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    IntechOpen | IntechOpen
    Publication Date: 2024-03-07
    Description: This book offers a comprehensive overview of recent developments in the field of obesity. The chapters are authored by prominent scholars in the field with direct knowledge, through practice and research, of the real-world problems associated with obesity. Chapters address such topics as obesity in children, stigmatization of people with obesity, metabolic effects of obesity, recent advances in pharmacology and surgical interventions for obesity, and more.
    Keywords: inflammation ; oxidative stress ; energy ; metabolism ; neurodegeneration ; leptin ; bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MJ Clinical & internal medicine::MJG Endocrinology
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    Springer Nature | Palgrave Macmillan
    Publication Date: 2024-04-07
    Description: This open access book focuses on the energy sector and will make a significant contribution to its continued evolution. For many years, the energy sector has been missing a raison d’etre and now finally there are increased calls for that to be justice. Hence, this book will develop the concept of energy justice and how it needs to be formalised in a new ‘social contract’ with all stakeholders in society. The focus will be on improving legal systems at local, national and international levels while ensuring that justice is a core issue within energy law, the legal system and more broadly in society.
    Keywords: energy policy ; energy justice ; energy ; energy governance ; energy law ; social contract ; low-carbon energy technology ; energy life-cycle ; thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHB Sociology ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general ; thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RG Geography::RGC Human geography
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-11
    Description: Green computing involves developing, designing, engineering, producing, using, and disposing of computing modules and devices to reduce environmental hazards and pollution. Green computing technologies are crucial for protecting the planet from environmental hazards and pollution. This book presents new subjects and innovations in green computing technologies and in green computing and electronics industries. Chapters address such topics as green wearable sensors, variable renewable energy, managing energy consumption using the Internet of Things (IoT) and big data, using forest waste to produce biofuel and biodiesel, green computing in ophthalmological practice, and much more.
    Keywords: agriculture ; renewable energy ; biodiversity ; energy ; big data ; iot ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TQ Environmental science, engineering and technology::TQD Environmental monitoring
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-11
    Description: Solar energy is a significant renewable energy source that is abundant and environmentally friendly. Solar PV Panels – Recent Advances and Future Prospects provides a comprehensive overview of solar photovoltaic (PV) panels for direct electric power production. Chapters address such topics as fundamentals of solar PV panels; modeling, simulations, optimization, and economics of solar panels; solar panels testing; semiconductor materials for solar cells and panels; solar PV applications and policies; and solar PV and battery storage sizing for stand-alone and grid-connected applications.
    Keywords: solar cells ; renewable energy ; energy ; cfd ; 2d materials ; solar energy ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TH Energy technology and engineering::THV Alternative and renewable energy sources and technology
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    Publication Date: 2024-01-18
    Description: A clear understanding of socio-technical interdependencies and a structured vision are prerequisites for fostering and steering a transition to a fully renewables-based energy system. To facilitate such understanding, a phase model for the renewable energy (RE) transition in MENA countries has been developed and applied to the country case of Morocco. It is designed to support the strategy development and governance of the energy transition and to serve as a guide for decision makers. Such a phase model could be shared widely as part of Morocco's engagement in international platforms of multilateral collaboration, such as the Energy Transition Council (chaired by the United Kingdom (UK) and managed by the British Embassy - Rabat). The analysis shows that Morocco has fully embarked on the energy transition. According to the MENA phase model, Morocco can be classified as being in the second phase "System Integration of Renewables". Nevertheless, Morocco plans to considerably increase the use of natural gas in order to back up intermittent solar and wind energy sources. The diversification of energy sources and a diverse portfolio of storage options, including solar thermal power and hydrogen, can foster flexibility options. To this end, a roadmap for power-to-X (PtX) should be considered for a smooth transition of the Moroccan energy supply and demand system. The expansion of local REs can significantly contribute to reducing Morocco's high fossil fuel imports that are causing a high fiscal burden. With this regard, energy security can be strengthened. Next to large-scale deployment, decentralisation of the energy system must be built to encourage an energy transition on all societal levels. The results of the analysis along the transition phase model towards 100% RE are intended to stimulate and support the discussion on Morocco's future energy system by providing an overarching guiding vision for energy transition and the development of appropriate policies.
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    Publication Date: 2024-01-26
    Description: Green hydrogen and synthetic fuels are increasingly recognized as a key strategic element for the progress of the global energy transition. The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, with its large wind and solar potential, is well positioned to generate renewable energy at low cost for the production of green hydrogen and synthetic fuels, and is therefore considered as a potential future producer and exporter. Yet, while solar and wind energy potentials are essential, other factors are expected to play an equally important role for the development of green hydrogen and synthetic fuels (export) sectors. This includes, in particular, adequate industrial capacities and infrastructures. These preconditions vary from country to country, and while they have been often mentioned in the discussion on green hydrogen exports, they have only been examined to a limited extent. This paper employs a case study approach to assess the existing infrastructural and industrial conditions in Jordan, Morocco, and Oman for the development of a green hydrogen and downstream synthetic fuel (export) sector.
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    Publication Date: 2024-02-23
    Description: The establishment of the Leveraging a Climate-neutral Society–strategic Research Network (LCS–RNet) (then named the International Research Network for Low Carbon Societies) was proposed at the Group of Eight (G8) Environment Ministers’ Meeting in 2008. Its 12th annual meeting in December 2021 focused on the discussion on how to transition into a just and sustainable society and how to reduce the risks associated with the transition. This requires comprehensive studies including on the concept of transition, pathways to net-zero societies and how to realise the pathways by collaborating with various stakeholders. This Special Feature provides new insights into sustainability science by linking the scientific knowledge with practical science for the transition through the exploration of studies presented at the annual meeting. Following the opening paper, "A challenge for sustainability science: can we halt climate change?", a wide range of topics were discussed, including practices for sustainable transformation in the Erasmus University, practices in industry, energy transition and international cooperation.
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-05
    Description: This paper examines the current and prospective greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of e-fuels produced via electrolysis and Fischer-Tropsch synthesis (FTS) for the years 2021, 2030, and 2050 for use in Germany. The GHG emissions are determined by a scenario approach as a combination of a literature-based top-down and bottom-up approach. Considered process steps are the provision of feedstocks, electrolysis (via solid oxide co-electrolysis; SOEC), synthesis (via Fischer-Tropsch synthesis; FTS), e-crude refining, eventual transport to, and use in Germany. The results indicate that the current GHG emissions for e-fuel production in the exemplary export countries Saudi Arabia and Chile are above those of conventional fuels. Scenarios for the production in Germany lead to current GHG emissions of 2.78-3.47 kgCO2-eq/L e-fuel in 2021 as the reference year and 0.064-0.082 kgCO2-eq/L e-fuel in 2050. With a share of 58-96%, according to the respective scenario, the electrolysis is the main determinant of the GHG emissions in the production process. The use of additional renewable energy during the production process in combination with direct air capture (DAC) are the main leverages to reduce GHG emissions.
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-05
    Description: Direct air capture (DAC) combined with subsequent storage (DACCS) is discussed as one promising carbon dioxide removal option. The aim of this paper is to analyse and comparatively classify the resource consumption (land use, renewable energy and water) and costs of possible DAC implementation pathways for Germany. The paths are based on a selected, existing climate neutrality scenario that requires the removal of 20 Mt of carbon dioxide (CO2) per year by DACCS from 2045. The analysis focuses on the so-called "low-temperature" DAC process, which might be more advantageous for Germany than the "high-temperature" one. In four case studies, we examine potential sites in northern, central and southern Germany, thereby using the most suitable renewable energies for electricity and heat generation. We show that the deployment of DAC results in large-scale land use and high energy needs. The land use in the range of 167-353 km2 results mainly from the area required for renewable energy generation. The total electrical energy demand of 14.4 TWh per year, of which 46% is needed to operate heat pumps to supply the heat demand of the DAC process, corresponds to around 1.4% of Germany's envisaged electricity demand in 2045. 20 Mt of water are provided yearly, corresponding to 40% of the city of Cologne's water demand (1.1 million inhabitants). The capture of CO2 (DAC) incurs levelised costs of 125-138 EUR per tonne of CO2, whereby the provision of the required energy via photovoltaics in southern Germany represents the lowest value of the four case studies. This does not include the costs associated with balancing its volatility. Taking into account transporting the CO2 via pipeline to the port of Wilhelmshaven, followed by transporting and sequestering the CO2 in geological storage sites in the Norwegian North Sea (DACCS), the levelised costs increase to 161-176 EUR/tCO2. Due to the longer transport distances from southern and central Germany, a northern German site using wind turbines would be the most favourable.
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-25
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-25
    Description: As society's reliance on software systems escalates over time, so too does the cost of failure of these systems. Meanwhile, the complexity of software systems, as well as of their designs, is also ever-increasing, influenced by the proliferation of new tools and technologies to address intended societal needs. The traditional response to this complexity in software engineering and software architecture has been to apply rationalistic approaches to software design through methods and tools for capturing design rationale and evaluating various design options against a set of criteria. However, research from other fields demonstrates that intuition may also hold benefits for making complex design decisions. All humans, including software designers, use intuition and rationality in varying combinations. The aim of this article is to provide a comprehensive overview of what is known and unknown from existing research regarding the use and performance consequences of using intuition and rationality in software design decision-making. To this end, a systematic literature review has been conducted, with an initial sample of 3909 unique publications and a final sample of 26 primary studies. We present an overview of existing research, based on the literature concerning intuition and rationality use in software design decision-making and propose a research agenda with 14 questions that should encourage researchers to fill identified research gaps. This research agenda emphasizes what should be investigated to be able to develop support for the application of the two cognitive processes in software design decision-making.
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    Publication Date: 2024-05-23
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    Publication Date: 2024-05-23
    Description: The steel industry is responsible for eight per cent of global CO2 emissions. As more than seven out of ten of today's coal-fired blast furnaces are due to be refurbished or replaced in the 2020s, there is a key window of opportunity to shift to low-emission production methods before the end of this decade. The analysis by Agora Industry, Wuppertal Institute and Lund University assesses eight potential breakthrough technologies in terms of their market readiness, cost and impact on emissions. The methods analysed include the use of hydrogen to produce direct reduced iron, scrap-based electric arc furnaces, electrolysis and the implementation of carbon capture in existing coal-fired facilities. While some of these technologies can already be deployed today to kick-start the market for green steel, others will take more time to reach technological maturity, but show promise in the long-term. A third group may never turn into adequate solutions for decarbonising the steel sector. In their analysis, the scientists conclude that scrap and hydrogen-based methods hold the biggest promise for companies aiming to make the switch this decade. By contrast, retrofitting existing coal-based facilities with carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology entails the biggest economic and environmental risk, the authors find. Regardless of the technologies chosen, appropriate regulatory frameworks, international cooperation, and targeted incentives are necessary to boost demand for green steel and promote its production. At the same time, such measures can help steer manufacturers away from costly technological dependencies.
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    Publication Date: 2024-05-31
    Description: Education for Sustainable Development requires raising individuals' awareness of problems relevant to the environment. We designed a Generative Toolkit that supports industrial design students carrying out a Speculative Design task and through this process initiates greater problem awareness of low metal recycling rates. In this paper we give insights into the Toolkit's theoretical derivation and the design process. Findings from testing suggest that there are several opportunities for improvement, such as considering further content-related competencies in the Toolkit's design.
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    Publication Date: 2024-05-13
    Description: The steel and chemical production industries are the largest industrial emitters of greenhouse gases in the European Union, together accounting for half of the EU’s industrial greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. A promising strategy for achieving deep GHG emissions reductions is the electrification of these two industries, which would depend on the rapid expansion of renewable electricity supply. Such electrification can be direct, where electrical appliances replace fossil fuel powered ones, or indirect, using renewable hydrogen produced from water by electricity. Both methods of electrification represent a systemic shift for these industrial systems and require a major wave of investment into new process technologies, as well as access to renewable electricity and green hydrogen. Old industrial structures could become stranded as a consequence of shifting energy and feedstock supply in this way. The thesis focuses geographically on the major region for EU steel and chemical production: the area between the two North Sea ports of Antwerp and Rotterdam in the west and the Rhine-Ruhr area in the east. It studies the technical and economic feasibility of electrification in the steel and chemical production industries (specifically petrochemicals), followed by an analysis of the impact on locational factors and possible spatial reconfigurations of the production system. The analysis builds on scenario methodology with extensive stakeholder engagement and uses different quantitative bottom-up models developed during several projects. To accelerate and facilitate the transformation of the two focal industries in the region, the thesis identifies strategic options for policy makers, steel and petrochemical companies, as well as for infrastructure providers such as port authorities and network operators. The results obtained demonstrate the feasibility of electrification and its potential to play a crucial role in the defossilised production of steel and petrochemicals, even in a region with a relatively low renewable electricity potential (such as the one studied). The transformation requires a hydrogen infrastructure for steel and petrochemical clusters and increased circularity, especially in the petrochemical industry. Some production steps in the value chain, such as iron making or chemical feedstock production, will have strong incentives to relocate (either partially or fully). However, other factors, such as the benefits of existing assets and the advantages of vertical integration in existing clusters, may discourage the total relocation of entire production chains.
