Ideology and ethics of transitional entrepreneurs: legitimacy, soft law, and overcoming a distressed economy by Maryam Khosravi, Mojtaba Amiri, Nezameddin Faghih

“…These entrepreneurs can be working on the burgeoning private sector, who want to connect with the outside effectively to overcome an economy in distress. …”
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Nickel: A tale of two cities by Richard Schodde, Pietro Guj

“…This, however, has changed starting with a daring but successful gamble on the side of Ni-laterite-rich Indonesia that, in an endeavour to attract investment in downstream processing, in 2014 introduced a ban on the exportation of Ni ore, giving local miners 5 years to establish their processing facilities. …”
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Improving the efficiency of multimodal transportation of chemical products from the Volgograd region to the near and far abroad by A. V. Kulikov, P. A. Pavlov, A. A. Kulikov

“…Introduction. The industrial sector of Russia is the most important segment of the country’s economy. …”
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Injonction comptable et révolution culturelle à l’Université by Frédéric Lebaron

“…Although this sector is singular – if only because of the different ways in which it is monetarised – there is still evidence that belief processes (relating notably to economics’ driving role in today’s social order) have helped it to embrace a broader logic, one that might be construed as something that is partially, albeit not entirely, redolent of the logic characterising financial capitalism.…”
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Federated Learning for privacy-Friendly Health Apps: A Case Study on Ovulation Tracking by Nikolaos Pavlidis, Andreas Sendros, Theodoros Tsiolakis, Periklis Kostamis, Christos Karasoulas, Eleni Briola, Christos Chrysanthos Nikolaidis, Vasilis Perifanis, George Drosatos, Eleftheria Katsiri, Despoina Elisavet Filippidou, Anastasios Manos, Pavlos S. Efraimidis

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Crop modelling applied to Portuguese viticulture: a brief overview by Santos Rui, Falco Virgílio, Santos João, Fernandes António, Fraga Hélder

“…A brief overview of the viticultural sector (national and international) is given, highlighting the declining vineyard areas and economic fragmentation, particularly in Portugal. …”
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A review on ultraviolet light treatment for emissions of livestock gases, odor control in waste management, and disinfection of common environmental pathogens by T.A.N.T. Perera, H.A.T.N. Perera, D.M.N.A. Dissanayake, M.A.S.K Dias, P.P. Ruwanpathirana, G.Y. Jayasinghe

“…The livestock sector’s emission of greenhouse gases and hazardous gases, has contributed significantly to environmental pollution, including climate change and global warming. …”
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Occurrence and Distribution of Microplastics on the Beaches of Limón on the Southern Caribbean Coast of Costa Rica by Emanuelle Assunção Loureiro Madureira, André Luiz Carvalho da Silva, Gustavo Barrantes-Castillo, Fábio Vieira de Araújo

“…The lower occurrence of microplastics in the southeastern sector (Manzanillo and Gandoca) may be related to the greater number of preservation areas. …”
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Preliminary Fisheries Assessment and Implications for Sustainable Blue Economic Development: A Case Study of Coastal Lamongan, East Java by Nurhijayat Akhmad, Adrianto Luky, Booth Hollie L., Boer Mennofatria, Zairion Zairion, Salim Muhamad Ghozali, Yonvitner Yonvitner, Tawang Firmansyah

“…The catches of large pelagic and demersal fish fluctuated, while the landings of elasmobranchs and crustaceans steadily increased. In the fish processing sector, the production of salt-boiled fish, salted fish and fillets declined, but grilled fish production remained relatively stable. …”
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Fracturing and deformation in the Chicxulub crater – Complex trace analysis of instantaneous seismic attributes by Eduardo Salguero-Hernández, Jaime Urrutia-Fucugauchi, Luis Ramírez-Cruz

“…Carbonates in the western sector are characterized by slightly larger attenuation than in the eastern sector, suggesting radial asymmetries in fracturing/deformation within Chicxulub. …”
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Design of a Methodology to Evaluate the Energy Flexibility of Residential Consumers to Enhance Household Demand Side Management: The Case of a Spanish Municipal Network by Caterina Lamanna, Andrés Ondó Oná-Ayécaba, Lina Montuori, Manuel Alcázar-Ortega, Javier Rodríguez-García

