Journal articles: 'Air (environmental ideas)'

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Furniss, Jamie. "Elemental philosophy. Earth, air, fire, and water as environmental ideas." Environmental Politics 20, no. 6 (November 2011): 955–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09644016.2011.617201.

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Carey, Seamus. "Elemental Philosophy: Earth, Air, Fire, Water as Environmental Ideas by David Macauley." Environmental Ethics 36, no. 2 (2014): 243–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.5840/enviroethics201436223.

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Wilson, Richard. "Elemental Philosophy: Earth, Air, Fire, and Water as Environmental Ideas by David Macauley." Environment, Space, Place 5, no. 1 (2013): 201–6. http://dx.doi.org/10.7761/esp.5.1.201.

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Liu, Xu Shuai, and Rui Pan. "Research on Environmental Protection and Environmental Analysis of Travel Mode Choice under the Guidance of Environmental Protection Ideas." Advanced Materials Research 908 (March 2014): 421–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.908.421.

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Abstract. Green travel has rich connotation, which refers to all kinds of ways that can save energy, reduce pollution, do good to heath and improve efficiency. At the same time, green travel can reduce the citizens’ demand for urban roads, parking facilities, reduce the construction and maintenance costs, reduce the transportation and fuel consumption directly, and reduce the operating costs of the whole city. In addition, green travel can also reduce the use of the car that can reduce air pollution, and help to create livable urban environment. Therefore, the research of green travel mode choice is of great value.The transport industry must foster the mind of sustainable development, and must take account of environmental protection.

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De Boeck, Hans J., Helena Van De Velde, Toon De Groote, and Ivan Nijs. "Ideas and perspectives: Heat stress: more than hot air." Biogeosciences 13, no. 20 (October 24, 2016): 5821–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-5821-2016.

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Abstract. Climate models project an important increase in the frequency and intensity of heat waves. In gauging the impact on plant responses, much of the focus has been on air temperatures, while a critical analysis of leaf temperatures during heat extremes has not been conducted. Nevertheless, direct physiological consequences from heat depend primarily on leaf rather than on air temperatures. We discuss how the interplay between various environmental variables and the plants' stomatal response affects leaf temperatures and the potential for heat stress by making use of both an energy balance model and field data. The results demonstrate that this interplay between plants and environment can cause leaf temperature to vary substantially at the same air temperature. In general, leaves tended to heat up when radiation was high and when stomates were closed, as expected. But perhaps counterintuitively, high air humidity also raised leaf temperatures, while humid conditions are typically regarded as benign with respect to plant survival since they limit water loss. High wind speeds brought the leaf temperature closer to the air temperature, which can imply either cooling or warming (i.e. abating or reinforcing heat stress) depending on other prevailing conditions. The results thus indicate that heat waves characterized by similar extreme air temperatures may pose little danger under some atmospheric conditions but could be lethal in other cases. The trends illustrated here should give ecologists and agronomists a more informed indication about which circumstances are most conducive to the occurrence of heat stress.

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Li, Guangqin, Qiao He, Dongmei Wang, and Bofan Liu. "Environmental non-governmental organizations and air-pollution governance: Empirical evidence from OECD countries." PLOS ONE 16, no. 8 (August 12, 2021): e0255166. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0255166.

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Based on the panel data of environmental Non-Governmental Organizations (ENGOs) and air pollution in OECD countries, this paper uses econometric model to investigate the governance effect of ENGOs on air pollution. The results show that: ENGOs have a positive impact on the improvement of environmental quality, and the results are still valid after a series of robustness tests; Further mechanism analysis found that the environmental improvement by ENGOs is mainly achieved by increasing investment in environmental protection. This study provides empirical evidence for the effect of ENGOs on air pollution, and further provides ideas for environmental governance.

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Gruen, Lori. "Review of Elemental Philosophy: Earth, Air, Fire, and Water as Environmental Ideas, by David Macauley." Essays in Philosophy 13, no. 1 (2012): 364–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.5840/eip201213122.

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Jadhav, Purva, Aneeksha Jain, Hemangi Jakharia, Manish Bhelande, and Santosh Rathod. "Traffic Police’s Environmental Assistant." Journal of IoT Security and Smart Technologies 1, no. 1 (April 28, 2022): 25–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.46610/jisst.2022.v01i01.005.

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Traffic Control covers all procedures targeted at spreading and managing roadway traffic flows in time and space in order to decrease or prevent incidents. Network operators and controllers are in charge of traffic control, which is done in accordance with predefined traffic management policies and ideas. Across most nations, it is a coordinated effort with traffic policing authority, and it is often under their direct control. The traffic cops and traffic administrators are working hard to make transport safer and easier. Their responsibilities include supervising traffic junctions, utilizing CCTV to evaluate road conditions, executing pre-existing traffic laws, implementing Inbound Flow Control, and streamlining distribution and shipments. However, this is not the only desire of the next generation. We desire a sustainable environment, which is at threat due to massive air and noise pollution caused by automobiles, in addition to the necessary restrictions adopted by the government or regional transport office. As a result, we've come up with a solution that will assist the authorities in keeping air and noise pollution under control, at least to a certain extent. And we believe that it will be fruitful.

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Whitehead, J. Christopher. "Plasma catalysis: A solution for environmental problems." Pure and Applied Chemistry 82, no. 6 (April 20, 2010): 1329–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.1351/pac-con-10-02-39.

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The combination of a nonthermal, atmospheric plasma with a catalyst is investigated as a means of destroying pollutants in waste gas streams. Using the examples of dichloromethane (DCM) and toluene in air streams, it is shown that the destruction of the pollutant can be increased whilst lowering the operating temperature, giving increasing energy efficiency. Unwanted by-products can also be reduced selectively by appropriate choice of catalyst and of the plasma–catalyst configuration. By studying the temperature dependence of plasma catalysis, some ideas can be obtained about the nature of the interaction between plasma and catalyst in the processing.

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Wang, Cui Ping, and Zhi Min Li. "Urban Air Quality in Streets and Road Planting Patterns." Advanced Materials Research 374-377 (October 2011): 1132–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.374-377.1132.

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The advantages and disadvantages of shade trees for pollutants absorption are analyzed theoretically, through actual inspect and data analysis of typical roads in Xi’an City with CO as environmental tracer. The main factor of green belt hindering the gaseous pollutants diffusion was the canopy density and not the vegetation quantities, thus over increase in green quantity is of nobenefit in urban road planting, and some ideas for green planting in urban street is recommended.

