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description Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 2021 FrancePublisher:MDPI AG Authors: Georgios Kleftodimos; Leonidas Sotirios Kyrgiakos; Christina Kleisiari; Aristotelis C. Tagarakis; +1 AuthorsGeorgios Kleftodimos; Leonidas Sotirios Kyrgiakos; Christina Kleisiari; Aristotelis C. Tagarakis; Dionysis Bochtis;doi: 10.3390/su14010411
International audience; Nowadays, the sustainability of Greek dairy cattle farms is questionable due to low competitiveness and high GHG emissions. In this context, the BIOCIRCULAR project, funded by the EYDE ETAK, developed a series of alternative practices focusing on precision agriculture principles. However, the adoption of any practice from farmers is not a given, and depends on several determinants. Hence, the objective of this study is to examine farmers’ adoption decisions regarding precision-agricultural practices in Greek dairy production systems, as well as the economic and environmental impacts of this adoption. In order to achieve this, a bio-economic model was developed based on mathematical programming methods. The proposed model simulates a large number of dairy cattle farms with or without crop production, including different management strategies and their relevant costs, and provides an environmental assessment of the adopted practices based on GHG emissions. Moreover, in order to analyze farmers’ adoption decisions, different policy measures, linked to various environmental outcomes, were examined. The results highlighted that the adoption of precision-agricultural practices led to significantly better economic and environmental outcomes. Furthermore, it was found that different levels of incentives can be efficiently targeted to encourage the adoption of new feeds and, more broadly, to secure the sustainability of the sector.
Sustainability arrow_drop_down SustainabilityOther literature type . Article . 2021 . Peer-reviewedLicense: CC BYFull-Text: http://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/14/1/411/pdfMémoires en Sciences de l'Information et de la Communication; Hal-DiderotArticle . 2022License: CC BYadd ClaimPlease grant OpenAIRE to access and update your ORCID works.This Research product is the result of merged Research products in OpenAIRE.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.euAccess Routesgold 3 citations 3 popularity Top 10% influence Average impulse Average Powered by BIP!more_vert Sustainability arrow_drop_down SustainabilityOther literature type . Article . 2021 . Peer-reviewedLicense: CC BYFull-Text: http://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/14/1/411/pdfMémoires en Sciences de l'Information et de la Communication; Hal-DiderotArticle . 2022License: CC BYadd ClaimPlease grant OpenAIRE to access and update your ORCID works.This Research product is the result of merged Research products in OpenAIRE.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Other literature type , Article 2021 Germany, ItalyPublisher:MDPI AG Funded by:EC | MAKING-CITY, EC | GRETA, EC | TECNIOspring PLUS +1 projectsEC| MAKING-CITY ,EC| GRETA ,EC| TECNIOspring PLUS ,EC| SPARCsGiulia Turci; Beril Alpagut; Paolo Civiero; Michal Kuzmic; Serena Pagliula; Gilda Massa; Vicky Albert-Seifried; Oscar Seco; Silvia Soutullo;handle: 11590/400522 , 20.500.12079/73327
This article is based upon work from COST Action 19126 Positive Energy Districts European Network PED-EU-NET (https://pedeu.net/ Accessed on 16 November 2021), supported by COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology, www.cost.eu Accessed on 16 November 2021). The authors acknowledge COST Action 19126 WGs and other international initiatives-in particular IEA Annex 83, JPI Urban Europe, Smart Cities Marketplace and EERA Joint Programme on Smart Cities-for the fruitful and continuous collaboration in PED-Database development. Paolo Civiero acknowledges this project has funding received from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 712949 (TECNIOspring PLUS) and the Government of Catalonia's Agency for Business Competitiveness (ACCIÓ). Michal Kuzmic acknowledges the funding received from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the SPARCS grant agreement No 864242. Beril Alpagut acknowledges the funding received from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the MAKING-CITY project agreement No 824418. Giulia Turci and Serena Pagliula acknowledge TRACE research team from University of Bologna and the funding received from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the GRETA project agreement No 101022317. Positive Energy Districts (PEDs) are considered as one of the pioneer strategies to guide cities in their energy planning process towards climate neutrality in an attractive, innovative and human-centered way. The concept of PED is the result of a long co-creation process and integrates several multidimensional features, aiming to promote the sustainable development of urban areas and the transition of cities towards a climate neutral energy system. The paper provides an overview of the first outcomes of WG1 “PED Mapping, Characterization and Learning”, in the research COST Action CA19126 “Positive Energy Districts European Network” (PED-EU-NET). This study describes activities that focus on creating a comprehensive PED-Database by mapping existing concepts, strategies, projects, technological and non-technological solutions related to PEDs in Europe. The main objective of the Database is to support municipalities through the decision-making process by providing strategies for building and running a successful PED that can provide alternatives to consider, and is powered by an interactive web-based map. The design of the Database framework is supported by a step-by-step methodology adopted in the framework of the CA19126 in order to develop the PED-Database as an interactive, updatable and user-friendly tool.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.euAccess RoutesGreen gold 6 citations 6 popularity Top 10% influence Average impulse Top 10% Powered by BIP!visibility 35visibility views 35 download downloads 34 Powered bymore_vert Archivio della Ricer... arrow_drop_down SustainabilityOther literature type . Article . 2021 . Peer-reviewedLicense: CC BYFull-Text: https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/14/1/427/pdfadd ClaimPlease grant OpenAIRE to access and update your ORCID works.This Research product is the result of merged Research products in OpenAIRE.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 2021Publisher:Hindawi Limited Authors: Sirajo Abdullahi Bakura; Alain Lambert; Thomas Nowak;Sirajo Abdullahi Bakura; Alain Lambert; Thomas Nowak;doi: 10.1155/2021/1018904
