2 more
doaj  

Kinetic mechanism of enzymatic esterification and quantitative profiling of acylglycerol isomer distribution

open access: yesGrain & Oil Science and Technology
Diacylglycerol (DAG) is a functional oil that can reduce body fat accumulation and postprandial triglycerides. In this study, lipase-catalyzed esterification of oleic acid with glycerol was investigated to elucidate the kinetics and selectivity of each ...
Shuo Zou   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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