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Schoenfeld, Alan H. "Ideas in the air: Speculations on small group learning, environmental and cultural influences on cognition, and epistemology." International Journal of Educational Research 13, no. 1 (January 1989): 71–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0883-0355(89)90017-7.

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Savina, I. N., A. S. Vodoleev, M. A. Zakharova, and K. I. Domnin. "Environmental policy of Novokuznetsk in the context of modern requirements for metallurgical industry development." Izvestiya. Ferrous Metallurgy 63, no. 7 (October 5, 2020): 512–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.17073/0368-0797-2020-7-512-520.

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Analysis of air pollution by pollutants, sources of pollution, types of economic activity, and administrative areas in the city of Novokuznetsk over 5 years was carried out. The largest share in the city air emissions is accounted for: CO – 61.8 %; SO2 – 17.4 %; solids – 11.3 %; NO2 – 5.9 %; CH4 – 1.8 %. Dynamics of gross emissions by years is shown. Planned implementation of the approved measures of the national project Ecology will make it possible to reduce air pollution in the city by more than 20 % by 2024, which corresponds to the federal project Clean Air. According to planes of the city industrial enterprises, environmental programs have been prepared, with monitoring by environmental specialists from the city administration and public control. Various measures were taken: automatic stationary posts were put into operation to monitor air pollution in real time; mobile laboratory was acquired to measure urban air. To improve waste management in the city, separate collection projects were implemented. Environmental assets exist and develop in the city, which ideas and projects find common understanding and form ecological attitude of the urban community. Trends in gross emissions of pollutants into the atmosphere of Novokuznetsk are shown for the period of 2014 – 2018; refinements and explanations of the observed trends are given.

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Dilchert, Stephan, and Deniz S. Ones. "Environmental Sustainability in and of Organizations." Industrial and Organizational Psychology 5, no. 4 (December 2012): 503–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1754-9434.2012.01489.x.

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We note that the current intellectual, social, and economic milieu has led to general acceptance of environmental sustainability as one of the most important issues of our time. Environmental sustainability is a “big idea,” and it is “in the air” (Gladwell, 2008). Few industrial–organizational (I–O) psychologists disagree. However, there are many different ideas on the what, where, and how our field can contribute. We review facilitators, drivers, and barriers to environmental sustainability of organizations. We also discuss the ways in which cultural and international research can strengthen sustainability research and practice. In order to make a meaningful difference and positive environmental impact, I–O psychologists and HR practitioners need to focus on their unique skills and influence organizational environmental sustainability by designing and shaping work, workplaces, and workforces.

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Svarverud, Rune. "Ventilation for the Nation: Fresh Air, Sunshine, and the Warfare on Germs in China's National Quest for Hygienic Modernity, 1849-1949." Environment and History 26, no. 3 (August 1, 2020): 307–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.3197/096734018x15254461646558.

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This article analyses ideas about indoor air pollution, fresh and foul air, ventilation and modern hygiene in China during the century between 1849 and 1949. The main focus is on conceptions of and provisions against air pollution in China during this period. The article scrutinises the early history of air pollution in China through a study of the introduction of scientific information, the foreign inspiration for health, hygiene and ventilation, the popular discourse, and the dissemination of knowledge about air quality, fresh air and ventilation. Air pollution in this article is understood in a broad sense involving all airborne substances seen to have adverse health effects on humans, thus including ideas about the positive and negative health effects of clean and fresh air, dust particles, germs and sunshine. This is a story of how science and technology formed part of the history of transmission of knowledge from West to East and how this knowledge took on new and indigenous forms in its Chinese context. This analysis can serve as a historical grounding for understanding current interpretations of fresh and foul air in China today.

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Subbaiah, Putta Venkata, and Hima Deepthi. "A Study to Analyze Enhancement Techniques on Sound Quality for Bone Conduction and Air Conduction Speech Processing." Scalable Computing: Practice and Experience 21, no. 1 (March 19, 2020): 57–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.12694/scpe.v21i1.1612.

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In recent years, enhancing speech signal for communications become more complex due to the environmental noises for military and navel applications. Many researchers analyzed and developed complex algorithms and expressed ways to enhance speech signal for both Bone Conducted Speech (BCS) and Air Conducted Speech (ACS) processing techniques. BCS signal is vigorous for outer environmental noises and with low quality signal. ACS signal is sensitive for environmental noises nut rigid in amplitude and high frequencies. Here we have reviewed and investigated various articles to explore their ideas in speech processing for enhancing intelligibility of sound quality.

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Galmarini, Stefano, and S. Trivikrama Rao. "The AQMEII two-continent Regional Air Quality Model evaluation study: Fueling ideas with unprecedented data." Atmospheric Environment 45, no. 14 (May 2011): 2464. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.03.025.

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Durkin, Amanda, Rico Gonzalez, Tania Busch Isaksen, Elizabeth Walker, and Nicole A. Errett. "Establishing a Community Air Monitoring Network in a Wildfire Smoke-Prone Rural Community: The Motivations, Experiences, Challenges, and Ideas of Clean Air Methow’s Clean Air Ambassadors." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 22 (November 13, 2020): 8393. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17228393.

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In response to wildfire-related air quality issues as well as those associated with winter wood stove use and prescribed and agricultural burning, Clean Air Methow’s Clean Air Ambassador program established a community air monitoring network (CAMN) to provide geospatially specific air quality information and supplement data generated by the two Washington State Department of Ecology nephelometers situated in the area. Clean Air Ambassadors (CAAs) were purposefully selected to host low-cost air sensors based on their geographic location and interest in air quality. All 18 CAAs were interviewed to understand their motivations for participation, experiences using the data, challenges encountered, and recommendations for future project directions. Interview transcripts were coded, and a qualitative analysis approach was used to identify the key themes in each domain. The reported motivations for participation as a CAA included reducing personal exposure, protecting sensitive populations, interest in air quality or environmental science, and providing community benefits. CAAs used CAMN data to understand air quality conditions, minimize personal or familial exposure, and engage other community members in air quality discussions. Opportunities for future project directions included use for monitoring other seasonal air quality issues, informing or reducing other pollution-generating activities, school and community educational activities, opportunities for use by and engagement of different stakeholder groups, and mobile-friendly access to CAMN information. Limited challenges associated with participation were reported. Additional research is necessary to understand the community-level impacts of the CAMN. The findings may be informative for other rural wildfire smoke-prone communities establishing similar CAMNs.

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Fitriah, Elis Anisah. "UPAYA MENDORONG PARTISIPASI REMAJA DALAM PEMELIHARAAN KEBERSIHAN LINGKUNGAN SUMBER AIR PADA KOMUNITAS PEMULUNG AL BAHAR DEPOK." Psympathic : Jurnal Ilmiah Psikologi 6, no. 2 (February 28, 2018): 921–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.15575/psy.v6i2.2209.

