Abstract Boreal peatlands provide numerous ecosystem services ranging from carbon sequestration to the provisioning of habitat for species integral Indigenous communities. In Oil Sands Region Alberta, Canada, human development related oil and gas extraction occurs in a wetland-dominated landscape. Wetland monitoring programs can determine extent which impacts wetlands, but existing focus on cha...

conclusions despite relatively high prevalence of smoking than drug use in zahedan drivers, there are few reports of these behaviors. laboratory tests cannot suitably measure substance use due to their interference with other substances. considering adverse effects of smoking on health and driving, it is necessary to train drivers to reduce or stop smoking during driving. results generally, fou...

Many nations have committed to achieving carbon neutrality combat climate change, but little is known about its drivers at the micro level and implications for firm performance supply chain management. To address knowledge gap, this research conducts case studies of seven early movers in initiative by exploring key drivers, influential stakeholders effects institutional pressures. We find four ...

BACKGROUND Given the long hours on the road involving multiple and interacting work stressors (i.e., delivery pressures, irregular shifts, ergonomic hazards), commercial drivers face a plethora of health and safety risks. Researchers goal was to determine whether and to what extent long-haul trucker work schedules influence sleep duration and quality. METHODS Survey and biometric data collect...

This paper investigates how institutional pressures affect the development of Circular Economy (CE) in firms. Using Institutional Entrepreneurship as a theoretical framework, this considers three different levels ( coercive, normative, and mimetic ) to examine effect each pressure their interactions on CE. Seeking clarify debate pressures, that main limitation arises from fact previous research...

background and objectives: day-shift taxi drivers have a long duration of direct sun exposure. however, the efficiency of this occupational exposure in vitamin d synthesis has not been addressed yet. the aim of this study was to assess the vitamin d status of taxi drivers in tehran, and examine vitamin d status association with some anthropometric and circulating biomarkers. materials and metho...

more than 50% of the global population already lives in urban settlements which are projected to absorb almost all the global population growth to 2050, amounting to some additional three billion people. over the next decades the increase in rural population in many developing countries will be overshadowed by population flows to cities. rural populations globally are expected to peak at a leve...

backgrounds and aims: characteristic property among tehran offensive and non- offensive drivers using cloninger , s treatment and character inventory questionnaire was studied. materials and methods: a cross- sectional study was carried out after coordinating with traffic police. 300 drivers: 150 offensive ( drivers with more than ten penalty points and 150 non- offensive drivers with less than...