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Environmental Sciences
Alejandro Alcay, Antonio Montanes, Maria-Blanca Simon-Fernandez
Summary: This study reveals an unstable relationship between waste generation and economic development in European countries, with structural breaks identified at unknown periods. Waste generation shows significant dependence on economic evolution, especially in countries with lower per capita income levels. This highlights the need to maintain and reinforce environmental policies in the EU to balance economic development and environmental protection.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
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Environmental Studies
Rui Ma, Xiao qin Xie, Bin Liu, Fengjiao Zhou, Mohamad Shaharudin bin Samsurijan
Summary: This study applies the generalized method of moments (GMM) model to examine the relationship between green economic development and natural resource availability in 30 Chinese provinces from 1984 to 2021. It highlights the urgency of changing unsustainable habits that deplete the earth's resources and explores the interconnected social, economic, and environmental aspects of sustainable development. The findings indicate the impact of resource availability on green economic development and underscore the importance of sustainable practices in preserving natural resources for future generations.
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Environmental Sciences
Chun-Chih Chen, Hsiao-Tien Pao
Summary: There is a causal relationship between circular economy and economic growth. Encouraging innovation investments and promoting material recycling can help achieve zero waste goals and stimulate economic growth.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2022)
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Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
De-Hao Tu, Rirong Qu, Wei Ping, Guang Yang, Xiangning Fu, Yixin Cai
Summary: The oversewing technique can reduce the incidence of anastomotic leakage, especially in younger patients and those who have undergone the McKeown approach and cervical anastomosis.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIO-THORACIC SURGERY
(2022)
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Mathematical & Computational Biology
Peter C. Austin, Donald B. Rubin, Neal Thomas
Summary: The study introduces a new method combining propensity-score matching with regression adjustment to estimate the risk difference by imputing potential outcomes under control for matched treated subjects. Increasing the number of imputed potential outcomes under control leads to more efficient estimation of the risk difference. Imputing five potential outcomes resulted in the greatest relative increase in efficiency.
STATISTICS IN MEDICINE
(2021)
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Business
Masashi Yamamoto, Thomas C. Kinnaman
Summary: This paper explores the impact of excess incineration capacity on recycling rates and finds that excess incineration capacity indeed reduces recycling. This suggests that future planned increases in recycling may be hindered by increases in incineration.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT
(2022)
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Atanu Sarkar
Summary: Mass production and insatiable consumption lead to global waste, pollution, loss of biodiversity, and climate change. Existing global environmental governance fails to address consumption patterns, especially in rich countries. An inclusive developmental policy integrating human behavior intervention, closed-loop material flow systems, and ecological economics principles is needed.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2022)
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Jaana Rahko
Summary: Industrial plants that invest in environmental protection have larger scale and higher productivity. This study proposes a novel econometric method to analyze the causal effect of environmental investments on economic performance. The empirical results show that plants that invest in environmental protection increase their turnover and labor productivity. The economic gains are stronger when environmental protection investments are combined with environmental R&D, implying complementarities between these activities.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2023)
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Education & Educational Research
Peter Boedeker
Summary: Quasi-experimental designs (QEDs) are used to estimate treatment effects without randomization. Failure to account for confounding variables can bias treatment effect estimates. This study explores the impact of exogenous time-varying confounders on QEDs and compares different methods, such as propensity score weighted two-way fixed effects and difference-in-differences, in estimating treatment effects with these confounders. The results suggest that these methods, with propensity scores estimated using post-implementation values of the confounders, are least biased when the confounders change differentially for the treatment and control groups.
JOURNAL OF RESEARCH ON EDUCATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS
(2023)
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Economics
Qichuan Jiang, Xuejiao Ma, Yun Wang
Summary: This study found that the One Belt One Road (OBOR) Initiative has significant energy-saving and emissions-reduction effects, with developing countries benefiting more. Technology spillover plays a key role in reducing energy consumption and carbon emissions.