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This action research aimed to increase trust of the members of Al Bahar community towards the well water so it could reduce the community’s dependences toward clean water supplies from outside. This program has been executed by using participation techniques and empowerment for approximately 2 (two) months with the active involvement of 15 (fifteen) adolescents by increasing their active participation in investigating the problem as well as looking after the environmental sanitation surrounding the wells. The program evaluation of this intervention has showed some significant indications for changes among the members namely awareness of their responsibilities as the user of the wells, reveal their willingness willingness to take care of the environmental sanitation in the area; coming up with ideas to solve some contextual environmental problems.

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Yu, Lingzheng, Chenyu Zeng, and Xiahai Wei. "The impact of industrial robots application on air pollution in China: Mechanisms of energy use efficiency and green technological innovation." Science Progress 105, no. 4 (October 2022): 003685042211440. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00368504221144093.

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The battle against air pollution in China persists, and haze remains over cities. Whether industrial robots, as the core technology of intelligent manufacturing, can improve city air quality in the process of production has not been determined. Using the International Federation of Robotics data and Chinese city air pollution data (2013–2018), this study finds that industrial robots significantly reduce city air pollution levels (PM2.5, PM10, and SO2), which remains robust after addressing endogeneity. The mechanism of action lies in the synergistic benefits of industrial robots in reducing city air pollution levels by effectively improving energy use efficiency and promoting green technological innovation. Heterogeneity analysis suggests that industrial robots, as the incarnation of green technology, can be an effective alternative tool to green policies, such as low-carbon piloting, resource planning, and environmental regulation. This study empirically confirms that industrial robots are environment-friendly technologies that can provide new policy ideas to promote air pollution prevention and control in the industrialization process.

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Bianchi, Thomas S., Madhur Anand, Chris T. Bauch, Donald E. Canfield, Luc De Meester, Katja Fennel, Peter M. Groffman, Michael L. Pace, Mak Saito, and Myrna J. Simpson. "Ideas and perspectives: Biogeochemistry – some key foci for the future." Biogeosciences 18, no. 10 (May 19, 2021): 3005–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-3005-2021.

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Abstract. Biogeochemistry has an important role to play in many environmental issues of current concern related to global change and air, water, and soil quality. However, reliable predictions and tangible implementation of solutions, offered by biogeochemistry, will need further integration of disciplines. Here, we refocus on how further developing and strengthening ties between biology, geology, chemistry, and social sciences will advance biogeochemistry through (1) better incorporation of mechanisms, including contemporary evolutionary adaptation, to predict changing biogeochemical cycles, and (2) implementing new and developing insights from social sciences to better understand how sustainable and equitable responses by society are achieved. The challenges for biogeochemists in the 21st century are formidable and will require both the capacity to respond fast to pressing issues (e.g., catastrophic weather events and pandemics) and intense collaboration with government officials, the public, and internationally funded programs. Keys to success will be the degree to which biogeochemistry can make biogeochemical knowledge more available to policy makers and educators about predicting future changes in the biosphere, on timescales from seasons to centuries, in response to climate change and other anthropogenic impacts. Biogeochemistry also has a place in facilitating sustainable and equitable responses by society.

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Nguyen, Thuy Linh, Tu Le, Thi Kim Ngan Nguyen, Thi Bich Lien Nguyen, Thi Trang Nguyen, and Minh Dien Tran. "Time series regression to identifying the relationship between air pollution and health in Vietnam." Journal of Health and Development Studies 04, no. 04 (December 29, 2020): 40–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.38148/jhds.0404skpt20-041.

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Time series has been widely used in environmental epidemiology; especially in identifying the short-term associations between ambient air pollution and health outcomes. For both exposure and outcome, data are available at regular time intervals (daily hospital admissions and pollution levels) to explore short-term associations between them. In this article, we described main steps to conduct time series regression and highlighted some key ideas when applying this technique. A sample data was used to investigate short-term association between PM10 and daily hospital admission among children in Hanoi between 2008 and 2016. This analysis was conducted with R software. Keywords: time series, air pollution, short-term effect

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Fitriah, Elis Anisah. "UPAYA MENDORONG PARTISIPASI REMAJA AL-BAHAR DALAM PEMELIHARAAN KEBERSIHAN LINGKUNGAN SEKITAR SUMBER AIR." Psympathic : Jurnal Ilmiah Psikologi 5, no. 1 (February 27, 2018): 462–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.15575/psy.v5i1.2142.

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This intervention program aims to increase trust of the members of Al Bahar community towards the well water. This is done by increasing active participation of the adolescents Al Bahar in looking after the environmental hygiene surrounding the wells. Community participation and empowerment techniques were applied to encourage adolescents to perform as change agents in the community. This program has been executed for approximately 2 (two) months with the active involvement of 15 (fifteen) adolescents. Experiential learning and participatory approaches such as games, role plays, and discussions, and other fun activities were used to stimulate adolescence’s participation. The program evaluation of this intervention has showed some significant indications for changes among the adolescents. The changes are among others: the establishment of an informal organization of adolescence to maintain their activities; awareness and willingness to take care of the environmental hygiene in the area; coming up with ideas to solve some contextual environmental problems. By listening and respect the voices of this adolescence they become more confident. By letting them to participate actively in the programs they felt a sense of belonging towards the program achievement and the environment as well.

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Williams, Daniel. "Down the Slant towards the Eye: Hopkins and Ecological Perception." Victorian Literature and Culture 48, no. 1 (2020): 127–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1060150319000482.

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This essay reads Gerard Manley Hopkins's poetry for its “ecological perception”: a perceptual modality involving the dynamic interaction between human bodies and environmental givens or potentialities. Linking Hopkins's syncretic ideas about perception to the psychologist J. J. Gibson's account of our sensitivity to environmental “affordances,” the essay assesses three scales of ecological perception in Hopkins (arboreal, atmospheric, apocalyptic) and stresses the particular relevance of the intermediate (atmospheric) scale for our experience of environmental crisis. In “The Blessed Virgin compared to the Air we Breathe,” Hopkins recognizes the “teleconnections” bridging global systems and specific sites without remaining rooted to the local or bioregional (arboreal) or rushing to a vantage beyond planetary confines (apocalyptic).