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    Publication Date: 2024-06-07
    Description: Over 175 million Nigerians rely on the use of traditional biomass for cooking, and it is estimated that more than 128,000 people died in Nigeria in 2019 from household air pollution related to these fuels. There is currently a gap in the study of possible pathways to meet Nigeria's goals in clean cooking and in understanding the health and climate impacts that different pathways can bring about. We explore clean cooking access scenarios for Nigeria until 2060 under a business-as-usual scenario, a moderate climate mitigation scenario, and an ambitious transformative scenario. We carry out a disaggregation at the state level for the period up to 2030 to better guide shorter-term policy development. Our analysis shows that under an ambitious scenario where 85 million households achieve access to clean cooking by 2060, annual premature deaths due to exposure to household air pollution would decrease by 7 % compared to 2018 levels. A baseline scenario, on the other hand, sees a dramatic 77 % increase, resulting in 209,000 people dying prematurely, of which 94,000 children under 5. Furthermore, we find that woodfuel removals from forestland would lead to a tripling of carbon dioxide emissions from land use change, reaching 602 Mt CO2 by 2060. Our findings stress the vital importance of a clean cooking transition in Nigeria and underline the urgent need for immediate acceleration in national efforts regarding access to clean cooking for all.
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    Publication Date: 2024-07-03
    Description: The implementation of the circular economy is crucial to combat climate change especially in energy- and carbon-intensive sectors like the steel industry. It requires the environmental assessment of circular interventions to steel products to ensure that they are in line with targets of the circular economy - increase of resource efficiency and sustainability. Based on previous case studies and established methodologies, an environmental assessment framework is suggested and applied. It comprises a Material Flow Analysis to quantify selected mass-based indicators to evaluate the parameters of circular economy, as well as a Life Cycle Assessment to quantify the difference of the environmental impact. The application to a case study in the metalworking industries shows that the implementation of repurposing to a machining knife and hand tools contributes to all circular economy strategies - narrowing, slowing, and closing. At first, however, the circular intervention did not lead to a reduction of the environmental impact. It was found that the optimization of share of secondary material, energy mix, grinding, and transportation can lower the environmental impact of the circular compared to the conventional product system. Considering the increased product functionality, the environmental performance of the circular product system is superior. The study shows the importance of integrating assessment methods covering the resource level and environmental sustainability since focusing only on the resource efficiency can be misleading. At the same time, it stresses the need to apply environmental assessments in the product development stage to design environmentally sustainable and resource-efficient product systems.
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    MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
    Publication Date: 2023-03-07
    Description: This reprint is mainly aimed at economists involved in the energy market. Energy market processes have an enormous impact on people's day-to-day economic activities. The economics of sustainability leads the way in theorizing how best to prevent environmental degradation whilst also fostering positive economic development. For these reasons, the focus of this reprint is mainly on pollution and the energy transition. Works on energy resources and future-oriented solutions that reduce the consumption of classical energy resources are explored in the reprint. Papers relating to contemporary accounting and the stock market are also presented. The geographical area of the works showcased here essentially covers the entire eastern hemisphere of the globe (Asia, Africa and Europe). They are mainly empirical studies, although in one case a bibliometric analysis is included.
    Keywords: energy market ; stock market ; mood ; emotions ; weather ; causality ; industry ; renewable energy ; CO2 emissions ; Sub-Saharan Africa ; pollution charges ; green technology innovation ; industrial enterprise ; heterogeneity analysis ; oil prices ; inflation ; exchange rate ; goodwill ; impairment of goodwill ; quality of financial statements ; energy sector ; mining ; fuel ; disclosures of financial information ; nearly zero-energy housing ; NZEB ; barriers ; perceptions ; housing professionals ; sustainability transition ; energy ; green indicators ; blue indicators ; carbon neutrality ; nonlinear ARDL ; European Union ; sustainable energy development ; energy transformation ; energy strategy ; taxonomical analysis ; ranking ; TOPSIS method ; renewable energy transition ; non-euro area ; panel data ; Granger causality ; VECM ; human capital ; CO2 emission ; FDI ; technological innovation ; carbon emission efficiency ; carbon emission ; renewable energy sources ; government regulations ; subsidy programmes ; prosumers ; micro-installations ; regression discontinuity design ; green taxes ; greenhouse gas emissions ; indicators of reduction in greenhouse gas emissions ; sustainable development ; green energy ; innovation ; trends ; bibliometric analysis ; bic Book Industry Communication::G Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research & information: general ; bic Book Industry Communication::P Mathematics & science::PS Biology, life sciences ; bic Book Industry Communication::T Technology, engineering, agriculture
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    Publication Date: 2023-02-02
    Description: The sustainable development of our planet depends on the use of energy. The increasing world population inevitably causes an increase in the demand for energy, which, on the one hand, threatens us with the potential to encounter a shortage of energy supply, and, on the other hand, causes the deterioration of the environment. Therefore, our task is to reduce this demand through different innovative solutions (i.e., both technological and social). Social marketing and economic policies can also play their role by affecting the behavior of households and companies and by causing behavioral change oriented to energy stewardship, with an overall switch to renewable energy resources. This reprint provides a platform for the exchange of a wide range of ideas, which, ultimately, would facilitate driving societies toward long-term energy efficiency.
    Keywords: natural resources ; globalization ; energy ; nonparametric causality in quantiles ; energy security ; power market ; near-zero emission technologies ; oxy-fuel combustion cycles ; emission rights sales mechanism ; economic assessment ; Oil Companies ; innovations ; investments in R&amp ; D ; forecasting the Innovation activities ; industry 4.0 ; Agenda 2030 ; sustainable human development ; measuring development ; energy sustainability ; indirect measurement ; composed indexes ; forecasting ; linear regression ; planning ; polynomial regression ; power supply ; green building ; housing projects management ; sustainable construction ; renewable energy sources ; real estate developers ; deviation ; energy dependence ; energy efficiency management ; energy saving ; cost ; risk limit ; energy industry ; energy supply ; energy intensity ; energy efficiency ; energy industry risks ; dilemma ; development ; Kazakhstan ; energy transitions ; Latin America ; power system ; sustainability ; economic growth ; pollution ; renewable energy ; oil and gas industry ; investments ; rating ; competitiveness ; financial analysis ; risk ; profitability ; merchandising technologies ; correlation ; scenario ; social development ; optimization ; investment ; financial portfolio ; financial leverage ; integral rating ; industry rating ; high-tech company ; decision-making ; minimax ; bic Book Industry Communication::G Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research & information: general ; bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KC Economics::KCN Environmental economics
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-30
    Description: This reprint is a Special Issue titled "Innovative Economic Technologies and Policies in the Energy Sector" that was published in Energies.
    Keywords: financial analysis ; energy holdings ; financial strategy ; environment ; Minimax ; dynamic ranges ; multivalued dynamic series ; Hausdorff distances ; approximation model ; constraint ; financial market ; integral index ; competitive advantage ; investments ; share distribution ; optimization model ; minimax ; hierarchical analysis ; circular convolution ; blockchain ; case study ; internet of things (IoT) ; natural gas ; engineering ; green economy ; greenhouse gases ; cross-border carbon regulation ; taxes ; distributed energy ; electric power industry ; alternative energy sources ; actor ; modeling ; technological and value audit ; oil and petroleum products market ; economic development ; oil companies ; tax expenditures ; tax incentives ; energy sector ; scale of tax expenditures ; European Union ; oil ; renewable energy ; coal ; economic growth ; gross domestic product ; ordinary least squares ; fixed effect ; selection effect ; econometrics ; gretl software ; state audit ; climate policy ; institutional projects ; energy ; forward contract ; nodal pricing ; Cournot ; market power ; market structure ; thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCM Development economics and emerging economies
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    Publication Date: 2023-09-05
    Description: Malnutrition is the specific condition produced by the intake of too few macronutrients, too many macronutrients (obesity), or inordinate amounts of inappropriate substances such as alcohol. Globally, malnutrition is a major nutritional disorder, especially in developing economies. Poor dietary habits and imbalanced nutrient intake result in adverse consequences on normal body functionality. This book highlights the major causes of malnutrition and how to overcome this problem. Chapters address such topics as energy metabolism and balance, diagnosis of malnutrition, negative effects of malnutrition, sugar and its impact on health, malnutrition in the elderly and children, and much more.
    Keywords: public health ; undernutrition ; cancer ; inflammation ; energy ; metabolism ; bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MB Medicine: general issues::MBN Public health & preventive medicine::MBNH Personal & public health::MBNH3 Dietetics & nutrition
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    Publication Date: 2023-03-07
    Description: Fresh fruit and vegetables are considered as essential components of a healthy human diet, due to their pleasant taste and rich nutrients. However, fruits and vegetables are characterized by production seasonality, regionality, and perishability, which greatly affect the acceptance of consumers and increase the challenges of their post-harvest storage and preservation. A plurality of preservation technologies, including chemical treatment (calcium chloride, 1-methylcyclopropene, salicylic acid, etc.), physical methods (low-temperature conditioning, controlled atmosphere storage, ultraviolet-C irradiation, etc.), and biotechnology (such as genetic engineering technology) have been applied to maintain storage quality and to extend the storage life of fresh fruit and vegetables in recent years. Developing advanced preservation techniques to prolong the storage life of fruit and vegetables is of importance for improving social and economic benefits. Therefore, we invited authors to contribute original research articles and review articles focused on the innovative preservation technology of fresh produce, addressing storage problems, such as post-harvest quality deterioration caused by senescence, physiological disorders, and disease, to extend the shelf-life of fresh produce and reduce post-harvest loss.
    Keywords: tomato ; bacteriocin ; soft rot ; biocontrol ; vegetable preservation ; loquat fruit ; calcium chloride ; chilling injury ; reactive oxygen species ; ascorbate–glutathione cycle ; chive ; senescence ; quality ; antioxidant capacity ; amino acids ; organosulfur compounds ; peptide PAF56 ; citrus fruit ; changes cell structure ; spores ; membrane permeability ; acetic acid ; decontamination ; lactic acid ; pitaya fruit ; p-Anisaldehyde ; reactive oxygen species (ROS) ; AsA-GSH cycle ; antioxidant activity ; ripening ; enzymatic activities ; anthracnose ; shelf-life ; cold shock ; MAP ; cucumber ; storage ; VOCs ; photodynamic inactivation (PDI) ; antimicrobial ; biofilm ; fresh-cut pakchoi ; preservation ; hydrogen sulfide ; antioxidant enzyme ; energy ; proline ; n/a ; bic Book Industry Communication::T Technology, engineering, agriculture::TB Technology: general issues ; bic Book Industry Communication::T Technology, engineering, agriculture::TB Technology: general issues::TBX History of engineering & technology
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-28
    Description: This reprint is a comprehensive compilation of research on new urban mobility. It contains proprietary, current studies on shared mobility, such as car sharing or scooter sharing in relation to commercial use as part of short-term rental systems or for use by postal services. In addition, it broadly refers to the subject of bicycles and bike-sharing systems. It includes research on professional e-bikes with parameters such as velocity, cadence and power data as well as research on measuring the intensity of bicycle traffic, which can be used to evaluate and improve bike-sharing systems. The reprint provides a valuable resource for researchers, practitioners, and policymakers who are interested in the challenges and opportunities associated with the development of new mobility solutions.
    Keywords: power ; velocity ; cadence ; electric bike ; bicycle computer ; car-sharing ; carsharing ; shared mobility ; multi-criteria decision analysis ; ELECTRE III ; MCDA ; decision making in transport ; transportation engineering ; hydrogen mobility ; zero emission ; green energy ; e-micromobility ; e-scooters ; electric vehicles ; PROSA GDSS ; multi-criteria decision aid ; MCDM ; compromise solution ; micro-mobility ; e-scooter ; postal service ; Poisson regression ; optimization ; energy ; cost ; environment ; bicycle traffic measurement ; vehicle counter ; induction loop ; video recording ; perpendicular radar ; microwave radar ; energy management ; thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general ; thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PH Physics
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-30
    Description: The bioeconomy—using renewable bio-resources from the soil and sea to produce food, materials and energy—supports the achievement of sustainable development goals. Its scope is very broad as it involves primary production sectors (agriculture) and sectors that use these resources (manufacture of food, beverages and tobacco). This Special Issue, “Prospects and Challenges of Bioeconomy Sustainability Assessment”, includes an Editorial, thirteen articles, ten reviews and one perspective with international authors. All papers are highly innovative and support the goals of a sustainable world.