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Xin Peng, Jin Yin, Yi Wang, Xinrui Chen, Liyuan Qing, Yunna Wang, Tong Yang, Dan Deng
Summary: This study used data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) to explore the impact of retirement on the health of elderly individuals in China. The results showed that retirement has a beneficial effect on the health of elderly individuals, including reducing physical pain, decreasing the risk of depression, and improving cognitive status. These findings indicate the importance of considering the potential effects of retirement on health when formulating retirement-related policies.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2022)
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Obstetrics & Gynecology
Samuel Oduse, Temesgen Zewotir, Delia North
Summary: The study indicates that in Ethiopia, both the number of antenatal care visits and the timing of first antenatal care significantly impact the reduction of under-five mortality rates. Encouraging women to have more antenatal care visits can lead to a significant decrease in child mortality.
BMC PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH
(2021)
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Wim Van Opstal, Lize Borms
Summary: Circular economy practices are important for achieving sustainability and mitigating disruptions and price surges in energy and raw materials. However, there is limited empirical research on circular strategies among startups. This paper presents findings from a survey of 165 circular startups, highlighting the preferences and characteristics of entrepreneurs. The results suggest that age, gender, market segment, and entrepreneurial background influence the adoption of circular strategies, emphasizing the need for tailored policy interventions.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2023)
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Environmental Studies
Xin Nie, Zhoupeng Chen, Linfang Yang, Qiaoling Wang, Jiaxin He, Huixian Qin, Han Wang
Summary: This study examines the impact of China's carbon trading system on green economic growth, using the case of China's pilot policy. The results indicate that the implementation of the carbon trading system promotes both green development and economic growth in pilot cities, positively affecting green total factor productivity.
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Thermodynamics
Anna Nova, Kristiano Prifti, Francesco Negri, Flavio Manenti
Summary: This study investigates the thermal splitting of H2S at different scales and validates a kinetic scheme through experimental and modeling approaches. The results are used for process design and scale-up, estimating a production rate of 590.8 kg/h of hydrogen with a cost of 2.23 $/kg.
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Lars odegaard Bentsen, Narada Dilp Warakagoda, Roy Stenbro, Paal Engelstad
Summary: This study investigates uncertainty modeling in wind power forecasting using different parametric and non-parametric methods. Johnson's SU distribution is found to outperform Gaussian distributions in predicting wind power. This research contributes to the literature by introducing Johnson's SU distribution as a candidate for probabilistic wind forecasting.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2024)
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Xing Liu, Qiuchen Wang, Yunhao Wen, Long Li, Xinfang Zhang, Yi Wang
Summary: This study analyzes the characteristics of process parameters in three lean gas ethane recovery processes and establishes a prediction and multiobjective optimization model for ethane recovery and system energy consumption. A new method for comparing ethane recovery processes for lean gas is proposed, and the addition of extra coolers improves the ethane recovery. The support vector regression model based on grey wolf optimization demonstrates the highest prediction accuracy, and the multiobjective multiverse optimization algorithm shows the best optimization performance and diversity in the solutions.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2024)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Cairong Song, Haidong Yang, Xian-Bing Meng, Pan Yang, Jianyang Cai, Hao Bao, Kangkang Xu
Summary: The paper proposes a novel deep learning-based prediction framework, aTCN-LSTM, for accurate cooling load predictions. The framework utilizes a gate-controlled multi-head temporal convolutional network and a sparse probabilistic self-attention mechanism with a bidirectional long short-term memory network to capture both temporal and long-term dependencies in the cooling load sequences. Experimental results demonstrate the effectiveness and superiority of the proposed method, which can serve as an effective guide for HVAC chiller scheduling and demand management initiatives.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2024)
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Zhe Chen, Xiaojing Li, Xianli Xia, Jizhou Zhang
Summary: This study uses survey data from the Loess Plateau in China to evaluate the impact of social interaction on the adoption of soil and water conservation (SWC) technology by farmers. The study finds that social interaction increases the likelihood of farmers adopting SWC, and internet use moderates this effect. The positive impact of social interaction on SWC adoption is more pronounced for farmers in larger villages and those who join cooperative societies.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2024)
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Chenghua Zhang, Yunfei Yan, Kaiming Shen, Zongguo Xue, Jingxiang You, Yonghong Wu, Ziqiang He
Summary: This paper reports a novel method that significantly improves combustion performance, including heat transfer enhancement under steady-state conditions and adaptive stable flame regulation under velocity sudden increase.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2024)