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Veintimilla Andrade, Jairo Geovanny, Jennifer Gabriela Bajaña Egas, Miguel Angel Veintimilla Andrade, and Karen Lisseth Sanchez Ortiz. "Analysis of the characteristics of an intelligent environmental control system for a university campus." Universidad Ciencia y Tecnología 26, no. 113 (June 16, 2022): 113–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.47460/uct.v26i113.577.

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On a daily basis, universities carry out a set of activities within their different campuses, which eventually generate an environmental impact. Due to this, a change of vision is necessary as part of the university environment, generating an effective social conscience taking into account social, environmental, and economic aspects. The analysis of a general technical proposal of the components that an environmental management system must include is proposed, based on ideas of an intelligent campus, taking into account environmental indicators that can be obtained through the implementation of technology. Finally, a look at the current regulations and models on environmental management is made and a set of stages is established that the system itself must go through in order to establish attainable objectives in the short and long term, through the implementation of indicators such as air quality, management among others, making complimentary use of the technical proposal. Keywords: University, environmental pollution, environmental control system.

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Fang, Shyang-Chyuan. "THE INFLUENCE OF PARENTAL EDUCATION ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION OF PRE-SCHOOLERS: A CASE STUDY OF SELF-DESIGNED PICTURE BOOK." Journal of Baltic Science Education 17, no. 2 (April 25, 2018): 187–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.33225/jbse/18.17.187.

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Environmental problems nowadays pose threats to the sustainability of environment, such as global warming, urban air pollution, water scarcity, environmental noise, and biodiversity loss. The root cause of those problems is human behavior. Inspiring the interest of preschoolers is crucial in their future cognition of the environment. This research discussed the influence of parent-child reading on the children’s environmental interest. It also integrated environmental education into the learning process of preschoolers more comprehensively and continuously. A questionnaire was used for data collection and the data were analyzed using Smart PLS 2.0. The results show that personality trait, visual attention, and expression of ideas have statistical significance in terms of the children’s learning attitude. The picture book designed in this study can improve the pro-environmental behavior after parent-child reading. Keywords: parent-child reading, picture book, environmental education, pro-environmental behavior, parenting education.

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Olawoyin, Richard. "Adverse Human Health Impacts in the Anthropocene." Environmental Health Insights 12 (January 2018): 117863021881279. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1178630218812791.

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This commentary presents a summarized discussion of key findings and relevant ideas from previously published study, index analysis, and human health risk model application for evaluating ambient air-heavy metal contamination in Chemical Valley Sarnia (CVS). The CVS study provides previously unavailable data in the CVS area which evaluates the adverse effects on air quality due to nearby anthropogenic activities. The study provided an assessment of environmental pollutants, finding that carcinogenic and non-carcinogenic substances are present in trace quantities. The main findings of the study suggest that chronic exposure of humans to several contaminants identified in the area studied may lead to carcinogenic health effects, including cancer (such as nephroblastomatosis) as well as non-carcinogenic health effects, such as damage to the tracheobronchial tree. Children were found to have a significantly higher risk, that is, a higher hazard index: a value used to measure non-carcinogenic health risk from heavy metals identified in air samples collected during the research period from 2014 to 2017. This study quantified the influence of environmental contaminants, relative to human exposures and the consequence of developing nephroblastomatosis in the human population.

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Pala, AadilMuzafar, and Dr Zameerpal Kaur. "A Comparative Ecological Assertion in the Poems of Agha Shahid Ali and Sylvia Plath." SMART MOVES JOURNAL IJELLH 6, no. 10 (October 10, 2018): 12. http://dx.doi.org/10.24113/ijellh.v6i10.5099.

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The serious ecological crises like air pollution, acid precipitation, global warming, deforestation, and loss of biodiversity have engulfed our planet earth. Ecocriticism became very much acclaimed critical approach in the 1980’s after Feminism and Post-colonialism, and developed, with attention from scholars of various fields, in different countries into a separate subject. In the application of Ecocriticism to the study of all forms of literary works it shows the ideas and thoughts that prove helpful in dealing with the relationshipbetween man and nature, and also contribute to the cause of environmental preservation.

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Huebner, Stefan. "Tackling Climate Change, Air Pollution, and Ecosystem Destruction: How US-Japanese Ocean Industrialization and the Metabolist Movement’s Global Legacy Shaped Environmental Thought (circa 1950s–Present)." Environmental History 25, no. 1 (December 9, 2019): 35–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/envhis/emz080.

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Abstract Over the past decade, experts have discussed the offshore technologies so closely associated with accelerating climate change—namely, offshore oil and gas drilling—as tools for climate action, as was the case at a United Nations roundtable in April 2019. Such experts have frequently used offshore technologies for the construction of flood-resilient floating structures and for zero-carbon energy generation, such as in the case of offshore wind parks, simultaneously tackling the problem of carbon fuel-related air pollution. Such developments draw attention to the intellectual history of ocean industrialization, its driving forces, and related environmental thought. This article examines the intellectual origins of ecomodernism and similar green growth strategies. Using an oceanic perspective and placing the ideas of Japanese star architect and Metabolist movement member Kiyonori Kikutake and US ocean expert John P. Craven at its center, this article argues that their two prototypes of floating industrial combines tested in Hawaii and Okinawa during the early 1970s applied the Japanese Metabolist movement’s design principles of mobility, modularity, and plug-in structures to Pacific waters in an effort to decouple ocean industrialization from the destruction of ecosystems. Several of their proto-ecomodernist ideas, born as techno-optimist reactions to neo-Malthusian fears of resource depletion and overpopulation, have become central pillars of ecomodernist thought. As such, their projects turned into the immediate forerunner of current development strategies whose intellectual aim is to continue growth during (or despite) environmental challenges up to the planetary scale.

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Meryem, Alagöz, and Anna Pazdur-Czarnowska. "THE USE OF TiO2 TECHNOLOGIES IN ARCHITECTURE FOR AIR PURIFICATION IN THE CITY." Space&FORM 2022, no. 52 (December 11, 2022): 61–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.21005/pif.2022.52.b-03.

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This paper explores the possibilities of the use of architectural design in benefiting the human condition in polluted cities and shows the role of art in shifting people's ideas about its influence on an urban wellbeing. The authors depict the possible usage of titanium dioxide (TiO2) technology as a component of building materials and its impact on clearing the atmosphere from nitrogen oxides. This research is focused on shaping the architectural form to promote light-active building materials for ecological thinking. The results of the academic research programme undertaken at WPUT (West Pomeranian University of Technology) in Szczecin, in cooperation with the Necmettin Erbakan University in Konya, are presented here.

