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Exploring the Competencies, Phases and Dimensions of Municipal Administrative Management towards Sustainability: a systematic review
<p><span>Municipal administrative management plays a crucial role in the progress of local communities, with its effectiveness and efficiency being determining factors for the economic growth and sustainable development of a region. Therefore, it is essential to understand how local governments approach administrative management with a view to promoting sustainable practices. This research focuses on analyzing municipal administrative management from a global and multidimensional perspective, examining both its competencies and its phases and dimensions. The methodology employed is a systematic literature review using PRISMA. Among the findings, the thematic diversity in municipal management stands out, with a particular focus on performance evaluation and quality. The main competencies of local governments include the promotion of social welfare and sustainable development. The key dimensions of administrative management focused on sustainability encompass social, organizational, environmental, economic, and political aspects, highlighting the complexity of municipal management. Strategic planning is identified as essential, along with a balanced focus on all phases of implementation, control, and improvement. This research provides an understanding of how local governments can play a fundamental role in improving the quality of life of their communities through effective and sustainable management.</span></p>
Figure 2 in The Pantanal is on fire and only a sustainable agenda can save the largest wetland in the world
Figure 2. Wildfire in Pantanal: 1 – firefighter; 2, 3 – burned area; 4, 5, 6 - dead animals.
Figure 1. Pantanal burned area per year until 9 in The Pantanal is on fire and only a sustainable agenda can save the largest wetland in the world
Figure 1. Pantanal burned area per year until 9/25/2020.
Data from: Sustained intestinal epithelial monolayer wound closure after transient application of a FAK-activating small molecule
<p>M64HCl, which has drug-like properties, is a water-soluble Focal Adhesion Kinase (FAK) activator that promotes murine mucosal healing after ischemic or NSAID-induced injury. Since M64HCl has a short plasma half-life in vivo (less than two hours), it has been administered as a continuous infusion with osmotic minipumps in previous animal studies. However, the effects of more transient exposure to M64HCl on monolayer wound closure remained unclear. Herein, we compared the effects of shorter M64HCl treatment in vitro to continuous treatment for 24 hours on monolayer wound closure. We then investigated how long FAK activation and downstream ERK1/2 activation persist after two hours of M64HCl treatment in Caco-2 cells. M64HCl concentrations immediately after washing measured by mass spectrometry confirmed that M64HCl had been completely removed from the medium while intracellular concentrations had been reduced by 95%.<strong> </strong>Three-hour and four-hour<strong> </strong>M64HCl (100 nM) treatment promoted epithelial sheet migration over 24 hours similar to continuous 24-hour exposure. 100nM M64HCl did not increase cell number. Exposing cells twice with 2-hr exposures of M64HCl during a 24-hour period had a similar effect. Both FAK inhibitor PF-573228 (10 µM) and ERK kinase (MEK) inhibitor PD98059 (20 µM) reduced basal wound closure in the absence of M64HCl, and each completely prevented any stimulation of wound closure by M64HCl. Rho kinase inhibitor Y-27632 (20 µM) stimulated Caco-2 monolayer wound closure but no further increase was seen with M64HCl in the presence of Y-27632. M64HCl (100 nM) treatment for 3 hours stimulated Rho kinase activity. M64HCl decreased F-actin in Caco-2 cells. Furthermore, a two-hour treatment with M64HCl (100 nM) stimulated sustained FAK activation and ERK1/2 activation for up to 16 and hours 24 hours, respectively. These results suggest that transient M64HCl treatment promotes prolonged intestinal epithelial monolayer wound closure by stimulating sustained activation of the FAK/ERK1/2 pathway. Such molecules may be useful to promote gastrointestinal mucosal repair even with a relatively short half-life.</p>
Supply chain sustainability standards in temperate farming commodities
<p>Supporting information for Supply chain sustainability standards in temperate farming commodities (Figure 1, Table 1).</p>
Integrating diffusion dialysis for sustainable acid recovery from ion exchange regeneration stages: Characterization of metal and non-metal ions migration