    Keywords: AHP ; bioeconomy ; biomethane ; energy community ; Italy ; point scale ; stakeholders’ engagement ; sustainability ; agrarian extractivism ; cheap food ; food regime ; Latin America ; social-ecological transformation ; soy ; environmental awareness ; behavior change ; SWOT analysis ; qualitative analysis ; education for sustainable development ; green movement ; environmentalism ; environmental science ; environmental education ; communication ; stakeholders ; reporting ; bibliometric review ; sustainability reporting ; sustainability performance ; indicators ; multi-criteria decision analysis ; policy implications ; Sustainable Development Goals ; carbon capture and storage ; aqueous bases ; reactor design ; chemical absorption ; FTIR ; absorption capacity ; in-line measurements ; 3D-printed reactors ; digital innovation hub ; value proposition canvas ; ecosystem sustainability ; digital transformation ; model-based design ; cyber-physical system ; collaboration platform ; microbial bioremediation ; cost of bioremediation ; bioremediation industry ; COD solubilization ; chemo sonic pretreatment ; biohydrogen ; specific energy ; biomass ; biotechnology ; agro-ecology ; territorial development ; cluster analysis ; bioplastic ; lactic acid ; PLA ; poly(lactic acid) ; cellulose ; lignocellulose ; cow manure ; circular economy ; bioeconomy education ; bioeconomy learning ; higher education ; vocational education and training ; n/a ; interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy sets ; distance measure ; closeness coefficient ; barriers ; MADA ; biofuel sector ; sustainable agriculture ; multi-criteria decision making ; TOPSIS ; social LCA ; life-cycle costing ; bioenergy ; biorefinery ; industry 4.0 ; agri-food supply chain ; agri-food 4.0 supply chain ; agri-food 4.0 ; supply chain 4.0 ; food waste management ; water management ; agriculture 4.0 ; LAC region ; bibliometric analysis ; biofuels ; R software ; sustainable supply chain management ; sustainable development ; social responsibility ; environmental issues ; water quality ; pollutant ; surface water ; monitoring ; Pakistan ; drinking water ; 2030 Agenda ; natural resources ; participation ; microorganisms ; energy ; biocatalysis ; biotransformation ; industrial applications ; circular bioeconomy ; greenhouse gas ; biomass production ; second-generation bio-fuels ; environment ; climate change ; pigs ; soya bean ; grass ; protein ; biogas ; lignin ; straw ; heating ; NaOH ; pretreatment ; sustainalist ; sustainable revolution ; SDG ; quality of life ; sustainalism ; thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCM Development economics and emerging economies
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    Publication Date: 2023-04-05
    Description: Fresh fruit and vegetables are considered as essential components of a healthy human diet, due to their pleasant taste and rich nutrients. However, fruits and vegetables are characterized by production seasonality, regionality, and perishability, which greatly affect the acceptance of consumers and increase the challenges of their post-harvest storage and preservation. A plurality of preservation technologies, including chemical treatment (calcium chloride, 1-methylcyclopropene, salicylic acid, etc.), physical methods (low-temperature conditioning, controlled atmosphere storage, ultraviolet-C irradiation, etc.), and biotechnology (such as genetic engineering technology) have been applied to maintain storage quality and to extend the storage life of fresh fruit and vegetables in recent years. Developing advanced preservation techniques to prolong the storage life of fruit and vegetables is of importance for improving social and economic benefits. Therefore, we invited authors to contribute original research articles and review articles focused on the innovative preservation technology of fresh produce, addressing storage problems, such as post-harvest quality deterioration caused by senescence, physiological disorders, and disease, to extend the shelf-life of fresh produce and reduce post-harvest loss.
    Keywords: tomato ; bacteriocin ; soft rot ; biocontrol ; vegetable preservation ; loquat fruit ; calcium chloride ; chilling injury ; reactive oxygen species ; ascorbate–glutathione cycle ; chive ; senescence ; quality ; antioxidant capacity ; amino acids ; organosulfur compounds ; peptide PAF56 ; citrus fruit ; changes cell structure ; spores ; membrane permeability ; acetic acid ; decontamination ; lactic acid ; pitaya fruit ; p-Anisaldehyde ; reactive oxygen species (ROS) ; AsA-GSH cycle ; antioxidant activity ; ripening ; enzymatic activities ; anthracnose ; shelf-life ; cold shock ; MAP ; cucumber ; storage ; VOCs ; photodynamic inactivation (PDI) ; antimicrobial ; biofilm ; fresh-cut pakchoi ; preservation ; hydrogen sulfide ; antioxidant enzyme ; energy ; proline ; n/a ; bic Book Industry Communication::G Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research & information: general ; bic Book Industry Communication::P Mathematics & science::PS Biology, life sciences ; bic Book Industry Communication::T Technology, engineering, agriculture
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    Publication Date: 2023-02-02
    Description: The global coronavirus pandemic has highlighted the paramount importance of immune health and the nutrient status of peoples worldwide. Vitamins C and D have important roles in both the innate and adaptive immune systems and are known to support healthy immune function. Both vitamins C and D have gene regulatory roles with the ability to up- and down-regulate thousands of genes, thus playing pleotropic roles in human health and disease. People from low- and middle-income countries tend to have inadequate micronutrient intakes and status, as do specific subgroups from high-income countries. This can affect their resistance to both communicable and non-communicable diseases and the severity of these diseases. In this Special Issue, we have compiled review articles and research papers (both observational and interventional studies) that explore the role of vitamins C and D in numerous aspects of global and population health.
    Keywords: immune system ; viral infection ; influenza ; COVID-19 ; micronutrients ; vitamins ; omega-3 fatty acids ; minerals ; vitamin C ; vitamin D ; vitamin C status ; vitamin C deficiency ; global health ; dietary intake ; obesity ; smoking ; communicable disease ; infection ; noncommunicable disease ; hypovitaminosis C ; low and middle income ; LMIC ; supplement ; non-communicable disease ; Vitamin C status ; energy ; well-being ; kiwifruit ; mood ; SARS-CoV-2 ; coronavirus ; ascorbate ; colds ; pneumonia ; sepsis ; immunonutrition ; supplementation ; dietary surveys ; trends ; descriptive studies ; United States ; fruit juice ; fruit ; vegetables ; psychology ; mental health ; nutrition ; healthy adults ; ethnicity ; Māori ; Pasifika ; Pacific ; Asian ; ascorbic acid ; post-viral fatigue ; lack of concentration ; sleep disturbances ; depression ; frailty ; elderly ; hospitalisation ; serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D ; first-generation immigrants ; melanin ; long COVID ; immunisation ; immune support ; body weight ; vitamin C intake ; plasma ascorbate concentrations ; vitamin C requirements ; dietary vitamin C ; hyperglycaemia ; South Africa ; vitamin D receptor ; vitamin D-binding protein ; n/a ; bic Book Industry Communication::G Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research & information: general ; bic Book Industry Communication::P Mathematics & science::PS Biology, life sciences ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JF Society & culture: general::JFC Cultural studies::JFCV Food & society
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    Publication Date: 2023-04-05
    Description: In 2023, Economies celebrates its 10th anniversary. Thanks to the incredible support from all of you, the journal has developed into a well-respected academic journal. Economies has been included in several journal rankings, has a decent and growing number of submissions by well-known experts, and obtains very satisfactory citation scores given its young age. We acknowledge these achievements with a dedicated Special Issue. Therefore, researchers from all areas of economic research have been invited to submit their contributions to this Special Issue. The Special Issue is titled “Recent Topics in Economic Research” and covers a broad range of topics that are currently at the forefront of economics research and that are within Economies' scope. This includes original research papers as well as comprehensive review papers on topics of actual importance in economics.
    Keywords: DEA-approach ; non-parametric ; Tobit ; random-effect ; religion ; conventional ; time-series ; efficiency performance ; microfinance ; region ; gender ; female owned firms ; firm survival ; COVID-19 ; World Bank Enterprise surveys ; Brazil ; China ; import penetration ; informal labor markets ; wages ; online pharmacies ; brand name medicines ; price dynamics ; applied econometrics ; CO2 emissions ; energy consumption ; environmental degradation ; European region ; food production ; health problem ; macroeconomics ; obesity ; green economy ; tourism ; sustainable development ; hospitality ; energy ; Condorcet cycle ; Condorcet winner ; Condorcet paradox ; multidimensional issue space ; radial symmetry ; spatial modeling ; agent-based modelling ; bibliometric analysis ; network analysis ; conceptual structure ; social structure ; SMEs ; export performance ; innovation capabilities ; government institutional support ; active internationalization behavior ; reactive internationalization behavior ; Mozambique ; complexity theory ; economics ; public policy ; systematic review ; political budget cycles ; electoral cycles ; economic destabilization ; international trade ; environmental uncertainty ; financial information ; non-financial information ; organizational performance ; contingency theory ; survey ; Portugal ; remittances ; household saving behaviour ; household expenditure patterns ; propensity score matching ; Vietnam ; health ; expenditure ; poverty ; Knightian uncertainty ; multiplier preferences ; Ramsey planner ; social planner ; carbon tax ; capital tax ; ambiguity premium ; dynamic stochastic integrated general equilibrium (DSIGE) ; robust Arrow–Debreu asset prices ; global value chain ; textile and apparel ; developed and developing countries ; forward and backward participation ; explanatory factors ; Okun’s law ; employment ; unemployment ; US recessions ; jobless recovery ; job search ; business cycles ; Input–Output ; regionalization ; Hypothetical Extraction Method ; linkage analysis ; linguistic structures ; future time reference ; financial development ; discounting future ; income-related inequality of health ; health care utilization ; out-of-pocket payments ; decomposition analysis ; bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KC Economics::KCM Development economics & emerging economies
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    Publication Date: 2023-07-14
    Description: The construction industry is growing rapidly and time has changed the construction methods used. The traditional way of construction is becoming obsolete and technology is taking over. In this case, sustainable construction is the future and the new norm in the construction industry. Although there are various opportunities in this sector, there are also some challenges that exist and hinder productivity. Hence, this reprint covers the opportunities and challenges in sustainable construction.
    Keywords: thin film ; organic solar cell ; efficiency ; DBR ; temperature ; life cycle ; impact assessment ; recycled material ; geopolymer concrete ; sustainability ; workforce diversity ; technical skills ; motivation ; psychosocial ; construction worker ; productivity ; BIM ; post-disaster reconstruction ; construction industry ; scientometric analysis ; visualization ; PRISMA ; review ; RWL ; time series ; RHR ; seasonality ; prediction ; ANN ; SARIMA ; wastewater ; oil palm leaves activated carbon ; chemical activation ; COD ; adsorption ; green technology ; marble dust ; air pollution ; health hazards ; environmental pollution ; econometric analysis ; construction sector ; sustainable construction ; circular economy ; forecasting ; causal loop diagram ; construction management ; resilient supply chain ; sustainable supply chain ; supply chain management ; systems thinking ; forecasting models ; energy consumption ; smart buildings ; machine learning ; LSTM technique ; GIS ; PCA ; groundwater quality ; health risk ; solid waste ; error management climate ; psychological capital ; job stress ; aeronautical industry ; structural equation modeling ; IR 4.0 ; health and safety ; AHP ; barriers ; small contractors ; SEM ; Malaysia ; economy ; eco-materials ; energy ; environmental impact ; lean construction ; pollution ; prefabricated construction ; mediation analysis ; trust ; satisfaction ; bic Book Industry Communication::T Technology, engineering, agriculture::TB Technology: general issues ; bic Book Industry Communication::T Technology, engineering, agriculture::TB Technology: general issues::TBX History of engineering & technology
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-11
    Description: This Edited Volume “Nanogenerators and Self-Powered Systems” is a collection of reviewed and relevant research chapters, offering a comprehensive overview of recent developments in the field of nanotechnology and nanomaterials. The book comprises single chapters authored by various researchers and edited by an expert active in harnessing the ubiquitously available biomechanical energies to power portable electronics research area. All chapters are complete in themselves but united under a common research study topic. This publication aims at providing a thorough overview of the latest research efforts by international authors on nanotechnology and nanomaterials and opening new possible research paths for further novel developments.
    Keywords: energy ; sensors ; mems ; solar energy ; solar cells ; photovoltaic ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TH Energy technology and engineering::THV Alternative and renewable energy sources and technology
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    Publication Date: 2023-04-05
    Description: This book, entitled “Smart Textile and Polymer Materials”, is dedicated to recent research and development regarding smart textiles and response-based polymer materials, including, but not limited to, fiber-based energy harvesting devices, energy storage devices, chromatic devices, color and shape changes, sensing, drug release, and ultraviolet resistant, electrically conductive, optical, hydrophobic and flame-retardant materials.
