Modelling the barriers to sustainable waste management in the plastic-manufacturing industry: An emerging economy perspective by Binoy Debnath, A. B. M. Mainul Bari, Syed Mithun Ali, Tazim Ahmed, Irfan Ali, Golam Kabir

“…The findings show that the five most significant barriers are as follows: lack of awareness of and knowledge about plastic waste disposal, lack of compliant waste management, lack of a sense of environmental responsibility on the part of manufacturers, lack of systematic waste collection and effective dumping-ground utilization and lack of proper environmental policies, legislations, and regulations. This study presents valuable insights that can deeply contribute to the literature on SWM, enabling scholars, policymakers, and industrial managers to practice sustainability more effectively in the plastic manufacturing industry.…”
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Preparation of Biofuel from Palm Oil Catalyzed by Ammonium Molybdate in Homogeneous Phase by Sepehr Sadighi, Seyed Kamal Masoudian Targhi

“…Producing transportation fuels from bio sources was of prime importance due to the strict environmental legislations for producing clean fuels from conventional oil resources. …”
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AUTONOMOUS AIRSHIP EQUIPPED BY MULTI-SENSOR MAPPING PLATFORM by J. Jon, B. Koska, J. Pospíšil

“…Especially in task of urban modeling the airship, as carrier, have legislative advantages due to prepared restriction for UAV. …”
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Impact of photovoltaic grid-tied systems on national grid power factor in Palestine by Amer Braik, Asaad Makhalfih, Ag Sufiyan Abd Hamid, Kamaruzzaman Sopian, Adnan Ibrahim

“…This article's conclusions may be utilized by municipalities, grid operators, and legislators to aid them in planning, forecasting, and accommodating new PV systems in their grids in terms of total power factor, as demonstrated by the results of this study. …”
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Administrative discretion in activities of the Federal Penitentiary Service: theoretical and doctrinal interpretation by Starostin S.A.

“…Introduction: the article is devoted to the study of issues related to the development and formation of the administrative discretion doctrine in Russian legal science, legislative regulation of administrative discretion and discretionary powers of subjects of public administration. …”
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Biopolymers Produced by Lactic Acid Bacteria: Characterization and Food Application by Cristina Mihaela Nicolescu, Marius Bumbac, Claudia Lavinia Buruleanu, Elena Corina Popescu, Sorina Geanina Stanescu, Andreea Antonia Georgescu, Siramona Maria Toma

“…A severe and well-known threat to the environment, the non-biodegradability of plastics obliges different stakeholders to find legislative and technical solutions for producing valuable polymers which are biodegradable and also exhibit better characteristics for packaging products. …”
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The role of district municipalities in service provision in South Africa: Dissecting challenges faced by Ehlanzeni District Municipality by Douglas N. Magagula, Ricky M. Mukonza, Rasodi K. Manyaka, Kabelo Moeti

“…Conclusion: The study recommended that cadre deployment in key municipal positions should be aligned with legislated recruitment policies. Moreover, communities need to start paying for services that they receive so that municipalities may have more revenue to maintain infrastructure, to ensure continued service delivery.…”
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Monitoring of Risky Elements in Zone of Pollution Strážske Area by J. Tomáš, J. Čéry, S. Melicháčová, J. Árvay, P. Lazor

“…Afterwards the gained results had been compared with limit values from legislative documents.…”
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Reducing Emissions from Combustion of Grape Residues in Mixtures with Herbaceous Biomass by Jan Malaťák, Jan Velebil, Jitka Malaťáková, Luboš Passian, Jiří Bradna, Barbora Tamelová, Arkadiusz Gendek, Monika Aniszewska

“…The maximum content of grape pomace in the mixture capable of meeting legislative emission requirements was 50% wt.…”
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Toxicological Impact of Rare Earth Elements (REEs) on the Reproduction and Development of Aquatic Organisms Using Sea Urchins as Biological Models by Chiara Martino, Teresa Chianese, Roberto Chiarelli, Maria Carmela Roccheri, Rosaria Scudiero

“…The accumulation of lanthanides and their emerging negative effects make risk assessment and consequent legislative intervention on their disposal mandatory.…”
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Emergency department physicians’ experiences and perceptions with medication-related work tasks and the potential role of clinical pharmacists by Tine Johnsgård, Renate Elenjord, Elin C. Lehnbom, Torsten Risør, Birgitte Zahl-Holmstad, Renata Vesela Holis, Eirik Hugaas Ofstad, Beate Hennie Garcia

