The European Union (EU) institutions are increasingly raising awareness on the circular economy (CE) agenda. They encouraging marketplace stakeholders to engage in sustainable production and consumption behaviours by urging them reduce, reuse, restore, refurbish, remanufacture, recycle resources all stages of their value chain. Therefore, this chapter presents a cost-benefit analysis strategy. ...

Abstract Additive Manufacturing (AM), also popularly known as 3D Printing, refers to a group of manufacturing methods which are guided by digital model and use incremental addition material, usually in layer-by-layer manner, for the fabrication objects. Lately, AM is widely used both industry academia, exhibiting, among others, advantages flexibility ability produce on demand, with reduced cost...

Damage of the endothelial glycocalyx, which ranges from 200 to 2000 nm in thickness, decreases vascular barrier function and leads to protein extravasation and tissue oedema, loss of nutritional blood flow, and an increase in platelet and leucocyte adhesion. Thus, its protection or the restoration of an already damaged glycocalyx seems to be a promising therapeutic target both in an acute criti...

The Department of Defense’s utility systems have suffered from under-funding and lack of technology investment, thereby creating a service gap between these DoD systems and systems operated by commercial providers. In order to overcome this gap and refurbish their systems, the DoD has focused its efforts on privatization of these systems. Although the Air Force has published source selection gu...

Public health physicians (PHPs) are certified physicians who are serving in a public health center or subcenter in a rural village, instead of serving in the military. However, the PHP program has recently become the subject of a profound debate, over 30 years after its adoption. In this study, we attempted to ascertain physicians' perspectives on the PHP program, including: whether the PHP pol...

It’s perhaps something of a surprise that almost none of the so-called New Atheists has anything to say about arguments for God’s existence. Instead, they do tend to focus on the social effects of religion and question whether religious belief is good for society. One might justifiably doubt that the social impact of an idea for good or ill is an adequate measure of its truth, especially when t...

Abstract The demand of composites in the aviation and space industry has increased significantly recent decades. This is due to excellent properties composite materials, especially their low density design flexibility. However, reuse further utilization structures materials provide new challenges for recycling sector. In accordance with ‘Green Deal’ European Commission, pathways are required en...

This study examines residents’ perception of housing quality index for dwellings’ physical characteristics in the core area Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria, South-west Nigeria. A survey 602 households randomly selected from was done. The results revealed that more than half respondents indicated present condition dwellings components like (roofs, walls, windows, floors, foundations and fascia boards) a very...

In order to support European-wide transition of heating systems, it is useful categorise the types transitions that are necessary. Coherent actions needed at (supra-)national level aligned with energy efficiency first principle and long-term development a smart system. Owing decentralised nature heating, must also reflect particular local circumstances. This article uses commonalities between c...

Recycling LED lamp technology requires a change from the traditional bulk material-based recovery process. Unlike preceding lighting technology, lamps cannot be recycled to meet regulatory minimum recycling rate of 80% due multi-materials, including small quantity precious metals, which reduce sorting efficiency. Therefore, it is crucial understand how challenges have been approached in scienti...