Achieving circularity is a distant dream: entrepreneurial barriers to circular business models in SMEs of emerging economies by Saharan, Akash, Samadhiya, Ashutosh, Kumar, Anil, Pandey, Krishan Kumar, Luthra, Sunil, Garza-Reyes, Jose Arturo

“…In terms of sub-barriers, ‘lack of access to funding and capital’ has been identified as the top sub-barrier in the adoption of CBM, followed by ‘excessive regulations and red tape’ and ‘challenges due to ambiguity of the concept’. …”
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Can green finance facilitate Industry 5.0 transition to achieve sustainability? A systematic review with future research directions by Dhayal, Karambir Singh, Giri, Arun Kumar, Kumar, Anil, Samadhiya, Ashutosh, Agrawal, Shruti, Agrawal, Rohit

“…Governments worldwide have been continuously implementing regulations and policies for the mitigation of climate change to promote sustainable development. …”
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Supply chain resilience for global operations (2) : a re-evaluation of performance benchmarking (information sharing) by Tan, Tricia Zann Yinn

“…Nobody had foreseen the emergence of Coronavirus (COVID-19) - the black swan event that turned the world upside down. Strict regulations including quarantines, lockdowns were enforced nationally that in turn resulted in immense consequences internationally. …”
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Priority assignment on partitioned multiprocessor systems with shared resources by Zhao, Shuai, Chang, Wanli, Wei, Ran, Liu, Weichen, Guan, Nan, Burns, Alan, Wellings, Andy

“…Both of them can be applied to Fixed-Priority Preemptive Scheduling (FPPS), which is enforced by most commercial real-time systems regulations, and which requires task priorities to be assigned before deployment. …”
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Investigation of the fuel consumption of a ship considering the dynamic coupling effect among resistance, propeller torque and engine power under the control of a governor by Beh, Gerald Kah Hooi

“…This problem has become so pervasive that the International Maritime Organisation has imposed new regulations to reach decarbonisation by the year 2035. …”
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Study of marine power train system through mathematical modelling of various electro-mechanical components by Khor, Boon Siang

“…Main motivations of doing this project are to reduce fuel consumption in power generation process and to meet emission regulations set by IMO. As the magnitude of load power demand for harbor tugboat varies largely throughout its operation, a lot of fuel would be wasted due to low fuel efficiency of diesel engine operating outside its optimal operating region. …”
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Greener refrigerants by Hui, Harrison Jun Jie

“…As a result, up to 50% of the total power consumption of a household is used for air-conditioning and refrigeration. Governmental regulations and international treaties are looking to reduce fluorinated gases emissions and eventually phase them out. …”
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Streamlining electronic reporting of serious adverse events (SAEs) using the REDCap data collection system: the eSAE Project by Black, J, Julier, P, Eldridge, L, Barber, V

“…<p><strong>Background: </strong>It is essential that electronic data collection (EDC) systems are both compliant with regulations and the principles of Good Clinical Practice (GCP) to allow for the timely and accurate reporting of data including safety data. …”

Publishers’ and journals’ instructions to authors on use of generative artificial intelligence in academic and scientific publishing: bibliometric analysis by Ganjavi, C, Eppler, MB, Pekcan, A, Biedermann, B, Abreu, A, Collins, GS, Gill, IS, Cacciamani, GE

“…Lack of standardization places a burden on authors and could limit the effectiveness of the regulations. As GAI continues to grow in popularity, standardized guidelines to protect the integrity of scientific output are needed.…”

Surface peptide functionalization of zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 for autonomous homing and enhanced delivery of chemotherapeutic agent to lung tumor cells by Nurul Akmarina, Mohd Abdul Kamal, Emilia, Abdulmalek, Sharida, Fakurazi, Cordova, Kyle E., Mohd Basyaruddin, Abdul Rahman

“…To mitigate the toxicity effect resulting from this, there is an urgent need to develop active nano delivery systems capable of regulating optimal doses specifically to cancer cells without harming adjacent normal cells. …”
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The opioid receptor influences circadian rhythms in human keratinocytes through the β-arrestin pathway by Bigliardi, Paul, Junnarkar, Seetanshu, Markale, Chinmay, Lo, Sydney, Bigliardi, Elena, Kalyuzhny, Alex, Ong, Sheena, Dunn, Ray, Wahli, Walter, Bigliardi-Qi, Mei

