Drivers globalization

Stradling, S. G. and M. L. Meadows (2000). Highway Code and Aggressive Violations in UK Drivers. Global Web Conference on Aggressive Driving Issues. As cited by Reimer et... 

Smaller companies tend to have fewer concerns around, for example, system scalability, global WAN performance, and complex systems integration. They are rather more driven by the pure functionality of the ELN that is addressing the specific scientific disciplines of interest. Key drivers in this sector of the market have been medicinal chemistry departments, where the obvious benefits of searching existing reactions by substructure and reaction transformations, the ability to automate stoichiometry calculations, the ability to load spectral information, etc. have made for easy adoption and clear and realizable benefits. 

Other than longer-term supply issues the main driver for moving away from fossil resources is pollution. Since pre-industrial times the level of atmospheric CO2 has risen from 280 ppm to 360 ppm, and whilst some observers believe this may be a natural cycle in the Earth s history, most believe it is a direct consequence of burning fossil fuels. This additional CO2 is now thought to be the main cause of global warming via the greenhouse effect (see Box 6.1). 

The presence of water as solid, liquid, and gas is a feature that makes Earth unique in the solar system and that makes life possible as we know it. The transport of water and the energy exchanged as it is converted from one state to another are important drivers in our weather and climate. One of the key missions is to develop a better understanding of the global water cycle at a variety of scales so that we can improve model forecasts of climate trends,... 

However, as a general observation, this study demonstrated the feasibility of the integrated modeling approach to couple an environmental multimedia and a PBPK models, considering multi-exposure pathways, and thus the potential applicability of the 2-FUN tool for health risk assessment. The global sensitivity analysis effectively discovered which input parameters and exposure pathways were the key drivers of Pb concentrations in the arterial blood of adults and children. This information allows us to focus on predominant input parameters and exposure pathways, and then to improve more efficiently the performance of the modeling tool for the risk assessment. 

Trends in the use of antimicrobials by the plastics industry are reviewed with details of the market by industry, region, types of antimicrobials used, and the industry s distribution system. Also identified are manufacturers and formulators. Regulations regarding the development for new biocides are examined, and expected growth of the global plastic antimicrobial industry is forecasted, together with details of key drivers for the growth. 

Beise, M. (2004). Lead markets country-specific drivers of the global diffusion of innovations. Research Policy, 33, 997-1018. 

Compared to the global market for PE film applications (approximately 30,000 kt in 2007), the market for biodegradable polymers (65 kt in 2007 excluding loose fill applications) represents a small niche segment, which has been established over the last decade. The competitive advantages and market drivers of biodegradable polymers in specific applications are based on ... 

Levine JS, Cofer III WR, Cahoon Jr. DR, Winstead EL (1995) Biomass Burning. A Driver for Global Change. Environ Sci Technol 29 120A... 

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