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Petitjean, A., A. Wanko, N. Forquet, R. Mosé, F. Lawniczak, and Antoine Sadowski. "Diphasic transfer of oxygen in vertical flow filters: a modelling approach." Water Science and Technology 64, no. 1 (July 1, 2011): 109–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wst.2011.618.

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Oxygen renewal, as a prominent phenomenon for aerobic bacterial activity, deeply impacts vertical flow constructed wetland (VFCW) treatment efficiency. The authors introduce a multiphase model able to simulate oxygen transfer in VFCWs. It is based on a two-phase flow module, and a transport module. The transport module is able to deal with convection/diffusion phenomena, inter-phase (air–water) mass exchange, and first-order kinetics. The first results displayed for the air phase allow us to draw the following ideas on the design of vertical filters. The ponding phenomenon is more efficient for oxygen renewal than non-ponding batch loading: it provides a higher value, sooner, and deeper in the filter. In non-colonised filters and for standard batch loading, oxygen convection in the air phase is predominant for oxygen renewal. The seepage front limits oxygen renewal through the bottom of the filter and leads to an insufficient oxygen concentration on the lowest part of the filter.

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Hoang Thi, Nho, and Thu Nguyen Thi Anh. "INVESTIGATION OF IMPROVING INDOOR AIR QUALITY METHODS AT EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS PROVIDING SERVICES FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES IN VIETNAM." Journal of Science Educational Science 66, no. 4AB (October 2021): 55–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.18173/2354-1075.2021-0061.

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Indoor air quality has a significant impact on the health and working efficiency. There are studies on indoor air quality and the effect of indoor air quality on young children around the world and also in Vietnam. However, several studies have have not evaluated indoor air quality in classrooms at educational institutions that provide assistance to children with disabilities. As a result, the article focuses on investigating methods to improve indoor air quality at educational institutions providing services for children with disabilities, based on theoretical and practical studies on air quality; expert and teacher opinions on the feasibility and readiness to implement methods to improve air quality at intervention facilities for children with disabilities. The survey has 151 people that took part in it. The findings indicate that teachers in both inclusive and special schools have a basic grasp of classroom indoor air quality and its influence on children with disabilities. Teachers in specialized schools, on the other hand, rated classroom indoor air quality substantially worse than teachers in inclusive institutions. Furthermore, they highlighted steps done by their institution as well as additional innovative but particular ideas for improving classroom indoor air quality for children with impairments. Because this is a relatively recent problem in Vietnam, more methods to enhance classroom indoor air quality at educational institutions that provide services for children with disabilities are required.

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Cabrini, Ferdinando, Cristina Cavallo, and Riccardo Scalenghe. "An Early Beginning of Citizen Science: Adolescents Experiencing Urban Energy Usages and Air Pollution." Adolescents 1, no. 3 (June 23, 2021): 225–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/adolescents1030018.

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Here, we report on the process and development of high school science projects, which were inspired by a citizen science program focused on urban monitoring. We gathered and discussed two 1980s projects’ data, involving 2600 students, 80 teachers, 15 scientists and 20 stakeholders. We added recent survey data from speaking with the former participants. Our analysis revealed key findings: (1) the process of a student-driven science investigation engages students in the scientific practices; (2) it is important to bring together scientists, teachers and students, reflecting the importance of multi-dimensional learning; and (3) citizen science was born before the 1990s, when the term came into use. Our findings have implications for awareness of urban environmental issues and the links between the education system and society, young people working together with public and private managers and the science and technology sector instilling ideas on sustainability in the entire society.

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Nugroho, Bayu, Widhy Setyowati, and Taufiq Andre Setiyono. "The influence of perceived environmental friendly-office program regulation and public service motivation on pro-environmental behavior of civil servants with OCBE as intervening variable." Journal of Business and Banking 11, no. 2 (January 17, 2022): 213. http://dx.doi.org/10.14414/jbb.v11i2.2776.

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Environmental problems such as air pollution, global warming and water scarcity pose a threat to environmental sustainability. One of the causes is the administration of public services. To reduce environmental damage, public organizations must support the implementation of activities that are more environmentally friendly and their employees must display pro-environmental behavior. The research was expected to contribute practical ideas in the form of optimal implementation of environmentally friendly office programs, and theoretical contributions because there were still few researches on pro-environmental behavior of public employees. The study examined the influence of Perceptions of Regulations on the Implementation of Environmentally Friendly Office Programs and Public Service Motivation on the Pro-Environmental Behavior of Civil Servants through Organization Citizenship Behavior Toward Environment (OCBE) as Intervening Variables. The research sample was West Semarang KPP Pratama employees who had implemented an environmentally friendly program. The theoretical basis was TPB (Theory of Planned Behavior) which had been widely used to test pro-environmental behavior. The results showed that the perception of regulation had no significant effect on pro-environmental behavior. Meanwhile, Public Service Motivation and OCBE had a significant influence. Then OCBE mediated the perception of regulation with pro-environmental behavior fully, and public service motivation partially mediated pro-environmental behavior partially.

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Maswiartha, Nyoman Gede. "PARTISIPASI MASYARAKAT LOKAL DALAM PENGEMBANGAN DTW AIR TERJUN GITGIT DI KABUPATEN BULELENG." Jurnal Ilmiah Hospitality Management 9, no. 1 (December 23, 2018): 71–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.22334/jihm.v9i1.146.

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The purpose of this study was to determine the form of local community participation and the benefits of community participation in the development of DTW Gitgit Waterfall. This study uses qualitative and quantitative methods. The data analysis technique is used by questioner with a Likert scale. The results of this study form the participation of local communities in the development of the DTW of Gitgit Waterfall mostly involved, including forms of social participation with a score of 3.69 (often), involvement in skills and skills participation with a score of 3.5 (often), involvement in labor participation with score of 3.44 (quite often), involvement in the form of ideas participation with a score of 3.32 (quite often), and involvement in the form of property participation with a score of 3.13 (quite often). The benefits of gitgit waterfall community participation obtained by the local community in the development of tourist attraction in the form of an increase in terms of socio-cultural, amounting to 89%, an economic aspect of 97% and in terms of the environment by 86%. Keywords: community participation, tourism development, Gitgit Waterfall

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Djojodihardjo, Harijono. "Overview of green quad bubble business jet aerodynamic configuration design." Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology 90, no. 3 (April 9, 2018): 566–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/aeat-12-2016-0241.