In Delay-Tolerant Networks (DTNs), humans are the main carriers of mobile devices, signifying that human mobility can be exploited by extracting nodes’ interests, social behavior, and spatiotemporal features for the performance evaluation of DTNs protocols. This paper presents a new mobility model that describes students’ daily activities in a campus environment. Unlike the conventional random walk models, which use a free space environment, our model includes a collision-avoidance technique that generates an escape path upon encountering obstacles of different shapes and sizes that obstruct pedestrian movement. We evaluate the model’s usefulness by comparing the distributions of its synthetic traces with realistic traces in terms of spatial, temporal, and connectivity features of human mobility. Similarly, we analyze the concept of dynamic movement clusters observed on the location-based trajectories of the studied real traces. The model synthetically generates traces with the distribution of the intercluster travel distance, intracluster travel distance, direction of movement, contact duration, intercontact time, and pause time similar to the distribution of real traces.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.euAccess Routesgold 0 citations 0 popularity Average influence Average impulse Average Powered by BIP!more_vert Journal of Advanced ... arrow_drop_down add ClaimPlease grant OpenAIRE to access and update your ORCID works.This Research product is the result of merged Research products in OpenAIRE.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 2021Publisher:MDPI AG Authors: Natascha Mrusek; Michael C. Ottenbacher; Robert J. Harrington;Natascha Mrusek; Michael C. Ottenbacher; Robert J. Harrington;doi: 10.3390/su14010330
This study considers relationships among leadership styles and skills (sustainability leadership, innovation leadership and sustainable innovation) as drivers of sustainable innovation capability in the Michelin-starred restaurant context. The study used semi-structured qualitative interviews with a sample of nine chefs in Germany. The purpose was to examine the impact of sustainability and leadership on the innovation management of Michelin-starred chefs and to determine crucial aspects impacting haute cuisine innovations. Following earlier research, the findings indicate that a holistic view of sustainability is held by high-end chefs in this sector with considerations for the four main pillars (environmental, social, economic, cultural). Leadership style was seen as key to innovation management in the haute cuisine context. However, the interviews revealed that the issue of environmental sustainability was perceived to be of lessor significance when considering innovations in haute cuisine, due to customer expectations and insufficient legislation or government incentives. The external factors of market demand, involvement by a variety of stakeholders, and guest values/needs were viewed as key determinants of innovation type, success and directions. The internal factors of fitting with the business vision, brand loyalty of consumers, and employee skills and engagement were identified as key drivers of innovation decisions and success.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.euAccess Routesgold 8 citations 8 popularity Top 10% influence Average impulse Top 10% Powered by BIP!more_vert Sustainability arrow_drop_down SustainabilityOther literature type . Article . 2021 . Peer-reviewedLicense: CC BYFull-Text: http://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/14/1/330/pdfadd ClaimPlease grant OpenAIRE to access and update your ORCID works.This Research product is the result of merged Research products in OpenAIRE.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 2021 GermanyPublisher:MDPI AG Funded by:UKRI | The London Medical Imagin...UKRI| The London Medical Imaging & Artificial Intelligence Centre for Value Based HealthcareYan, Shengtai; Yin, Dezheng; He, Fang; Cai, Junmeng; Schliermann, Thomas; Behrendt, Frank;In order to assess the possibility of silica production via smoldering of moist rice husk, experiments of washed (moist) rice husk (7 kg with moisture content of 51%) in a newly designed smoldering apparatus was performed. The temperature inside the fuel bed during smoldering was recorded, and characteristics of ash were analyzed. Results showed that the highest temperature in the middle of the naturally piled fuel bed was about 560.0 °C, lower than those in most of combustors. Some volatiles from the lower part of the fuel bed adhere to its upper ash during piled smoldering. Silica content and specific surface area of ash from smoldering of washed (moist) rice husk were 86.4% and 84.9 m2/g, respectively. Compared to our experiments, they are close to smoldering of unwashed rice husk (89.0%, 67.7 m2/g); different from muffle furnace burning (600 °C, 2 h) of washed (93.4%, 164.9 m2/g) and un-washed (90.2%, 45.7 m2/g) rice husk. The specific surface area is higher than those from most industrial methods (from 11.4 to 39.3 m2/g). After some improvements, the smoldering process has great potential in mass product of high quality silica directly from moist rice husk.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.euAccess Routesgold 9 citations 9 popularity Top 10% influence Average impulse Top 10% Powered by BIP!more_vert Sustainability arrow_drop_down SustainabilityOther literature type . Article . 