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How Climate Change Shapes Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Performance in the MENA Countries

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Climate change, political stability, and sustainability are three central factors that interact and serve as key drivers of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the MENA (Middle East and North Africa) region. Accordingly, this paper aims to fill a vital research gap by examining the impacts of climate change, natural resource ...
Hicham Ayad, Alanoud Al‐Maadid, Mohamed Sami Ben Ali   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

From Ambition to Authenticity: How Transparent Sustainability Practices Rebuild Stakeholder Trust

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Stakeholder trust is central to advancing sustainable development, yet it is increasingly strained as corporate sustainability commitments expand faster than verifiable performance. This study examines how authenticity and transparency in corporate sustainability practices influence the formation and maintenance of stakeholder trust under ...
A. K. M. Mohsin, Markus Gerschberger, Md. Rashed, Sayed Farrukh Ahmed, Mohammad Fakhrul Islam, Hasanuzzaman Tushar   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bridging Efficiency Gaps in Rice Production: A Primal System Analysis of Technical and Allocative Constraints in Bangladesh

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Declining natural resources, rising production costs, and diminishing returns from input‐intensive practices threaten the sustainability of smallholder rice systems in Bangladesh. Using a primal system approach and survey data from 1869 rice‐producing households, this study evaluates technical and allocative inefficiency across major agro ...
Limon Deb, Di Zeng, Rida Akzar, Md. Abdus Salam   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Synergies of Geospatial and Digital Technologies for Sustainable Rural Development: A Data‐Driven Analysis of Topics and Novelty Assessment

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The adoption of geospatial and digital technologies, including Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Building Information Modelling (BIM), Digital Twins, the Internet of Things (IoT) and Artificial Intelligence (AI), is increasingly recognised as key enablers of sustainable development.
Monica C. M. Parlato, Andrea Pezzuolo
wiley   +1 more source

Driving SDG‐Oriented Economic Development in Emerging Economies: Machine Learning Evidence From Energy, Human Capital, and Governance

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the sustainability‐related determinants of economic development within an SDG‐oriented framework by integrating carbon productivity, energy efficiency, education, life expectancy, governance, and corruption control into a machine learning (ML) approach.
Busra Agan Celik, Serdar Celik
wiley   +1 more source

Unlocking Nanoscale Microstructural Detail in Aluminum Alloys Through Differential Phase Contrast Segmentation in STEM

Small Methods, EarlyView.
Differential phase contrast (DPC) imaging in STEM is demonstrated as a rapid, versatile segmentation tool for advanced aluminum alloys. Decomposition of false‐color DPC micrographs resolves nanoclusters, precipitate variants, dislocation strain fields, nanostructures, and grain boundaries ‐ all within a single and fast acquisition.
Matheus A. Tunes, Martin Hasenburger, Rostislav Daniel, Oscar M. Prada‐Ramirez, Philip Aster, Sebastian Samberger, Thomas M. Kremmer, Johannes A. Österreicher   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Do Product Market Reforms Work? Assessing Regulatory Changes Impacting Competition

Southern Economic Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We create a new dataset that characterizes studies of product market reforms implemented from 1932 to 2011. We examine the size and origins of differences in estimated impacts based on an OECD classification scheme for potentially competitive restrictions of regulation. The median impact from switching to a pro‐competitive environment is a 19%
Sean F. Ennis, Selvin Thanacoody
wiley   +1 more source

Probabilistic estimation of reliable sensor spacing for wire break detection in prestressed concrete using acoustic emission technique

Structural Concrete, EarlyView.
Abstract The acoustic emission (AE) technique has proven to be an effective method for detecting individual wire breaks in prestressed concrete structures affected by stress corrosion cracking (SCC). However, despite its widespread application, the quantitative assessment of AE monitoring reliability and optimal sensor placement remains unresolved ...
Max Fiedler, Steffen Marx
wiley   +1 more source

Pickin' up good vibrations: a systematic review of footfall detection and analysis in the realm of wildlife surveying

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Exploration of new wildlife surveying methodologies that leverage advances in sensor technology and machine learning has led to tentative research into the application of seismology techniques. This, most commonly, involves the deployment of a footfall trap – a seismic sensor and data logger customised for wildlife footfall.
Benjamin J. Blackledge, Luigi La Spada, Robert A. Briers, Niamh M. McHugh, Patrick J. C. White   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Quantile‐Dependent Volatility Interconnectedness Between Commodity Markets, Oil Price Uncertainty, and Global Supply Chain Pressure

Australian Economic Papers, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines volatility interconnectedness among selected agricultural commodities and precious/industrial metals, together with oil price uncertainty and global supply chain pressure, over the period January 1998 to June 2024 using a Quantile‐on‐Quantile connectedness framework.
Muhammed Benli, Halil Altıntaş
wiley   +1 more source