Eco-efficiency is a tool for sustainability analysis that indicates how to carry out economic activities effectively. This paper assesses agricultural eco-efficiency using data envelopment analysis (DEA) and the Theil index approach. Using basic data of 31 provinces in China during 2003–2013, we analyzed the agricultural eco-efficiency development level and spatial pattern in China. The results...

We have now enough background in the teaching of eco-design to make some conclusions on practices and evolutions in this area; in France these teachings are very supported by studies of APEDEC (Association of Experts for the Development of Eco-Design) that published in 2006 and 2010 the results of enquiries concerning this subject. Curricula concerning eco-design exist since 1987 but a signific...

Metastatic breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths among women. Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is a highly aggressive subcategory of breast cancer and currently lacks well-defined molecular targets for effective targeted therapies. Disease relapse, metastasis, and drug resistance render standard chemotherapy ineffective in the treatment of TNBC. Because previous...

BACKGROUND High levels of exhaled carbon monoxide (eCO) are a marker of airway or lung inflammation. We investigated whether hypo- or hyperventilation can affect measured values. METHODS Ten healthy volunteers were trained to achieve sustained end-tidal CO2 (etCO(2)) concentrations of 30 (hyperventilation), 40 (normoventilation), and 50 mmHg (hypoventilation). As soon as target etCO(2) values...

Eco-driving is a driving style that can significantly reduce fuel consumption and CO2 emission. Current methods for eco-driving practice are inefficient or not easily accessible. Therefore, we introduce iCO2, an online multi-user three-dimensional (3D) ecodriving training space, which was developed in Unity3D and made available as a Facebook application since September 2012. In iCO2, agents are...

AIM Physical activity (PA) patterns of retirement village residents were investigated using self-report and objective measures. METHODS Residents (n = 323) from retirement villages in Perth, Australia, were surveyed on PA behaviour and various demographic, residency, health-related and mobility factors. Most participants wore accelerometers for 7 days. Retirement village managers (n = 32) wer...

Number: 007-0582 Abstract Title: A Closed-loop Supply Chain Model for Managing Overall Optimization of Eco-efficiencyTitle: A Closed-loop Supply Chain Model for Managing Overall Optimization of Eco-efficiency Authors: Name: Wei D. Solvang, Ziqiong Deng, Bjoern Solvang Organization: Department of Industrial Engineering, Narvik University College, Norway Address: Lodve Langes gate 2, pb. 385, N-8...

Ecological security is an important basis of the entire human security system, the cornerstone for human survival. Knowing the status of ecological security is crucial for making decisions to avoid ecological disaster. Existing research, both the basic research on ecological security mechanism and information service systems, is still primitive in their abilities to resolve eco-security problem...

Heritable trait variation is a central and necessary ingredient of evolution. Trait variation also directly affects ecological processes, generating a clear link between evolutionary and ecological dynamics. Despite the changes in variation that occur through selection, drift, mutation, and recombination, current eco-evolutionary models usually fail to track how variation changes through time. ...

As an emerging field of eco-efficiency, tourism eco-efficiency is becoming an important way to measure the sustainable development of tourism. This study calculated and decomposed tourism CO2 emissions in China, explored its evolution and distribution characteristics by using the ratio method of tourism eco-efficiency, and analyzed the influencing factors by adopting a regression model. The res...