2021 . Peer-reviewedLicense: CC BYFull-Text: http://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/14/1/317/pdfadd ClaimPlease grant OpenAIRE to access and update your ORCID works.This Research product is the result of merged Research products in OpenAIRE.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 2021 GermanyPublisher:MDPI AG Authors: Florian Uhl; Trine Græsdal Rasmussen; Natascha Oppelt;Florian Uhl; Trine Græsdal Rasmussen; Natascha Oppelt;Along the Baltic coastline of Germany, drifting vegetation and beach cast create overlays at the otherwise sandy or stony beaches. These overlays influence the morphodynamics and structures of the beaches. To better understand the influence of these patchy habitats on coastal environments, regular monitoring is necessary. Most studies, however, have been conducted on spatially larger and temporally more stable occurrences of aquatic vegetation such as floating fields of Sargassum. Nevertheless, drifting vegetation and beach cast pose a particular challenge, as they exhibit high temporal dynamics and sometimes small spatial extent. Regular surveys and mappings are the traditional methods to record their habitats, but they are time-consuming and cost-intensive. Spaceborne remote sensing can provide frequent recordings of the coastal zone at lower cost. Our study therefore aims at the monitoring of drifting vegetation and beach cast on spatial scales between 3 and 10 m. We developed an automated coastline masking algorithm and tested six supervised classification methods and various classification ensembles for their suitability to detect small-scale assemblages of drifting vegetation and beach cast in a study area at the coastline of the Western Baltic Sea using multispectral data of the sensors Sentinel-2 MSI and PlanetScope. The shoreline masking algorithm shows high accuracies in masking the land area while preserving the sand-covered shoreline. We could achieve best classification results using PlanetScope data with an ensemble of a random forest classifier, cart classifier, support vector machine classifier, naïve bayes classifier and stochastic gradient boosting classifier. This ensemble accomplished a combined f1-score of 0.95. The accuracy of the Sentinel-2 classifications was lower but still achieved a combined f1-score of 0.86 for the same ensemble. The results of this study can be considered as a starting point for the development of time series analysis of the vegetation dynamics along Baltic beaches.
OceanRep; Geoscience... arrow_drop_down OceanRep; GeosciencesOther literature type . Article . 2022 . 2021 . Peer-reviewedLicense: CC BYFull-Text: http://www.mdpi.com/2076-3263/12/1/15/pdfadd ClaimPlease grant OpenAIRE to access and update your ORCID works.This Research product is the result of merged Research products in OpenAIRE.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.euAccess Routesgold 4 citations 4 popularity Top 10% influence Average impulse Average Powered by BIP!more_vert OceanRep; Geoscience... arrow_drop_down OceanRep; GeosciencesOther literature type . Article . 2022 . 2021 . Peer-reviewedLicense: CC BYFull-Text: http://www.mdpi.com/2076-3263/12/1/15/pdfadd ClaimPlease grant OpenAIRE to access and update your ORCID works.This Research product is the result of merged Research products in OpenAIRE.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 2021Publisher:MDPI AG Authors: Ulrich Knaus; Julia Zimmermann; Samuel Appelbaum; Harry W. Palm;Ulrich Knaus; Julia Zimmermann; Samuel Appelbaum; Harry W. Palm;doi: 10.3390/su14010305
Mint (Mentha spicata) was cultivated in different hydroponic components: grow pipes, a raft and an ebb-and-flood gravel substrate system irrigated with aquaculture effluents from intensive African catfish (Clarias gariepinus) production under decoupled aquaponic conditions in northern Germany. The spearmint grew well and plant heights above ground were not significantly different between the gravel (57.7 ± 13.1 cm), raft (58.0 ± 17.7 cm) and grow pipe components (63.6 ± 9.9 cm). Root lengths and root fresh weights were two-fold and four-fold higher in raft (64.3 ± 20.5 cm; 42.8 ± 29.9 g) and grow pipes (59.4 ± 15.2 cm; 41.3 ± 25.7 g) compared with gravel substrate (29.7 ± 7.8 cm; 9.4 ± 9.4 g; raft = grow pipes > gravel). Spearmint leaf number was significantly higher in the grow pipes (770.0 ± 224.4) than in the gravel substrate (499.8 ± 228.4) with intermediate values in the raft. Significantly highest mean fresh biomass was found in the raft (1275.6 ± 33.4 g), followed by grow pipes (1042.0 ± 35.8 g) and gravel substrate (686.3 ± 98.2 g; raft > grow pipes > gravel). M. spicata, under aquaponics, grows best in grow pipe and raft components. An increase in pipe diameter for the grow pipes and a reduction in the channel height for the raft components could optimize aquaponic culture conditions for both industrial production and the hobby sector in the future.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.euAccess Routesgold 2 citations 2 popularity Average influence Average impulse Average Powered by BIP!more_vert Sustainability arrow_drop_down SustainabilityOther literature type . Article . 2021 . Peer-reviewedLicense: CC BYFull-Text: http://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/14/1/305/pdfadd ClaimPlease grant OpenAIRE to access and update your ORCID works.This Research product is the result of merged Research products in OpenAIRE.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 2021 GermanyPublisher:MDPI AG Reiner Wassmann; Nguyen Van-Hung; Bui Tan Yen; Martin Gummert; Katherine M. Nelson; Shabbir H. Gheewala; Bjoern Ole Sander;In this study, we developed user-friendly software (CF-Rice) for calculating the carbon footprints (CF) of rice products. The approach follows the principles of Life Cycle Assessment while incorporating more flexibility for activities specific to rice production. The graphical user interface provides empirical emission and conversion factors obtained from the literature and from primary research studies of rice value chains. CF-Rice also allows the entering of new values for specific processes or practices. Data outputs distinguish among the contributions of individual stages of the value chain as well as different greenhouse gases (GHG), namely, CH4, N2O and CO2. The new tool was then applied to a scenario assessment of rice production in the regional context of Southeast Asia. The CF baseline of a typical rice value chain in the region accounted for a value of around 2300 g CO2e/kgProd. The CF can be reduced by about 27.4% through water-saving practices alone and can further be reduced up to 37.3% through interventions that increase product recovery rates and, thus, reduce food losses. In contrast, straw incorporation into the soil increased the CF by 26.0%. The tool is well suited for impact assessments of advanced practices and technologies of rice value chains.