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    Breaking the Cycle: A Systemic Analysis of Socio-Technical Barriers and Policy Priorities for Biomass Technology in an Emerging Economy
    (Elsevier Sci Ltd, 2026) Oztel, Ahmet; Erol, Ismail; Benli, Tolga; Ar, Ilker Murat
    This study addresses the critical challenge of slow biomass technology adoption in emerging economies, using Türkiye-with a potential of 3.9 MToe annually-as a representative case. Despite its promise for clean energy and rural development, adoption is stifled by a complex web of socio-economic and cultural barriers. Moving beyond isolated analyses, this research employs a novel Interval-Valued Picture Fuzzy Interpretive Structural Modeling and Cross-Impact Matrix Multiplication Applied to Classification approach to model the interdependencies and uncertainties among 17 key barriers identified from literature and expert input. The findings of this study provide a strategic hierarchy for policymakers, revealing that weak regulatory frameworks, gender roles, health concerns, cultural taboos around waste use, and land-use conflicts are the fundamental driving barriers that perpetuate dependent challenges such as high costs and low awareness. To break this cycle, we propose a targeted policy framework prioritizing robust regulations with financial incentives, genderinclusive training programs, public health campaigns, and community-based ownership models. These interventions offer a systemic roadmap to accelerate sustainable biomass adoption, directly supporting progress towards UN Sustainable Development Goals 7 (Affordable and Clean Energy), 12 (Responsible Consumption), and 13 (Climate Action) in Türkiye and similar emerging economies where comparable socio-technical conditions prevail.
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    Analysis of Innovation-Based Human Resources for Sustainable Development
    (Elsevier Science Bv, 2015) Bircan, Ismail; Gencler, Funda
    The spread of innovation-based human resources will accelerate by the emergence of new business areas, knowledge, skills, and expansion of high value-added production. A research, analyzing a survey of the world's largest 500 companies indicates that 80 % of the value of a company was to create tangible assets 40 years ago whereas, today, large companies constitute 80 % of their values to property rights and high-quality of human resources. The analysis made by the OECD for countries such as USA, France, Denmark, Germany and other OECD members indicates that a relationship has been found between human resources that has grown in the field of science-technology and the development in technology and innovation. On the other hand, technical innovation has been emphasized as an important factor in human resources management. The number of studies conducted in the subjects of technological and overall innovation, human resources management and entrepreneurship has increased in recent years. In this study, innovation-based human resources analysis employed by Western and Far East Asian countries will be analysed through content analysis and the subject will be evaluated in terms of Turkey. In this study, the linear relationship between sustainable development and innovation-based human resources will be investigated. Through multiple analysis methods, innovation-based human resources analysis will be handled especially in developing countries. Training of human resources in this context will be an important opportunity for future as in the example of Japan and South Korea. This research represents a significant analysis of data carefully studied through OECD and other international resources. (C) 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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    Enhancing Sustainable Machining of Inconel 718 Using Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes and TiO2based Nanofluid Minimum Quantity Lubrication
    (Elsevier B.V., 2025) Namlu, Ramazan Hakkı; Kaftanoĝlu, Bılgın
    Inconel 718 is extensively utilized especially in the aerospace sector due to its outstanding resistance to creep and corrosion, along with its capability to maintain strength at high temperatures. However, its high work hardening rate and low thermal conductivity present significant challenges in machining processes, including the need for extensive use of coolants, shortened tool life, and the necessity for post-processing operations for adequate surface quality, all of which hinder sustainable manufacturing. To address these issues, an innovative cooling/lubrication method, Nanofluid Minimum Quantity Lubrication (NMQL), aims to enhance the sustainable machining of Inconel 718 by minimizing these problems. NMQL involves the aerosolized delivery of nanoparticle-enriched nanofluid oil with compressed air to the cutting zone. In this way, NMQL utilizes the nanoparticles' cooling and lubrication abilities, resulting in lower cutting forces, reduced surface roughness, and decreased tool wear compared to other cooling/lubrication conditions, thereby improving machining performance. This study compares the performance of NMQL in terms of cutting forces, surface roughness and topography, and subsurface microhardness, using Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes (MWCNT) and TiO2nanoparticles, with Conventional Cutting Fluids (CCF), aiming to achieve more sustainable machining of Inconel 718. Also, a sustainability assessment was done using Pugh Matrix Approach in order to find the most sustainable cooling option. © 2025 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.