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Green and Reserve Logistics of Packaging and Plastic Packaging Waste under the Conditions of Circular Economy at the Level of the European Union Member States

Adriana Scrioșteanu, Maria Magdalena Criveanu • Energies (2024)

Sustainable development involves constant efforts to reduce pollution by using resources as efficiently as possible. One of the sources of pollution is waste from packaging, recovery, and of course, the possibility of recycling them. The re...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/en17123015

VaR and the cross-section of expected stock returns: an emerging market evidence

Dar-Hsin Chen, Chun-Da Chen, Su-Chen Wu • Journal of Business Economics and Management (2014)

In this paper we investigate the explanatory power of the market beta, firm size, and the book-to-market ratio, as well as Value-at-Risk regarding the cross-sectional expected stock returns in a less developed stock market – Taiwan's stock ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3846/16111699.2012.744343

Collaboration opportunities for driving sustainable farming systems and local communities: The case of banana cooperatives in Thailand

Haruhiko Iba, Apichaya Lilavanichakul • Societal Impacts (2024)

Developing sustainable farming systems is necessary to realize profitable and eco-friendly farms that benefit society. As Thailand is increasingly facing climate crisis, production damage, and economic loss for farmers, alternative solution...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.socimp.2024.100087

Assessment of the state administration effectiveness in the field of small business control in Slovakia

Eleonóra Marišová, Zuzana Ilková, Pavol Schwarcz, Tomáš Malatinec et al. • Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis (2013)

The agenda of small business in Slovakia is administered by state administration - district offices which registry and also control the entrepreneurs. The control units in the period 2008–2011 and its evaluation in terms of efficiency were ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.11118/actaun201361072483

The Impact of Assets Structure and the Components of Cash Conversion Cycle on the Egyptian SMEs Financial Failure Predictability

Dr. Hassan Mounir El-Sady, Hatem Ahmed, DR. Hosny Hamdy • The Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance (2022)

This study investigates determinants of Egyptian SMEs financial failure predictability based on a sample of 32 failure SMEs and 28 non-failure SMEs for the period 2013 and 2019. The determinants of SMEs financial failure are categorized int...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.57229/2373-1761.1427

Inter-Firm Land Optimization and the Advancement of New Quality Productive Forces—Empirical Evidence Based on Micro-Enterprise Data

Yanzhi Liu, Jian Cheng, Cheng Li • Land (2025)

In the context of advancing new quality productive forces (NQP), the optimization of factor allocation is of critical importance. This study empirically examines how inter-firm land allocation affects the development of NQP and explores the...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/land14091923

Spatial layout optimization model integrating layered attention mechanism in the development of smart tourism management

Jie Ding, Lingyan Weng, Lili Fan, Peixue Liu • PeerJ Computer Science (2024)

Tourism demand projection is paramount for both corporate operations and destination management, facilitating tourists in crafting bespoke, multifaceted itineraries and enriching their vacation experiences. This study proposes a multi-layer...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.7717/peerj-cs.2329

Digital Co-Creation in Socially Sustainable Smart City Projects: Lessons From the European Union and Canada

Daniela Popescul, Lily Murariu, Laura-Diana Radu, Mircea-Radu Georgescu • IEEE Access (2024)

Utilizing readily accessible information and communication technologies (ICTs), such as mobile devices, applications, and simple Internet of Things (IoT) sensors, and harnessing their potential through Experimentation as a Service (EaaS), c...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2024.3399016

COUNTRY RISK AND POLITICAL INSTABILITY: A VUCA WORLD APPROACH

Ioana-Sorina ANDREICA (MIHUT), Liviu-Daniel DECEANU • Annals of the University of Oradea: Economic Science (2023)

The last three years were characterized by a climate of drastic change due to a cumulus of disturbances and crises, namely the COVID-19 pandemic, inflation, energy crisis, military conflicts, banking fragilities, populism, disinformation,...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.47535/1991AUOES32(1)033

Comparing the resilience of Sharia and conventional banking to the financial crisis in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations

Suripto, Arif Sugiono, Havid Dasuki • Banks and Bank Systems (2023)

This study aims to analyze the comparison of the resilience of Islamic and conventional banking in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) during the COVID-19 pandemic. Comparison of banking resilience was proxied by the Capital ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.21511/bbs.18(3).2023.16

Comparative investigation of similar and dissimilar AA6061/AA7075, AA6061/AA2024, and AA6061/AA5083 joints produced by continuous-drive friction welding

Ibrahim Sabry, Abdel-Hamid Ismail Mourad, Mohamed ElWakil • Journal of Materials Research and Technology (2026)

This study considers continuous-drive friction welding to compare AA6061/AA6061, AA6061/AA7075, AA6061/AA2024, and AA6061/AA5083 joints produced under the same nominal processing conditions. Optical and scanning electron microscopy, EDS, XR...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.jmrt.2026.09.145

Childhood under the scope of time: the 20th-century child in the aesthetics of Neorealism and Soviet cinema / Детство под прицелом времени: ребенок ХХ века в киноэстетике неореализма и советском кинематографе

Dmitry Mikhaylyuk / Дмитрий Павлович Михайлюк, Amir Kader / Амир Святославович Кадер • Индустрии впечатлений: Технологии социокультурных исследований (2025)

The aim of the research is to identify the evolutionary scenario and the specifics of the transformation of the child's image in Russian art, primarily using Soviet cinema as an example, taking into account the experience of world art devel...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.34680/EISCRT-2025-4(13)-52-95

Effect of early and late post emergence herbicides on weed suppression, crop injury, and biomass yield of industrial hemp in semiarid conditions

Preetaman Bajwa, Rupinder Saini, Sukhbir Singh, Jasleen Makkar et al. • Agrosystems, Geosciences & Environment (2025)

Abstract Industrial hemp is receiving attention for its numerous benefits, particularly in the fiber industry. Weed competition is a primary concern for hemp cultivation, causing reduced yields and inferior‐quality fiber. However, little is...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1002/agg2.70078

Process-Programmed Extraction–Structure–Activity Relationships (ESAR) in edible and medicinal mushroom polysaccharides: a mechanistic and application-oriented framework

Cunchao Zhao, Muhammad Aaqil, Rui He, Muhammad Kamil et al. • Journal of Advanced Research (2026)

Background: Edible and medicinal mushroom polysaccharides (EMMPs) display wide-ranging bioactivities, yet progress has been limited by siloed workflows. Extraction, structural analysis, and biological evaluation are often conducted independ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.jare.2025.12.040

Flat Plate based- Solar System with a tracking system

M. Abdunnabi, A. Abusalama, M. Algamil, M. Almontaser • Solar Energy and Sustainable Development (2018)

Water heating in Libyan domestic sector represents over 29% of the total electrical consumption. There is a great potential of hot water usage in the industrial and other sectors. Solar energy can play vital role in providing hot water to t...

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Industrial Design as a Profession

J. Gordon Lippincott • College Art Journal (1945)

It is interesting to compare industrial design with a much older profession that is somewhat similar in basic requirements: architecture. The industrial designer, just before the war, was designing more merchandise in dollar volume than the...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/15436322.1945.10795107

Industrial Design

Dragan Primorac • CRC Press eBooks (2014)

Industrial design is the professional service of creating and developing concepts and specifications that optimize the function, value, and appearance of products and systems for the mutual benefit of both user and manufacturer. Industrial ...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1201/b17266-14