“…Conclusions Physicians in Norwegian emergency departments welcome assistance from clinical pharmacists, but the identified professional, structural, and legislative barriers for this collaboration need to be addressed before implementation.…”
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Smart energy transition with the inclusion of floating wind energy in existing hydroelectric reservoirs with a view to 2050. Ecuadorian case study by Daniel Icaza-Alvarez, Francisco Jurado, Marcos Tostado-Véliz

“…This study is novel, breaks the traditional schemes in Ecuador and provides a different vision for decision makers, such as investors, legislators and researchers to discuss before committing economic resources. …”
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Diversification and division – ‘academic drift’ in Swedish teacher education in the aesthetic school subjects in a new higher education structure by Per-Olof Erixon, Åsa Jeansson, Stina Westerlund, Stina Wikberg

“…For the study, we drew on Official Reports of the Swedish Government (SOU), a type of authoritative policy text intended to influence an activity, but which govern less formally than “governing policy texts” like bills that are legislative in nature. Our study reveals that a division was made between the old, prestigious and discipline-based universities and the newcomers in terms of vocationally-based education. …”
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HARMANIZATION OF ACCOUNTING IN THE CONDITIONS OF THE EAEU: CURRENT STATE AND PROBLEMS by D. Shylmaganbetova, B. Sultanova, A.Nizamidinova

“…On this basis the analytical review of the current state of harmonization of accounting in these countries is made: the trends are revealed, the current problems are summarized and the directions of development of the legislative and institutional framework of ac-counting are proposed. …”
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A One-Stage Ensemble Framework Based on Convolutional Autoencoder for Remaining Useful Life Estimation by Yong-Keun Park, Min-Kyung Kim, Jumyung Um

“…As the legislative pressure to reduce energy consumption is increasing, data analysis of power consumption is critical in the production planning of manufacturing facilities. …”
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Land-use policy instruments for sustainable housing: insights from municipality planners in Finland by Katja Lähtinen, Vesa Kanninen, Pia Bäcklund, Liina Häyrinen, Atte Koskivaara, Nicki Malm

“…To fill this void, this study addresses local operationalization of sustainable housing aims, and their effects on the use of local land-use policy instruments in Finnish municipalities with legislative power to promote local sustainability through their own actions. …”
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UNDERSTANDING DISABILITIES & ONLINE STUDENT SUCCESS by Kristen Betts, Bill Welsh, Kelly Hermann, Cheryl Pruitt, Gaeir Dietrich, Jorge Trevino, Terry Watson, Mike Brooks, Alex Cohen, Norman Coombs

“…Government Accountability Office states that recent legislative changes have the potential to increase the diversity and number of students with disabilities pursing higher education. …”
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State-of-the-Art and Future Perspectives of Environmentally Friendly Machining Using Biodegradable Cutting Fluids by M. Naveed, A. Arslan, H. M. A. Javed, T. Manzoor, M. M. Quazi, T. Imran, Z. M. Zulfattah, M. Khurram, I. M. R. Fattah

“…Due to environmental and health issues, legislations have been established to ensure that the consumption of mineral oil is reduced. …”
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Evaluating Environmental and Energy Performance Indicators of Food Systems, within Circular Economy and “Farm to Fork” Frameworks by Patrizia Ghisellini, Amos Ncube, Gloria Rotolo, Chiara Vassillo, Serena Kaiser, Renato Passaro, Sergio Ulgiati

“…The results of this study evidence a proposed set of performance indicators selected from the literature among LCA and non-LCA indicators (midpoint LCA impacts, cumulative energy use, emergy accounting, and material flow accounting, among others) that could be helpful in integrating the EU CAP indicators for monitoring and evaluating efforts and achieved results toward implementing and controlling the effectiveness of the adopted “farm to fork” policy and related legislative measures, as well as the application of the circular economy model.…”
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Upscaling the pharmacy profession: Knowledge and willingness of the Lebanese pharmacists to practice the administration of dermal fillers by Nayla Itani, Souraya Domiati, Samar Karout, Hani M J Khojah, Reem Awad, Rania Itani

“…Conclusions: Lebanese community pharmacists are not yet ready for this new dimension in the career. Legislative procedures, training, licensing, and developed pharmacy curriculum must precede the practice of DFs by pharmacists in Lebanon.…”
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