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.euAccess Routesgold 4 citations 4 popularity Top 10% influence Average impulse Average Powered by BIP!more_vert Sustainability arrow_drop_down SustainabilityOther literature type . Article . 2021 . Peer-reviewedLicense: CC BYFull-Text: http://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/14/1/315/pdfadd ClaimPlease grant OpenAIRE to access and update your ORCID works.This Research product is the result of merged Research products in OpenAIRE.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Preprint , Article 2021 GermanyPublisher:Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Funded by:EC | EVOLATERALEC| EVOLATERALChristian Woehle; Alexandra-Sophie Roy; Nicolaas Glock; Jan Michels; Tanita Wein; Julia Weissenbach; Dennis Romero; Claas Hiebenthal; Stanislav N. Gorb; Joachim Schönfeld; Tal Dagan;AbstractBenthic foraminifera are unicellular eukaryotes that inhabit sediments of aquatic environments. Several foraminifera of the order Rotaliida are known to store and use nitrate for denitrification, a unique energy metabolism among eukaryotes. The rotaliid Globobulimina spp. has been shown to encode an incomplete denitrification pathway of bacterial origin. However, the prevalence of denitrification genes in foraminifera remains unknown and the missing denitrification pathway components are elusive. Analysing transcriptomes and metagenomes of ten foraminiferal species from the Peruvian oxygen minimum zone, we show that denitrification genes are highly conserved in foraminifera. We infer of the last common ancestor of denitrifying foraminifera, which enables us to predict the ability to denitrify for additional foraminiferal species. Additionally, an examination of the foraminiferal microbiota reveals evidence for a stable interaction with Desulfobacteracea, which harbour genes that complement the foraminiferal denitrification pathway. Our results provide evidence that foraminiferal denitrification is complemented by the foraminifera-associated microbiome. The interaction of foraminifera with their resident bacteria is at the basis of foraminiferal adaptation to anaerobic environments that manifested in ecological success within oxygen depleted habitats.Significance StatementA substantial component of the global nitrogen cycle is the production of biologically inaccessible dinitrogen attributed to anaerobic denitrification by prokaryotes. Recent evidence identified a eukaryote – foraminifera – as new key players in this ‘loss’ of bioavailable nitrogen. The evolution of denitrification in eukaryotes constitutes a rare event and the genetic mechanisms of the denitrification pathway in foraminifera are just starting to be elucidated. We present large-scale sequencing analyses of ten denitrifying foraminiferal species, which reveals the high conservation of the foraminiferal denitrification pathway. We further find evidence for a complementation of denitrification by the foraminiferal microbiome. Together, these findings provide novel insights on the early evolution of a previously overlooked component in the marine nitrogen cycle.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Preprint , Article , Other literature type 2021 Netherlands, Germany, Germany, FrancePublisher:Wiley Funded by:EC | VERIFY, EC | EuroSea, NSF | Collaborative Research: F... +2 projectsEC| VERIFY ,EC| EuroSea ,NSF| Collaborative Research: Forced drivers of trends in ocean biogeochemistry: Volcanos and atmospheric carbon dioxide ,NWO| Perturbations of System Earth: Reading the Past to Project the Future - A proposal to create the Netherlands Earth System Science Centre (ESSC) ,EC| CoCO2Crisp, David; Dolman, Han; Tanhua, Toste; McKinley, Galen A; Hauck, Judith; Bastos, Ana; Sitch, Stephen; Eggleston, Simon; Aich, Valentin;AbstractFossil fuel combustion, land use change and other human activities have increased the atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) abundance by about 50% since the beginning of the industrial age. The atmospheric CO2 growth rates would have been much larger if natural sinks in the land biosphere and ocean had not removed over half of this anthropogenic CO2. As these CO2 emissions grew, uptake by the ocean increased in response to increases in atmospheric CO2 partial pressure (pCO2). On land, gross primary production also increased, but the dynamics of other key aspects of the land carbon cycle varied regionally. Over the past three decades, CO2 uptake by intact tropical humid forests declined, but these changes are offset by increased uptake across mid‐ and high‐latitudes. While there have been substantial improvements in our ability to study the carbon cycle, measurement and modeling gaps still limit our understanding of the processes driving its evolution. Continued ship‐based observations combined with expanded deployments of autonomous platforms are needed to quantify ocean‐atmosphere fluxes and interior ocean carbon storage on policy‐relevant spatial and temporal scales. There is also an urgent need for more comprehensive measurements of stocks, fluxes and atmospheric CO2 in humid tropical forests and across the Arctic and boreal regions, which are experiencing rapid change. Here, we review our understanding of the atmosphere, ocean, and land carbon cycles and their interactions, identify emerging measurement and modeling capabilities and gaps and the need for a sustainable, operational framework to ensure a scientific basis for carbon management.
