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Talk or Walk: Evidence on the Impact of Green Reporting on Corporate Green Growth

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study presents novel insights on modeling whether green reporting is merely talk or effectively drives corporate green growth, which is an essential factor for sustainable development and addressing environmental and climate‐related challenges.
Shengying Shi, Hamdan Al‐Jaifi
wiley   +1 more source

The social context of tobacco products use among adolescents in Lebanon (MedSPAD-Lebanon)

Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health, 2019
Background: Current data from the Middle East suggest a rapid increase in the incidence of smoking water-pipes (narguileh in Lebanon) in parallel with cigarettes.
Naim Bejjani, Charbel El Bcheraoui, Salim M. Adib   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Effect of Water-Pipe and Cigarette Smoking on Exhaled Nitric Oxide

International Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2022
Context: Fractional exhaled nitric oxide can be used as a biomarker of some respiratory diseases. Aims: This study was conducted to compare exhaled nitric oxide in cigarette and water-pipe smokers with nonsmokers.
Mehrparvar, Amir Houshang, Ghanbari, Laleh, Mirmohammadi, Seyyed Jalil, Zare Sakhvidi, Mohammad Javad, Vakili, Mahmood, Davari, Mohammad Hossein, Mirzaei, Masoud   +6 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Experimental and numerical investigation of an air-to-water heat pipe-based heat exchanger [PDF]

, 2015
An experimental and analytical investigation was conducted on an air-to-water heat exchanger equipped with six wickless heat pipes (thermosyphons) charged with water as the working fluid.
Mroue, H, Wrobel, LC, Ramos, JB, Jouhara, H   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Monitoring Injected Drug Use in Greece Through Syringe Residue Analysis: A Multicity Study Within the ESCAPE Network

Drug Testing and Analysis, EarlyView.
A total of 2121 used syringes were analyzed in Athens, Thessaloniki, and Patras between 2022 and 2024. Distinct drug‐use patterns were observed across the three cities. Benzodiazepines, pregabalin, methadone, and fentanyl were increasingly detected in 2024.
Christina Matiaki, Anastasios Trakakis, Athanasios Theocharis, Chara Parpala, Chara Kotsailidou, Alexandros Psarianos, Emmanouil Chatzichristofis, Eleni Zagelidu, Panagiota Roussou, Nikolaos Raikos, Orthodoxia Mastrogianni   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Attachment style and addictions (alcohol, cigarette, waterpipe and internet) among Lebanese adolescents: a national study

BMC Psychology, 2020
Background The prevalence in the Lebanese general population of cigarette and waterpipe smoking, alcohol drinking and internet use seems to be increasing lately.
Laurette Nakhoul, Sahar Obeid, Hala Sacre, Chadia Haddad, Michel Soufia, Rabih Hallit, Marwan Akel, Pascale Salameh, Souheil Hallit   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Carbon emission assessment of tunnel infrastructures: From construction to operation

Deep Underground Science and Engineering, EarlyView.
This study develops a lifecycle carbon accounting framework for tunnel infrastructures, covering design, construction, operation, maintenance, and dismantling. Applied to a subsea tunnel case, the framework reveals the carbon emission distribution among four typical tunnel types and highlights potential carbon offset methods for low‐carbon tunnel ...
Luyuan Long, Wout Broere, Xuehui Zhang, Tian Xia, Richard de Nijs   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Shisha microbiota: the good, the bad and the not so ugly

BMC Research Notes, 2018
Objective Over the last decade, there has been a rapid expansion of the trendy water pipe smoking around the world especially among younger adults. The initial objective of this study was to identify the microbiota of the shisha, which may either be of ...
Julia Hani, Ghenwa Abdel Nour, Joanne Matta, Boushra Jazzar, Michael W. Pfaffl, Lara Hanna-Wakim, Afif M. Abdel Nour   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

The matrilineal Turn: Wiradjuri matrilineal leadership, colonial disruption, and the work of cultural return

Feminist Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article advances three claims regarding the matrilineal organization of Wiradjuri society in central New South Wales. Drawing on the late nineteenth and early twentieth century ethnographic record, it demonstrates that Wiradjuri descent, totem, moiety identity, and ceremonial authority were and are matrilineally organized, despite ...
Jessa Rogers
wiley   +1 more source

Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Interactions Between Anti‐Asthma Drugs and Medicinal Plants: A Comprehensive Review

Phytotherapy Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Asthma affects 260–300 million people worldwide. About 20%–35% of patients use medicinal plants with their asthma medication, often without telling their clinicians. Disclosure rates are low; up to 42% of asthma outpatients use herbal products, with no records in their charts.
Emine Kocyigit, Aylin Bülbül, Betul Kocaadam‐Bozkurt, Osman Bozkurt, Duygu Ağagündüz, Raffaele Capasso   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source