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This research delves into the complex factors that affect how ready a community is to embrace new environmental development strategies, which could significantly change the region's social and economic fabric. Using a structured questionnaire, exploratory factor analysis and logistic regression analysis, the study assesses how corporate practices in resource management, environmental governance, efforts to enhance community capabilities, and various demographic factors influence the community's willingness to adapt to change. Despite its intentions to benefit both the mining operations and the community, corporate resource management appears to have a paradoxical impact on the community's willingness to pursue new environmental paths. This negative impact can be attributed to the dependency it creates. Effective corporate resource management can lead to a community becoming heavily reliant on the stability and benefits provided by the mining company. This dependency fosters a sense of security and satisfaction with the status quo, making community members less inclined to explore or support new and potentially disruptive environmental strategies. The stability provided by the mine's resource management practices may inadvertently anchor the community to existing economic structures, reducing their impetus to seek alternative livelihoods or adapt to new socioeconomic conditions. However, it is essential to consider the limitations of this finding. One limitation is the potential bias in community perceptions, where immediate benefits from corporate resource management overshadow long-term considerations for sustainable development. Additionally, the context-specific nature of this study means that these findings may not be universally applicable to all mining communities.

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The  purpose of this research was to investigate the complex relationship between workers' green job involvement and factors such as environmental sustainability, personality characteristics, the green climate, environmental views, and values. Survey data from a representative cross-section of workers at a variety of companies were analyzed using structural equation modeling in this study. According to the findings, there is a positive link between environmental sustainability, environmental attitudes and values, and green work engagement (GWE). The research also suggests that participating in green practices at work is a key component of environmental sustainability. It acts as an impetus for green projects, sustainable practices, and the development of a sustainability culture in businesses. In light of the difficulties posed by the green climate nexus, the study highlights the critical need of green work participation in achieving sustainable development objectives. Positive links between character qualities and eco-friendly workplace behavior were also uncovered. As a mediator between environmental sustainability and GWE, a green climate was also uncovered. These results suggest that policies aiming at encouraging green job engagement among workers may succeed if they promote environmental views and values, take personality qualities into account in the hiring process, and encourage a green atmosphere in the workplace. By elucidating the many factors that play a role in shaping eco-friendly workplace practices, this study contributes to our growing body of knowledge on environmental responsibility in the business world. The findings of this research have broad implications for businesses that are committed to fostering a culture of sustainability and environmental responsibility.

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This research looks at how China's expanding digital economy influences the country's efforts to green its renewable energy sector. Regression tests, endogeneity tests, correlation analysis, and robustness analysis are used to investigate the relationship between digital economic development and environmental consequences in the renewable energy sector. The results of the research show a significant positive association between the expansion of the digital economy and the transition to a more sustainable energy model in the clean energy sector. Regression studies reveal that the growth of the digital economy is positively correlated with a number of environmental indicators, including the generation of renewable energy, energy efficiency, and the decrease of carbon emissions. Endogeneity analyses have shown a causal relationship between digitization and environmental benefits in the renewable energy sector. The adoption of different digital technologies is strongly correlated. Robustness study, which ensures the validity and reliability of the collected results, further supports the importance of digital economic development in driving the environmental transformation of the renewable energy sector. The study's findings have significant implications for public policy. Funding digital infrastructure, fostering partnerships between the public and private sectors, standardizing data formats and interoperability, strengthening cybersecurity safeguards, and developing pro-digital policies and regulations are all important steps that policymakers can take to promote the widespread adoption of digital technologies.

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Based on the panel data of 30 provinces in China from 2013 to 2020, this paper uses the panel fixed effect model and threshold regression method to systematically examine the impact of the urban-rural digital divide on regional environmental development from the perspective of technological innovation and human capital. The study found that the urban-rural digital divide significantly inhibited regional environmental development; however, this inhibitory effect will be substantially reduced in technological innovation and human capital adjustment. Furthermore, technological innovation and human capital have played a significant single threshold effect in the impact of the urban-rural digital divide on regional environmental development. When technological innovation and human capital cross the corresponding threshold value, the adverse effects of the urban-rural digital divide on the regional environment will be alleviated. Therefore, it is suggested to strengthen the construction of rural information infrastructure; research and develop key technologies for ecological protection and environmental governance; build an ecological environment science and technology innovation system; and promote the sharing of human resources in the region and the ability of rural residents to apply digital resources and digital technology.