“…Furthermore, we observed that β-arrestin-1 regulates the transcription of its target genes, including PER2, by facilitating histone-4 acetylation. …”
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Impact of polyethylene microplastics exposure on kallikrein-3 levels, steroidal-thyroidal hormones, and antioxidant status in murine model: protective potentials of naringin by Kehinde, Samuel Abiodun, Fatokun, Tolulope Peter, Olajide, Abosede Temitope, Praveena, Sarva Mangala, Sokan-Adeaga, Adewale Allen, Adekunle, Adegbola Philip, Fouad, Dalia, Papadakis, Marios

“…PE-MPs exposure also disrupted significantly (p < 0.005) antioxidant profile by down-regulating the activities of glutathione-S-transferase, catalase (CAT), superoxide dismutase (SOD) and reducing levels of glutathione (GSH) and ascorbic acid (AA) while concentration of malondialdehyde (MDA) levels were increased relative to control. …”
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A Listeria monocytogenes aptasensor on laser inscribed graphene for food safety monitoring in hydroponic water by Cavallaro, Nicholas, Moreira, Geisianny, Vanegas, Diana, Xiang, Dong, Datta, Shoumen P. A., Gomes, Carmen, McLamore, Eric S.

“…Rapid screening of pathogens is a global need to meet food safety and water quality regulations. This study shows the importance of sensors targeting more than one bacterial surface structure in complex samples relevant to the food-water nexus.…”
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Effect of accelerated weathering on fire performance and general composition of photovoltaic (PV) back sheets by Mohamed Muhsin Mohamed Baseer Ahamed

“…Current fire safety regulations regarding installation of Photovoltaic (PV) panels indicate a requirement to have an unobstructed gap between the rooftop and PV panel. …”
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Development of pigmented human skin constructs via 3D drop-on-demand bioprinting by Ng, Wei Long

“…The MMC can be used to alter the 3D microstructures (pore size and porosity) within the collagen-fibroblast matrices; the pore size of the 3D collagen-fibroblast matrices plays a critical role in regulating the cell-matrix remodeling process and cellular behavior. …”
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Age-related bone loss is associated with FGF21 but not IGFBP1 in healthy adults by Lee, Shuen Yee, Fam, Kai Deng, Chia, Kar Ling, Yap, Margaret M. C., Goh, Jorming, Yeo, Kwee Poo, Yap, Eric Peng Huat, Chotirmall, Sanjay Haresh, Lim, Chin Leong

“…The fibroblast growth factor 21 (FGF21)–insulin-like growth factor binding protein 1 (IGFBP1) axis regulates bone loss in animals. However, the role of FGF21 in mediating age-associated bone fragility in humans remains unknown. …”
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Structure and dynamics of the proton-selective histidine and the gating tryptophan in an inward rectifying hybrid influenza B and A virus M2 proton channel by Pankratova, Yanina, McKay, Matthew J, Ma, Chunlong, Tan, Haozhou, Wang, Jun, Hong, Mei

“…To elucidate how charged residues C-terminal to the tryptophan regulates channel gating, here we investigate the structure and dynamics of H19 and W23 in a BM2 mutant, GDR-BM2, in which three BM2 residues are mutated to the corresponding AM2 residues, S16G, G26D and H27R. …”
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An immune-competent human gut microphysiological system enables inflammation-modulation by Faecalibacterium prausnitzii by Zhang, Jianbo, Huang, Yu-Ja, Trapecar, Martin, Wright, Charles, Schneider, Kirsten, Kemmitt, John, Hernandez-Gordillo, Victor, Yoon, Jun Young, Poyet, Mathilde, Alm, Eric J., Breault, David T., Trumper, David L., Griffith, Linda G.

“…These results highlight the contribution of individual innate immune cells in regulating the immune response triggered by the gut commensal <jats:italic>F. prausnitzii</jats:italic>. …”
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Air distribution and thermal comfort for active chilled beam systems by Wu, Bingjie

“…The optimal energy consumption and thermal comfort are found by regulating the primary airflow rate and water flow rate. …”
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Investigating the genetics and immunopathogenesis of ankylosing spondylitis by Liu, F

“…Utilizing these shared genetic risks, I found a risk locus at the intron of ZMIZ1 shared by AS and IBD, which regulates the expression of PPIF through an enhancer-enhancer-promoter interaction and transcriptional factors RELB and SP1. …”