scholarly journals Preliminary inventory of atmospheric emissions (SO2, NOx and TSP) from different industrial sectors in Costa Rica

Uniciencia ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Daniel Alfaro-Alfaro ◽  
Luis Salas-Morelli ◽  
Bryan Sánchez-Mejías ◽  
José Mora-Barrantes ◽  
José Pablo Sibaja-Brenes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Costa Rica ◽  
Glass Melting ◽  
Food Products ◽  
Industrial Sector ◽  
Atmospheric Pollutants ◽  
Atmospheric Emissions ◽  
Industrial Sectors ◽  
Pollutant Concentrations ◽  
Total Suspended Particles ◽  
R Programming

The use of fuels, urbanization growth, and economic development have influenced the generation of atmospheric pollutants such as NOx (nitrogen oxides), SO2 (sulfur dioxide), and TSPs (Total Suspended Particles). The Costa Rican industrial sector has different category companies such as glass melting and manufacturing of food products and clothing, which release emissions of these pollutants into the atmosphere. The main objective of this research is to generate a preliminary inventory of atmospheric emissions (NOx, SO2, and TSP) from different industrial sectors in Costa Rica. The inventory was conducted in 2019 and included samplings and measurements of pollutants from chimneys of different production processes (companies) from 2014 and 2015.  The sampling and the corresponding measurement of pollutant concentrations (NOx, SO2 and TSP) were conducted using Testo 350 to measure NOx and SO2 and an APEX portable particle counter to quantify TSPs. Data was tabulated using Microsoft Excel, while graphics were generated using R programming language in the R studio interface. The industrial sector entitled “manufacturing of food products” presents the highest amounts of pollutants, with values equal to 1246.14 tons/year, 1959.54 tons/year and 651.01 tons/year for NOx, SO2, and TSP, respectively, for 2014; and 2,622.14 tons/year, 3,257.64 tons/year and 346.40 tons/year, respectively, for 2015. 

The technological transformation of Russia's industrial sectors: Difficulties and prospects

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (9) ◽  
pp. 1674-1697
Author(s):  
O.P. Smirnova ◽  
A.O. Ponomareva
Keyword(s):  
Production Method ◽  
Industrial Sector ◽  
The State ◽  
Industrial Complex ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Resource Saving ◽  
Technological Transformation ◽  
Modern Approach ◽  
Industrial Enterprises ◽  
Industrial Sectors

Subject. The article focuses on contemporary trends in the industrial and socio-economic development of Russia during the technological transformation of its sectors. Objectives. The study is an attempt to analyze what opportunities and difficulties may arise for the development of the industrial sectors in Russia. We also examine the dynamics of key development indicators of the industrial sectors, point out inhibitors of their competitiveness. Methods. The methodological framework comprises general methods of systems, structural-functional and comprehensive approaches to analyzing economic phenomena. We applied graphic, economic-statistical methods of research, conventional methods of grouping, comparison and generalization, and the logic, systems and statistical analysis. Results. We display how industrial sectors develop over time by type of economic activities. The article provides the rationale for structural rearrangements and further innovation-driven development of the industries. We display that the Russian industries technologically depend om imported production technologies. We substantiate the renewal of assets and technologies at industrial enterprises, and retain and develop human capital. Conclusions and Relevance. Primarily, the Russian economy should be digitalized as a source of the long-term economic growth. Notably, industrial enterprises should replace their linear production method with that of the circular economy and implement resource-saving innovative technologies. The State evidently acts as the leading driver of technological retrofitting of the industrial sector. If the State holds the reasonable and appropriate industrial policy at the federal and regional levels and configure its tools to ensure the modern approach to developing the industries in a competitive fashion, the industrial complex will successfully transform into the innovative economy.

