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Smart technologies for collection and classification of electronic waste
No full textPurposeThe main aim of this study is to understand the role of smart technologies and show the rankings of various smart technologies in collection and classification of electronic waste (e-waste).Design/methodology/approachThis study presents a framework integrating the concepts of collection and classification mechanisms and smart technologies. The criteria set includes three main, which are economic, social and environmental criteria, including a total of 15 subcriteria. Smart technologies identified in this study were robotics, multiagent systems, autonomous tools, smart vehicles, data-driven technologies, Internet of things (IOT), cloud computing and big data analytics. The weights of all criteria were found using fuzzy analytic network process (ANP), and the scores of smart technologies which were useful for collection and classification of e-waste were calculated using fuzzy VlseKriterijumska Optimizacija I Kompromisno Resenje (VIKOR).FindingsThe most important criterion was found as collection cost, followed by pollution prevention and control, storage/holding cost and greenhouse gas emissions in collection and classification of e-waste. Autonomous tools were found as the best smart technology for collection and classification of e-waste, followed by robotics and smart vehicles.Originality/valueThe originality of the study is to propose a framework, which integrates the collection and classification of e-waste and smart technologies.Managemen
Circularity assessment of logistics activities for green business performance management
No full textThe population of the world is increasing, and product demand is increasing, making a linear economy ineffective, and therefore, this situation makes the circular economy (CE) a requirement. Economic, social, and environmental factors all play a role in the CE. Also, logistics activities are critical parts of the CE. Hence, this study's goal is to create a framework for evaluating organizations' CE logistics performance. The main contribution of the study is the creation of a framework to assess the circularity performance, including various logistics activities, and measure the performance of logistics activities. To establish a list of criteria, 30 experts were interviewed. The criteria were ranked using fuzzy statements. The selected multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) method, data envelopment analysis, is applied using IBM ILOG CPLEX Optimization Studio version 20.1.0.Business || Environmental Studies || Managemen
Picturesque atmosphere: in-between the past and present
No full textThe picturesque refers to an influential genre as well as a critical period during which the aesthetic culture of the Enlightenment was blended to form the Romanticist face of the age. Though it means 'picture-like' etymologically, the picturesque goes beyond being an eye-based scene and covers the other senses while aiming to provide a scenario with multi-sensory experiences for ramblers on site. Regarding this disposition, the picturesque atmosphere denotes a bridge in-between the past and present with its role in the theories of aesthetics. In this framework, this article aims to read the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century picturesque by referring to the phenomenological theories of the spatial atmosphere of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Our research demonstrated that the atmosphere of picturesque landscape designs can be conveyed strongly through spatial representations in different art forms. In doing this, the paper proposes the concept of the picturesque atmosphere as a tool to read the spatiality, especially in art branches, mainly including painting. Therefore, a reading model to examine the spatiality in the picturesque paintings was proposed at the end of the paper, by drawing from the theories of both the picturesque and spatial atmosphere.Architectur
Love and affectionate touch toward romantic partners all over the world
No full textTouch is the primary way people communicate intimacy in romantic relationships, and affectionate touch behaviors such as stroking, hugging and kissing are universally observed in partnerships all over the world. Here, we explored the association of love and affectionate touch behaviors in romantic partnerships in two studies comprising 7880 participants. In the first study, we used a cross-cultural survey conducted in 37 countries to test whether love was universally associated with affectionate touch behaviors. In the second study, using a more fine-tuned touch behavior scale, we tested whether the frequency of affectionate touch behaviors was related to love in romantic partnerships. As hypothesized, love was significantly and positively associated with affectionate touch behaviors in both studies and this result was replicated regardless of the inclusion of potentially relevant factors as controls. Altogether, our data strongly suggest that affectionate touch is a relatively stable characteristic of human romantic relationships that is robustly and reliably related to the degree of reported love between partners.Multidisciplinary Science
Modernization, collectivism, and gender equality predict love experiences in 45 countries
No full textRecent cross-cultural and neuro-hormonal investigations have suggested that love is a near universal phenomenon that has a biological background. Therefore, the remaining important question is not whether love exists worldwide but which cultural, social, or environmental factors influence experiences and expressions of love. In the present study, we explored whether countries' modernization indexes are related to love experiences measured by three subscales (passion, intimacy, commitment) of the Triangular Love Scale. Analyzing data from 9474 individuals from 45 countries, we tested for relationships with country-level predictors, namely, modernization proxies (i.e., Human Development Index, World Modernization Index, Gender Inequality Index), collectivism, and average annual temperatures. We found that mean levels of love (especially intimacy) were higher in countries with higher modernization proxies, collectivism, and average annual temperatures. In conclusion, our results grant some support to the hypothesis that modernization processes might influence love experiences.Multidisciplinary Science
Shuttle-Based Storage and Retrieval Systems Designs from Multi-Objective Perspectives: Total Investment Cost, Throughput Rate and Sustainability