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description Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 2021 FrancePublisher:MDPI AG Authors: Georgios Kleftodimos; Leonidas Sotirios Kyrgiakos; Christina Kleisiari; Aristotelis C. Tagarakis; +1 AuthorsGeorgios Kleftodimos; Leonidas Sotirios Kyrgiakos; Christina Kleisiari; Aristotelis C. Tagarakis; Dionysis Bochtis;doi: 10.3390/su14010411
International audience; Nowadays, the sustainability of Greek dairy cattle farms is questionable due to low competitiveness and high GHG emissions. In this context, the BIOCIRCULAR project, funded by the EYDE ETAK, developed a series of alternative practices focusing on precision agriculture principles. However, the adoption of any practice from farmers is not a given, and depends on several determinants. Hence, the objective of this study is to examine farmers’ adoption decisions regarding precision-agricultural practices in Greek dairy production systems, as well as the economic and environmental impacts of this adoption. In order to achieve this, a bio-economic model was developed based on mathematical programming methods. The proposed model simulates a large number of dairy cattle farms with or without crop production, including different management strategies and their relevant costs, and provides an environmental assessment of the adopted practices based on GHG emissions. Moreover, in order to analyze farmers’ adoption decisions, different policy measures, linked to various environmental outcomes, were examined. The results highlighted that the adoption of precision-agricultural practices led to significantly better economic and environmental outcomes. Furthermore, it was found that different levels of incentives can be efficiently targeted to encourage the adoption of new feeds and, more broadly, to secure the sustainability of the sector.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.euAccess Routesgold 3 citations 3 popularity Top 10% influence Average impulse Average Powered by BIP!more_vert Sustainability arrow_drop_down SustainabilityOther literature type . Article . 2021 . Peer-reviewedLicense: CC BYFull-Text: http://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/14/1/411/pdfMémoires en Sciences de l'Information et de la Communication; Hal-DiderotArticle . 2022License: CC BYadd ClaimPlease grant OpenAIRE to access and update your ORCID works.This Research product is the result of merged Research products in OpenAIRE.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Other literature type , Article 2021 Germany, ItalyPublisher:MDPI AG Funded by:EC | MAKING-CITY, EC | GRETA, EC | TECNIOspring PLUS +1 projectsEC| MAKING-CITY ,EC| GRETA ,EC| TECNIOspring PLUS ,EC| SPARCsGiulia Turci; Beril Alpagut; Paolo Civiero; Michal Kuzmic; Serena Pagliula; Gilda Massa; Vicky Albert-Seifried; Oscar Seco; Silvia Soutullo;handle: 11590/400522 , 20.500.12079/73327
This article is based upon work from COST Action 19126 Positive Energy Districts European Network PED-EU-NET (https://pedeu.net/ Accessed on 16 November 2021), supported by COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology, www.cost.eu Accessed on 16 November 2021). The authors acknowledge COST Action 19126 WGs and other international initiatives-in particular IEA Annex 83, JPI Urban Europe, Smart Cities Marketplace and EERA Joint Programme on Smart Cities-for the fruitful and continuous collaboration in PED-Database development. Paolo Civiero acknowledges this project has funding received from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 712949 (TECNIOspring PLUS) and the Government of Catalonia's Agency for Business Competitiveness (ACCIÓ). Michal Kuzmic acknowledges the funding received from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the SPARCS grant agreement No 864242. Beril Alpagut acknowledges the funding received from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the MAKING-CITY project agreement No 824418. Giulia Turci and Serena Pagliula acknowledge TRACE research team from University of Bologna and the funding received from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the GRETA project agreement No 101022317. Positive Energy Districts (PEDs) are considered as one of the pioneer strategies to guide cities in their energy planning process towards climate neutrality in an attractive, innovative and human-centered way. The concept of PED is the result of a long co-creation process and integrates several multidimensional features, aiming to promote the sustainable development of urban areas and the transition of cities towards a climate neutral energy system. The paper provides an overview of the first outcomes of WG1 “PED Mapping, Characterization and Learning”, in the research COST Action CA19126 “Positive Energy Districts European Network” (PED-EU-NET). This study describes activities that focus on creating a comprehensive PED-Database by mapping existing concepts, strategies, projects, technological and non-technological solutions related to PEDs in Europe. The main objective of the Database is to support municipalities through the decision-making process by providing strategies for building and running a successful PED that can provide alternatives to consider, and is powered by an interactive web-based map. The design of the Database framework is supported by a step-by-step methodology adopted in the framework of the CA19126 in order to develop the PED-Database as an interactive, updatable and user-friendly tool.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.euAccess RoutesGreen gold 6 citations 6 popularity Top 10% influence Average impulse Top 10% Powered by BIP!visibility 35visibility views 35 download downloads 34 Powered bymore_vert Archivio della Ricer... arrow_drop_down SustainabilityOther literature type . Article . 2021 . Peer-reviewedLicense: CC BYFull-Text: https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/14/1/427/pdfadd ClaimPlease grant OpenAIRE to access and update your ORCID works.This Research product is the result of merged Research products in OpenAIRE.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 2021Publisher:Hindawi Limited Authors: Sirajo Abdullahi Bakura; Alain Lambert; Thomas Nowak;Sirajo Abdullahi Bakura; Alain Lambert; Thomas Nowak;doi: 10.1155/2021/1018904
