Scheduling plays a pivotal role in the competitiveness of job shop facility. The traditional scheduling problem (JSSP) is centralized or semi-distributed. With advent Industry 4.0, there has been paradigm shift manufacturing industry from to smart distributed (SDS). implementation 4.0 results increased flexibility, high product quality, short lead times, and customized production. Smart/intelli...

In this paper, we address the classical problem of testing for stationarity in prices energy-related commodities. A panel fourteen time series monthly is analyzed 1980–2020 period. Nine are nonrenewable, GHG-emissions-intensive resources (coal, crude oil, natural gas), whereas remaining, low-emission group includes both uranium and four commodities employed biofuels (rapeseed, palm, soybean oil...

Metabolic engineering of various industrial microorganisms to produce chemicals, fuels, and drugs has raised interest since it is environmentally friendly, sustainable, and independent of nonrenewable resources. However, microbial metabolism is so complex that only a few metabolic engineering efforts have been able to achieve a satisfactory yield, titer or productivity of the target chemicals f...

Hydrogen gas has tremendous potential as an environmentally acceptable energy carrier for vehicles, but most hydrogen is generated from nonrenewable fossil fuels such as natural gas. Here, we show that efficient and sustainable hydrogen production is possible from any type of biodegradable organic matter by electrohydrogenesis. In this process, protons and electrons released by exoelectrogenic ...

In this work we discuss the theoretical foundation for the introduction of a taxation mechanism at tourism destinations with the aim of setting an appropriate policy for the tourist use of the local tourism assets. Of course, to this aim some specific reasons must be identified to justify this kind of proposal. These can be mainly represented by the needs to internalise tourism external costs a...

Across the circumpolar North large disparities in the distribution of renewable and nonrenewable resources, human population density, capital investments, and basic residential and transportation infrastructure combine to create recognizable hotspots of recent and foreseeable change. Northern Fennoscandia exemplifies a relatively benign situation due to its current economic and political stabil...

1,2-Propanediol (1,2-PD) is a major commodity chemical that is currently derived from propylene, a nonrenewable resource. A goal of our research is to develop fermentation routes to 1,2-PD from renewable resources. Here we report the production of enantiomerically pure R-1,2-PD from glucose in Escherichia coli expressing NADH-linked glycerol dehydrogenase genes (E. coli gldA or Klebsiella pneum...

In this paper, we consider the transfer of environmental and cultural assets to the next generation as a potential measure of sustainability. We define “net assets” as the value of renewable and nonrenewable natural resources plus humanmade, intellectual, social, and cultural capital, minus any debts. We apply this approach by first reviewing survey data reflecting how cultural capital may yiel...

Because radiology has historically not measured its added value to patient care and thus not communicated it in easily understood terms to all stakeholders, the specialty must correct this to prepare for the eventual transition from the current fee-for-service payment schedule to new value-based reimbursement systems. Given the increasing risk for marginalization, radiologists need to engage cl...

There is growing social pressure for organizations to reduce their rates of consumption of nonrenewable natural resources and in parallel, to also reduce the release of post-production and postconsumption waste to landfills, water bodies and air, thereby causing damage to the environment. To respond to the pressure it is necessary that organizations’ operations prioritize the “3R” goals: Reduce...