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Driving continuous improvement of sustainability certification for industrial biobased systems through comprehensive sustainability requirements

open access: yesBiofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining, EarlyView.
Abstract Existing monitoring frameworks for sustainability certification schemes and labels (CSLs) have largely prioritised environmental aspects, while the social and economic pillars of sustainability remain comparatively underdeveloped. Also, dedicated circularity requirements tailored to biobased systems are still largely lacking, despite being ...
Iris Vural Gursel   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cost–benefit analysis of screening programme for diabetic retinopathy in Bulgaria

open access: yesBritish Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Aims Late‐diagnosed diabetic retinopathy (DR) is difficult and expensive to treat. Screening programmes can identify the disease early and reduce the costs of its future treatment. This study aims to analyse the cost–benefit of screening programmes for DR.
Iva Nenkova   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Nonadherence and uncontrolled arterial hypertension in Croatia—Insights from the May Measurement Month 2023 campaign and Hunting the silent killer programme

open access: yesBritish Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Aims To determine the prevalence of non‐adherence to antihypertensive medicines and to identify demographic and behavioral factors associated with non‐adherence in subjects enrolled in the May Measurement Month (MMM) 2023, as part of the permanent public health action Hunting the silent killer.
Valerija Bralić Lang   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Olympic Urban Park

open access: yesПроект Байкал, 2012
openaire   +1 more source

A Theory of Urban Park Geography

open access: yesJournal of Leisure Research, 2008
A theory of urban park values is presented Using the theory of island biogeography as an analogue. The theory predicts that two factors-the size of park and distance from concentrated human habitation-influence the diversity of park values. The theory posits the diversity of human values for parks will increase with park size while the diversity of ...
Brown, Gregory   +2 more
openaire   +5 more sources

Perception of urban park soundscape

The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2012
A number of studies have been initiated to explore how to improve the soundscape quality in urban parks. However, good soundscape quality in parks cannot be provided without a thorough understanding of the complex relationships among sound, environment, and individuals. As acoustic comfort is considered to be an important outcome of soundscape quality,
Tse, Man Sze   +5 more
openaire   +3 more sources

On the soundscape of urban parks

The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2011
Urban parks are parts of every city fabric and usually well appreciated by the citizens for providing restoration and some “quiet,” at least when compared to most other city areas. Research on the soundscape of parks in cities in Portugal and in Brazil have been conducted in order to assess what makes such areas sonically interesting.
J. Luis Bento Coelho, Mohammed Boubezari
openaire   +1 more source

Parking and Urban Form [PDF]

open access: possibleSSRN Electronic Journal, 2015
This article analyzes the provision of residential parking in a monocentric city, with the ultimate goal of appraising the desirability and effects of regulations such as a minimum-parking requirement (MPR) per dwelling. The analysis considers three different regimes for provision of parking space: surface parking, underground parking, and structural ...
Jan K. Brueckner, Sofia F. Franco
openaire   +2 more sources

Urban Park Evaluation

1978
The primary objective of this study, undertaken at the request of Community Planning Boards of New York City, was to develop recommendations for improving the design of Bryant Park (Figure 45). Originally designed in 1934, the park offered a unique opportunity to assess the relevance of design principles and assumptions from the 1930s in the context of
Anita R. Nager, Wally R. Wentworth
openaire   +1 more source

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