No full textThis paper studies performance comparison of two shuttle-based storage and retrieval system (SBS/RS) configurations developed on flexible or non-flexible travel policies of shuttles in the system. In the non-flexible SBS/RS, a shuttle is dedicated to a tier so that it cannot travel out of its dedicated aisle and tier. A lifting mechanism is installed in each aisle to provide vertical travel for loads. In flexible SBS/RS, shuttles can travel between tiers by a separate lifting mechanism installed on the other edge point of each aisle. The advantage of that flexible design is that there might be decreased number of shuttles settling in the system compared to the non-flexible design. We simulate the two system configurations and conduct an experimental design for the comparison purpose. Based on the three-performance metrics: total investment cost, throughput rate and energy consumption per transaction, the results show that mainly the flexible system provides better results which might be considered as future system investment for SBS/RS.Green & Sustainable Science & Technology || Environmental Sciences || Environmental Studie
2-D and 3-D basin site effects in Izmir-Bayrakli during the October 30, 2020 Mw7.0 Samos earthquake
No full textDuring the October 30, 2020 M(w)7.0 Samos Earthquake, the Turkiye-Izmir-Bayrakli district was affected the most due to the geometry and the deep-soft alluvial nature of the basin, although the district is approximately 70 km away from the epicenter. In this study, the seismic response of the Bayrakli basin, and the role of the soil stratigraphy and basin geometry on the recorded amplifications and prolonging of seismic shakings are investigated by using 1-, 2-and 3-D non-linear finite element-based dynamic response analyses. The assessment results are presented in the form of spectral amplification ratios, A(T). The highest A(T) values were estimated at spectral periods T = 0.85 and 1 s. They exceed five in both the east-west and the north-south directions, more pronounced in the latter one. A(T) was decomposed into the product of two independent amplification factors, namely rock to soil amplifications, A(Soil)(T), and 1-D soil column to 3-D soil basin amplifications, A(Basin)(T). A(Basin)(T) values for T = 0.85 and 1 s are estimated as high as 1.4 and 1.6, in the east-west and the north-south directions, respectively. These values suggest that the 3-D geometry of the Bayrakli basin amplifies the spectral accelerations by 40-60% at T = 0.85 and 1 s. The unique combination of a deep-soft alluvial site with 3-D basin geometry, and overlying 7-9 story residential buildings, consistently favors and amplifies the seismic energy in the spectral period range of 0.7-1.0 s. This multi-fold increased seismic demand, combined with poor structural design and construction details, lead to localized structural damage and over 117 life losses.Engineering, Geological || Geosciences, Multidisciplinar
Economic Growth and Financial Development: Evidence from Panel Cointegration Tests in Emerging Countries
No full textIn This study analyzes the long-run relationship between economic growth (EG) and financial development (FD) in 27 emerging countries over the period 1980 to 2018 by employing the Johansen-Fisher panel cointegration method. The study also performs the vector error correction model (VECM) to determine the direction of a causal relationship among the variables. Two components of the index of financial development introduced by Svirydzenka (2016), financial markets and financial institutions indices, are employed to reveal through which channels EG has a long-term association with FD. Empirical findings show a significant long run association between EG, the overall index of FD, and its lower-indices. Furthermore, the results from panel VECMs indicate a one-way unidirectional causality between EG and the FD index, while there is a two-way causality between EG and financial markets as well as between EG and financial institutions indices in the short run. We obtain similar results with Kao and Pedroni panel cointegration tests. We also show that financial institutions and financial markets indexes significantly affect economic growth in the long run. Thus, policy makers in emerging markets should take actions that facilitate the development of financial markets and institutions to increase GDP per capita.Economic
Digital reproducibility in locative media: Ataturk, his mother and women's rights monument, zmir
No full textThis research delves into the digital reproductions of a specific monument in locative media employing Walter Benjamin's conceptual framework presented in 'The Work of Art in the Age of its Technological Reproducibility'. The monument in question, namely, the recently reconstructed and rescaled Ataturk, His Mother and Women's Right Monument in zmir, Turkey serves as an exemplary case for examining the reproducibility of monuments within both physical and digital environments. Its significance lies not only in the ongoing political and scholarly debate revolving around the decision of local municipality to undertake its reconstruction, but also in its growing popularity in social media as a consequence of this debate. The analyses of digital reproductions of the monument in the paper are twofold: The first gives insights into the effects of digital reproductions on the aura and authenticity of the monument in locative media. The second focuses on how the local municipality and individual users instrumentalize these productions to perform official and mundane rituals and aestheticize not only their own political agendas but also their everyday life.Communicatio
Discovering Hidden Associations among Environmental Disclosure Themes Using Data Mining Approaches
No full textEnvironmental concerns play a crucial role in sustainability and public opinion on supply chains. This is why, how, and to what extent the firms experience environmental-related actions and inform their stakeholders, which is under discussion by most researchers. This paper aims to leverage data mining and its capabilities by applying association rule mining to the environmental disclosure context. With the aim of extracting hidden relationships between environmental disclosure themes for BIST 100 firms serving the Turkish supply chain, this research implements a novel association rule mining approach and uses the Apriori algorithm. With this purpose, the environmental information of BIST 100 firms was collected manually from sustainability reports || the raw data were processed || and the following seven themes identified the representing firms' disclosure items: environmental management, climate change, energy management, emissions management, water management, waste management, and biodiversity management. The results indicate various hidden relations between the sector and disclosures, allowing us to generate sector-based rules between environmental disclosure themes.Green & Sustainable Science & Technology || Environmental Sciences || Environmental Studie