An Automated Mobile Laboratory for Continuous Monitoring of Atmospheric Pollutants

1980 ◽  
Vol 194 (1) ◽  
pp. 357-364
Author(s):  
R. M. Harrison ◽  
H. A. McCartney
Keyword(s):  
Continuous Monitoring ◽  
Air Pollutant ◽  
Atmospheric Pollutants ◽  
Gaseous Pollutants ◽  
Mobile Laboratory ◽  
Digital Form ◽  
Pollutant Concentrations ◽  
Particulate Pollutants ◽  
Nitrate Fertilizer ◽  
Wet Chemical

The construction and operation of an automated mobile laboratory for continuous air pollutant monitoring are described. The gaseous pollutants sulphur dioxide, nitric oxide, nitrogen dioxide and ozone are monitored continuously, whilst particulate pollutants are collected for subsequent wet chemical analysis. Gaseous pollutant concentrations together with measurements of wind direction and speed and solar radiation are recorded continuously in both analogue and digital form. The problems inherent in siting and operating the mobile laboratory are discussed and the analysis of monitoring data is illustrated with reference to a recent survey carried out in the vicinity of an ammonium nitrate fertilizer works.

REGIONAL FEATURES OF FOREIGN TRADE IN AGRO-FOOD PRODUCTS

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 309-316
Author(s):  
Ruslan MUDRAK
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Trade ◽  
Regional Differences ◽  
Crop Production ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Correlation Coefficients ◽  
Food Products ◽  
Industrial Sector ◽  
Disposable Income ◽  
Regional Differentiation ◽  
Close Link

Introduction. The intensification of globalization processes that characterize the beginning of the new millennium has led to the emergence of supranational structures of regional and global scope. The deepening of Ukraine's integration into the international trading space causes new opportunities and threats. The relatively large size of the territory of Ukraine as a European state and its administrative structure causes a number of differences in the socio-economic development of its regions. Identifying regional differences in foreign trade in agri-food products and their causes is an urgent task of the study, given the leading role of the agro-industrial sector in Ukraine's foreign trade. The aim of the study is to identify regional differences of foreign trade in agri-food products and identify their causes. Results of work. The analysis results of foreign trade in agro-food products on the average for 2016-2018 by regions are given. It is determined that the four leading export regions are Mykolaiv, Odesa, Kyiv and Vinnytsia, as they account for about 47,9 %. The regions were evaluated according to the following indicators: the volume of regional exports, the volume of production of cereals and legumes, the production of sunflower seeds. According to the results of the analysis, each region was assigned a corresponding rank, on the basis of the values of which the correlation coefficients of the regions ranks were calculated. It is determined that there is a close link between the region's place in the national agri-food export ratings and the production of cereals and legumes; and there is a median link between the region's place in the national agri-food export and sunflower seed ratings. Imports of agro-food products by regions are considered, where Kiev region is the absolute leader, which together with Odessa, Lviv and Dnipropetrovsk regions have 64.5 % of all corresponding imports. The analysis of agro-food products import by groups of goods is presented. The regions ranking by import volumes of agri-food products and disposable income per person has been done. The obtained coefficient of correlation of ranks testifies to the average degree of relation close to high. Conclusions. It is proved that the differences in the volumes of crop production mainly cereals, legumes and sunflower are the basis for regional differentiation of agricultural food exports, which testifies to the raw nature of exports, stagnation of livestock and unsatisfactory development of the domestic food industry. Differentiation of imports of agro-industrial products is caused by the difference in income of the population by regions. Keywords: agro-food products, export, import, balance, production, raw materials, processing, disposable income.

MARKET POTENTIAL AS A GREEN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION DEVELOPMENT FACTOR

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (8) ◽  
pp. 1507-1525
Author(s):  
E.A. Aleshina ◽  
◽  
A.A. Leksina ◽  
Zh. S. Dossumova ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Consumer Preferences ◽  
Organic Food ◽  
Food Products ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Industrial Sector ◽  
The State ◽  
Healthy Diet ◽  
Market Potential ◽  
State Management ◽  
The Developed Countries

