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Development Studies
Gregory E. Frey, Susan Charnley, Jasper Makala
Summary: Community-based forest management has been widely promoted in Africa, aiming to provide economic and social benefits to local communities. However, research shows that current community forests are not economically viable, but there is potential for success through increased timber sales, capacity building, and other strategies.
Article
Forestry
Yoga Hadiprasetya, Jin-Oh Kim
Summary: This study examines stakeholder satisfaction with the Indonesia-EU FLEGT-VPA scheme, addressing illegal logging. Quantitative data analysis shows that stakeholders are satisfied with sustainable forest management, new market opportunities, timber legality, and law enforcement, but slightly satisfied with social safeguards. Timber legality has the highest impact on stakeholder satisfaction. Qualitative data analysis reveals stakeholder agreement on the scheme's implementation for sustainable forest management, improved legality and traceability, good governance, and social safeguards, although with less emphasis on new market opportunities. Challenges identified include administrative issues, low product recognition, and the absence of incentives for FLEGT-licensed exporters.
Review
Business
Kirti Goyal, Satish Kumar, Jing Jian Xiao
Summary: This paper investigates the current state of research on Personal Financial Management Behavior (PFMB), focusing on its antecedents and consequences. The synthesis covers various factors affecting PFMB and outcomes such as financial satisfaction and happiness. A future research agenda is proposed, including research questions on variables and methodological advancements.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BANK MARKETING
(2021)
Article
Forestry
Mengyuan Liu, Tomohumi Huzita, Akito Murano, Chun Sheng Goh, Chihiro Kayo
Summary: Japan is actively promoting the use of timber, particularly cross-laminated timber (CLT), to contribute to its climate commitments. This study evaluated the economic impact of CLT production through an input-output analysis, revealing the sectors that have the largest influence on the CLT manufacturing industry. The research has implications for policies and programs to support the forestry revival and sustainable development of the timber industry in Japan.
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Chemistry, Physical
Piotr Kazimierz Sokolowski, Pawel Grzegorz Kossakowski
Summary: This article presents an analysis of the static work of bent solid-wood beams reinforced with FRCM-PBO composite. A layer of mineral resin and quartz sand was applied between the composite and the wooden beam to ensure better adhesion. The tests showed significant increases in load capacity, flexural modulus, and maximum bending stress for the reinforced beams compared to the reference beams.
Article
Business, Finance
Bingbing Huang, Yuying Cui, Kam C. Chan
Summary: This study examines the factors, sources, and economic consequences of firm-level financialization in Chinese firms from 1998 to 2019, using the ratio of risky financial assets to total assets as a proxy. The findings suggest an increasing trend of firm-level financialization, driven by the increase in financial assets. Occasional cash flows, such as sales of assets, along with operating cash flows and cash flows from debt and equity, serve as the sources of funding for financialization. The effect of financialization on firm performance is negative and exhibits a U-shaped non-linear effect.
INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF ECONOMICS & FINANCE
(2022)
Review
Forestry
Alexander Kaulen, Lukas Stopfer, Kai Lippert, Thomas Purfuerst
Summary: The article discusses the development of timber flow traceability and suggests that optical biometric systems may be the solution.
Article
Construction & Building Technology
Haotian Tao, Huifeng Yang, Jin Zhang, Gaoyan Ju, Jiawei Xu, Benkai Shi
Summary: This study evaluated the computational effectiveness of various dimensional finite element models for timber-concrete composite (TCC) beams. The results showed that the 1D and 2D models had higher computational efficiency than the 3D model. The 3D model, however, presented the failure modes of TCC beams more accurately. Overall, the FE models were validated to be feasible for further studies on TCC structures.
JOURNAL OF BUILDING ENGINEERING
(2022)
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Chemistry, Analytical
Krishnaja Tikkisetty, Taylor Filewood, Jeffrey Yan, Honoria Kwok, Pamela Brunswick, Robert Cody, Dayue Shang
Summary: In this study, a highly efficient oil identification method was developed using DART/TOFMS technology, which produced results similar to classical GC/FID and GC/MS/MS procedures in a much shorter time. This highlights the potential of DART/TOFMS as a new tool for oil spill forensic analysis.
ANALYTICAL METHODS
(2023)
Article
Polymer Science
Qi Ye, Yingchun Gong, Haiqing Ren, Cheng Guan, Guofang Wu, Xu Chen
Summary: This study aims to determine the stability bearing capacity of CLT members in axial compression and propose the calculation method of the stability coefficient. By analyzing stability coefficient calculation theories in different national standards and investigating the stability bearing capacity of CLT elements with four slenderness ratios, a calculation method for the stability coefficient for CLT elements was proposed. The results show good predictability for stability coefficients of CLT specimens with different slenderness ratios.
Article
Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications
Moritz Edlinger, Finn Buchrieser, Guilherme Wood
Summary: This study investigates the usage of valence-loaded scientific jargon in abstracts of scientific articles. The results show an increasing amount of such jargon over the last four decades, as well as an increase in positive emotional content in abstracts that cannot be accounted for by text length. There were also minor differences between scientific disciplines, and the valence-loaded scientific jargon tended to concentrate towards the end of the abstracts.
Editorial Material
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Olavo B. Amaral, Kleber Neves
Summary: To enhance the reliability of science, it is important to shift the burden of replicability to the community as a whole, rather than relying solely on individual laboratories.
Article
Mathematics
Jin-Biao Lu, Zhi-Jiang Liu, Dmitry Tulenty, Liudmila Tsvetkova, Sebastian Kot
Summary: The study aims to establish a decision-making model to ensure financial competitiveness for enterprises in the context of stochastic analysis, optimizing overall productivity through stochastic analysis implementation, and achieving financial success in the turbulent global market conditions.
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Business, Finance
Shaowen Liu, Massimiliano Caporin, Sandra Paterlini
Summary: This study utilizes a state-space model to estimate the dynamic network among financial institutions in STOXX600 North America from 2005 to 2020, finding that the spillover effect increases significantly during financial crises and pandemics, with peak community centralities observed during the financial crisis.
FINANCE RESEARCH LETTERS
(2021)
Article
Engineering, Aerospace
Agnieszka Barczak
Summary: The COVID-19 pandemic has reduced the mobility of urban residents on an international level, causing losses in the aviation industry and airports. This paper estimates that the total losses incurred by six Polish airports due to passenger charges amounted to approximately 290 million EUR in the year 2020.