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This study highlights the importance of green human resource management (HRM) practices, which investigates the connection between environmental sustainability and green competitive advantage. Using the CGM model and the generalized method of moments (GMM), this research investigates how green HRM may foster environmental sustainability by creating a competitive advantage for businesses. Research shows that green HRM may achieve green competitive advantage practices, crucial for environmental sustainability. By "green HRM practices," we mean incorporating environmental concerns into traditional HRM processes, including hiring, training, evaluating, and compensating employees. However, the importance of green HRM practices cannot be overstated due to their efficiency in creating a competitive advantage and advancing environmental sustainability. Specifically, the research shows that businesses that have adopted "green HRM practices" outperform their competitors in terms of environmental sustainability. The last section emphasizes the importance of green HRM as a key facilitator of environmental sustainability. Implications for businesses that want to improve their environmental performance are also provided.

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Exploring the effect of environmental pollution on human development does not only afford the opportunity to show how human health is impacted, it further exposes the role of environmental pollution in humans' knowledge development and living standard. To shed lighter on this perspective, we consider environmental aspects of human development by employing the national air quality standards of United States Environmental Protection Agency which outlines the main environmental pollutants (carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, sulfur dioxide, particulate matters less than 2.5 µm (PM2.5), particulate matters less than 10 µm (PM10)). By using series of empirical techniques for the United States' dataset that covers the period 1990-2019, the investigation revealed that economic performance improves human development (with elasticity relationship) while the square of economic performance causes a declining effect (inelasticity not more than 0.7). Thus, the relationship suggests a vicious and virtuous cycle scenarios that is characterized by economic performance threshold. Moreover, except for PM10, the examined environmental pollutants hamper human development aspects. To provide a robust perspective, a frequency domain Granger causality approach further revealed causative only from economic performance, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, PM2.5, and PM10 to human development largely in the long-run at varying frequencies. Meanwhile, human development Granger causes nitrogen oxides and sulfur dioxide in the short-run and long-run respectively at different frequency magnitudes. By implication, the result of the study further highlights the criticality of sustainable development and the complexity associated with economic expansion amidst environmental factors.

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This research explores the endogenous influence of carbon trading on economic development, the ecological environment, and the coordinated development of both using panel data from 30 Chinese provinces and cities except Tibet from 2007 to 2017. First, we provide environmental production elements to build an economic model based on the endogenous growth model, and then we employ three-dimensional graphics to conduct theoretical derivation in a more accessible and tangible manner. Secondly, we build a comprehensive index of China's coordinated economic and environmental growth in the context of carbon trading and use the coupled coordination model to determine the coordinated coupling degree of each location. Thirdly, the S-DID model is built to investigate the local and geographical implications of carbon trading. The findings demonstrate that the policy has a local impact that is notably favorable on the economic and environmental levels of each Chinese province and the coordinated growth between them. The degree of environmental optimization and the degree of coordinated development between the economy and the environment are two additional areas where the carbon trading mechanism has a strong positive geographical spillover impact. This study adds to the body of knowledge on China's carbon trading system and advances the endogenous growth hypothesis.

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The development of rural tourism presents the complexity of the industry, environment, governance, and coordination structure. In tourism development, due to the high dispersion and fragmentation of property rights of the resource objects themselves, as well as the involvement of many "atomic" property rights and other stakeholders, coupled with the lack of strong organization and leadership, the full development and utilization of rich tourism resources in rural areas is becoming problematic. It is difficult to realize the "rental value" of tourism resources, which leads to the tragedy of anti-commons. Taking the case of China, this paper explores the occurrence of anti-commons tragedy in the development of rural tourism, identifies the problems caused by the tragic governance of the anti-commons in the current environmental development, and further examines the governance path of the anti-commons tragedy in the tourism sector. The purpose of the study is to optimize the development environment of rural tourism and build a healthy space suitable for industry, residence, and tourism.