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the possibilities of introducing a number of visionary and pioneering ideas and upcoming enabling technologies for a conceptual and aerodynamic design of green business jet aircraft to meet various requirements within Green and N + 2 Aircraft framework, and at the same time, to meet the requirements of air transportation demand, economic growth and environmental conservation. Design/methodology/approach A synthesis of various aircraft design methodologies has been carried out through iterative optimization to arrive at the conceptually designed aircraft with novel concept with optimum performance within the subsonic flight regimes. Major ideas derived from D8 and other novel concepts are appropriately applied in the work, which starts with fuel efficient motivation, and followed by wing aerodynamics and other critical factors related to the design requirements and objectives. Findings Through a meticulous effort following the synthesized design methodologies in the conceptual design phase, a conceptual design of a quad-bubble business jets with a set of specifications that meet the green and N + 2 aircraft technology requirements and exhibit promising performances is proposed and assessed within recent aircraft technology development. Research limitations/implications The research work is limited to conceptual design and analytical work which should be followed by further iterative steps incorporating experiments and detailed structural and aerodynamic computations. Practical implications The conceptual design proposed can be utilized as a baseline for further practical step in an aircraft development project. Social implications The conceptual design proposed could be utilized for business and economic study for future air transportation system. Originality/value The work is original, incorporating review of state-of-the-art technology, environmental requirements and a synthesis of a novel product.

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Lee, Pham, Kim, and Lee. "A Study on Emissions from Drayage Trucks in the Port City-Focusing on the Port of Incheon." Sustainability 11, no. 19 (September 27, 2019): 5358. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11195358.

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As a result of growing international trade, port-related emission is a spreading issue for urban areas located near ports, especially, hub port cities where population density is concentrated. The awareness of rapidly increasing drayage trucks moving cargo between the port and its hinterland has motivated the necessity of a detailed look at negative environmental impacts of these truck fleets on the achievement of sustainability goals. This study analyzes emission inventory from trucking activities around the Port of Incheon (POI), especially focusing on major air pollutants, and suggests ideas to support establishing new policies in port area. Data on the number of truck, the year of production, the type of fuel, etc. during 2018 were collected from Incheon Port Security and Korea Transport Safety Authority. A bottom-up methodology is applied based on guideline from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). As results, the major role of drayage truck fleets to local air pollution was highlighted with the high contribution of CO and NOx emissions. Hence, this study suggested the establishment of Emission Control Area (ECA) and Affected Zone on the landside as well as implementing Integrated Information System and Truck Appointment System to reduce congestion at gate, limit the number of emissions and minimize negative impacts to local community.

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Sekoulov, I. "Sustainable development of wastewater treatment strategies for the food industries." Water Science and Technology 45, no. 12 (June 1, 2002): 315–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wst.2002.0440.

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The sustainable development of environmental protection is a newly created philosophy. It means continuous development of better protection of the air, soil, water and resources, used from the industry, to be saved also for future generations. The globalization of the economy is another process, which interferes with environmental ideas, and an equilibrium with the socio-eco-sustainable development is wanted. The industry is subjected to big changes depending on economic development. Thus the treatment plants at the end of the pipe must be constructed with maximum flexibility. A removal of constructed devices, if not necessary, must be considered from the beginning as a possibility. Priority is given to integrated production processes solving wastewater problems directly by production devices. The treatment of the process wastewater streams separately will become more important. The end of the pipe solutions will be less complicated and more reliable. The reuse of valuable waste substances and treated water will reduce the total cost of the treatment plants substantially.

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Macauley, David. "The Flowering of Environmental Roots and the Four Elements in Presocratic Philosophy: From Empedocles to Deleuze and Guattari." Worldviews: Global Religions, Culture, and Ecology 9, no. 3 (2005): 281–314. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/156853505774841687.

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AbstractI examine the Presocratic thinker Empedocles' philosophical, poetic and religious works—Peri Phuseous (On Nature) and Katharmoi (Purifications)—in terms of their orientations, attitudes and sensibilities toward the natural environment. Through the development of an ethical and material framework centered upon the four rhizomata (roots or elements) of earth, fire, air and water, Empedocles provides an early but important understanding of ideas and issues that remain ecologically relevant today, including conceptions of pollution, the treatment of nonhuman animals, descriptions of organic processes, and the speculative underpinnings of evolutionary theory. I suggest that we can reasonably view Empedocles as kind of shaman-naturalist who is keenly aware of and empathetic with the workings of the physical world even if he is not strictly an "ancient environmentalist". Finally, I point to the post-structuralist work of Deleuze and Guattari, where we can find a critical exploration of the kind of "roots" Empedocles identifies and a defense of the notion of "rhizomes" that enables us both to observe continuities with the Presocratic philosopher and to make creative or constructive links with our modern environment.

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Zhang, Yu, Jiayu Wu, Chunyao Zhou, and Qingyu Zhang. "Installation Planning in Regional Thermal Power Industry for Emissions Reduction Based on an Emissions Inventory." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 16, no. 6 (March 15, 2019): 938. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16060938.

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Exploring suitable strategies for air pollution control, while still maintaining sustainable development of the thermal power industry, is significant for the improvement of environmental quality and public health. This study aimed to establish a coupling relationship between installed capacity versus energy consumption and pollutant emissions, namely the installed efficiency, and to further provide ideas and methods for the control of regional air pollutants and installation planning. An inventory of 338 installed thermal power units in the Jing-Jin-Ji Region in 2013 was established as a case study, and comparisons were made by clustering classification based on the installed efficiencies of energy consumption and pollutant emissions. The results show that the thermal power units were divided into five classes by their installed capacity: 0–50, 50–200, 200–350, 350–600, and 600+ MW. Under the energy conservation and emissions reduction scenario, with the total installed capacity and the power generation generally kept constant, the coal consumption was reduced by 17.1 million tons (8.7%), and the total emissions were reduced by 79.8% (SO2), 84.9% (NOx), 60.9% (PM), and 59.5% (PM2.5).

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Congleton, Jerome J., and Doug Gondella. "Safety and Seat Constraints for a Turreted Weapon System." Proceedings of the Human Factors Society Annual Meeting 31, no. 11 (September 1987): 1241–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/154193128703101114.

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Of primary concern to the Army is the compliance of crew workstations to Manprint so as to enhance operator comfort and safety in the performance of the specified tasks. This paper discusses the methodology and design tools utilized to provide Crew Seats for the Army Tank - Turreted Air Defense Weapon System. In particular, the use of the Cad System - Ideas for generating anthropometric models for the 5th percentile male lightly clothed and the 95th percentile male in arctic clothing from MIL-HDBK-759A and the design constraints on MIL-STD-1472C will be reviewed. Potential environmental factors affecting safety and human performance, potential areas of concern regarding entry and egress, potential areas of concern regarding workspace, and the Turreted Weapon System seat requirements will be discussed.