Organic agriculture, based on natural production technologies, obtains a great potential for reversing humanity to a healthy diet and living in harmony with nature by improving the state of the ecosystem. The share of organic food products in the market of the developed countries is already quite high; and various institutional systems of the industry have been introduced and are being improved in the leading countries of the world. Domestic agribusiness is currently lagging behind in these matters, but the situation should be significantly changed by the adopted law and state standard regulating the requirements for the organic sector. In this regard, an objective need arose to substantiate the capabilities and the resource potential of the Saratov region in this sphere. Within the framework of the presented research, an interdisciplinary fundamental platform to develop the theory of the organic food products market was formed. As a result, the elements of the scientific methodology (theories, principles, factors, methods) of its functioning were identified, which made it possible to substantiate the potential capacity of the regional consumer market for organic food. The calculation was made taking into account the rational norms of food consumption that meet modern requirements for a healthy diet, the heterogeneity of consumer preferences, the price gap for the main conventional and organic products in retail and the dispersion of prices for the latter, the implementation of state policy to protect and improve the health of certain population groups. This study is intended for the state management bodies of the agro-industrial sector, the leadership of agricultural, processing and marketing enterprises, the structures of wholesale and retail food products trade and branch research institutions.

scholarly journals Earnings Management Index, State Ownership, Industrial Sectors, and Timeliness of Financial Report in Indonesia

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 53
Author(s):  
Shindy Anisa Putri ◽  
Y Anni Aryani
Keyword(s):  
Earnings Management ◽  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Industrial Sector ◽  
State Ownership ◽  
Significant Relation ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Financial Report ◽  
Industrial Sectors ◽  
Source Of Information

In recent years, IDX reported that a high number of enterprises’ financial reporting were overdue. Timeliness of financial report is necessary since it is used as the main source of information. This paper aims to investigate several factors affecting timeliness of financial report in Indonesia. Using the purposive sampling technique, this study gained 318 enterprises listed on IDX during 2015 until 2017. The result showed that earnings management index and industrial sector were significantly related to the timeliness of financial report. On the other hand, state ownership do not have significant relation with the timeliness of financial report.

scholarly journals Can Sectoral Re-allocation Explain the Jobless Growth? Empirical Evidence from Pakistan

2010 ◽  
Vol 49 (4II) ◽  
pp. 705-718 ◽  
Author(s):  
Azad Haider
Keyword(s):  
Structural Change ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Structural Changes ◽  
Manufacturing Sector ◽  
Industrial Sector ◽  
Foreign Technology ◽  
Industrial Sectors ◽  
Jobless Growth

The present paper discuss the nature of structural changes in employment to understand jobless growth in Pakistan for the period spanning over 1967-2008. In our work (elsewhere)1 analysing Pakistan at sectoral level to find underlying factors generating jobless growth, we found that Jobless growth in manufacturing sector was anticipated. Industrial sector has a significant importance in any economy across the glob. Recent changes in the use of capital—based foreign technology has resulted in substitution of labour with non-labour inputs such as capital. Employment shifts between industrial sectors are often witnessed as indicators of Structural change in an economy. In this paper we are more interested in the nature of structural change that took place in Pakistan economy over 1967-2008. We set to analyse four commonly used measures of sectoral reallocation proposed by Lilien (1982), Groshen and Potter (2003), Rissman (1997), and Aaronson, Rissman and Sullivan (2004). Findings of our work are suggesting that the economy of Pakistan underwent structural change during periods of recession and recovery. However, it does appear that structural changes were more pronounced at the time of 1969 recession than that of 1991 recession. A plausible explanation for this result might be significant shifts in employment from agriculture towards services sectors. We conclude, based on the evidence from our study, that sectoral reallocation is one of the major causes of jobless growth in Pakistan.

scholarly journals Tracing the Labor Absorption Rate in the Medium and Large Industrial Sectors

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 220
Author(s):  
Sitti Aisyah ◽  
Sulastri Sulastri
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Minimum Wage ◽  
Absorption Rate ◽  
Industrial Sector ◽  
High Rate ◽  
Series Data ◽  
Business Units ◽  
South Sulawesi ◽  
Industrial Sectors ◽  
The Government

