environmental disclosure, stakeholder expectations, stakeholder analysis, environmental accounting, disclosure strategy, Taiwan,

PurposeThis study aims to discuss the impact that environmental consciousness and green intellectual capital had on competitive advantage. The study adopted green intellectual capital as an intervening variable to gain insight into how environmental consciousness indirectly affects competitive advantage.Design/methodology/approachA questionnaire survey on the environmental consciousness and intellectual capital management of Taiwan's manufacturing firms was conducted, and 227 samples were analyzed. The research model investigates the relevant relationships among the constructs by using a structural equation modelling approach.FindingsResearch results reveal that environmental consciousness had an indirect impact on competitive advantage through investment in green intellectual capital. It was thus known that green intellectual capital is a mediator of the relationship between environmental consciousness and competitive advantage.Originality/valueThis paper may serve as a reference for firms mapping out future environmental policies and provide an input of various perspectives and arguments into the discipline of green management.

The presence of antioxidants in spices, specifically Rosemary and sage, is well known. However, the extracts of such spices usually have a strong odor and bitter taste and therefore cannot be used in most food products. This paper reports a patented process for the extraction of Rosemary and sage followed by a vacuum steam distillation of the extract in an edible oil or fat to obtain a bland natural antioxidant. Fractionation and characterization of the active antioxidant ingredient in the extract of Rosemary and sage is also reported.

A new method of determining the thickness of mare basalts on the Moon is introduced that is made possible by high‐resolution gravity data acquired from NASA's Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) mission. Using a localized multitaper spherical‐harmonic analysis, an effective density spectrum is calculated that provides an estimate of the average crustal density as a function of spherical harmonic degree. By comparing the observed effective density spectrum with one generated from a theoretical model, the thickness of mare basalts can be constrained. We assume that the grain density of the basalts is known from remote sensing data and petrologic considerations, we assign a constant porosity to the basalts, and we let both the thickness of the basalts and the density of the underlying crust vary. Using this method, the total thickness of basalts was estimated on the nearside hemisphere, yielding an average of 0.74 km with 1σ upper and lower bounds of 1.62 km and 100 m, respectively. The region of Marius Hills, which is a long‐lived volcanic complex, is found to have the thickest basalts, with an average of 2.86 km and 1σ limits of 3.65 and 1.02 km, respectively. The crust beneath the Mare Imbrium basalts is found to have an atypically high density of about 3000 kg m−3 that we interpret as representing a mafic, unfractured, impact melt sheet.

Sophoraflavanone C, a C-8 geranylflavanone natural product originally isolated from Echinosophora koreensis, has been synthesized in racemic form in six steps, starting from 2,4, 6-trihydroxyacetophenone and 2,4-dihydroxybenzaldehyde.

A series of ketone-N(4)-substituted thiosemicarbazone (TSC) compounds (L1-L9) and their corresponding [(η(6)-p-cymene)Ru(II)(TSC)Cl](+/0) complexes (1-9) were synthesized and characterized by NMR, IR, elemental analysis, and HR-ESI-mass spectrometry. The molecular structures of L4, L9, 1-6, and 9 were determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis. The compounds were further evaluated for their in vitro antiproliferative activities against the SGC-7901 human gastric cancer, BEL-7404 human liver cancer, and HEK-293T noncancerous cell lines. Furthermore, the interactions of the compounds with DNA were followed by electrophoretic mobility spectrometry studies.

Biothiols, a vital branch of reactive sulfur species (RSS) family, are indispensable in human physiology. However, the exact functional roles of each biothiol involved in complicated physiological activities are still not fully clarified. A critical barrier is a lack of robust molecular tools which can simultaneously visualize different biothiols with distinct emission signals. Herein, the first lysosome-targetable fluorescent probe, Lyso-RC, which could respond to Cys/ Hcy, GSH, and H 2 S with different sets of signal patterns was developed. Lyso-RC responds to Cys/Hcy, GSH, and H 2 S with the fluorescence signal patterns of blue-red, green-red, and red, respectively. Significantly, Lyso-RC is capable of discriminating lysosomal Cys/Hcy, GSH, and H 2 S in HeLa cells.

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