A Perspective Review on Green Nanotechnology in Agro-Ecosystems: Opportunities for Sustainable Agricultural Practices & Environmental Remediation

The modern agricultural system is facing the unprecedented task of contriving the extensive demand for agrarian production owing to population explosion and global climate change. The employment of Nanotechnology in agriculture has gained immense interest in recent times for the development of sustainable agricultural technologies and environmental remediation strategies. Nanotechnology pertains to the employment of nanoparticles and furnishes the potential to fabricate novel materials and products possessing improved quality. The nanomaterials may be used as; nanosensors, nanocides, nanofertilizers, nanobarcodes, and nano-remediators, which play a significant role in modern agricultural practices. However, the physical and chemical processes of nanoparticle production is neither economical nor environmentally sustainable. Therefore, the need for green or biogenic nanoparticles obtained from plants, bacteria, fungi or their metabolites has emerged as novel, sustainable, economical, biocompatible, and eco-friendly technology. In this perspective, the production and sources of biogenic nanoparticles and their implication in agro-ecosystems for crop productivity, soil health management, biocontrol, and environmental remediation have been focused on in this review. The potential development and implementation challenges are also explored.O

The mediating role of workplace incivility on the relationship between organizational culture and employee productivity: a systematic review

This theoretical review explores the intricate relationship between Denison’s organizational culture and worker productivity within the context of municipalities, with a specific focus on workplace incivility as a potential mediator. Denison’s model, encompassing four key cultural traits - involvement, consistency, adaptability, and mission - provides a comprehensive framework for understanding how organizational culture impacts various organizational outcomes. The main goal of this review is to introduce the conceptual model framework that suggests the connections between the dimensions of Denison’s organizational culture and employee productivity as well as workplace incivility. The effect of Denison’s organizational culture on the productivity of municipal workers will be explored. By combining existing theoretical perspectives and empirical evidence, this study aims to offer a comprehensive understanding of how each dimension of Denison’s model interacts with and influences productivity through incivility in the distinct settings of municipal organizations. Furthermore, this review contributes to both theoretical and practical domains by enhancing our understanding of how Denison organizational culture manifests in municipal settings and its subsequent influence on worker productivity. Moreover, it furnishes a comprehensive insight into workplace incivility, presenting theoretical arguments and substantiating evidence. The discourse advocates for the vigilant monitoring, effective management, and elimination of adaptable organizational cultural practices within municipalities. These efforts are proposed to not only mitigate workplace incivility but also foster an environment conducive to heightened employee performance and productivity

Statistical behavior of the European Energy Exchange-Zero Carbon Freight Index (EEX-ZCFI) assessments in the context of Carbon Emissions Fraction Analysis (CEFA)

Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions through freight transportation have received growing concerns and are one of the critical issues for the United Nation's Sustainability Development Goals (SDGs). The literature survey reveals that freight transportation makes up global GHG emissions and its carbon emissions may double by 2050. In European Union (EU) carbon taxes are a promising way to reduce CO2Carbon di oxide and other GHG emissions. The European Energy Exchange (EEX) recently launched its new Zero Carbon Freight Index (ZCFI). EEX-ZCFI provides the first insight into how much the price of carbon will add to freight costs. This work developed the analysis of a ZCFI using a statistical model (i.e. GARCH and FBM) with the intention of offering a reference for understating the wide-range ramifications of such indices. Preprocessing methods (descriptive statistics, unit root test, and an ARCH effect test) are performed to verify the validity of the GARCH (1,1) model for forecasting volatility. This work employs the EEX-ZCFI time series for January 2020 to August 2022. To further examine the carbon freight indices, a Ljung-Box test method based on the GARCH model was applied. The bootstrapped returns are forming a linear relation with the forecast data; therefore, it concluded that the model designed strongly fits with the time series. With GARCH optimal model parameters we have forecasted the carbon freight index time series data and hypothetically examined the influence on the carbon emission with C5TC time series, which can also be applied in the Asia-pacific region