This study investigates the impact of the introduction of the European chemical regulation (the EU REACH legislation) on chemical search and innovation by focusing on the knowledge recombination processes leading to the generation of inventions. Using a novel dataset of patents and chemical...

Die chemische Industrie ist eine der wichtigsten Branchen der deutschen Volkswirtschaft. Sie zeichnet sich durch eine hohe Kapitalintensität aus und steht als Grundstoffproduzent für viele andere Branchen am Anfang der Wertschöpfungskette. Jeder Euro direkte Wertschöpfung, der von...

The shift away from fossil fuels needed to reduce CO2 emissions requires the use of renewable carbon and energy sources, including biomass in the bioeconomy. Already today, the bioeconomy has a significant share in the EU economy with traditionally bio-based sectors. For the future, the energy,...

Die chemische Industrie ist eine der wichtigsten Branchen der deutschen Volkswirtschaft. Sie zeichnet sich durch eine hohe Kapitalintensität aus und steht als Grundstoffproduzent für viele andere Branchen am Anfang der Wertschöpfungskette. Jeder Euro direkte Wertschöpfung, der von...

The chemical fertilizer industry has made great contributions to China's food security. Existing studies mainly focus on evaluating fertilizer use efficiency at the farm level whereas little is known about the technical efficiency of Chinese firms producing fertilizer. Based on the Chinese...

Little is known about military attitudes toward weapons taboos, or the durability of non-use norms in wartime. Chemical weapons are a key case given public revulsion and clear international prohibitions. We explore soldiers’ attitudes in a salient setting: the Pacific theater of World War II....

This article aims to identify the contribution of the Al-Invest program to resilience and economic growth in companies in the chemical sector. The study sample consists of 596 European and Latin American companies that benefited from Al-Invest. It was found that Knowledge Transfer was not the...

Azerbaijan’s economy has been investigated within Dutch disease (DD) and Natural Resource Curse Theory (NRCT) several times during the last 20-22 years, but the studies relied on heavily aggregated data and speculative theoretical models. Opinions differ in academia as to how and to what...

Specialty chemicals are typically produced in large-volume batch reactors characterized by straightforward operation but limited efficiency. Process intensification via transition from batch to continuous operation offers the prospect of strong improvements over current state-of-the-art in...

Although hydrothermal treatment dewatering (HTD) has become an important direction of efficient and clean utilization of lignite, there are still few studies on the downstream combustion characteristics based on HTD process. In particular, the influence mechanism of HTD on the combustion...

Blue hydrogen and green hydrogen are key sustainable solutions to decarbonize European economy in the coming decades in order to achieve climate neutrality by 2050. The objective of this work was to assess the suitability of a synthetic Cu-based oxygen carrier in a continuous pilot plant for the...

In the previous report, we reported that Hypomontagnella monticulosa originating from the rhizome of Zingiber griffithii was known to produce a marine-derived natural product. An OSMAC-based approach was designed by modifying the nutritional composition of the growth medium to investigate any...

In this study, Candida Antarctica lipase B (CalB) was covalently immobilized on the surface of graphene oxide (GO) nanoparticles by sortase-mediated immobilization as well as a chemical attachment approach. Sortase is a transpeptidase that provides one-step purification and targeted...

Biodiesel is one of the most important bioenergy products. But the feedstock is the bottleneck of its production. In order to mine potential feedstock from the natural resources, a wild survey was conducted in 10 provinces or cities of North China, and 952 seed samples, which came from 587...

Aluminum alloys has widely used in many fields because its advantages. However, the existing corrosion protection methods have insufficient protection ability and cannot achieve long-term protection. In this paper, 1-Hydroxyethylidene-1,1-diphosphonic acid (HEDP) molecules are used to prepare...

We investigate how exchange rates affect the Japanese chemical industry. This industry exports sophisticated products to downstream firms. Since more complex products are less substitutable in international trade, we investigate whether they have lower price elasticities. We measure complexity...

This paper focuses on the issue of non-financial corporate reporting by the Czech chemical companies. Based on the content analysis of the websites and disclosures, it analyses, compares and evaluates the level of web communication of the economic, environmental and social issues of corporate...

On-farm studies were conducted to evaluate currently available non-fumigant chemical and biological nematicides against plant-parasitic as well as free-living nematode communities in peach. Treatments included sole or combined application of two chemical nematicides oxamyl and fluopyram, a...

Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are intended to be transformed from energy consumers into sources of energy. This experimental study assessed the performance, sludge and methane production, and energy content of a chemically enhanced precipitation treatment (CEPT) reactor compared with a...

The widespread use of chemicals has led to significant water quality concerns, and their use is still increasing. Hence, there is an urgent need to understand the possible future trends in chemical emissions to water systems. This paper proposes a general framework for developing emission...

Continental records of the Permian–Triassic boundary are characterized by intense chemical weathering due to global warming and acid rainfall associated with volcanism. However, chemical weathering throughout the late Permian has not been interrogated in time-equivalent continental successions...

In this study, the removal of ammonia and phenol in saline chemical wastewater by radiation was investigated in detail. The results showed that chloridion in saline chemical wastewater could be transferred to •Cl and •ClO by radiation, which promoted ammonia oxidation, but inhibited phenol...

As and Fe in acidic liquors, such as acid mine drainage, require treatment before release to the environment. Adsorption or co-precipitation of As with biogenic and chemically produced Fe-containing settleable precipitates, i.e. schwertmannites was studied. Autotrophic Leptospirillum...

Black women are exposed to multiple non-persistent endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) at higher concentrations compared with white women. Using baseline data from a prospective cohort study of reproductive-aged Black women (N= 751), we characterized profiles of EDC mixtures and identified...

Carbon nanotube fiber (CNT fiber) synthesized through floating catalyst chemical vapour deposition (FC-CVD) is one of the strongest man-made fibers ever synthesized. The poor carbon conversion in the FC-CVD process is one of the major hurdles in its commercial deployment. In this work, we have...

Auf der Basis des Betriebsverfassungsgesetzes können Betriebsräte soziale, ökonomische und ökologische Themen verhandeln und damit einen betriebspolitischen Beitrag zur Nachhaltigkeit leisten. Diese Studie untersucht, welche Nachhaltigkeitsthemen dabei im Fokus stehen und auf welchen Wegen...

This study analyzes the influences of transformational leadership on organizational performance through the dynamic capabilities of organizational learning and innovation. Although these indirect interrelations are very important for improving organizational performance, previous research has...

Network research shows that strong relationships, highly embedded relationships, and brokered relationships may have different outcomes. While pros and cons are associated with each of these network structures, how this ambiguity translates into individuals’ actions of network change is...

The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted trade flows, causing a trade drop in 2020 that was especially sensitive for pharmaceutical and medical products necessary to ensure public health. The production of pharmaceutical products is dispersed in a framework of global value chains. This study aimed to...

Auf der Basis des Betriebsverfassungsgesetzes können Betriebsräte soziale, ökonomische und ökologische Themen verhandeln und damit einen betriebspolitischen Beitrag zur Nachhaltigkeit leisten. Diese Studie untersucht, welche Nachhaltigkeitsthemen dabei im Fokus stehen und auf welchen Wegen...

In der chemischen Produktion haben die Selbstorganisation der Beschäftigten und deren stetiger Erfahrungs- und Wissensaustausch weiterhin einen hohen Stellenwert, sowohl für die Anlagensicherheit als auch für die berufliche Handlungsfähigkeit der Fachkräfte. Er ist im Hinblick auf die...