A comprehensive tool for embodied carbon quantification and supporting mitigation strategies in the Building sector by Miguel Martinho, Joana Fernandes, Ricardo Gomes, Paulo Lourador, Paulo Ferrão

“…Abstract The building sector is a significant contributor to global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, with emissions classified into operational and embodied carbon. …”
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Structural Reforms in Agrarian Sector of Economy, Stages and Results: Problems of Modernization and Import Substitution by A. A. Shutkov

“…This article analyzes the structural changes in the agricultural sector of the Russian economy in the post-reform period, with an emphasis on solving problems of modernization of agricultural production. …”
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The state of affairs of the public sector mammography service in the Free State Pprovince of South Africa by W.S. Harmse, C.S. de Vries

“…Method: A retrospective review of data was performed. …”
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Multinationals’ approach to the circular economy principles: an overview of the electronics sector and its sustainable efforts by Maria Sol Fernandes Marques Silva, Ana Paula Alves Cruz, Fabio Luiz Papaiz Gonçalves

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The characterization of municipal solid waste in Kuwait: a pathway to reform the waste management sector by Mohammad Alshawaf, Mohamed Alwaeli, Krzysztof Pikon, Mohammad Alolayan

“…Energy recovery presents a viable management option, as a large fraction of recyclables are either contaminated (paper) or have little to no market value (plastic film). Reforming the waste sector requires an overarching national vision toward waste reduction, the further incentivization of the waste hierarchy framework, as well as a set of robust policies and regulatory actions to make the disposal of untreated waste more expensive (landfill taxes) than other management options.…”
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Systemic measures on reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in animal husbandry enterprises. A review by I. V. Petrunina, N. A. Gorbunova

“…Moreover, analysis of the main sources of methane emission in the agricultural sector of the agro-industrial complex, including by species of livestock and poultry, is given. …”
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The social care bottleneck: a strategic analysis of A&E wait time reduction by Kieran Kejiou

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E-commerce operation empowers green agriculture: implication for the reduction of farmers' fertilizer usage by Hailan Qiu, Yi Huang, Weikun Zhang, Bing He, Ruolan Yuan, Zhipeng Wang

“…Further discussion indicates that scale e-commerce and social e-commerce also perform the fertilizer reduction effect. Therefore, policy makers are suggested to encourage the transformation of rural industries into e-commerce to stimulate the production sector to reduce fertilizer use. …”
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Optimal Design for Torque Ripple Reduction in a Traction Motor for Electric Propulsion Vessels by Gi-haeng Lee, Yong-min You

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Experimental and Numerical Study of Shape Memory Alloys for Vibration Amplitude Reduction in Mechanical Structures by Hyginus Chidiebere Onyekachi Unegbu, Danjuma Saleh Yawas, Bashar Dan-asabe, Abdulmumin Akoredeley Alabi

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Discussion on Advanced Seepage Reduction Characteristics of Working Face under Seepage-Damage Coupling by Feisheng Feng, Jiqiang Zhang, Zhen Yang, Dongdong Pang, Jing Zhang

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SECTOR LOCALIZATION, PARAMETERIZATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF REFERENCE POINTS BASED ON CORNER COEFFICIENTS FOR ALIGNING THE OVERLAPPING IMAGES by O. J. Al-Furaiji, V. K. Kanapelka, V. YU. Tsviatkou

“…It is shown that these algorithms compared to the methods of SIFT and SURF provide a reduction in the computational complexity of localization and parameterization of reference points and increase the stability of their descriptors at parallax.…”
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Analysis of the main indicative values of the pharmaceutical market retail sectors in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation by I. К. Petrukhina, Т. К. Ryazanova, А. I. Khusainova, А. V. Egorova, P. R. Blinkova

“…Objective: to study various typological characteristics of the retail pharmaceutical market sector in 23 constituent entities of the Russian Federation (RF), as well as to analyze the availability of socially important types of pharmaceutical care as of 2021.Material and methods. …”
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Functional Model of Supply Chain Waste Reduction and Control Strategies for Retailers—The USA Retail Industry by Victory Ikpe, Mohammad Shamsuddoha

“…<i>Methods</i>: This study adopts a qualitative research method that draws on secondary data sources such as books, journals, articles, and websites to explore supply chain waste reduction strategies within the US retail industry. …”
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Unintended consequences of trade in environmental innovation: Agricultural emissions, sectoral leakage, and the Kuznets curve hypothesis by Xinyi Gu, Jianmin Li, Farzan Yahya, Muhammad Waqas, Amad Rashid

“…These findings underscore the importance of developing tailored policies to design EST specifically for the agricultural sector, ensuring more effective emission reductions.…”
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A critical review on the advances in thermal reduction technology for recycling spent lithium-ion batteries by Jiahao Li, Sabereh Nazari, Xiaoxue Ma, Neng Wei, Yaqun He

“…This review summarizes thermal reduction recovery technologies for cathode materials in spent LIBs, examining processes such as thermite reduction, carbothermic reduction, and salinization roasting, and evaluating their efficiencies and environmental impacts. …”
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Historical Drivers and Reduction Paths of CO₂ Emissions in Jiangsu’s Cement Industry by Kuanghan Sun, Jian Sun, Changsheng Bu, Long Jiang, Chuanwen Zhao

“…Despite the full deployment of existing reduction methods, Jiangsu’s cement industry is expected to face an emissions gap of approximately 10 million tons to achieve carbon neutrality by 2060, highlighting the need for innovative emission reduction technologies or carbon trading to meet carbon neutrality goals.…”
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Effect of policies in major grain-producing areas on synergistic reduction of agricultural pollution and carbon emission by ZHANG Degang, TANG Yushu

“…Using panel data from 31 Chinese provinces from 1997 to 2022, a difference-in-differences (DID) method was employed to empirically examine the policy’s effect on the synergistic reduction of agricultural pollution and carbon emission. …”
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Impact of Sustainable Environmental Expenditures Policy on Air Pollution Reduction, During European Integration Framework by Ionel Bostan, Mihaela Onofrei, Elena-Doina Dascălu, Bogdan Fîrtescu, Carmen Toderascu

“…Further to the application of multiple regression statistical methods (OLS and robust M), our results show that teimiqgdp expenses played a major role in the reduction of carbon monoxide. …”
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Optimizing Acidic Reductive Leaching for Lithium Recovery: Enhancing Sustainable Lithium Supply for Energy Markets by Agnieszka Sobianowska-Turek, Amelia Zielińska, Weronika Urbańska, Anna Mielniczek, Agnieszka Fornalczyk, Szymon Pawlak, Tomasz Małysa, Janusz Cebulski

“…Additionally, the results contribute to the principles of the circular economy and sustainable supply chains in the energy sector, providing a method to reduce dependency on geopolitically constrained lithium resources and supporting the global energy transition toward cleaner energy solutions.…”
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