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The environmental conditions of sustainable improvement in manufacturing consist of the application of secondary raw materials in the design and structure of new structures. Presently, the demand to construct new structures is growing rapidly, especially in the developed world. All of the construction and demolition (C&D) waste is deposited in open landfills in easily reachable spaces, which leads to numerous environmental problems. The utilization of this waste in concrete will help in sustainable and greener development. The main goals of using waste, by-products, and recycled materials to develop sustainable concrete are to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, which are a cause of environmental pollution and climate change, and to enhance exploitation of waste, which creates problems of disposal that can be solved by completely or partially replacing concrete components. This paper aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the published literature on the replacement of cement in concrete such as rice husk ash (RHA), olive stone biomass ash (OBA), recycled coal bottom ash (CBA), and recycled palm oil fuel ash (POFA), and its effects on the characteristics of concrete like workability, density, compressive strength, splitting tensile strength, flexural strength, shrinkage, and durability. Also, this paper aims to review the impact of the replacement of cement on sustainability. The author has also included recommendations for future research.

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OBJECTIVE: Research evidence offers mixed results regarding the relationship between early child care attendance and childhood asthma and wheezing. A meta-analysis was conducted to synthesize the current research evidence of the association between early child care attendance and the risk of childhood asthma and wheezing. METHOD: Peer reviewed studies published from 1964-January 2017 were identified in MEDLINE, CINAL, and EMBASE using MeSH headings relevant to child care and asthma. Two investigators independently reviewed the selected articles from this search. All relevant articles that met our inclusion criteria were selected for further analysis. Data were extracted from studies that had sufficient data to analyze the odds of asthma or wheezing among children who attended child care. RESULTS: The meta-analysis of 32 studies found that (1) early child care attendance is protective against asthma in children 3-5 years of age but not for children with asthma 6 years of age or older. (2) Early child care attendance increases the risk of wheezing among children 2 years of age or younger, but not the risk of wheezing for children over 2 years of age. CONCLUSIONS: This meta-analysis shows that early child care attendance is not significantly associated with the risk of asthma or wheeze in children 6 years of age or older.

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OBJECTIVE: Asthma is one of the most common chronic diseases globally. Atopy, and especially allergic rhinitis (AR), was found as an important risk factor for asthma. The purpose of this study was to examine the association between different atopic parameters and military professions to the incidence of asthma. METHODS: In a retrospective study, we included 128 591 Israel Defense Forces soldiers drafted between the mid-nineties to the early-2000s. We examined the incidence rates of asthma in relation to atopic background and to military profession. RESULTS: The relative risk (RR) for the development of asthma in persons with a history of AR and the RR for asthma in atopics vs. nonatopics was 1.86 (95% CI: 1.57-2.21) and 1.73 (95% CI: 1.47-2.04), respectively. The RR for the development of asthma in persons with a history of AR was higher in Combat Units (CU) and Administrative and Driving units (ADU) (RR = 2.80; 95% CI: 2.09-3.76 and RR = 1.58; 95% CI: 1.19-2.12, respectively) than in Maintenance Units (MU) (RR = 1.27; 95% CI: 0.93-1.74). When comparing the risk for asthma amongst persons with AR, we found it lower in MU compared to ADU (RR = 0.65; 95% CI: 0.43-0.97). In atopics vs. non-atopics, the risk for asthma was higher in ADU as compared to other occupations. CONCLUSIONS: Atopy, particularly AR, is a risk factor for the development of new-onset asthma in young adults. Atopy has the highest significant effect in CU where the physical demands are higher.