The high rate of population growth and the workforce raises the problem of job opportunities, because it involves various aspects both economic and non-economic. At the same time as massive industrialization, it is not automatically able to create adequate work. This study aims to analyze and determine the effect of the number of business units, the provincial minimum wage, and economic growth on the rate of labor absorption in the medium and large industrial sectors in South Sulawesi in the period 2010-2019. This research is expected to be one of the benchmarks for the government and private sector in paying attention to the absorption rate of labor in the industrial sector in South Sulawesi. The type of research used in this research is quantitative. The type of data used in this study is secondary data. The data used in this study are time series data in the years 2010-2019. The results of this study indicate that (1) the number of business units has a positive and significant effect on the rate of employment in the industrial sector in the province of South Sulawesi, (2) the provincial minimum wage has a negative and significant effect on the rate of employment in the medium and large industrial sector in South Sulawesi, (3) economic growth has a significant effect in a negative direction on employment in the medium and large industrial sectors in South Sulawesi. The government should design an industrialization policy direction that should be more inclusive, the incoming investment should be based on empowering local workers, reducing unemployment, creating more expansive employment opportunities and synergizing local economic development.Keywords: Economic Growth; Industry; Labor; Wages.

scholarly journals Sector-Based Entrepreneurial Capabilities and the Promise of Sector Studies in Entrepreneurship

2017 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alfredo De Massis ◽  
Josip Kotlar ◽  
Mike Wright ◽  
Franz W. Kellermanns
Keyword(s):  
Industrial Sector ◽  
Current Understanding ◽  
Front Seat ◽  
Entrepreneurship Research ◽  
Entrepreneurial Opportunities ◽  
Industrial Sectors ◽  
Dynamic View ◽  
Entrepreneurship Theory

The influence of the industrial sector is a long-standing assumption in entrepreneurship studies, yet the mechanisms through which the industrial sector shapes entrepreneurial phenomena and the processes through which entrepreneurial actors interact with sectors to prospect, develop, and exploit entrepreneurial opportunities remain largely under-theorized and little understood. We critically reexamine the notion of “sector” in entrepreneurship research, advancing a more dynamic view of the industrial sectors captured by the concept of sector fluidity and identifying three approaches to move the sector more prominently onto the “front seat” of entrepreneurship theory and research. Defining sector-based entrepreneurial capabilities and examining their importance to advance current understanding of industry-specific determinants, processes, and outcomes of entrepreneurship, we set out an agenda for further research aimed at advancing sector studies in entrepreneurship.

Technological Developments

2021 ◽  
pp. 1464-1487
Author(s):  
Hande Mutlu Ozturk
Keyword(s):  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Industrial Sector ◽  
The Past ◽  
Industrial Sectors ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
Technological Developments ◽  
The Impact

Technological developments in recent years have been affecting the lives of people and societies more rapidly than in the past. Developments in the field of communication, robotics, transportation, etc. are called the 4th Industrial Revolution or Industry 4.0 in the industrial sector. Technological developments have created great changes in the services and industrial sectors. Industry 4.0 has also led to changes in the transformation of the tourism sector and is likely to occur in future processes. This chapter examines the impact of Industry 4.0 on the tourism sector.

scholarly journals Emission Reduction and Energy Performance Improvement with Different Regional Treatment Intensity in China

Energies ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 237 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiangyu Teng ◽  
Danting Lu ◽  
Yung-ho Chiu
Keyword(s):  
Emission Reduction ◽  
Energy Performance ◽  
Industrial Sector ◽  
Gas Treatment ◽  
Waste Gas ◽  
Industrial Sectors ◽  
Waste Gas Treatment ◽  
Reduce Emissions ◽  
Emission Reduction Target ◽  
Regional Treatment

China’s industrial sector, which has a significant position in the world, is the main sector of China’s energy consumption and waste gas emission. China’s government has promulgated a Guiding Opinion, setting key regions to establish an emission reduction target of air pollutants during the 12th five year plan (2011–2015). Thus, there is a different regional treatment of industrial waste gas in China. This study considers the waste gas treatment expenditure as a new input and employs the non-radial directional distance function in the framework of the meta-frontier model to investigate the energy and emission reduction performance of China’s industrial sectors. The study is aimed at finding a significant and expanded technical gap between key and non-key regions in the energy and emission reduction efficiencies. The empirical result presents an effective method to improve the performance by increasing the emission treatment expenditure to reduce emissions.

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