In Delay-Tolerant Networks (DTNs), humans are the main carriers of mobile devices, signifying that human mobility can be exploited by extracting nodes’ interests, social behavior, and spatiotemporal features for the performance evaluation of DTNs protocols. This paper presents a new mobility model that describes students’ daily activities in a campus environment. Unlike the conventional random walk models, which use a free space environment, our model includes a collision-avoidance technique that generates an escape path upon encountering obstacles of different shapes and sizes that obstruct pedestrian movement. We evaluate the model’s usefulness by comparing the distributions of its synthetic traces with realistic traces in terms of spatial, temporal, and connectivity features of human mobility. Similarly, we analyze the concept of dynamic movement clusters observed on the location-based trajectories of the studied real traces. The model synthetically generates traces with the distribution of the intercluster travel distance, intracluster travel distance, direction of movement, contact duration, intercontact time, and pause time similar to the distribution of real traces.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 2021Publisher:MDPI AG Authors: Natascha Mrusek; Michael C. Ottenbacher; Robert J. Harrington;Natascha Mrusek; Michael C. Ottenbacher; Robert J. Harrington;doi: 10.3390/su14010330
This study considers relationships among leadership styles and skills (sustainability leadership, innovation leadership and sustainable innovation) as drivers of sustainable innovation capability in the Michelin-starred restaurant context. The study used semi-structured qualitative interviews with a sample of nine chefs in Germany. The purpose was to examine the impact of sustainability and leadership on the innovation management of Michelin-starred chefs and to determine crucial aspects impacting haute cuisine innovations. Following earlier research, the findings indicate that a holistic view of sustainability is held by high-end chefs in this sector with considerations for the four main pillars (environmental, social, economic, cultural). Leadership style was seen as key to innovation management in the haute cuisine context. However, the interviews revealed that the issue of environmental sustainability was perceived to be of lessor significance when considering innovations in haute cuisine, due to customer expectations and insufficient legislation or government incentives. The external factors of market demand, involvement by a variety of stakeholders, and guest values/needs were viewed as key determinants of innovation type, success and directions. The internal factors of fitting with the business vision, brand loyalty of consumers, and employee skills and engagement were identified as key drivers of innovation decisions and success.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 2021 GermanyPublisher:MDPI AG Funded by:UKRI | The London Medical Imagin...UKRI| The London Medical Imaging & Artificial Intelligence Centre for Value Based HealthcareYan, Shengtai; Yin, Dezheng; He, Fang; Cai, Junmeng; Schliermann, Thomas; Behrendt, Frank;In order to assess the possibility of silica production via smoldering of moist rice husk, experiments of washed (moist) rice husk (7 kg with moisture content of 51%) in a newly designed smoldering apparatus was performed. The temperature inside the fuel bed during smoldering was recorded, and characteristics of ash were analyzed. Results showed that the highest temperature in the middle of the naturally piled fuel bed was about 560.0 °C, lower than those in most of combustors. Some volatiles from the lower part of the fuel bed adhere to its upper ash during piled smoldering. Silica content and specific surface area of ash from smoldering of washed (moist) rice husk were 86.4% and 84.9 m2/g, respectively. Compared to our experiments, they are close to smoldering of unwashed rice husk (89.0%, 67.7 m2/g); different from muffle furnace burning (600 °C, 2 h) of washed (93.4%, 164.9 m2/g) and un-washed (90.2%, 45.7 m2/g) rice husk. The specific surface area is higher than those from most industrial methods (from 11.4 to 39.3 m2/g). After some improvements, the smoldering process has great potential in mass product of high quality silica directly from moist rice husk.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.euAccess Routesgold 9 citations 9 popularity Top 10% influence Average impulse Top 10% Powered by BIP!more_vert Sustainability arrow_drop_down SustainabilityOther literature type . Article . 2021 . Peer-reviewedLicense: CC BYFull-Text: http://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/14/1/317/pdfadd ClaimPlease grant OpenAIRE to access and update your ORCID works.This Research product is the result of merged Research products in OpenAIRE.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 2021 GermanyPublisher:MDPI AG Authors: Florian Uhl; Trine Græsdal Rasmussen; Natascha Oppelt;Florian Uhl; Trine Græsdal Rasmussen; Natascha Oppelt;Along the Baltic coastline of Germany, drifting vegetation and beach cast create overlays at the otherwise sandy or stony beaches. These overlays influence the morphodynamics and structures of the beaches. To better understand the influence of these patchy habitats on coastal environments, regular monitoring is necessary. Most studies, however, have been conducted on spatially larger and temporally more stable occurrences of aquatic vegetation such as floating fields of Sargassum. Nevertheless, drifting vegetation and beach cast pose a particular challenge, as they exhibit high temporal dynamics and sometimes small spatial extent. Regular surveys and mappings are the traditional methods to record their habitats, but they are time-consuming and cost-intensive. Spaceborne remote sensing can