    Keywords: carbon fiber composite ; tensile strength ; laminate ; tensile property ; knitted fabrics ; strain sensors ; size prediction ; precise positioning ; human motion detection ; solid rocket motor case (SRMC) connector ; carbon fiber ; lay-up ; mechanical properties ; finite element ; knitted sensor ; equivalent resistance ; topology model ; volume resistance ; three-dimensional ; SEBS ; MWCNTs ; yarn ; dopamine ; strain sensor ; alginate fiber ; preparation method ; application properties ; characterization ; helical ; nonwoven ; curvature ; film thickness ; image ; transmission ; scattered photometric ; Kubelka-Munk ; Fe2O3 ; carbon nanofibers ; heterogeneous Fenton ; methyl orange (MO) ; LIBS ; CN band ; polymer ; nylon ; doped nylon ; molecular structure ; plasma parameters ; laser irradiance ; direct electrostatic deposition ; proton exchange membrane ; direct methanol fuel cell ; ultrathin membrane ; high power density ; fabric CAD ; irregular 3D yarn ; B-spline curve ; fabric structure ; key point mapping ; piezoelectric property ; polyacrylonitrile ; poly(vinylidene fluoride) ; ZnO nanorods ; electrospinning ; nitrogen doping ; small-sized graphene core-sheath ; graphene fiber ; supercapacitors ; polyvinylidene fluoride ; piezoelectric properties ; biomedicines ; energy ; photocatalysis ; metal-composite hybrid structure ; residual strain ; dynamic characteristic ; optical fiber sensors ; metal-CFRP-metal hybrid tube ; multiwalled carbon nanotubes ; acid treatment ; polyimide film ; physical-chemical properties ; melt-blowing ; coupled field ; annular die ; numeral calculations ; polyamide-imide ; structural construction ; air filtration ; binary aerogels ; electrospun polyacrylonitrile membranes ; fluorine-free hydrophobic modification ; amino functional modified polysiloxane ; in situ cross-linking reaction ; waterproof breathable ; personal cooling garments ; thermal comfort ; ice cooling ; phase change material cooling ; radiative cooling ; air cooling ; liquid cooling ; thermoelectric cooling ; energy conversion ; triboelectric nanogenerators ; 1D device ; woven ; knitted ; bic Book Industry Communication::G Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research & information: general ; bic Book Industry Communication::P Mathematics & science::PH Physics
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-28
    Description: The broad field of hydrogen and power-to-gas promises us renewable energy storage and use in molecular forms—either gaseous or liquid—to decarbonise all energy sectors that currently depend on fossil fuels. We have recently witnessed a number of technical developments, trends and advancements that have enabled us to stand where we stand today. We find ourselves at a crossroads between theoretical groundwork and the actual, large-scale technical implementation of the energy transition.This reprint brings together current research findings from highly diverse disciplines, all of which can make a valuable contribution to the success of the energy transition. The research results yield insights into possible partial solutions that can be implemented in national, regional or even local energy systems at different implementation levels and detail, depending on boundary conditions and specific demands.The first contribution in this reprint is an editorial summarising the ten following research articles. It contains a table of the articles including research fields, titles, and methods. The reader can use it as a quick overview before turning to the detailed articles. The overarching themes covered here are: combustion research, electro catalysis, energy economy, energy storage, mobility, energy system analyses and finally, energy law and regulation.Enjoy reading “Progress in Power-to-Gas Energy Systems” to receive your personal update on this exciting research field.
    Keywords: gas network simulation ; energy system simulation ; hydrogen ; power-to-gas ; multi-energy system ; electrolysis ; steel ; Power-to-X ; wind power ; thermal energy storages ; oxysulfide ; electrocatalysis ; alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction ; combustion ; admixture ; blend ; H2NG ; emissions ; decarbonisation ; pollutants ; appliance technology ; geo-methanation ; CCU ; life cycle assessment ; large-scale energy storage ; energy transition ; PtG ; H2 ; energy system ; energy modelling ; energy system optimisation ; system analysis ; Power-to-Gas ; Power-to-Liquid ; transport ; future mobility concepts ; LCA ; environmental impacts ; synthetic fuels ; synthetic natural gas ; technology readiness level ; natural gas ; partially premixed ; water heater ; furnace ; appliances ; NOx emissions ; hythane ; hydrogen-blended gas ; power-to-hydrogen ; energy law ; energy regulation ; renewable energy ; legal framework ; energy ; residential appliances ; renewable energy adoption ; fuel interchangeability ; combustion performance ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general ; thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PH Physics
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    Publication Date: 2023-04-05
    Description: This reprint focused on the advancements in the field of shoulder arthroplasty in recent years. These concern surgical indications that have dramatically evolved and planification and navigation. The rapid development of surgical techniques and new prosthetic designs, as well as glenoid and humeral reconstruction for various conditions, is also overviewed. Despite the important progress highlighted in this reprint, there is currently a myriad of prosthetic designs, highlighting the evolving nature of this field.
    Keywords: reverse total shoulder arthroplasty ; DSA ; LSA ; lateralization ; distalization ; radiographic analysis ; shoulder arthroplasty ; glenohumeral osteoarthritis ; avascular necrosis of the humeral head ; hemi arthroplasty ; total shoulder arthroplasty ; young patients ; prosthesis ; design ; range of motion ; degeneration ; PROMs ; results ; complication ; reverse shoulder arthroplasty ; proximal humerus fracture ; hemiarthroplasty ; projections ; revision ; shoulder ; arthroplasty ; anatomic arthroplasty ; reverse arthroplasty ; periprosthetic shoulder infection ; two-stage exchange ; mortality ; reimplantation ; defect ; reconstruction ; autologous graft ; survivorship ; loosening ; integration ; patient reported outcome measures ; VBHC ; value-based health care ; patient value ; quality ; costs ; COVID ; coronavirus ; length of stay ; same-day discharge ; pandemic ; tranexamic acid ; TXA ; arthroscopy ; bleeding ; systematic review ; meta-analysis ; acromion morphology ; glenoid retroversion ; wear ; osteoarthritis ; computed tomography ; anatomic total shoulder replacement ; reverse total shoulder replacement ; Lazarus score ; Sirveaux score ; older patients ; clinical scores ; conversion ; failed hemiarthroplasty ; shoulder hemiprosthesis ; modular reverse prosthesis ; glenohumeral osteoarthrosis ; shoulder dislocation ; shoulder instability ; dislocation arthropathy ; stemless ; inlay ; onlay ; augment ; head split ; splitting ; tuberosity ; healing ; union ; trauma ; humerus ; low ; high ; energy ; double shadow ; pelican sign ; anatomical total shoulder arthroplasty ; posteroinferior approach ; rotator cuff-sparing ; anatomical study ; cuff tear arthropathy ; polyethylene ; scapular notching ; larger glenosphere ; clinical outcome ; metal back glenoid ; midterm results ; radiologic outcome ; n/a ; bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-11
    Description: Carbon Nanotubes - Recent Advances, New Perspectives and Potential Applications covers all the important nanotechnological aspects of carbon materials, including their growth and characterization, processing and fabrication, development and potential applications. Recent developments, innovative preparation methods and promising new frontiers around this advanced nanotechnology are reviewed under the editorship of an internationally renowned scientist. This book will be useful to a diverse range of readers and will be important for research organizations, government research centers, academic libraries, and those involved in the research and development of carbon materials.
    Keywords: nanoparticles ; nanocomposites ; energy ; wastewater treatment ; nanofibers ; conductivity ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TG Mechanical engineering and materials::TGM Materials science
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    Publication Date: 2023-01-05
    Description: The use of biomass and organic waste material as a primary resource for the production of fuels, chemicals, and electric power is of growing significance in light of the environmental issues associated with the use of fossil fuels. For this reason, it is vital that new and more efficient technologies for the conversion of biomass are investigated and developed. Today, various advanced methods can be used for the conversion of biomass. These methods are broadly classified into thermochemical conversion, biochemical conversion, and electrochemical conversion. This book collects papers that consider various aspects of sustainability in the conversion of biomass into valuable products, covering all the technical stages from biomass production to residue management. In particular, it focuses on experimental and simulation studies aiming to investigate new processes and technologies on the industrial, pilot, and bench scales.
    Keywords: biomass pellet ; laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy ; chemometrics ; quality indexes ; biogas ; circular economy ; bioeconomy ; wastes ; energy ; R.E.S ; biomass ; anaerobic ; digestion ; agriculture ; livestock ; Greece ; biorefinery ; absorbent hygiene product ; waste ; gasification ; devolatilization ; pyrolysis ; fluidized bed ; diapers ; cellulosic fraction ; chemical looping ; autothermal ; pilot plant ; Açaí ; residual seeds ; bio-oil ; distillation ; gasoline ; light kerosene ; kerosene-like fuel ; torrefaction ; agricultural by-products ; mixing ratios ; solid fuel ; pellet evaluation ; Açaí seeds ; hydrothermal carbonization ; hot compressed water ; process analysis ; HMF ; furfural ; acetic acid ; mass production ; corn stover ; hydrothermal process ; hydrochar ; adsorption ; thermo-gravimetric analysis ; scanning electron microscopy ; X-ray diffraction ; BET analysis ; disposable masks ; devolatilization tests ; Aspen Plus ®simulation ; tar analysis ; ultrasonic ; components fractionation ; lignocellulose ; ethanol treatment ; biomass gasification ; dual bubbling bed gasifier ; innovative pilot scale gasifier ; H2-rich syngas ; bic Book Industry Communication::G Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research & information: general ; bic Book Industry Communication::P Mathematics & science::PH Physics
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-05
    Description: Corals have thrived on the bottom of the ocean for millions of years. These fascinating animals are currently forced to cope with the rapid changes caused by humans to avoid extinction. How are corals changing their way of processing energy from different sources? What do we know about the corals living in the unseen depths of certain seamounts? What is the impact of oil spills and what can we do? How are coral reefs all over the world to be restored? What is the socioeconomic importance of these habitats, and what do we gain or lose with their survival or their demise? By involving scientists and conservationists from different areas of the world, this book answers these and other questions about corals, the habitat they form, and the influence that we have on them.
    Keywords: climate change ; conservation ; energy ; bioremediation ; metabolism ; probiotics ; thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences::PSP Hydrobiology::PSPM Marine biology
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    Publication Date: 2023-01-05
    Description: The purpose of the Special Issue was to collect the results of research and experience on the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic for the energy sector and the energy market, broadly understood, that were visible after a year. In particular, the impact of COVID-19 on the energy sector in the EU, including Poland, and the US was examined. The topics concerned various issues, e.g., the situation of energy companies, including those listed on the stock exchange, mining companies, and those dealing with renewable energy. The topics related to the development of electromobility, managerial competences, energy expenditure of local government units, sustainable development of energy, and energy poverty during a pandemic were also discussed.
    Keywords: energy manager ; competences ; labor market ; energy industry ; COVID-19 ; decarbonizing transport ; energy efficiency ; electrify transport ; zero-emissions vehicles ; sustainable transport ; electric car charging points ; novel coronavirus pandemic ; alternative energy ; stock market sectors ; stock market companies ; energy ; energy company ; efficiency ; financial analysis ; pandemic ; environmental protection ; environmental problems ; greenhouse gas ; particulate matter (PM) ; renewable energy ; corruption ; electromobility ; companies in the Transport-Shipping-Logistics Sector ; pandemic-COVID-19 ; development ; self-government units ; energy consumption ; monitoring ; energy consumption effectiveness ; sustainable energy development ; households ; OPEC ; crude price ; volatility ; storage crisis ; futures ; shale ; electric vehicles market and policy ; electric vehicles ; purchase intention ; e-mobility ; consumers preferences ; consumer decision making ; social values ; delay discounting ; cultural factors ; economic factors ; machine learning methods ; sustainability ; energy poverty ; economic uncertainty ; energy policy ; policy measures ; reducing energy intensity ; ranking of countries’ energy intensity ; multi-criteria analysis ; sectors of the economy ; economic effects of the pandemic ; social effects of the pandemic ; countries of Western Europe ; countries of Central and Eastern Europe ; mining sector ; initiatives and adaptation measures ; economic situation ; COVID-19 pandemic ; fossil fuel energy ; carbon dioxide emissions ; nonlinear autoregressive distributed lag model ; frequency domain causality test ; Markow switching regression ; photovoltaics ; pandemics ; changes in energetic balance due to COVID-19 ; renewable sources of energy during pandemics ; United States ; energy sector ; fossil fuel ; emissions ; expenditures ; bic Book Industry Communication::G Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research & information: general ; bic Book Industry Communication::P Mathematics & science::PH Physics
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    Publication Date: 2023-01-30
    Description: The study examines energy security in the Central Asia region, with an emphasis on the natural gas sector. The research presented in the book attempts to answer the question of whether the various state actors in Central Asia are more inclined towards a strategic or market-oriented approach to energy policy formulation. Answering this research question aimed at better understanding the approach of individual state actors towards large infrastructure projects such as the construction of the Central Asia–China Gas Pipeline. Based on the theoretical literature, a model was constructed to assess the natural gas sector in terms of energy policy formulation by individual state actors. This model was then applied to three case studies of key state actors within the Central Asian regional energy security complex. These are the case studies of Russia, China, and Turkmenistan.
    Description: Published
    Keywords: energy policy ; gas ; natural gas ; transformation ; security ; Asia ; energy ; Central Asia ; Russia ; China ; Turkmenistan ; political science ; international relations ; bic Book Industry Communication::R Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-11
    Description: This reprint focused on the advancements in the field of shoulder arthroplasty in recent years. These concern surgical indications that have dramatically evolved and planification and navigation. The rapid development of surgical techniques and new prosthetic designs, as well as glenoid and humeral reconstruction for various conditions, is also overviewed. Despite the important progress highlighted in this reprint, there is currently a myriad of prosthetic designs, highlighting the evolving nature of this field.