<p>Seawater mining presents a potential option for recovering the European Union’s Critical Raw Materials (CRMs), but direct extraction from seawater is challenging due to their low concentrations, as most of them are Trace Elements (TEs) (at levels of mg/L or μg/L). Saltworks <em>bitterns </em>(ultraconcentrated brines resulting from the sea salt production process) offer an alternative solution, naturally concentrated up to 40 times more than seawater. These bitterns can be further processed with chelating Ion Exchange (IX) sorbents to selectively extract TEs. However, this process requires an acidic elution stage with strong acids, followed by neutralization, to recover TEs through precipitation, demanding extensive chemicals consumption. Diffusion Dialysis (DD) could be used to recover the excess acid without external reagents, using an acid-resistant Anion Exchange Membrane (AEM). This study evaluates DD through batch and once-through tests for acid recovery from simulated IX eluate generated in the elution stage of TEs (B, Ga, Ge, Co, Sr) recovery from saltworks bitterns.<br>Batch tests achieved high recoveries for HCl (45–50 %) and H2SO4 (30–37 %), being the theoretical maximum attainable recovery equal to 50 %. B and Ge only partially permeated through the membrane (82 % rejection) by a diffusion mechanism in their neutral form (H3BO3(aq), H4GeO4(aq)). Ga, Co and Sr, in cationic form, were highly rejected (>96 %). Permeability followed the order Ga < Sr < Co ≪ Ge < B, due to the relevant charge and size. HCl permeability correlated linearly with concentration, while H2SO4 was inversely proportional. Once-through tests showed higher acid (74 % HCl, 62 % H2SO4) and oxoacid (66 % H3BO3(aq), 52 % H4GeO4(aq)) recovery at a low specific flow rate, or apparent flux, (0.38 L/(m^2⋅h)) due to increased residence time. Water to acid flow rate ratios did not affect species transport when an excess of water was guaranteed. Conversely, an influence was observed when the ratio was below 1, with a minimum at 0.18, where a very low passage of species was observed due to the reduced dilution volume of the dialysate solution (water). A 1D transport model, incorporating the solutes permeabilities determined experimentally, effectively described the system performance, especially for HCl and B, albeit slightly overestimating the other TEs’ transport.</p>
Event Data from Production Planning Simulation with Sustainability Considerations
<p>Synthetic event data generated by an AnyLogic simulation for the evaluation of parameterized production planning scenarios with the consideration of both economic and sustainabiliy related KPIs.</p> <p>The event data file is provided in the standard OCEL 2.0 SQLITE format (<a href="https://ocel-standard.org/">https://ocel-standard.org/</a>). It can for example be opened with the following webapp: <a href="https://ocelot.pm/">https://ocelot.pm/</a>.<br>Additionally, there is a PDF file of a generated visualization included in this publication.</p> <p> </p> <p>This dataset was produced as a side-product from the "Production Planning for Sustainability" app of CRD-B3.II within the Internet of Production (IoP) research project.</p> <p><em>Funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) under Germany ́ s Excellence Strategy – EXC-2023 Internet of Production – 390621612</em></p>
Near real-time ultrahigh-resolution imaging from unmanned aerial vehicles for sustainable land use management and biodiversity conservation in semi-arid savanna under regional and global change (SAVMAP)
<p>To prevent aggravation of existing poverty in semi-arid savannas, a comprehensive concept for the sustainable adaptive management and use of these ecosystems under unprecedented conditions is needed. SAVMAP is an innovative, trans-, and inter-disciplinary initiative whose goal is to develop a valuable monitoring tool for both sustainable land-use management and rare species conservation (black rhinoceros) in semi-arid savanna in Namibia. SAVMAP uses near real-time ultrahigh-resolution photographic imaging (NURI) facilitated by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) designed at EPFL.</p>
Development and Implementation of Sustainable Transportation Resilience Indicators
<p>Communities are complex systems subject to a variety of hazards that can result in significant disruption to critical functions. Community resilience assessment is gaining popularity as a means to help communities better prepare for, respond to, and recover from disruption. Sustainable resilience, a recently developed concept, requires communities to assess system-wide capability to maintain desired performance levels, while simultaneously evaluating impacts to resilience due to changes in hazards and vulnerability over extended periods of time.</p> <p>In an earlier work, the authors developed a classification scheme to aid in identification, selection and application of community sustainable resilience indicators that can be tailored to a community’s needs in operationalizing the assessment process. These indicators were characterized according to whether they aligned with social, economic or environmental systems that are necessary for a community to achieve a sustainable resilience domain of survival, well-being, or full preparedness.</p> <p>Of the critical infrastructure systems that support these systems and domains, transportation is arguably the most important. This is based on the premise that transportation is a means to an end, providing the mobility that enables a community to establish and maintain a social, economic and environmental fabric. Whether it involves an educational, medical, recreational, religious, work or other purpose, absent a safe and reliable transportation system, none of these activities can be satisfactorily pursued. Moreover, in times of crisis, transportation serves as a vital artery for enabling access to and egress from impacted areas.</p> <p>The objective of this project was to establish and demonstrate a method for evaluating a community’s transportation resilience, such that if deficiencies exist, attention can be focused on mitigating those concerns. This approach was designed around the scenario of a river valley community exposed to the threat of a significant flood event, with the expectation that the methodology has the potential to be extended to assess community resilience to other natural and manmade hazards.</p>