provide frequent recordings of the coastal zone at lower cost. Our study therefore aims at the monitoring of drifting vegetation and beach cast on spatial scales between 3 and 10 m. We developed an automated coastline masking algorithm and tested six supervised classification methods and various classification ensembles for their suitability to detect small-scale assemblages of drifting vegetation and beach cast in a study area at the coastline of the Western Baltic Sea using multispectral data of the sensors Sentinel-2 MSI and PlanetScope. The shoreline masking algorithm shows high accuracies in masking the land area while preserving the sand-covered shoreline. We could achieve best classification results using PlanetScope data with an ensemble of a random forest classifier, cart classifier, support vector machine classifier, naïve bayes classifier and stochastic gradient boosting classifier. This ensemble accomplished a combined f1-score of 0.95. The accuracy of the Sentinel-2 classifications was lower but still achieved a combined f1-score of 0.86 for the same ensemble. The results of this study can be considered as a starting point for the development of time series analysis of the vegetation dynamics along Baltic beaches.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.euAccess Routesgold 4 citations 4 popularity Top 10% influence Average impulse Average Powered by BIP!more_vert OceanRep; Geoscience... arrow_drop_down OceanRep; GeosciencesOther literature type . Article . 2022 . 2021 . Peer-reviewedLicense: CC BYFull-Text: http://www.mdpi.com/2076-3263/12/1/15/pdfadd ClaimPlease grant OpenAIRE to access and update your ORCID works.This Research product is the result of merged Research products in OpenAIRE.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 2021Publisher:MDPI AG Authors: Ulrich Knaus; Julia Zimmermann; Samuel Appelbaum; Harry W. Palm;Ulrich Knaus; Julia Zimmermann; Samuel Appelbaum; Harry W. Palm;doi: 10.3390/su14010305
Mint (Mentha spicata) was cultivated in different hydroponic components: grow pipes, a raft and an ebb-and-flood gravel substrate system irrigated with aquaculture effluents from intensive African catfish (Clarias gariepinus) production under decoupled aquaponic conditions in northern Germany. The spearmint grew well and plant heights above ground were not significantly different between the gravel (57.7 ± 13.1 cm), raft (58.0 ± 17.7 cm) and grow pipe components (63.6 ± 9.9 cm). Root lengths and root fresh weights were two-fold and four-fold higher in raft (64.3 ± 20.5 cm; 42.8 ± 29.9 g) and grow pipes (59.4 ± 15.2 cm; 41.3 ± 25.7 g) compared with gravel substrate (29.7 ± 7.8 cm; 9.4 ± 9.4 g; raft = grow pipes > gravel). Spearmint leaf number was significantly higher in the grow pipes (770.0 ± 224.4) than in the gravel substrate (499.8 ± 228.4) with intermediate values in the raft. Significantly highest mean fresh biomass was found in the raft (1275.6 ± 33.4 g), followed by grow pipes (1042.0 ± 35.8 g) and gravel substrate (686.3 ± 98.2 g; raft > grow pipes > gravel). M. spicata, under aquaponics, grows best in grow pipe and raft components. An increase in pipe diameter for the grow pipes and a reduction in the channel height for the raft components could optimize aquaponic culture conditions for both industrial production and the hobby sector in the future.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.euAccess Routesgold 2 citations 2 popularity Average influence Average impulse Average Powered by BIP!more_vert Sustainability arrow_drop_down SustainabilityOther literature type . Article . 2021 . Peer-reviewedLicense: CC BYFull-Text: http://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/14/1/305/pdfadd ClaimPlease grant OpenAIRE to access and update your ORCID works.This Research product is the result of merged Research products in OpenAIRE.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 2021 GermanyPublisher:MDPI AG Reiner Wassmann; Nguyen Van-Hung; Bui Tan Yen; Martin Gummert; Katherine M. Nelson; Shabbir H. Gheewala; Bjoern Ole Sander;In this study, we developed user-friendly software (CF-Rice) for calculating the carbon footprints (CF) of rice products. The approach follows the principles of Life Cycle Assessment while incorporating more flexibility for activities specific to rice production. The graphical user interface provides empirical emission and conversion factors obtained from the literature and from primary research studies of rice value chains. CF-Rice also allows the entering of new values for specific processes or practices. Data outputs distinguish among the contributions of individual stages of the value chain as well as different greenhouse gases (GHG), namely, CH4, N2O and CO2. The new tool was then applied to a scenario assessment of rice production in the regional context of Southeast Asia. The CF baseline of a typical rice value chain in the region accounted for a value of around 2300 g CO2e/kgProd. The CF can be reduced by about 27.4% through water-saving practices alone and can further be reduced up to 37.3% through interventions that increase product recovery rates and, thus, reduce food losses. In contrast, straw incorporation into the soil increased the CF by 26.0%. The tool is well suited for impact assessments of advanced practices and technologies of rice value chains.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.euAccess Routesgold 4 citations 4 popularity Top 10% influence Average impulse Average Powered by BIP!more_vert Sustainability arrow_drop_down SustainabilityOther literature type . Article . 2021 . Peer-reviewedLicense: CC BYFull-Text: http://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/14/1/315/pdfadd ClaimPlease grant OpenAIRE to access and update your ORCID works.This Research product is the result of merged Research products in OpenAIRE.