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Industrial equipment optimization for combustion performance enhancement: a real-world case study

Frontiers in Energy Research
To address the issue of high NOx emission from the combustion chamber, this work optimized the industrial machine structure to enhance the combustion performance.
Tianqin Lin, Qi Cao, Song Huang, Wei Zhang, Hebin Liao, Darius Andriukaitis, Zhixiong Li   +6 more
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Net‐Zero Investment Strategies Need an Absolute Emission Reduction Metric

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The climate crisis calls for rapid absolute reductions in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, requiring significant capital reallocation. In the financial industry, net‐zero investment strategies are mostly guided by relative carbon intensity (CI) metrics rather than absolute GHG emissions.
Andreas G. F. Hoepner, Stefan Jacob, Sarah Koch, Marco Wilkens, Jonas Zink   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Research on the cyclic load life of automobile bellows

Metalurgija
In this study, a Finite Element Computational (FEC) model for automotive bellows exhaust pipes is established, and the impact of displacement loads on their fatigue life is investigated.
X. L. Wu, C. Zheng, M. Xu, A. J. Zheng, L. L. Zhu, P. X. Li, J. H. Yao, M. Wang, J. H. Wang, W. H. Xu   +9 more
doaj  

Impact of molecular weight and chain rigidity on the endocytosis and anti-tumor activity of seleno-lentinan

Journal of Future Foods
This study focused on the modification of lentinan (LNT) and its degradation product, dLNT, through the nitric acid-sodium selenite method, resulting in the synthesis of 4 distinct seleno-polysaccharide (Se-LNTs).
Xuewei Jia, Yalong Liu, Zhifei Chen, Tianxiao Li, Changtong Lu, Chunping Xu   +5 more
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Making Value‐Chain Risks Visible: Extending ENCORE for Systemic Insights

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Businesses in all sectors, including downstream segments, depend on biodiversity and the ecosystem services it sustains, yet firms also exert pressures that accelerate biodiversity loss. The latter generates material risks for both companies and their financial stakeholders.
Hjalmar Funke, Emmy Wassénius, Beatrice Crona, Christophe Christiaen   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Physiological and transcriptomic profiles of tobacco seedling leaves in response to high chloride accumulation

Journal of Plant Interactions
Tobacco is a special commercial crop that prefers potassium but not chlorine, and excessive chloride (Cl–) accumulation can cause toxicity. Here, we revealed that the structural characteristics of chloroplasts in tobacco leaves were significantly ...
Yunjie Wu, Jialing Lu, Dongxu Wang, Yuanyuan Li, Zhiyu Feng, Xiefeng Ye   +5 more
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Ending corporate giving to halt tobacco industry interference in the ASEAN region

, 2018
Background and challenges to implementation As the ASEAN region becomes more aware of the deadly effects of tobacco and governments step-up regulation of the industry, tobacco companies are resorting to more below‐the‐line tactics to promote their ...
Worrawan Jirathanapiwat
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Beyond Technology: The Strategic Role of Human Resource Management in Advancing Circular Economy Performance

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This work aims to understand the role played by Industry 4.0 (I4.0) base technologies and circular economy–oriented human resource management (CE‐HR) in the advancement of the circular economy (CE) performance. The present study builds on the natural resource‐based view to propose and empirically test three hypotheses.
Diéssica de Oliveira‐Dias, Javier Carrillo‐Hermosilla, José Moyano‐Fuentes, Juan Manuel Maqueira‐Marín, Christoph P. Kiefer   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exits Among U.S. Burley Tobacco Growers After the End of the Federal Tobacco Program [PDF]

This study explores the relationship between family/farm characteristics and the probability of exiting burley tobacco farming in Tennessee, North Carolina, and Virginia.
Feleke, Shiferaw T., Starnes, Jane H., Tiller, Kelly   +2 more
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Sustainability Certification Adoption in Small and Medium Enterprises' Food Supply Chains: Using a Complexity Approach to Build up Foundations

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Adopting certifications in food supply chains (FSCs) is a common practice for sustainable management, including among small and medium enterprises (SMEs). This study investigates how SMEs in FSCs navigate the complexities of certification adoption for sustainable supply chain management (SSCM).
Belinda Borrello, Verónica León‐Bravo, Minelle Silva   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source