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Environmental Sustainability: The Emerging Issues in India's Textile Sector

Hasanuzzaman; Bhar, Chandan - In: International Journal of Social Ecology and Sustainable … 8 (2017) 4, pp. 48-60

air, water, land and soil. The pollution impact of wet processing and fiber production is very detrimental to the … Indian textile industry and provide necessary suggestions. It is found from the study that pollution impact from fiber … formation and wet processing of textiles is spread beyond shop floor but pollution impact of yarn formation and fabric formation …

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Building Resilience Through Effective Disaster Management: An Information Ecology Perspective

Sakurai, Mihoko; Thapa, Devinder - In: International Journal of Information Systems for Crisis … 9 (2017) 1, pp. 11-26

studies from Japan and Nepal to illustrate how an ecosystem works during a disaster. The theoretical framework of information …

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Effectiveness of Social Media in Disaster Fundraising: Mobilizing the Public towards Voluntary Actions

Okada, Aya; Ishida, Yu; Yamauchi, Naoto - In: International Journal of Public Administration in the … 4 (2017) 1, pp. 49-68

takes the case of earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear threat that struck Japan in 2011 to examine whether the use of social …

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Policy Narratives in Formation of Comprehensive Support System for Parenting and Child Care in Japan

Takahashi, Mutsuko - In: International Journal of Public and Private … 2 (2018) 1, pp. 22-32

of comprehensive support for child-rearing generations in Japan. There have been anticipated effects of the decline in … comprehensive system for parenting and childcare in Japan. …

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Ideological Construction of Environment and Its Relationship With Japanese Society, Culture, and Politics

Merviö, Mika Markus - In: International Journal of Public and Private … 2 (2018) 1, pp. 59-68

contemporary Japan and there are, for instance, examples of universities that have scaled down their environmental studies programs …

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On Being Lost: Evaluating Spatial Recognition in a Virtual Environment

Vallance, Michael; Sasaki, Tomohiro - In: International Journal of Virtual and Augmented Reality … 2 (2018) 2, pp. 38-58

People who have a poor sense of direction are called 方向オンチ (houkou-onchi) in Japanese. What makes those people houkou-onchi? What are the differences between people who get lost and others? In an attempt to answer these questions, three applications were developed using virtual reality...

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Misperception of Economic Terms: Evidence From a Choice Experiment in Japan

Sato, Masayuki; Jung, SeEun; Nakamoto, Yasuhiro; … - In: International Journal of Applied Behavioral Economics … 7 (2018) 2, pp. 1-14

Using original internet-based survey data which was collected in Japan, the authors estimate the parameters of the …

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Consciousness of Spending on Children's Sports Activities in a Community Sports Club in Japan: Clarifying Parents' Internal Reference Price

Bizen, Yoshifumi; Kishida, Keisuke; Nogi, Shoji; … - In: International Journal of Asian Business and Information … 9 (2018) 1, pp. 13-22

In recent years, comprehensive community sports clubs have offering several kinds of sports classes for children. However, there are no clear criteria about the prices charged for these classes. At the same time, to meet members' satisfaction levels, it is very important for managers of...

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A Comparative Analysis of the Cyberattacks Against Estonia, the United States, and Ukraine: Exemplifying the Evolution of Internet-Supported Warfare

Boyte, Kenneth J. - In: International Journal of Cyber Warfare and Terrorism (IJCWT) 7 (2017) 2, pp. 54-69

This comparative international case study of cyber warfare provides a context for considering the evolution of cyber technologies as elements of hybrid warfare capable of creating confusion, disrupting communications, and impacting physical infrastructure (such as power grids and satellite-based...

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Medicaid Expansion: Policy Impact on Home and Community-Based Services

Schmeida, Mary; McNeal, Ramona - In: International Journal of Public and Private … 2 (2018) 2, pp. 42-53

U.S. longevity is placing a demand on long-term care services for the impaired and elderly. Medicaid is the primary insurance program in funding costly long-term care for the aged poor. As a major health reform law, the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Public Law 111-148, gives...

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