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OBJECTIVE: Retention in a mobile asthma clinic, the Breathmobile™, of ≥3 visits has previously been shown to be essential for attaining asthma control in underserved children. The objective of this study in primarily Hispanic-American children was to determine the difference in retention between those seen in the Breathmobile™ compared to those receiving an additional promotora-based home visit (HV). METHODS: Children with asthma in the Breathmobile™ program were evaluated for asthma status and aeroallergen sensitivity. Indication for HV included poor asthma control, educational and environmental control needs. An initial visit consisted of environmental assessment as well as a 3-h interactive educational session covering asthma basics. A follow-up visit 1 month later assessed implementation. The primary outcome measure of retention was ≥6 months in the Breathmobile™ program. RESULTS: Of the 1007 asthmatic children seen between April 2002 and June of 2005, 136 received HV. These children showed significantly greater retention compared to those without HV with a median number of visits (5 visits versus 2 visits), ≥3 Breathmobile™ visits (86.0% versus 38.8%), median number of days in the program (299 versus 63 days) and percentage of patients in the program ≥6 months (67.8% versus 31.3%) p < 0.001. HV and asthma severity were each independent predictors of retention. CONCLUSIONS: The addition of a promotora HV program proved effective in providing greater retention in the Breathmobile™ program essential for asthma control. Randomized clinical trials will be needed to show the impact on health care utilization and asthma control.

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INTRODUCTION: Respiratory allergies are becoming increasingly frequent, especially based on studies of asthma and rhinitis. It is estimated that 20-30% of the world's population is affected. Allergic reactions are caused by the production of IgE antibodies specific to inhaled allergens, such as fungi in the air. This study aimed to analyze the level of specific IgE against airborne fungi in patients with a clinical diagnosis of asthma and rhinitis/sinusitis. METHODS: In total, 158 patients enrolled in the Program of Support for Asthmatic Patient, and 20 controls were studied. Clinical data from the period of 2007-2008 were surveyed using a protocol form. ELISAs were performed to quantify the levels of total and specific IgE. RESULTS: Of the 158 patients diagnosed with asthma, 71 had rhinitis and 32 had sinusitis. There was a predominance of females and residents of urban areas. The main symptoms reported were dyspnea, cough, wheezing and nasal obstruction. There was a statistically significant relationship between dyspnea and seropositivity for Fusarium (p = 0.01) and Penicillium (p = 0.005) and between cough and seropositivity for Aspergillus (p = 0.007). CONCLUSIONS: Anti-Penicillium (79.7%) and anti-Fusarium IgE (77.8%) were found to have the highest prevalence of seropositivity in individuals with asthma and rhinitis/sinusitis. Sensitivity to fungi was higher in symptomatic individuals. The identification of environmental fungi is essential for the diagnosis of respiratory allergy.

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OBJECTIVE: This study uses 32 years of longitudinal job history to analyze the long-term effect of exposure to specific workplace conditions on the risk of contracting asthma or chronic lung disease later in life. Our approach allows for the estimation of occupational respiratory risks even in the absence of direct environmental monitoring. METHODS: We employ a novel methodology utilizing data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 (NLSY79), and ratings of job exposures from the Occupational Information Network (O*NET), which are based on 70 years of empirical data compiled by the U.S. Department of Labor. A series of multivariable logistic regression analyses are performed to determine how long-term exposure to a particular occupational O*NET indicator (e.g., working in an extremely hot or cold environment) is related to asthma and COPD risk. RESULTS: The risk of contracting COPD was significantly associated with long-term work in very hot or cold temperatures (OR = 1.50, CI: 1.07-2.10), performing physically demanding activities (OR = 1.65, CI:1.20-2.28), working outdoors exposed to weather (OR = 1.45, CI:1.06-1.99), and workplace exposure to contaminants (OR = 1.42, CI:1.05-1.96). In general, the effects of exposure were greater for COPD than for asthma. With respect to contracting asthma, only exposure to work in very hot or cold temperatures (OR = 1.35, CI:1.08-1.70) and performing physically demanding activities (OR = 1.23, CI:1.00-1.52) were statistically significant. CONCLUSIONS: Use of O*NET job descriptors as surrogate measures of workplace exposures can provide a useful way of analyzing the risk of occupationally-related respiratory disease in situations where direct exposure measurement is not feasible.

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