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The social footprint—a practical approach to comprehensive and consistent social LCA by Weidema, Bo P.

“…Purpose The practicality of social footprinting is currently hampered by an excessive data requirement, a lack of focus on materiality of the impacts, and a…”
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Adjusting the social footprint methodology based on findings of subjective wellbeing research by Weidema, Bo P.

“…Purpose Following some years of practical application, some weaknesses have been identified in the original 2018 version of the ‘social footprint’ methodology,…”
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Attributional or consequential Life Cycle Assessment: A matter of social responsibility by Weidema, Bo P., Pizzol, Massimo, Schmidt, Jannick, Thoma, Greg

“…Results of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) are critically dependent on the system boundaries, notably the choice of attributional or consequential modelling…”
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A framework for modelling indirect land use changes in Life Cycle Assessment by Schmidt, Jannick H., Weidema, Bo P., Brandão, Miguel

“…Around 9% of global CO2 emissions originate from land use changes. Often, these emissions are not appropriately addressed in Life Cycle Assessment. The link…”
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In Search of a Consistent Solution to Allocation of Joint Production by Weidema, Bo P.

“…Summary Three consistency problems are identified that arise when partitioning a product system with joint production according to an allocation key, such as…”
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Ethylene and propylene production from steam cracking in Europe: a consequential perspective by Muñoz, Ivan, Weidema, Bo P.

“…Purpose Ethylene and propylene production is currently included in life cycle assessment (LCA) databases using an attributional life cycle inventory (LCI)…”
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Comparing Three Life Cycle Impact Assessment Methods from an Endpoint Perspective by Weidema, Bo P

“…Summary The impact assessment methods Eco‐Indicator 99 (H), Stepwise2006, and ReCiPe2008 (H) are compared with respect to the relative and absolute importance…”
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Consistency check for life cycle assessments by Weidema, Bo P.

“…Purpose This paper seeks to provide a detailed procedural description for performing a consistency check for LCA as required by the ISO 14044 standard. Methods…”
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Oxymatrine therapy inhibited epidermal cell proliferation and apoptosis in severe plaque psoriasis by Shi, H.‐J., Zhou, H., Ma, A.‐L., Wang, L., Gao, Q., Zhang, N., Song, H.‐B., Bo, K.‐P., Ma, W.

“…Summary Background Psoriasis is a chronic skin disorder that manifests as epidermal keratinocyte hyperplasia. Objectives We examined the effect of oxymatrine…”
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To what extent is the Circular Footprint Formula of the Product Environmental Footprint Guide consequential? by Schrijvers, Dieuwertje L., Loubet, Philippe, Weidema, Bo P.

“…Modelling the use or the supply of recycled materials in a product-oriented Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is challenging and a step in LCA that is typically…”
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Nutrition in the life cycle assessment of foods—function or impact? by Weidema, Bo P., Stylianou, Katerina S.

“…Purpose This work provides an unambiguous conceptual framework for inclusion of nutrition in Life Cycle Assessments (LCAs) of food that enables the distinction…”
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Estimation of the size of error introduced into consequential models by using attributional background datasets by Weidema, Bo P.

“…Purpose A systematic comparison is made of attributional and consequential results for the same products using the same unit process database, thus isolating…”
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computational structure of environmental life cycle costing by Moreau, Vincent, Weidema, Bo P

“…PURPOSE: Existing computational methods for life cycle costing (LCC) are few and appeared inconsistent with the very definition of LCC. This article improves…”
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Attributional and consequential LCA in the ILCD handbook by Ekvall, Tomas, Azapagic, Adisa, Finnveden, Göran, Rydberg, Tomas, Weidema, Bo P, Zamagni, Alessandra

“…PURPOSE: This discussion article aims to highlight two problematic aspects in the International Reference Life Cycle Data System (ILCD) Handbook: its guidance…”
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Mineral resources in life cycle impact assessment—part I: a critical review of existing methods by Sonderegger, Thomas, Berger, Markus, Alvarenga, Rodrigo, Bach, Vanessa, Cimprich, Alexander, Dewulf, Jo, Frischknecht, Rolf, Guinée, Jeroen, Helbig, Christoph, Huppertz, Tom, Jolliet, Olivier, Motoshita, Masaharu, Northey, Stephen, Rugani, Benedetto, Schrijvers, Dieuwertje, Schulze, Rita, Sonnemann, Guido, Valero, Alicia, Weidema, Bo P., Young, Steven B.

“…Purpose The safeguard subject of the Area of Protection “natural Resources,” particularly regarding mineral resources, has long been debated. Consequently, a…”
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The application of the pedigree approach to the distributions foreseen in ecoinvent v3 by Muller, Stéphanie, Lesage, Pascal, Ciroth, Andreas, Mutel, Christopher, Weidema, Bo P., Samson, Réjean

“…Purpose Data used in life cycle inventories are uncertain (Ciroth et al. Int J Life Cycle Assess 9(4):216–226, 2004 ). The ecoinvent LCI database considers…”
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Moving CNS axon growth and regeneration research into human model systems by Lear, Bo P, Moore, Darcie L

“…Axon regeneration is limited in the adult mammalian central nervous system (CNS) due to both intrinsic and extrinsic factors. Rodent studies have shown that…”
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Methodological review and detailed guidance for the life cycle interpretation phase by Laurent, Alexis, Weidema, Bo P., Bare, Jane, Liao, Xun, Maia de Souza, Danielle, Pizzol, Massimo, Sala, Serenella, Schreiber, Hanna, Thonemann, Nils, Verones, Francesca

“…Life cycle interpretation is the fourth and last phase of life cycle assessment (LCA). Being a “pivot” phase linking all other phases and the conclusions and…”
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Carbon Footprint: A Catalyst for Life Cycle Assessment? by Weidema, Bo P, Thrane, Mikkel, Christensen, Per, Schmidt, Jannick, Løkke, Søren

“…Carbon footprint is a new buzzword that has gained tremendous popularity over the last few years -- especially in the UK. Debates on the appropriate use of…”
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Activation of central galanin receptor 2 mitigated insulin resistance in adipocytes of diabetic rats by Guo, L., He, B., Fang, P., Bo, P., Zhang, Z.

“…Purpose Our and other’s studies showed that administration of neuropeptide galanin may mitigate insulin resistance via promoting glucose transporter 4 (GLUT4)…”
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