    Keywords: reverse total shoulder arthroplasty ; DSA ; LSA ; lateralization ; distalization ; radiographic analysis ; shoulder arthroplasty ; glenohumeral osteoarthritis ; avascular necrosis of the humeral head ; hemi arthroplasty ; total shoulder arthroplasty ; young patients ; prosthesis ; design ; range of motion ; degeneration ; PROMs ; results ; complication ; reverse shoulder arthroplasty ; proximal humerus fracture ; hemiarthroplasty ; projections ; revision ; shoulder ; arthroplasty ; anatomic arthroplasty ; reverse arthroplasty ; periprosthetic shoulder infection ; two-stage exchange ; mortality ; reimplantation ; defect ; reconstruction ; autologous graft ; survivorship ; loosening ; integration ; patient reported outcome measures ; VBHC ; value-based health care ; patient value ; quality ; costs ; COVID ; coronavirus ; length of stay ; same-day discharge ; pandemic ; tranexamic acid ; TXA ; arthroscopy ; bleeding ; systematic review ; meta-analysis ; acromion morphology ; glenoid retroversion ; wear ; osteoarthritis ; computed tomography ; anatomic total shoulder replacement ; reverse total shoulder replacement ; Lazarus score ; Sirveaux score ; older patients ; clinical scores ; conversion ; failed hemiarthroplasty ; shoulder hemiprosthesis ; modular reverse prosthesis ; glenohumeral osteoarthrosis ; shoulder dislocation ; shoulder instability ; dislocation arthropathy ; stemless ; inlay ; onlay ; augment ; head split ; splitting ; tuberosity ; healing ; union ; trauma ; humerus ; low ; high ; energy ; double shadow ; pelican sign ; anatomical total shoulder arthroplasty ; posteroinferior approach ; rotator cuff-sparing ; anatomical study ; cuff tear arthropathy ; polyethylene ; scapular notching ; larger glenosphere ; clinical outcome ; metal back glenoid ; midterm results ; radiologic outcome ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues::TBX History of engineering and technology ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TQ Environmental science, engineering and technology
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    MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
    Publication Date: 2023-08-08
    Description: The concept of the ‘Zero Energy Mass Custom Home’ or ZEMCH is emerging with the aim of exploring opportunities to make our built environment more socially, economically, environmentally, and humanly sustainable. The built environment is indeed a system of energy and environment that is occupied by the masses, embracing diverse cultural and economic backgrounds. Today, the United Nations articulates the 17 Sustainable Development Goals that reflect necessary global actions for humanity and the planet. In view of these agendas, the delivery of built environments is becoming more demanding and complex than ever, and it is now required that developers accommodate the social, economic, environmental, and human dimensions of these sustainability challenges. This volume encompasses a wide spectrum of ZEMCH research and development knowledge that concerns design engineering, construction management, material innovation, renewable energy technology, and community planning.
    Keywords: sustainable ; architecture ; Zero Energy Mass Custom Homes (ZEMCH) ; energy ; efficiency ; forecasting ; ethics ; climate change ; log burning ; natural ventilation ; solar chimney ; Trombe wall ; renewable energy ; passive ventilation ; building application ; energy management ; green building performance ; office building ; SEM-PLS ; domestic environment ; occupant experience ; environmental design ; health and wellbeing ; housing production ; low-cost ; design quality ; social housing ; government programs ; post-occupancy ; healthy environments ; mass customization ; age-friendly ; active ageing ; ageing in place ; walkability ; bikeability ; accessibility ; BREEAM ; CASBEE ; Green Star ; LEED ; multi-criteria assessment ; sustainable building ; degrowth ; post-growth ; built environment ; sustainability transformations ; wood ; additional floor construction ; sustainability ; Finland ; (summer) cottage ; second home ; (summer) villa ; holiday home ; urban regeneration ; phytoremediation ; Bagnoli former area ; thermal bridge ; sustainable architecture ; finite element modeling ; energy performance ; heat transfer ; heat equation ; simulation ; computational design ; thermal modeling ; computational methods ; bio-based material ; construction ; environment ; circular economy ; life cycle ; behavioural factors ; developing and developed countries ; domestic sector ; electricity use per capita ; energy subsidy ; Iran ; Passivhaus ; ZEMCH ; affordable housing ; synergies ; bic Book Industry Communication::T Technology, engineering, agriculture::TB Technology: general issues ; bic Book Industry Communication::T Technology, engineering, agriculture::TB Technology: general issues::TBX History of engineering & technology
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-29
    Description: A provocative analysis of market-based interventions into public problems and the consequences.Market-based interventions have been used in attempts to solve numerous public problems, from education to healthcare and from climate change to privacy. Scholars have responded persuasively through critiques of neoliberalism. In Can Markets Solve Problems? Daniel Neyland, Véra Ehrenstein, and Sveta Milyaeva propose a different route forward. There is no single entity knowable as “the market,” the authors argue. Instead, they examine in detail the devices, relations, and practices that underpin these market-based interventions. Drawing on recent work in science and technology studies (STS), each chapter focuses on a different intervention and critically explores the market sensibility around which it is organized. Trade and exchange, competition, property and ownership, and investment and return all become the focus of a thorough exploration of what it means to intervene in public problems, how problems are composed, and how solutions are continually reworked. Can Markets Solve Problems? offers the first book-length STS enquiry into markets and public problems. Weaving together rich empirical descriptions and conceptual discussions, the book provides in-depth insights into the workings of these markets, their continuous evolution, and the consequences. The result is a new avenue of critical inquiry that moves between the details of specific policies and the always-emerging, collective features of this landscape of intervention.
    Keywords: economics ; business ; philosophy ; economy ; political science ; political philosophy ; money ; government ; public policy ; strategy ; geopolitics ; business books ; behavioral economics ; economics books ; political science books ; political books ; politics ; world politics ; economic history ; economic development ; international politics ; finance ; ecology ; environment ; nature ; energy ; capitalism ; sociology ; marxism ; culture ; evolution ; society ; technology ; social ; investing ; psychology ; essays ; gardening ; biology ; health ; social science ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPF Political ideologies and movements ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPP Public administration
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-28
    Description: The present text is an edited Special Issue in reprint form. This Special Issue took the opportunity to invite researchers to contribute their latest original research findings, which were either advances in the state-of-the-art of mathematical methods, theoretical studies, or experimental studies that extend the bounds of existing methodologies to new contributions, addressing current challenges and engineering problems on “Recent Advances in Mathematical Aspect in Engineering”. Although this reprint is not a formal textbook, it will definitely be useful for university teachers, research students and industrial researchers, and will assist in overcoming difficulties while dealing with the nonlinear governing equations of fluid mechanics, energy, heat transfer, steady and unsteady flow problems, nanofluids, thermodynamics, magnetohydrodynamics, peristaltic and blood flow. For nonlinear and coupled differential equations, it is often more difficult to achieve an analytic solution or even a numerical one. This reprint has successfully handled this challenging task with the techniques reported within. In addition, the findings of the simulations are logically realistic and meet the standard of sufficient scientific value.
    Keywords: rotating disk ; Arrhenius activation energy ; nanoparticles ; binary chemical reaction ; MHD ; heat generation/absorption ; slip effects ; numerical solution ; Keller-box technique ; Casson nanofluid ; Power law fluid ; Convective boundaries ; Radiation effect ; Inclined surface ; maxwellfluid ; mixed convection ; isothermal stretching disks ; homotopy analysis method ; rotating stretchable disk ; newtonian fluid ; axisymmetric flow ; convection ; entropy production ; heat transfer engineering ; blood flow ; flow distribution ; maldistribution ; numerical modeling ; symmetry ; printed circuit heat exchanger ; finite-time boundedness ; T-S fuzzy systems ; time-varying delay ; Lyapunov–Krasovskii functional (LKF) ; cilia motion ; blood clot ; endoscopy ; mass transport ; particle-fluid ; symmetric curved channel ; Johnson-Segalman fluid ; convective conditions ; compliant walls ; fluid mechanics ; optimization ; energy ; heat transfer ; steady and unsteady flow problems ; porosity ; nanofluids ; particle shape effects ; multiphase flow ; thermodynamics ; magnetohydrodynamics ; electromagnetic ; physiological fluid phenomena in biological systems ; peristaltic ; thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general ; thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PH Physics
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    Springer Nature | Palgrave Macmillan
    Publication Date: 2024-04-11
    Description: This open access book focuses on the energy sector and will make a significant contribution to its continued evolution. For many years, the energy sector has been missing a raison d’etre and now finally there are increased calls for that to be justice. Hence, this book will develop the concept of energy justice and how it needs to be formalised in a new ‘social contract’ with all stakeholders in society. The focus will be on improving legal systems at local, national and international levels while ensuring that justice is a core issue within energy law, the legal system and more broadly in society.
    Keywords: energy policy ; energy justice ; energy ; energy governance ; energy law ; social contract ; low-carbon energy technology ; energy life-cycle ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TH Energy technology and engineering ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPQ Central / national / federal government::JPQB Central / national / federal government policies ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHB Sociology ; thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RG Geography::RGC Human geography
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    MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
    Publication Date: 2023-02-02
    Description: This reprint, as a continuation of a previous Special Issue entitled “Efficiency and Optimization of Buildings Energy Consumption”, gives an up-to-date overview of new technologies based on Machine Learning (ML) and Internet of Things (IoT) procedures to improve the mathematical approach of algorithms that allow control systems to be improved with the aim of reducing housing sector energy consumption.
    Keywords: ventilation ; energy ; COVID-19 ; procedure ; building ; ISO ; energy consumption ; building construction ; Passivhaus ; affordable housing ; neural network ; LSTM ; MLP ; thermal inertia ; building performance ; artificial intelligence ; artificial neural network ; demand-side management ; evolutionary computing ; non-intrusive appliance load monitoring ; parallel computing ; smart grid ; smart house ; cellular concrete ; lightweight materials ; thermal conductivity ; electricity ; dynamic simulation ; housing ; climate change ; weather controlled central system ; energy saving ; thermal improved of buildings ; new energy technologies ; sustainable buildings ; energy efficiency ; heat loss coefficient ; machine learning ; XGBoost ; SVR ; load disaggregation ; multi-scale ; attention mechanism ; residual network ; energy savings ; daylighting ; photovoltaic system ; EnergyPlus ; Homer PRO ; Net Zero Energy Buildings ; solar radiation ; support vector machine ; heuristic algorithm ; renewable energy ; solar energy systems ; n/a ; bic Book Industry Communication::G Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research & information: general ; bic Book Industry Communication::P Mathematics & science::PH Physics
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-11
    Description: In recent years, ironmaking and steelmaking have witnessed the incorporation of various new processes and technologies that can be operated and organized in different combinations depending on the properties of raw materials and the required quality of the final products. Indications from the steel industry and local and global government institutions suggest that the breakthrough technologies for decarbonization will be based on new fuels and energy vectors. For CO2-lean process routes, three major solutions have been identified: decarbonizing, whereby coal would be replaced by hydrogen or electricity in the hydrogen reduction or electrolysis of iron ore processes; the introduction of CCS technology; and the use of sustainable biomass. Today, hydrogen-based steelmaking is a potential low-carbon and economically attractive route, especially in countries where natural gas is cheap. By considering systems for increasing energy efficiency and reducing the environmental impact of steel production, CO2 emissions may be greatly reduced by hydrogen-based steel production if hydrogen is generated by means of carbon-free and renewable sources. Currently, the development of the hydrogen economy has received a great deal of attention in that H2 is considered a promising alternative to replace fossil fuels. Based on hydrogen, the “hydrogen economy” is a promising clean energy carrier for decarbonized energy systems if the hydrogen used is produced from renewable energy sources or coupled with carbon capture and storage (CCS) or nuclear energy.
    Keywords: electric arc furnace steelmaking ; bottom-stirring ; different smelting time ; molten steel flow ; numerical simulation ; blast furnaces ; silicon content ; maximal overlap discrete wavelet packet ; artificial neural network ; forecasting ; time series analysis ; double slag converter steelmaking process ; hot metal dephosphorization ; dephosphorization endpoint temperature ; dephosphorization ratio ; phosphorus distribution ratio ; optimum temperature of intermediate deslagging ; coal injection ; blast furnace ; drop tube furnace ; statistical correlation ; production ; ironmaking ; bio-coals ; carbonization ; gasification ; reactivity ; dilatation ; fluidity ; water electrolysis ; steelmaking ; purification ; desalinization ; direct reduction ; energy ; renewables ; high temperature ; low temperature ; mold width ; flow field in mold ; high-temperature measurement ; surface velocity ; direct reduced pellets ; open slag bath furnace ; slag ; blast furnace pellets ; hydrogen ; decarbonization ; steelworks gas valorization ; methane synthesis ; methanol synthesis ; predictive control ; carbon capture and usage ; hydrogen enrichment ; hydrogen metallurgy ; hydrogen reduction of iron oxides ; alternative ironmaking ; smelting reduction ; thermodynamic ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues::TBX History of engineering and technology ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TG Mechanical engineering and materials::TGM Materials science
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-01
    Description: This reprint is mainly aimed at economists involved in the energy market. Energy market processes have an enormous impact on people's day-to-day economic activities. The economics of sustainability leads the way in theorizing how best to prevent environmental degradation whilst also fostering positive economic development. For these reasons, the focus of this reprint is mainly on pollution and the energy transition. Works on energy resources and future-oriented solutions that reduce the consumption of classical energy resources are explored in the reprint. Papers relating to contemporary accounting and the stock market are also presented. The geographical area of the works showcased here essentially covers the entire eastern hemisphere of the globe (Asia, Africa and Europe). They are mainly empirical studies, although in one case a bibliometric analysis is included.