Use of Rice Hull Ash (RHA) as a Sustainable Source of Construction Material
<p>Corresponding data set for Tran-SET Project No. 17CASU02. Abstract of the final report is stated below for reference:</p> <p>"With the imminent shortage of natural resources, the need to find sustainable development is the highest in recent history. Therefore, this study examines the potential uses of Rice Hull Ash (RHA) as a sustainable cementitious material (SCM) in preparation of concrete. This study also assesses the use of RHA as an alternative of commonly used polymers in preparing high-grade asphalt binders. RHA is a potential sustainable solution because it is currently being treated as an agricultural waste material, yet its high silica content makes it a potential construction material. Three different sizes of RHA (600 µm, 150 µm, and 44 µm) with two different partial replacement percentages (10% and 20%) of type I Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC) were considered to prepare concrete and mortar samples. For the comparative analysis, two more SCM materials, namely, class C fly ash (CFA) and silica fume (SF), were also incorporated in this study. The results of the fresh concrete tests (slump, unit weight, air entrainment) and hardened concrete tests (e.g., compressive, tensile, flexural strength) have suggested that with a 10% replacement of OPC using finer RHA- modified concrete exhibits the improvement of concrete properties compared to the regular concrete. Based on limited test data of RHA-modified binders, RHA appears to be a viable alternative of commonly used polymers."</p>
Sustainability-Based Long-Term Management of Bridges under Multi-Hazard Exposure
<p>Corresponding data set for Tran-SET Project No. 17STOKS01. Abstract of the final report is stated below for reference:</p> <p>"Bridges are under deterioration due to various mechanical and environmental stressors. Hydraulic-related hazards (e.g., flood and scour), aggressive environmental conditions, and seismic events (e.g., earthquake) are recognized as the most significant threats to the safety of bridges. In traditional risk assessment methods for structures susceptible to damage due to floods and other natural hazards (e.g., corrosion and seismic events), future hazard predictions are conducted using historic return periods and climate records. However, recent increase in flood intensity in central-southern states indicate that future hazard occurrence rate may not necessarily follow past trends. Accordingly, current design, assessment, and management methodologies should adapt to these changes in order to ensure the satisfactory performance of bridges under the combined or cumulative action of hazards. This project addresses this need by presenting a framework for risk quantification and optimum management of bridges susceptible to damage due to floods, flood induced scour, and other gradual deterioration mechanism (e.g., corrosion and fatigue). Downscaled climate data, adopted from the global climate models, are employed to predict future flood hazard at a given location. Probabilistic simulation is used to quantify the time-dependent failure probability, which subsequently helps quantify the long-term sustainability through the systematic integration of economic, social, and environmental metrics associated with bridge failures. These profiles can be next used to obtain optimum interventions required to extend the service life while maintaining the structural performance above prescribed thresholds."</p>
Use of Ultra‐High‐Performance Fiber‐Reinforced Concrete (UHP‐FRC) for Fast and Sustainable Repair of Pavements