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Szydło, Zbigniew A. "Hydrogen - Some Historical Highlights." Chemistry-Didactics-Ecology-Metrology 25, no. 1-2 (December 1, 2020): 5–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/cdem-2020-0001.

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Abstract The early history of experiments in which an inflammable air was prepared is outlined. Once hydrogen had been discovered by Cavendish in 1766, the world of science and technology was given a colossal impetus. Its scientific and social consequences form the main focus of this essay. Special attention is given to explain why experiments were done, and their aims. The many difficulties which confronted scientists in the interpretation of their results are discussed. Timelines have been used in order to facilitate an understanding of the evolution of ideas. A particular emphasis is given to the story of how, through spectral analysis of the hydrogen atom, our understanding of atomic structure developed. Experiments involving hydrogen constitute important teaching material in schools. Detailed instructions are given for making hydrogen in the laboratory and for demonstrating its lightness and flammability. Suggestions are made of how to use these reactions to teach a wide variety of chemical concepts and facts.

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Mao, Yanhui, Shengxu Wang, Jianzhou Liang, Saiqin Mao, Yukun Han, and Shengquan Zhang. "Stratum Ventilation: Enabling Simultaneous Energy Conservation and Air Purification in Subway Cars." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 21 (November 5, 2022): 14521. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192114521.

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The supply of fresh air for underground rail transit systems is not as simple as opening windows, which is a conventional ventilation (CV) measure adopted in aboveground vehicles. This study aims to improve contaminant dilution and air purification in subway car ventilation systems and the safety of rail transit post-coronavirus disease pandemic era. We designed an air conditioning (AC) terminal system combined with stratum ventilation (SV) to enable energy consumption reduction for subway cars. We experimentally tested the effectiveness of a turbulence model to investigate ventilation in subway cars. Further, we compared the velocity fields of CV and SV in subway cars to understand the differences in their airflow organizations and contaminant removal efficiencies, along with the energy savings of four ventilation scenarios, based on the calculations carried out using computational fluid dynamics. At a ventilation flow rate of 7200 m3/h, the CO2 concentration and temperature in the breathing areas of seated passengers were better in the SV than in the CV at a rate of 8500 m3/h. Additionally, the energy-saving rate of SV with AC cooling was 14.05%. The study provides new ideas for reducing the energy consumption of rail transit and broadens indoor application scenarios of SV technology.

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Han, Joohee, Juil Lee, and Sang-Joon Kim. "How Does Family Involvement Affect Environmental Innovation? A Socioemotional Wealth Perspective." Sustainability 13, no. 23 (November 26, 2021): 13114. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su132313114.

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The purpose of this study was to examine how family involvement affects the environmental innovation of firms. While prior studies have shown that family involvement can enhance environmental performance, these environmental performances have been portrayed as firm activities to prevent environmental issues, such as air pollution, CO2 emissions, etc. We maintain that environmental performance should be more proactive and enable firms to transform their activities more fundamentally towards environmental protection. In this sense, we consider environmental innovation, i.e., technological development to address environmental issues, as a proactive measure enacting firm activities to address environmental issues. Furthermore, we determine whether and how family involvement can motivate firms to develop technologies for environmental performance. To illuminate this relation, we utilized a socioemotional wealth perspective, which provides useful insights into how family-controlled firms behave differently in comparison to non-family firms. Building on this socioemotional wealth approach, we suggest that family involvement helps firms engage in environmental innovation. In this study, we also explore how the positive link between family involvement and environmental innovation is dependent on family interlocks—the circumstance wherein a firm’s family directors are affiliated with the boards of directors of other firms. Specifically, we suggest that an increase in a firm’s family interlocks would strengthen the positive relationship between family involvement and environmental innovation. To test our ideas, we used a sample of 623 US public firms ranging from 1996 to 2010, which yielded 5047 firm-year observations. We find that family involvement facilitates the environmental innovation of firms. We also find that family interlocks intensify the positive effect of family involvement on environmental innovation. Finally, we discuss the theoretical and empirical implications of our results.

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Ngo, Thi Cam Quyen, Lam Van Tan, Nguyen Phuong Thao, Thi Kim Ngan Tran, and Ngoc Bich Hoang. "An insight on Vietnamese bio-waste materials as activated carbon precursors for multiple applications in environmental protection." Open Chemistry 20, no. 1 (January 1, 2022): 618–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/chem-2022-0170.

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Abstract Vietnam is known as an agricultural country with a variety of agricultural crops. In addition to agricultural by-products, bio-waste is the by-product from livestock waste, forestry, industry, and daily life. They affect the soil, water, and air environment by self-degradation processes in the environment. Therefore, researchers have come up with ideas for the usage of the by-products to decrease the amount of waste and minimize the environmental effects. In Vietnam, the by-products were used by researchers to produce bio-ethanol, fertilizers, composites, and activated carbon (AC). AC is one of the materials used to rapidly reduce the number of agricultural by-products by researchers. The synthesis process is optimized for the highest yield, while the physicochemical properties are also clearly analyzed through the X-ray diffraction, Fourier transform infrared, and Bacterial endotoxin testing assays. The average recorded specific surface area was about 300 m2 g−1. The functional groups and surface structure showed that the material has an amorphous structure with –OH, –CH, –CC, –C═C, –C═O groups. The AC from agricultural waste had been studied and applied to treat pollutants present in water.

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Flynn, Andrew, and Li Yu. "The Protean Environmental State in Dongguan: Reconceptualising the local state and ecological development in China." Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space 38, no. 3 (November 10, 2019): 443–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2399654419884331.

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How China copes with the deep-rooted challenges of improving its environmental quality raises questions about how economic and environmental tensions arise, whether they can be reconciled, and if so, how that might be achieved. In this paper, we critically examine evolving environmental governance challenges at the city level since it is here that much public policy delivery takes place. In major urban areas, problems of poor waste management, and air and water pollution have been experienced by citizens for some time. What is novel is that municipal governments now have some capacity to act to improve local environmental conditions. Moreover, municipal governments are being assisted, to some extent, in their rethinking of environment–economy relations by a central government policy agenda that is moving from an overwhelming preoccupation with development to taking on board welfare and environmental concerns. This is demanding a reconceptualisation of the local state from being one that is almost wholly development oriented to one that recognises environmental imperatives. The paper outlines key perspectives on the local state, particularly the ideas of a developmental, entrepreneurial and green state. It draws on these accounts to produce a more nuanced analysis of the multi-faceted nature of environmental governance. We call this the Protean Environmental State. To put these debates into a local context we analyse how one early industrialising city, Dongguan, is facing up to its polluted environment and seeking to steer its way towards a new, more ecologically friendly development pathway.