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Preprint , Article 2021 GermanyPublisher:Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Funded by:EC | EVOLATERALEC| EVOLATERALChristian Woehle; Alexandra-Sophie Roy; Nicolaas Glock; Jan Michels; Tanita Wein; Julia Weissenbach; Dennis Romero; Claas Hiebenthal; Stanislav N. Gorb; Joachim Schönfeld; Tal Dagan;AbstractBenthic foraminifera are unicellular eukaryotes that inhabit sediments of aquatic environments. Several foraminifera of the order Rotaliida are known to store and use nitrate for denitrification, a unique energy metabolism among eukaryotes. The rotaliid Globobulimina spp. has been shown to encode an incomplete denitrification pathway of bacterial origin. However, the prevalence of denitrification genes in foraminifera remains unknown and the missing denitrification pathway components are elusive. Analysing transcriptomes and metagenomes of ten foraminiferal species from the Peruvian oxygen minimum zone, we show that denitrification genes are highly conserved in foraminifera. We infer of the last common ancestor of denitrifying foraminifera, which enables us to predict the ability to denitrify for additional foraminiferal species. Additionally, an examination of the foraminiferal microbiota reveals evidence for a stable interaction with Desulfobacteracea, which harbour genes that complement the foraminiferal denitrification pathway. Our results provide evidence that foraminiferal denitrification is complemented by the foraminifera-associated microbiome. The interaction of foraminifera with their resident bacteria is at the basis of foraminiferal adaptation to anaerobic environments that manifested in ecological success within oxygen depleted habitats.Significance StatementA substantial component of the global nitrogen cycle is the production of biologically inaccessible dinitrogen attributed to anaerobic denitrification by prokaryotes. Recent evidence identified a eukaryote – foraminifera – as new key players in this ‘loss’ of bioavailable nitrogen. The evolution of denitrification in eukaryotes constitutes a rare event and the genetic mechanisms of the denitrification pathway in foraminifera are just starting to be elucidated. We present large-scale sequencing analyses of ten denitrifying foraminiferal species, which reveals the high conservation of the foraminiferal denitrification pathway. We further find evidence for a complementation of denitrification by the foraminiferal microbiome. Together, these findings provide novel insights on the early evolution of a previously overlooked component in the marine nitrogen cycle.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.euAccess Routeshybrid 9 citations 9 popularity Top 10% influence Average impulse Top 10% Powered by BIP!more_vert OceanRep arrow_drop_down Proceedings of the National Academy of SciencesArticle . 2022 . Peer-reviewedLicense: CC BY NC NDData sources: Crossrefadd ClaimPlease grant OpenAIRE to access and update your ORCID works.This Research product is the result of merged Research products in OpenAIRE.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Preprint , Article , Other literature type 2021 Netherlands, Germany, Germany, FrancePublisher:Wiley Funded by:EC | VERIFY, EC | EuroSea, NSF | Collaborative Research: F... +2 projectsEC| VERIFY ,EC| EuroSea ,NSF| Collaborative Research: Forced drivers of trends in ocean biogeochemistry: Volcanos and atmospheric carbon dioxide ,NWO| Perturbations of System Earth: Reading the Past to Project the Future - A proposal to create the Netherlands Earth System Science Centre (ESSC) ,EC| CoCO2Crisp, David; Dolman, Han; Tanhua, Toste; McKinley, Galen A; Hauck, Judith; Bastos, Ana; Sitch, Stephen; Eggleston, Simon; Aich, Valentin;AbstractFossil fuel combustion, land use change and other human activities have increased the atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) abundance by about 50% since the beginning of the industrial age. The atmospheric CO2 growth rates would have been much larger if natural sinks in the land biosphere and ocean had not removed over half of this anthropogenic CO2. As these CO2 emissions grew, uptake by the ocean increased in response to increases in atmospheric CO2 partial pressure (pCO2). On land, gross primary production also increased, but the dynamics of other key aspects of the land carbon cycle varied regionally. Over the past three decades, CO2 uptake by intact tropical humid forests declined, but these changes are offset by increased uptake across mid‐ and high‐latitudes. While there have been substantial improvements in our ability to study the carbon cycle, measurement and modeling gaps still limit our understanding of the processes driving its evolution. Continued ship‐based observations combined with expanded deployments of autonomous platforms are needed to quantify ocean‐atmosphere fluxes and interior ocean carbon storage on policy‐relevant spatial and temporal scales. There is also an urgent need for more comprehensive measurements of stocks, fluxes and atmospheric CO2 in humid tropical forests and across the Arctic and boreal regions, which are experiencing rapid change. Here, we review our understanding of the atmosphere, ocean, and land carbon cycles and their interactions, identify emerging measurement and modeling capabilities and gaps and the need for a sustainable, operational framework to ensure a scientific basis for carbon management.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.euAccess RoutesGreen hybrid 9 citations 9 popularity Top 10% influence Average impulse Top 10% Powered by BIP!more_vert Reviews of Geophysic... arrow_drop_down OceanRep; Reviews of GeophysicsReview . Article . 2022 . Peer-reviewedVrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU Amsterdam) - Institutional Repository; Reviews of GeophysicsOther literature type . Review . Article . 2022Electronic Publication Information CenterArticle . 2022Data sources: Electronic Publication Information CenterArchiMer - Institutional Archive of IfremerOther literature type . 2022Data sources: ArchiMer - Institutional Archive of Ifremeradd ClaimPlease grant OpenAIRE to access and update your ORCID works.This Research product is the result of merged Research products in OpenAIRE.
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