<p>Corresponding data set for Tran-SET Project No.17STUTA03. Abstract of the final report is stated below for reference:</p> <p>"This research presents a new methodology, which enables streets, roads, highways, bridges, and airfields to use an advanced fiber-reinforced concrete material, which can delay or prevent the deterioration of these transportation infrastructure when subjected to traffic and environmental loadings. The major problem of concrete is its considerable deterioration and limited service life due to its brittleness and limited durability. As a result, it requires frequent repair and eventual replacement, which consumes more natural resources. Ultra-high-performance fiber-reinforced concrete (UHP-FRC) introduces significant enhancement in the sustainability of concrete structures due to its dense microstructure and damage-tolerance characteristics. These characteristics can significantly reduce the amount of repair, rehabilitation, and maintenance work, thereby giving the transportation infrastructure a longer service life. This research addresses the strong need to develop fast and sustainable UHP-FRC materials for pavement repair that can be easily cast onsite without special treatments. This avoids any major changes to current concrete production practice and accelerates the use of UHP-FRC materials. This research investigated a new method for concrete repair by combining precast UHP-FRC panels with a small quantity of cast-in-place UHP-FRC for pavement repair without any dowel bars. In this method, a precast UHP-FRC panel is used along with cast-in-place UHP-FRC. The vertical repair surfaces of the existing concrete are roughened on site. The outer edges of the UHP-FRC precast panel are roughened before they are brought to the site (no dowel bars are needed). The depth of the precast UHP-FRC panel is the same as the existing pavement thickness. Only a small cast-in-place UHP-FRC joint (one to two inches wide) is done onsite. The roughened precast UHP-FRC panel is placed in the repair area and cast-in-place UHP-FRC is cast into the joint. Experimental results showed that using a roughened surface (up to about CSP 5) provides a very large bond resistance, which is enough to prevent faulting."</p>
Sustainable and Equitable Financing for Pedestrian Infrastructure Maintenance
<p>Corresponding data set for Tran-SET Project No. 17PPUNM01. Abstract of the final report is stated below for reference:</p> <p>"In many communities, pedestrian infrastructure is discontinuous, inaccessible to those with physical disabilities, and poorly maintained. Correcting these problems would be a first step in providing infrastructure to achieve the active travel and related transportation goals of many communities. One nearly universal challenge to maintaining sidewalks in a state of good repair and addressing environmental justice concerns is an adequate, sustainable, and equitable source of funding. Municipal governments across the country maintain and repair their streets and roadways; however, most require residents to maintain and repair public sidewalks adjacent to their property. These policies are difficult to enforce and may be at least partly responsible for the poor condition of many sidewalks. They may also place a relatively high cost on low-income households. We evaluate three alternative options for financing the maintenance of public sidewalks in Albuquerque, New Mexico: increasing the gross receipts tax (GRT), the gasoline excise tax, or the property tax. These are broad-based taxes that many municipalities already levy to pay for public infrastructure, including streets. We conclude that any of the alternatives would perform better than policies that require adjacent property owners to maintain public sidewalks. They are generally less regressive, cost less on average, and would allow municipalities to more effectively manage sidewalk assets. The differences between the alternatives are relatively minor compared to their benefits. Additional considerations should include how the revenue from each tax may change over time."</p>
Modeling Sulfate Attack in Modern Concrete for Building Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure
<p>Corresponding data set for Tran-SET Project No. 17CTAM01. Abstract of the final report is stated below for reference:</p> <p>"External sulfate attack is a complex phenomenon and is manifested in the form of large expansion, cracking, and spalling depending on the exposure solution and material constituent properties. Several models were developed in the past to demonstrate sulfate attack mechanisms that account for the diffusion of sulfate ions into the porous concrete and the successive deformation triggered by the chemical reaction and precipitation of expansive agents. However, none of these models accounts for the effect of the migration of solvent water from the low solute concentration solution to high solute concentration solution driven by the osmotic pressure. Osmotic pressure is believed to cause spalling and cracking of concrete substrates coated with semipermeable membrane that prohibits diffusion of ions from the surroundings into the porous body. In order to determine the effect of osmotic pressure on the deformation of concrete exposed to sulfate solution, a coupled poromechanical model has been developed. Sensitivity analysis has been performed to investigate the effect of material constituent properties and exposure solution on the osmotic pressure induced damage propensity of concrete. It has been found that concrete surface can exhibit high instantaneous tensile stress developed by the gradient in the salt concentration between the pore solution and external surroundings."</p>
Toward Non-Corrosion and Highly Sustainable Structural Members by Using Ultra-High-Performance Materials for Transportation Infrastructure