“…This step is essential to identify and characterize the primary energy consumption processes in the residential sector, laying the groundwork for future flexibility evaluation. …”
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Knowledge Graphs in the Digital Twin: A Systematic Literature Review About the Combination of Semantic Technologies and Simulation in Industrial Automation by Franz Georg Listl, Daniel Dittler, Gary Hildebrandt, Valentin Stegmaier, Nasser Jazdi, Michael Weyrich

“…The ongoing digitization of the industrial sector has reached a pivotal juncture with the emergence of Digital Twins, offering a digital representation of physical assets and processes. …”
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Organoleptic attributes of 22 robusta coffee clones and potential for specialty coffee production in Ecuador by Luis Alberto Duicela Guambi, Rey Gastón Loor Solórzano, Luis Fernando Plaza Avellán, Liliana Corozo-Quiñónez

“…Coffee production has been gradually declining over the past 15 years, leading to a production crisis, as the sector is unable to meet the demand from the industrial sector and grain exporters. …”
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Automatic Sugarcane Disease Detection and Outbreak Alert System using Deep Learning by Munaf Rashid, Zuha Khan, Saeed Usmani, Asadullah Maliyawala, Kashif Iqbal

“…Agriculture Agriculture is a vital sector in Pakistan, with sugarcane being the second-largest crop. …”
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Spatial variations of runoff thresholds associated with changes in land use over the period 1990-2018 in the Mediterranean side of Andalusia by Héctor Álvarez-García, José Antonio Sillero-Medina, María Eugenia Pérez-González, José Damián Ruiz-Sinoga

“…Its spatial variation will determine the appearance of a series of processes and risks such as soil erosion, sediment transport, water pollution or flooding, all of which are of great interest in the field of land planning and management. …”
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The Development of a Micropropagation System for a Rare Variety of an Agricultural and Medicinal Elderberry Plant <i>Sambucus nigra</i> ‘Albida’ by Jiří Sedlák, Martin Mészáros, Matěj Semerák, Pavel Pech

“…Black elder (<i>Sambucus nigra</i> L.) is a temperate shrub with flowers and fruits that are edible after processing. This species is not yet widely known in the global agricultural sector, but its adaptability and drought tolerance may generate more interest in this crop. …”
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Determination of Russian innovative activity tendencies by Marina A. Motova

“…The data, obtained as a result of the observation, are published in the editions «Indicators of Innovative Activity» (The Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat) and Higher School of Economics) and «The Russian Statistical Year-Book» of Rosstat.Data on a condition of the innovative sphere in Russia, and, also data on profitability of financial investments cover the industrial production (the extracting and processing productions and the enterprises on production and electric power, gas and water distribution), and also some industries of the service sector. …”
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Green and Low-Carbon Transformation of China's Chemical and Petrochemical Industry by Houliang Dai, Jianfeng Chen, Qingtang Yuan, Peicheng Liu

“…Therefore, it is inevitable to accelerate the green and low-carbon transformation of the industry, thus to achieve high-quality industrial development and strengthen the petrochemical sector. This study analyzes the basic situation of the green and low-carbon transformation of the chemical and petrochemical industry from the perspectives of international consensus, domestic requirements, raw material changes, market constraints, technological evolution, and intelligent transformation. …”
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Cross-country analysis of sustainable innovation and female entrepreneurship and their influence on the presence of women in managerial positions by Inna Alexeeva-Alexeev, Pilar Guaita-Fernandez, Cristina Mazas-Perez-Oleaga

“…Findings suggest women CEOs are likely to lead women-owned firms which promote (sustainable) innovation through developing new products for new markets, allocating less investment in R&D, product innovation and business processes, although with some nuances. Other important factors to consider are productivity, sales strategy, firm size, sector, and socio-economic context with a gender focus.…”
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Addressing Trauma in Early Childhood—Shaping Education, Policy, and Actionable Strategies in Ireland: A Qualitative Study by Catherine Sheehan, Judith Butler, Cian O’Neill

“…Utilising a qualitative methodological approach, eight semi-structured interviews with ECEC sector representatives (i.e., IV Group) and six focus groups with managers (<i>n</i> = 8), room leaders (<i>n</i> = 8), and practitioners (<i>n</i> = 8) (i.e., FG Group) were conducted as explorative processes to investigate the presence of trauma awareness in ECEC, if any, and the factors supporting/hindering this discourse from the perspectives of diverse stakeholders and professionals in Ireland. …”
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