    Keywords: energy market ; stock market ; mood ; emotions ; weather ; causality ; industry ; renewable energy ; CO2 emissions ; Sub-Saharan Africa ; pollution charges ; green technology innovation ; industrial enterprise ; heterogeneity analysis ; oil prices ; inflation ; exchange rate ; goodwill ; impairment of goodwill ; quality of financial statements ; energy sector ; mining ; fuel ; disclosures of financial information ; nearly zero-energy housing ; NZEB ; barriers ; perceptions ; housing professionals ; sustainability transition ; energy ; green indicators ; blue indicators ; carbon neutrality ; nonlinear ARDL ; European Union ; sustainable energy development ; energy transformation ; energy strategy ; taxonomical analysis ; ranking ; TOPSIS method ; renewable energy transition ; non-euro area ; panel data ; Granger causality ; VECM ; human capital ; CO2 emission ; FDI ; technological innovation ; carbon emission efficiency ; carbon emission ; renewable energy sources ; government regulations ; subsidy programmes ; prosumers ; micro-installations ; regression discontinuity design ; green taxes ; greenhouse gas emissions ; indicators of reduction in greenhouse gas emissions ; sustainable development ; green energy ; innovation ; trends ; bibliometric analysis ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-11
    Description: This Special Issue presents an extract from the reality of smart agriculture, where the combination of modern technologies, innovative solutions, and sustainable approaches to food production classifies this part of science as highly interdisciplinary, multifaceted, and technologically advanced. The need to increase productivity, optimize natural resources, and minimize environmental impact requires new approaches. In this context, smart agriculture is emerging as a solution that combines technology, data, and science to achieve sustainable, efficient, and innovative food production. This Special Issue introduces the field of smart farming, which encompasses a range of advanced technologies. The use of these tools allows for the monitoring and optimization of crop conditions, precise fertilization, the minimization of water and energy usage, and the improvement of crop quality and quantity. In addition, plant monitoring systems are described, which, by means of sensors and data analysis, provide farmers with valuable information about plant health, soil moisture, temperature, and other factors affecting crop growth. A significant part of this monograph deals with the automation of agricultural processes, where robots and machines undertake tasks with high precision and accuracy, contributing to the farmer’s efficiency. This Special Issue aims not only to provide an understanding of smart agriculture but to also inspire the reader to think about the future of agriculture and the ways in which modern food production methods can be improved.
    Keywords: recirculating aquaculture system ; variable-flow regulation model ; circulating pump-drum filter linkage working technique ; machine learning methods ; gene algorithm support vector machine ; controlled environment agriculture ; digital twin ; productivity ; architecture ; optimization ; NDVI ; image processing ; SURF ; SIFT ; SVM ; BP algorithm ; performance ; sweet pepper ; deep neural network ; sprouts ; stimulation with a pulsed magnetic field ; micro and macro components ; ICP-OES ; ground pressure ; paddy soil ; seeding skateboard ; internet of things ; wireless measurement system ; calcium ; magnesium ; phosphorus ; potassium ; copper ; iron ; manganese ; sodium ; zinc ; wild leafy vegetables ; real-time kinematic (RTK) ; precision agriculture ; ISO standard ; global positioning system (GPS) ; GLONASS ; agricultural tractor ; Korean ginseng ; root-rot-disease ; plant segmentation ; deep learning ; Spodoptera frugiperda ; convolutional neural network ; corn insect ; electrical fields ; magnetic fields ; high-voltage electric field ; growth of fruits ; ripening of fruits ; shelf life of fruits ; fungicide resistance ; PCR ; broad-spectrum fungicides ; Fusarium solani ; toxicity ; asymmetric machine-tractor unit ; motion ; stability ; resistance coefficients ; amplitude-frequency characteristic ; phase-frequency characteristic ; quality parameters ; firmness ; total soluble solid ; titratable acidity ; dry matter ; respiration rate ; apple fruit ; model predictive control ; energy management system ; renewable energy ; smart irrigation ; agriculture 4.0 ; maize bulk ; kernel breakage ; vertical pressure ; deformation ; heat production ; sustainable ; agriculture ; rural ; mobile internet technology ; bivariate probit model ; agricultural modernization ; Pakistan ; wheat ; smart ; Zea mays ; stalk diseases ; crop rotation ; stubble ; suppressive soils ; biomass combustion ; broadleaved tree ; pulsed electric field ; calorific value ; UV-C radiation ; stress response ; mechanical properties ; stimulation ; potato tuber ; CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) ; terminal velocity ; winnowing machine separation ; chili pepper harvester ; water and fertilizer integration ; pH adjustment ; BP-PID-Smith algorithm ; estimated compensation ; convolutional neural networks ; MATLAB ; hybrid system ; mobile application ; aeration ; airflow resistance ; pore volume ; semi-empirical modelling ; self-compaction ; spatial and temporal ; energy ; environmental contamination ; lettuce ; life cycle assessment ; winter wheat ; leaf greenness index (SPAD) ; protein ; photosynthesis ; nitrogen ; smart agriculture ; weed management ; crop productivity ; computer vision ; analytical procedure ; forklift truck ; interchangeable equipment ; static stability assessment ; typical meteorological sequence ; typical meteorological week ; wastewater treatment ; high-rate algae pond ; solar irradiance ; Finkelstein-Schafer statistics ; southern rice ; threshing loss ; fuzzy PID ; adaptive algorithm ; hilly mountainous areas ; rapeseed pod ; surface area measurement ; 3-D measurement ; side area of oblique cylinders ; rapeseed pod seed testing machine ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues::TBX History of engineering and technology ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TG Mechanical engineering and materials
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    MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
    Publication Date: 2024-03-28
    Description: Thermal energy storage (TES), also known as heat storage systems, is a technology that accumulates energy when production exceeds demand so that the stored energy can be used later. The stored energy can be used at the user’s request for heating and cooling applications or for power generation. TES systems are commonly seen in buildings and industrial processes. On the other hand, conversion and storage, such as solar and wind energy, help to further increase the share of renewables in the energy mix. TES is becoming crucial for electricity storage in combination with solar power, whereby solar heat can be stored for electricity production when sunlight is absent. This is a Special Issue dedicated to recent advances in thermal energy storage and energy conversion technologies. All types of research approaches are compiled in this Special Issue: experimental, theoretical, computational, and their mixtures; papers are both of fundamental and applied nature, including industrial case studies.
    Keywords: phase change material ; energy storage ; dual-PCM ; solidification ; heat exchanger ; numerical ; nano-enhanced phase change material ; NePCM ; latent heat thermal energy storage ; LHTES ; bibliometric analysis ; solar energy ; electronic devices ; cooling ; molecular dynamics ; Na2CO3 ; local structures ; thermodynamic properties ; phase change ; PVT ; GHE ; SAGSHP ; GSHP ; PVT-SAGSHP ; EEB ; salt hydrate ; phase change materials ; graphene nanoplatelets ; thermal energy storage ; concentrating solar power ; protective Al2O3 scale ; salt corrosion resistance ; strengthening Laves phase precipitation ; energy ; vacuum tube solar water heating ; technoeconomic investigation ; thermal energy storage material ; autonomous buildings ; composite thermal energy storage ; sorption storage ; low-emission engineering ; renewable energy ; wind energy ; biomass energy ; geothermal energy ; ocean energy ; PCM ; passive temperature control ; temperature fluctuation ; perishable food products ; food preservation ; molten salt ; nitrite formation ; oxide formation ; high-temperature chemistry ; concentrated solar power (CSP) ; thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general ; thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PH Physics
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    Publication Date: 2023-11-30
    Description: Energy transformation significantly redefines the business models of enterprises in the energy sector, putting difficult decisions before them in terms of both strategy and operationalization. This shift aligns with climate protection policies, Industry 4.0 principles, and advanced technologies like artificial intelligence, blockchain, and IoT. The technological revolution is set to significantly alter lifestyles and business operations in energy production, supply, and distribution. This revolution demands that managers equip their companies and staff for upcoming challenges, emphasizing customer relations, networking, eco-development, and energy efficiency. In addition, companies from the energy sector are particularly susceptible to macroeconomic and environmental factors, such as government regulations, fluctuations in demand, price pressure on commodity exchanges, and measures to prevent global warming and engage in the creation of renewable energy. Furthermore, the situation related to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has forced many companies to rethink their actions. However, some recorded a significant slowdown in technology implementation and research and development. We do not know whether the long-term effect will influence the energy paradigm. This work aims to create new theoretical and empirical works on changes to energy sector management, including new business models and the use of Industry 4.0 technology, and their impact on organizations, digitization, companies’ energy self-sufficiency, and investments supporting the so-called green economy.
    Keywords: pro-environmental self-identity ; green energy purchase intention ; photovoltaic panels ; social value ; emotional value ; energy sector ; pro-innovative HR practices ; psychological contract ; job commitment ; job satisfaction ; management ; schools of management ; planning approach ; positional school ; resource-based approach to strategy ; the innovative and entrepreneurial approach ; network organization ; energetics ; regulated sector ; strategy ; energy producers ; management model ; rural electrification ; sustainability ; governance ; technology ; business model ; non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm-II (NSGA-II) ; multi-objective particle swarm optimization (MOPSO) ; cross-docking ; multi-energy concern ; Agenda 2030 ; the energy sector in Poland ; capital concentration ; mergers and acquisitions ; FSRU ; LNG ; appraisal modeling ; modeling energy project appraisal ; economic assessment ; project incentives ; energy project accounting ; greenfield project planning ; project due-diligence ; restructuring ; energy policy ; hard coal mining ; energy transition ; agglomeration ; cluster ; specialization ; cooperation ; innovation ; PLS-SEM ; energy ; oil price shocks ; hydrocarbon markets ; transmission channels ; asymmetries ; fuel ; fuel supplies ; COVID-19 ; coronavirus ; transport ; UE ; energy economics and management ; digitalisation ; drivers ; business models ; changes ; circular business model ; circular economy ; environmental awareness ; supply chain ; development ; waste ; controlling ; controlling tools ; energy and heating ; E&H ; integrated reporting ; non-financial reporting ; Warsaw Stock Exchange (WSE) ; energy industry ; petroleum industry ; crisis index ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences
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    IntechOpen | IntechOpen
    Publication Date: 2023-09-05
    Description: Solid Waste and Landfills Management - Recent Advances outlines the fundamental ideas and most recent developments for managing solid waste in an environmentally responsible manner. Globally, the quantity of solid trash is increasing, but its environmental impact is also a concern, especially with the advent of elements that are detrimental to ecosystems. This book examines all aspects of solid waste from a global perspective, including waste minimization, waste as a resource, proper disposal, and efficient systems promoted by sound public policy. It includes eight chapters written by eminent specialists that examine the essential topics to be considered during the various phases of a waste management program. Among the topics covered in this book are public policies focusing on reducing waste at its source, recycling, and minimizing disposal amounts; technologies for treating and recycling solid waste; safe, efficient treatment and disposal of hazardous and other special wastes; development and maintenance of engineered landfills and landfill mining; and legal frameworks and the use of life-cycle assessment as a tool for the waste management industry. This book is an indispensable resource for municipal engineers, environmental managers, researchers, students, policymakers, and planners interested in social and technological challenges connected to sustainable solid waste management.
    Keywords: environment ; energy ; biofuels ; ethanol ; recycling ; waste management ; bic Book Industry Communication::R Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning::RN The environment::RNH Waste management
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    MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
    Publication Date: 2024-03-28
    Description: Energy and its economic implications have been in the spotlight of policymakers, academics, traders, speculators and the industry for decades now. It has been an active research topic for more than 150 years. From the 19th century, the problem of creating, processing, storing and transporting energy was well defined. The issues of efficiently producing, pricing, distributing, and forecasting the demand, supply and prices of energy-related products and services are central to most modern economies irrespective of their level of development. These issues are apparent in times of relative tranquility in the respective markets but become central for all stakeholders in times of turbulence. This volume focuses on emerging methodologies of analysis, description, modelling, and forecasting in the topical area of Energy Economics. Includes emerging and innovative methodological approaches from the areas of machine learning, artificial intelligence, econometrics, and statistics aimed to model, describe or forecast the energy markets at all levels. Additionally, the volume also presents a bibliographical review, summarizes and compares results of different studies in the energy-sustainable economic growth and development nexus. The practical importance of the results to all energy market stakeholders in terms of regulating, pricing, and distributing energy is evident. Theoretical robustness, methodological innovation, and possible direct applicability of the conclusions were the basic requirements for research work to be included in this publication.
    Keywords: economic growth ; innovation activity ; globalization ; international trade ; uncertainty ; spillovers ; realized variance ; crude oil ; forecasting ; bibliometric analysis ; development economics ; energy ; renewable energy ; energy-growth nexus ; sustainable economy ; new economics ; critical review ; natural gas ; spot price ; machine learning ; energy commodities ; financial crises ; Brent ; WTI ; gasoline ; clustering ; t-SNE ; COVID-19 pandemic ; target model ; Greek wholesale electricity market ; day-ahead market ; intraday market ; balancing market ; trading volumes ; COVID-19 ; pandemic ; energy market volatility ; announcements ; deaths ; infections ; load forecasting ; load series ; mode decomposition ; extreme learning machine ; kernel density estimation ; geopolitical risk ; renewable energy sources ; energy production ; ARDL ; GDP ; CO2 emissions ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general ; thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PH Physics
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    MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
    Publication Date: 2024-03-23
    Description: This book, entitled “Smart Textile and Polymer Materials”, is dedicated to recent research and development regarding smart textiles and response-based polymer materials, including, but not limited to, fiber-based energy harvesting devices, energy storage devices, chromatic devices, color and shape changes, sensing, drug release, and ultraviolet resistant, electrically conductive, optical, hydrophobic and flame-retardant materials.