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Aisyah, Siti, Aries Abbas, Abdurrozzaq Hasibuan, Debi Masri, Frieyadie, and Ahmad Fudholi. "Ergonomic Working Design Model in Reducing Fatigue due to Air Traffic Control (ATC) at Kuala Namu Airport, Indonesia." International Journal of Safety and Security Engineering 12, no. 4 (August 31, 2022): 475–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.18280/ijsse.120408.

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Generally, humans can work properly and achieve optimal results when supported by good environmental conditions. The effect associated with the inconvenience of the working environment can be experienced over a prolonged period. Therefore, this study aims to determine the ergonomic working design model in reducing fatigue due to Air Traffic Control (ATC) at Kuala Namu Airport, Deli Serdang – Medan, Indonesia. This is because it is necessary to consider the physical condition or health conditions of controllers to enable the company to extend its services' life and profitability. Rapid Upper Limb Assessment (RULA) is the research method used to investigate upper limb disorders. RULA was developed as a method to detect posture, which is a risk factor. This method is designed to assess workers and determine the musculoskeletal loads likely to disrupt upper limbs. Under such conditions, the management is advised to develop 'open management' based on political will, which involves operators in every step of the improvement, because they have adequate ideas of the problems at hand. Participation in ergonomics enables employees with their supervisors and managers to apply adequate knowledge in their workplace to enhance working environment conditions.

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Bielski, Stanisław, Anna Zielińska-Chmielewska, and Renata Marks-Bielska. "Use of Environmental Management Systems and Renewable Energy Sources in Selected Food Processing Enterprises in Poland." Energies 14, no. 11 (May 31, 2021): 3212. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en14113212.

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The issue of environmental management systems in food processing companies is gaining importance due to the need to reduce water withdrawal, wastewater, air emissions, and waste generation. New technological solutions and innovations can reduce the negative effects of the enterprises’ production facilities on the environment. In Poland, the phenomenon of increasing use of the amount of renewable energy sources is influenced by, e.g., adopted national and EU legislation, development of new technologies in the field of energy, and increasing awareness of producers and consumers in the field of ecology and environmental protection. It is also important that the state creates favorable conditions for the use of renewable energy in micro-installations. The application goal of the study is to develop a procedure for improvement of the environmental management systems for food processing companies and increase the awareness of potential use and implementation of renewable energy sources by food processing entities. In the theoretical part of the study, methods of comparative, deductive, and synthetic analysis are used. In the practical part of the study survey method, case studies, a simple flashback, and transfer of ideas are presented. The results of the research can be used by state institutions to put emphasis on the implementation of sustainable development of state policy on the food market.

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Drop, Natalia. "Airbus' Electrically Powered Aircraft as an Answer to the European Union's Low-Carbon Policy." Transport Economics and Logistics 81 (March 12, 2019): 81–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.26881/etil.2019.81.07.

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Air transport is currently the fastest developing branch of transport, and airlines get to carry more and more passengers and cargo every year. At the same time, societies are more aware of environmental damage caused by transport, which is why the European Parliament developed a document titled An Aviation Strategy for Europe, which points out actions that should be taken inorder to make air transport more environmentally-friendly. One of the assumptions is to reduce the greenhouse gas’ emission. The European Parliament suggests the use of biofuels as one of pos-sible solutions to reduce the negative impact that air transport has on the natural environment. However, airplane manufacturers come up with different ideas how to reduce emission. Airbus in cooperation with Siemens and Rolls-Royce are working on an electrically powered aircraft. The project they are working on is called E-Fan X and it involves replacing one of airplane’s four turbine engines with an electric motor with a capacity of 2 MW. The first tests are to be performed next year. The paper describes the idea developed by Airbus, points out its advantages and disadvantages, and forecasts what impact the appearance of electrically powered aircraft will have on the environment and airline industry. The paper will be based on author’s own knowledge and gathered materials, and also on literature analysis, deduction and empirical research using non-experimental methods.

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Molnár, Zsuzsa. "Tourism and sustainability in Hungary." Acta Agraria Debreceniensis, no. 29 (July 28, 2008): 135–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.34101/actaagrar/29/2978.

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Sustainable development is a very popular conception since many years. In practice there could be many difficulties.Economic, social and ecological systems are too complex to see all the consequences clearly. After all, sustainable criteria are indispensable for responsible planning.Tourism is one of the world’s dynamically developing economic sectors. But according to this development, we have to confront with a lot of negative effects, like air pollution, or mass. With globalization, the opportunities for tourism increase: thanks to modern transport, places which were too far to be accessible before are now able to be reached. But there are consequences to this expansion. Unfortunately, growth e.g. in air transport causes considerable environmental damage.In today’s fast-paced world, the sanctity of nature, a soundproof environment, clean air and rural life have become increasingly important. With the growth of demand and tourism globalized, these values can damage or disappear in a short time. So, in tourism, it is vital to project development plans with sustainable principles.Just as other countries, in Hungary, the development of sustainable tourism is slowly becoming a priority. Fortunately, in plans for the next few years, there appear more concrete ideas on ways to make sustainable tourism grow.In my study, I assess Hungary’s position in sustainable tourism, examining how sustainable tourism indicators fit in sustainable development indicators and how can we measure aims of sustainable tourism.

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Ladas, Ioannis. "Title: Life after COVID-19: Understanding the environment for humanity's survival and sustenance." Epistēmēs Metron Logos, no. 4 (July 21, 2020): 62. http://dx.doi.org/10.12681/eml.23779.

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The severe restrictive measures imposed in dealing with Covid-19 have altered, among others, our environmental footprint. First reports are especially encouraging, showing reductions in CO2 emissions and improved air quality. In the present essay I shall investigate whether there is a “positive side” to a pandemic that leaves thousands of dead and causes world-wide economic crisis. I shall maintain – with great reservation- that the outcome might have been in the affirmative, while noting that blind approval of the environmental amelioration, due to the imposed restrictions, entails great risk, since it may be born of a dark eco-fascist ideology, promoting peremptory, fascist ideas towards improving the environment. Alongside I shall emphasize that a new Policy is necessary, i.e. a new Ethics, within the framework of rationalizing our relationship with the natural world. Besides, the rate of environmental deterioration does not allow retrospective re-contemplation of everything occurring in our socio-political reality. Consequently, I shall conclude it is required that world economies prosper again while the environment is protected, and that data collected during the quarantine period must serve as orientators for governments in the implementation of their recovery plans.

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