<p>Corresponding data set for Tran-SET Project No. 18STUTA01. Abstract of the final report is stated below for reference:</p> <p>"This research focused on investigating a highly sustainable and efficient reinforced concrete structural member for future infrastructure by utilizing emerging high-performance materials. These materials include ultra-high-performance fiber-reinforced concrete (UHP-FRC) and corrosion-resistant high-strength fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) bars. Four reduced scale UHP-FRC specimens were tested under large displacement reversals to prove the proposed new ductile-concrete strong-reinforcement (DCSR) design concept by fully utilizing these ultra-high-performance materials. Micro steel fibers were incorporated into three specimens and ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene fibers were blended into the fourth specimen. One specimen with ASTM A1035 MMFX high-strength steel rebars, one with high-strength glass fiber reinforced polymer (GFRP) rebars, and two with high-strength basalt fiber reinforced plastic (BFRP) rebars were tested. The beams had a reinforcement ratio of 14% to 15%. The test results concluded that the beams could sustain very large cyclic drift ratios without major damage in the UHP-FRC material, which provided ample shear strength and confinement to the reinforcement throughout the testing. Even with the high amount of reinforcement, UHP-FRC’s superior ductility provided a very stable cyclic behavior up to some very large drift ratios. Because of the DCSR design, all specimens also exhibited a self-centering ability, which considerably reduces the residual displacement after being subjected to large displacement reversals. The test results also show that the high damage-resistance and self-centering characteristics of the proposed UHP-FRC flexural members can provide excellent resilience for building structures."</p>
Soil-Recycled Aggregate-Geopolymer Road Base/Subbase Mixtures: Steps Towards Sustainability
<p>Corresponding data set for Tran-SET Project No. 18GTLSU10. Abstract of the final report is stated below for reference:</p> <p>"This study deals with the development of Soil-Geopolymer mixtures using flyash, alkali activator and recycled aggregates (RAG) including recycled concrete (RCA) and reclaimed asphalt (RAP) as an alternative to soil-cement for pavement base and subbase layers. Several mix constituents were varied such as flyash type and content, RCA and RAP content and ratio of sodium silicate and sodium hydroxide. Experiment design was established and mechanical and durability characteristics of Soil-RAG-Geopolymer mixtures were evaluated and then compared to the conventional soil-cement mixtures. The results of the testing showed that for the selected Soil-RAG-Geopolymer mixtures the strength, stiffness, permanent deformation, and durability characteristics were either comparable or better than the soil-cement mixtures. However, such mixtures required more curing time at room temperature to achieve needed strength. In order to further optimize the practical applications of this technology in the field, other variables such as molarity of alkali activator, curing conditions, early strength development at room and ambient temperatures, gradation of RAG and shrinkage characteristics need be investigated."</p>
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Fig. 1 in Sustainability of capture of fish bycatch in the prawn trawling in northeastern Brazil
Fig. 1. Map of northwestern Brazil showing location of study area in São Cristóvão beach.
Outputs from policy sprint "How does artificial intelligence contribute to sustainability in Switzerland?"
<p>This dataset contains English-language output from a policy sprint on the question "How does artificial intelligence contribute to sustainability in Switzerland?" by the Swiss organization Expedition Zukunft, documented at https://www.expeditionzukunft.ch/sprint-ki.</p> <p>The information included in this dataset was made publicly available by the organization at https://www.expeditionzukunft.ch/sprint-ki. This dataset is simply a transfer of this information on the output of the policy sprint in tabular form, for ease of consumption and analysis.</p> <p>sprint_outputs.csv contains the raw textual data from the website on the outputs of the policy sprint process.<br>metadata.csv contains an explanation of all columns in sprint_outputs.csv.</p> <p>The dataset accompanies an analysis of the policy sprint published in (preprint) form at <a href="https://doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/xykej">https://doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/xykej</a>.<br>When citing this dataset, please credit the organisation Expedition Zukunft (https://www.expeditionzukunft.ch) as the creators and curators of the original raw data source.</p>
FIGURE 1 in Diversity of Loricariidae (Actinopterygii: Siluriformes) assemblages in two Conservation Areas of the Middle Xingu River, Brazilian Amazon, and their suitability for sustainable ornamental fisheries
FIGURE 1 | Map of the collection areas in the Xingu and Iriri River Extractive Reserves.
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