    Keywords: carbon fiber composite ; tensile strength ; laminate ; tensile property ; knitted fabrics ; strain sensors ; size prediction ; precise positioning ; human motion detection ; solid rocket motor case (SRMC) connector ; carbon fiber ; lay-up ; mechanical properties ; finite element ; knitted sensor ; equivalent resistance ; topology model ; volume resistance ; three-dimensional ; SEBS ; MWCNTs ; yarn ; dopamine ; strain sensor ; alginate fiber ; preparation method ; application properties ; characterization ; helical ; nonwoven ; curvature ; film thickness ; image ; transmission ; scattered photometric ; Kubelka-Munk ; Fe2O3 ; carbon nanofibers ; heterogeneous Fenton ; methyl orange (MO) ; LIBS ; CN band ; polymer ; nylon ; doped nylon ; molecular structure ; plasma parameters ; laser irradiance ; direct electrostatic deposition ; proton exchange membrane ; direct methanol fuel cell ; ultrathin membrane ; high power density ; fabric CAD ; irregular 3D yarn ; B-spline curve ; fabric structure ; key point mapping ; piezoelectric property ; polyacrylonitrile ; poly(vinylidene fluoride) ; ZnO nanorods ; electrospinning ; nitrogen doping ; small-sized graphene core-sheath ; graphene fiber ; supercapacitors ; polyvinylidene fluoride ; piezoelectric properties ; biomedicines ; energy ; photocatalysis ; metal-composite hybrid structure ; residual strain ; dynamic characteristic ; optical fiber sensors ; metal-CFRP-metal hybrid tube ; multiwalled carbon nanotubes ; acid treatment ; polyimide film ; physical-chemical properties ; melt-blowing ; coupled field ; annular die ; numeral calculations ; polyamide-imide ; structural construction ; air filtration ; binary aerogels ; electrospun polyacrylonitrile membranes ; fluorine-free hydrophobic modification ; amino functional modified polysiloxane ; in situ cross-linking reaction ; waterproof breathable ; personal cooling garments ; thermal comfort ; ice cooling ; phase change material cooling ; radiative cooling ; air cooling ; liquid cooling ; thermoelectric cooling ; energy conversion ; triboelectric nanogenerators ; 1D device ; woven ; knitted ; thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AT Performing arts::ATF Films, cinema ; thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AT Performing arts::ATJ Television
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    Goldsmiths Press | Goldsmiths Press
    Publication Date: 2024-03-29
    Description: A proposal for countering the futility of neoliberal existence to build an egalitarian, sustainable, and hopeful future.
    Keywords: philosophy ; capitalism ; political science ; political philosophy ; capital ; geopolitics ; philosophy books ; political science books ; political books ; politics ; economics books ; economic development ; economic history ; world politics ; international politics ; government ; economics ; sociology ; marxism ; socialism ; ecology ; finance ; culture ; business ; psychology ; economy ; social justice ; anthropology ; environment ; society ; globalization ; energy ; food ; essays ; social science ; money ; social ; evolution ; critical theory ; revolution ; feminism ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JP Politics & government ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government
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    Publication Date: 2023-07-14
    Description: Humans have eaten nuts for thousands of years, yet their consumption was discouraged just a few decades ago due to their high-fat content. This perspective began to change in the early 1990s due to seminal publications from the Adventist Health Study, which showed that nut consumption significantly improved heart health-related outcomes. Many randomized clinical trials, epidemiological studies, and in vitro/in vivo mechanistic studies have since explored the role of eating nuts and its relation to health. Similarly, dried fruits have been scrutinized due to their concentrated sugar content despite their non-sodium micronutrient and fiber density. Due to accumulating evidence on nut and dried fruit intake and health outcomes, an international scientific meeting was organized for leading experts to examine and recapitulate in detail what is well known and established and what avenues of knowledge are still lacking in nut and dried fruit research. These findings highlight the beneficial health potentials of nuts for researchers, health professionals, other stakeholders, and the public while simultaneously pinpointing areas for further investigation to continue informing and guiding health practices and policies.
    Keywords: nuts ; cholesterol ; lipids ; apolipoproteins ; diabetes ; glycemic control ; insulin resistance ; tree nuts ; peanuts ; nutrition ; cardiovascular diseases ; review ; environment ; sustainability ; reproduction ; sexual function ; diet ; dietary patterns ; cognitive performance ; brain health ; dementia ; lifespan ; aging ; epidemiological studies ; clinical trials ; inflammation ; non-communicable diseases ; oxidative stress ; energy ; calories ; mastication ; appetite ; food intake ; body weight ; obesity ; dried fruits ; cancer ; cancer survivors ; mortality ; gut health and microbiome ; cardiometabolic diseases ; bone health ; dietary guidance ; n/a ; gut health ; microbiota ; digestion ; bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine ; bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MM Other branches of medicine::MMG Pharmacology
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-28
    Description: The application of novel experimental tools in many scientific fields has created an urgent need for an improved understanding of many new physical phenomena that emerge under such conditions. In particular, phenomena that occur in low-dimensional systems have drawn the interest of many experimental and theoretical groups globally. The aim of this reprint is to provide an overview of the current research in low-dimensional systems by attracting contributions from a number of specialists in the field. This way, we attempt to provide important insights on the large variety of scientifically fascinating and technologically important phenomena that are currently being investigated. The covered topics include original research articles on the fundamental principles and experimental aspects that apply to various low-dimensional systems, such as quantum dots, graphene systems, ultrathin films, superconducting films, novel nanoscale devices, etc. This reprint includes research papers from both theoretical and experimental groups. Many phenomena are studied from a multi-disciplinary perspective in such a way as to explore key important developments in the field.
    Keywords: scanning thermal microscopy (SThM) ; numerical study ; finite element analysis (FEA) ; boron nitride ; h-BN ; ultrathin films ; heat transfer ; thermal contact ; penetration depth ; stationary time ; charge order ; triangular lattice ; extended Hubbard model ; atomic limit ; mean-field theory ; phase diagram ; longer-range interactions ; thermodynamic properties ; fermionic lattice gas ; adsorption on the surface ; nanocapacitor ; energy ; capacitance ; circular plate ; dielectric thin film ; graphene plasmons ; dispersionless ; deep-subwavelength gap ; electro-optic switch ; on-chip integration ; graphene ; nanocomposite film ; film-forming ability ; stability ; mechanical properties ; HgSe QD ; long-wave infrared ; evaporated film ; morphology ; RF magnetron sputtering ; TiO2 film ; triphenylphosphine ; Au9 ; gold clusters ; photodeposition ; CrOx ; Cr(OH)3 ; Cr2O3 layer ; QD-Flash ; self-assembled quantum dots ; quantum dots memories ; non-volatile memories ; universal memories ; hole localization ; quaternary alloy ; strain ; superconducting ; nanostripes ; vortex ; confinement ; critical current ; flux ; NbN ; BKT transition ; phase slips ; granular superconductivity ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general ; thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RG Geography
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-11
    Description: This reprint presents the current status of research activities concerning vehicle design processes. The design of vehicles is one of the most challenging tasks in engineering because of several reasons. The enormous consumer expectations as well as the intensive global competition aggravates vehicle design. Cost-driven design is a necessity and vehicles need to be economical in production, operation, and recycling; in fact, sustainable design is also imperative for ecological vehicles. The dynamics of vehicles have to be considered in the design of all components and light-weight design is of fundamental importance. Consumers expect convincing functional performance, high product quality, appealing appearance, high reliability, interconnected functionality as well as comprehensible and appealing user interfaces. More and more, additional services are connected to vehicles. These enormous requirements lead to complex multi-domain design processes of vehicles because most of the important decisions are made in the design phase. Production optimization and intelligent operation are important topics, but flaws and insufficiencies in the design stage lead to enormous expenditures in later stages and less-than-perfect products. The design processes of vehicles involve thousands of engineers are spread globally and need to consider multiple product versions and variants as well as multi-company product platforms.
    Keywords: magnetorheological suspension ; regenerative energy ; joint simulation ; suspension performance ; hybrid electric vehicles ; powertrain design ; powertrain configurations ; powertrain components ; fuel economy optimization ; vehicle performance optimization ; digital design process ; urban vehicles ; balanced two-wheel scooter ; elasto-kinematic ; axle model ; suspension kinematics ; multibody simulation ; tire wear ; thermomechanical fatigue ; multiaxial fatigue ; out-of-phase failure ; brake disc ; life prediction ; high-speed railway ; damage mechanism ; vehicle design processes ; optimization ; electrical drive-train ; simulation ; hyperloop actuation ; capsular vehicles ; inter-distance control ; magnetic levitation ; control and actuation ; numerical studies ; longitudinal distance ; statistical customer data ; design-relevant parameters ; design of vehicle drive systems ; purpose-built vehicle ; new mobility ; ride-pooling ; Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) ; field robotics ; hybrid sensing platform ; aquaculture ; HAUCS ; Internet of Things ; origami ; robotic extension ; mobile agent ; LoRa ; analysis of customer data ; sequence of time series ; vehicle technology ; energy ; fire suppression ; boron ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues::TBX History of engineering and technology ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TR Transport technology and trades
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-28
    Description: This reprint features 18 selected high-quality research articles spanning diverse domains in the field of energy-efficient wireless communication and networking. The contributions in this reprint collectively underscore the significance of energy optimization in wireless systems, illuminating innovative approaches, algorithms, and technologies that pave the way for sustainable and efficient wireless communication in various application scenarios. This reprint brings together a rich tapestry of research that illuminates the ongoing efforts to design, optimize, and implement energy-efficient wireless communication and networking solutions. This reprint also encourages researchers to explore finer areas in the energy-efficient wireless network domain and provides a significant contribution to the research community to help further extend their areas of research.
    Keywords: RPL ; fish swarm ; bio-inspired approach ; energy optimization ; grid formation ; convolution clustering ; data transmission ; cluster head ; alive and dead node ; WSNs ; IoT ; heterogeneous WSN ; multipath link routing protocol (MLRP) ; hybrid-based TEEN ; ubiquitous data storage protocol (U-DSP) ; cloud computing ; secure communication ; docker security ; homomorphic encryption ; virtualization ; blockchain ; docker image sharing ; 6G ; energy-efficient ; Internet of Things (IoT) ; key technologies ; smart cities ; non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) ; bit error rate (BER) ; spectrum efficiency (SE) ; outage probability (OP) ; multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) ; wireless body sensor network (WBSN) ; energy ; network lifetime ; routing and threshold ; power domain (PD) ; 6G network ; massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) ; air logistics ; multiagent reinforcement learning ; actor-attention-critic ; sensor fusion ; multiple UAV ; IOCA ; IJO-LF ; WSN ; energy efficient routing ; edge computing ; energy efficiency ; reward function ; state learning ; cloud-computing ; cybertwin ; UAV ; IoE ; CFN ; BC-UAV ; wireless sensor network ; MAC ; routing ; review and data communication ; wireless sensor network (WSN) ; security ; attacks ; cluster mechanism ; time consumption ; UWSN ; clustering ; multi-hop ; energy consumption ; heterogeneous network ; MANET ; internet ; cloud ; wireless underground sensor networks ; channel ; distortion ; machine learning ; reactive communication ; quality assessment ; wireless sensor networks ; industrial internet of things ; sensor nodes ; meta-heuristic ; eco-friendly devices ; self-energy harvesting ; sustainable devices ; wireless power transfer ; next-generation networks ; thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general ; thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PH Physics
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    Publication Date: 2023-09-29
    Description: Leftovers are particularly at risk of being discarded, and therefore a main component of household food waste. This study provides insights into sources of heterogeneity in leftover management behaviours, with a particular focus on the use of meal kits providing matched portion and ingredient sizes, and identifies consumer segments via a latent class analysis. We investigate whether belonging to a segment with positive attitudes toward leftovers, and engagement in conscious leftover management behaviours decreases the amounts of dinner leftovers and food waste. Besides, we demonstrate that several food waste antecedents, emotions, personal norms, intention and dinner procurement routines elicit leftover management segment membership. In addition to examining such individual differences, we also investigate the role of meal-level determinants, in particular, whether meal kits heterogeneously affect dinner leftovers depending on the consumer's leftover management segment. Data was collected from 868 households from six countries, using an online survey and diaries. Results of the latent class analysis point towards five consumer segments. We found differences in dinner leftovers amount across classes and detected heterogeneous effects of meal kits. That is, meal kits were able to diminish leftovers in two segments, but not in the other segments. These results provide novel insights into consumer heterogeneity regarding the occurrence, antecedents, and potential solutions of leftovers and resulting household food waste. Implications for both theory and policy are discussed.
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-25
    Description: The production of green hydrogen in Germany is more competitive than expected compared to imports. This is the key finding of a meta-analysis conducted by the Wuppertal Institute on behalf of the North Rhine-Westphalia Association for Renewable Energies (Landesverband Erneuerbare Energien NRW). The hydrogen study focuses primarily on the year 2030 and beyond - and confirms the advantages of green hydrogen produced in Germany from domestic renewable energies, especially when the evaluation is viewed from a holistic system perspective.
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    Publication Date: 2023-12-08
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    Publication Date: 2023-12-08
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    Publication Date: 2023-12-08
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    Publication Date: 2023-12-22
    Description: To combat climate change, it is anticipated that in the coming years countries around the world will adopt more stringent policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increase the use of clean energy sources. These policies will also affect the industry sector, which means that industrial production is likely to progressively shift from CO2-emitting fossil fuel sources to renewable energy sources. As a result, a region's renewable energy resources could become an increasingly important factor in determining where energy-intensive industries locate their production. We refer to this pull factor as the "renewables pull" effect. Renewables pull could lead to the relocation of some industrial production as a consequence of regional differences in the marginal cost of renewable energy sources. In this paper, we introduce the concept of renewables pull and explain why its importance is likely to increase in the future. Using the examples of direct reduced iron (DRI) and ammonia production, we find that the future costs of climate-neutral production of certain products is likely to vary considerably between regions with different renewable energy resources. However, we also identify the fact that many other factors in addition to energy costs determine the decisions that companies make in term of location, leaving room for further research to better understand the future relevance of renewables pull.
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    Publication Date: 2023-02-28
    Description: The EU Horizon 2020 project HiEff-BioPower (grant agreement No 727330, duration: 10/2016 - 09/2021) aimed at the development of a new, innovative, fuel flexible and highly efficient biomass CHP technology for a capacity range of 1 to 10 MW total energy output, suitable e.g. for on-site generation at larger residential apartment buildings or local heat grids. The new technology shall define a new milestone in terms of CHP efficiency and contribute to a sustainable energy supply based on renewable energies using otherwise unused residual biomass. It consists of a fuel-flexible updraft gasification technology with ultra-low particulate matter emissions, an integrated gas cleaning system and a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC). The technology shall be applicable for a wide fuel spectrum for residual biomass (wood pellets, wood chips or selected agricultural fuels like agro-pellets) and achieve high gross electric (40%) and overall (90%) efficiencies as well as almost zero gaseous and particulate matter (PM) emissions (close or below the level of detection) as non-energy benefits. At the end of the project, final technology data has become available, as well as techno-economic analyses and market studies. Based on this data, this paper presents final results from the environmental impact assessment of the new HiEff-BioPower technology.
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    Publication Date: 2023-03-24
    Description: The food system faces a multitude of challenges, including high greenhouse gas emissions, threats to biodiversity, increased diet-related diseases due to unbalanced diets, and socially problematic complex supply chains. This requires not only a transformation of the agricultural economy but also a change in the diet and lifestyles of all consumers. Developing and using digital and technological innovations can help to solve these challenges. In this context, the study provides impulses on how digitalisation can contribute to transforming production and consumption and which prerequisites have to be given to achieve this. The study describes the approaches for digitalisation along the value chain. These include optimising the use of resources in agriculture - for example with the help of smart farming - and supporting consumers with digital tools and assistance systems - such as apps designed to support grocery shopping. In addition, new business models and a better connection between production and consumption processes are also possible. This includes, for example, new digital sales channels or tracking and communicating sustainability indicators such as CO2 emissions across all steps of the value chain in order to enable all stakeholders to take reliable action.
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    Publication Date: 2023-05-02
    Description: 22 years are left until the German target for climate neutrality should be reached. For the industrial sector, this implies a fundamental change and an acceleration of emission reduction, as from 2000 to 2021 the sector has reduced its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by only 13% (ERK, 2022). For the large structures, plants and assets that are characteristic for the energy intensive industrial sectors, the timespan implies no room for delay. One sector facing particular challenges is the chemical industry. Here, fossil resources are used not only for energetic purposes but for feedstock as well, in the petrochemical industry in particular. The efforts made in the petrochemical sector thereby not only affects the sectors own emissions, but the chemicals value chain at large, including the management of end-of-life products. The dependency on energetic resources for material use also means that there is a particular connection from the chemical industry to the energy system at large, which also entails special consideration. The chemical industry also has a particular relevance to the Antwerp-Rotterdam-Rhine-Ruhr-Area (ARRRA) which hosts several large petrochemical clusters in Germany as well as the Netherlands and Belgium, with complexly interlinked production chains. In reaching the climate targets, these regions especially face significant changes and may have the opportunity to position themselves as frontrunners for industrial transformation. That is, if a successful strategy can be found. In the recent years, numerous scenario analyses and roadmaps have been released drawing out pathways for chemical industries to develop in line with national and international climate targets. This can entail mapping of technological options, important prerequisites, particular challenges as well as important opportunities and timeframes. This meta-analysis summarizes and compares the findings of some of the most recent previous works at the national, European and global level. As the goal is to investigate the various strategic options and development paths for Germany and the ARRRA, it has a particular focus on roadmaps for Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium. It takes a quantitative as well as qualitative approach, looking both at resource and production volumes, different emission reduction strategies relative importance, as well as policy recommendations and other important framework conditions. A particular focus is put on the use of non-fossil feedstocks to reduce emissions.
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    Publication Date: 2023-05-15
    Description: In the energy sector, few topics, if any, are more hyped than hydrogen. Countries develop hydrogen strategies to provide a perspective for hydrogen production and use in order to meet climate-neutrality goals. However, in this topical field the role of water is less accentuated. Hence, in this study, we seek to map the interrelations between the water and wastewater sector on the one hand and the hydrogen sector on the other hand, before reflecting upon our findings in a country case study. We chose the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan because (i) hydrogen is politically discussed not least due to its high potentials for solar PV, and (ii) Jordan is water stressed - definitely a bad precondition for water-splitting electrolyzers. This research is based on a project called the German-Jordanian Water-Hydrogen-Dialogue (GJWHD), which started with comprehensive desk research mostly to map the intersectoral relations and to scope the situation in Jordan. Then, we carried out two expert workshops in Wuppertal, Germany, and Amman, Jordan, in order to further discuss the nexus by inviting a diverse set of stakeholders. The mapping exercise shows various options for hydrogen production and opportunities for planning hydrogen projects in water-scarce contexts such as Jordan.
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    Publication Date: 2023-03-03
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    Publication Date: 2023-07-10
    Description: The ecological challenges of this decade have been clearly identified. The pressure of problems is increasing drastically; progress in climate protection or the preservation of biodiversity is insufficient. Little time is left to act. In consequence, we can only achieve and permanently secure social and environmental prosperity through far-reaching changes in economy and society. As a socio-technical innovation, digitalisation can realise its full ecological potential above all where it helps to profoundly change today's lifestyles, consumption patterns, and economic practices with a clear commitment to sustainability. As the most urgent design task of the 21st century, it is important to put digitalisation's enormous creative power at the service of the great transformation. The "great transformation" refers to the comprehensive restructuring of technology, the economy, and society in order to deal with the social and ecological challenges of the 21st century. This is a task for state action in terms of both regulatory policy orientation and facilitating collective processes of change - new tasks call for new governance. A digital-ecological statecraft is the indispensable prerequisite for effective state action to shape the social-ecological digital transformation. Using the example of the platform economy, we explore challenges, starting points, and (policy) measures.
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-16
    Description: While digital technologies hold significant transformational potential, anecdotal evidence suggests that the digital transformation might not be directed towards sustainable development sufficiently. Drawing on a modified and extended version of the framework proposed by Wanzenböck et al. (2020), we explore the cases of the circular economy and the transition towards a sustainable energy system in the twin transition. Making use of insights from 20 expert interviews and two in-depth interviews, we aim to gain a first careful indication of the convergence/divergence in societal views on key problems and solutions across different dimensions (technological, economic, socio-cultural, regulatory) and derive insights for integrated policy-making. Thereby the study contributes to bridging the existing gap between mission-oriented policies and the twin transition. Overall, our first insights indicate that while showing high similarities in the structure of problems and solutions across cases, the variety in wickedness (contestation, complexity, uncertainty) calls for differentiated policy-making: Significant parts of the relatively young twin transition might be in a state of disorientation where societal views on problems and solutions diverge. This would require policy-makers to follow a "discovery-mode" (basic research, experiments and monitoring) with only selected diffusion-focused strategies. Further, we show that missions in the twin transition require highly flexible policy-making as different approaches need to be applied simultaneously. Finally, there are several options for exploiting synergies in policy-making due to some overlapping characteristics as well as learning opportunities between cases. We believe that particularly our holistic perspective on the twin transition can yield substantial guidance for researchers and policy-makers in the field.
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-05
    Description: Established in 2016, the German-Japanese Energy Transition Council (GJETC) strives to promote bilateral cooperation between Germany and Japan on energy transition. Among other studies and topical papers, an output paper in 2020 (Rauschen et al., 2020) already compared the energy efficiency in buildings in both countries with a particular focus on heating and cooling. One important finding of this output paper was that further efforts in the building sector are needed to improve the energy efficiency of buildings in Germany and Japan. Following the more ambitious climate protection targets in both countries, this study seeks to analyze the German and Japanese policies put in place to accelerate the decarbonization of the building sector. The decarbonization of the vast number of buildings that both Japan and Germany are facing will be a major contribution to achieving the GHG reduction targets of both countries and should continue to be discussed among experts and developed into a discussion among policy makers. This report examines and compares the characteristics of the building stock in both countries, as well as existing policies and new strategies and policies that are planned or discussed to achieve energy conservation and decarbonization of buildings. The current shape of buildings, especially houses, is greatly influenced by the land area of the country corresponding to the available space for buildings, the natural environment surrounding the country, the natural resources available, and the lifestyle and cultural ideas that have been passed down and taken root over time. Therefore, it might be difficult to compare them and the corresponding strategies and policies with the same yardstick, so we also discuss common or deviant situations. Through this joint research, we aim to find each other's advantages and challenges and to develop useful and concrete policy recommendations that will contribute to decarbonization policies in both countries.
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    Publication Date: 2022-12-06
    Description: Pumped storage technology is a large-scale, efficient, flexible and clean energy storage technology. The core of it is the design of pumped storage units, which involves the operation and flow characteristics of vane hydraulic machinery under pump and turbine modes, as well as the complex flow conditions of the upstream and downstream flow channels of the units. With this as the background, this book expounds on the relevant problems and their solutions, providing a scientific basis for the development of pumped storage technology. I hope this book can provide as a useful reference for readers.
    Keywords: tip clearance ; vertical axial flow pump ; whole channel numerical simulation ; pressure pulsation ; leakage vortex ; bulb tubular pump ; numerical simulation ; adjusting speed ; transition process ; pressure fluctuation ; pump turbine ; flow energy loss ; flow–head stability ; guide vane opening ; V-inclined pipe ; sand transport ; critical velocity ; flow pattern ; orthogonal test method ; lateral intake ; CFD numerical simulation ; diversion pier ; prefabricated pumping station ; centrifugal pump ; energy characteristics ; internal flow field ; test ; integrated pump gate ; inlet channel ; outlet channel ; hydraulic performance ; “S” shaped airfoil ; bidirectional axial flow pump ; axial flow pumps ; energy ; cavitation ; numerical calculation ; Francis turbine ; sediment erosion ; clearance ; CFD ; n/a ; bic Book Industry Communication::T Technology, engineering, agriculture::TB Technology: general issues ; bic Book Industry Communication::T Technology, engineering, agriculture::TB Technology: general issues::TBX History of engineering & technology
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-11
    Description: Advanced and novel thermal technologies, such as ohmic heating, dielectric heating (e.g., microwave heating and radio frequency heating), and inductive heating, have been developed to improve the effectiveness of heat processing whilst guaranteeing food safety and eliminating undesirable impacts on the organoleptic and nutritional properties of foods. Novel thermal technologies rely on heat generation directly inside foods, which has implications for improving the overall energy efficiency of the heating process itself. The use of novel thermal technologies is dependent on the complexity and inherent properties of the food materials of interest (e.g., thermal conductivity, electrical resistance, water content, pH, rheological properties, food porosity, and presence of particulates). Moreover, there is a need to address the combined use of thermal processing with emerging technologies such as pulsed electric fields, high hydrostatic pressure, and ultrasound to complement the conventional thermal processing of fluid or solid foods. This Special Issue provides readers with an overview of the latest applications of various novel technologies in food processing. A total of eight cutting-edge original research papers and one comprehensive review paper discussing novel processing technologies from the perspectives of food safety, sustainability, process engineering, (bio)chemical changes, health, nutrition, sensory issues, and consumers are covered in this Special Issue.
    Keywords: pecan ; dielectric properties ; radio frequency (RF) heating ; simulation ; maceration-fermentation ; polyphenol extraction ; PEF ; Grenache ; sensory analysis. ; hyperspectral imaging ; cold spots ; microwave ; sterilization ; Maillard reaction ; frying ; mathematical model ; mass transfer ; heat transfer ; pulsed electric fields ; solid plant foods ; Geobacillus ; Clostridium ; spores ; inactivation ; thermal resistance ; senior-friendly food ; solid–liquid mixture ; ohmic heating ; vacuum ; blanching ; drying ; efficiency ; energy ; ultrasound ; potato ; variable space network method ; enthalpy method ; approximate quasi-steady-state analysis ; explicit finite difference ; kinetic ; pulsed electric field ; cultivar ; colour ; lightness ; first order ; activation energy ; Arrhenius ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues::TBX History of engineering and technology
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    Publication Date: 2022-02-01
    Description: This book, titled “Ionic Conductive Membranes for Fuel Cells”, from the journal Membranes, discusses the state of the art and future developments in the field of polymer electrolyte membranes for fuel cells, an efficient and clean system for converting fuel into energy.
    Keywords: proton exchange membranes ; PEMFC ; PFSA annealing ; hydration ; nc index ; PPSU ; High IEC, CSPPSU ; activation ; PEMFCs ; PVA:CS polymer blend ; NH4I salt ; XRD and FESEM ; impedance ; dielectric properties ; TNM and LSV study ; fuel cell technology ; energy ; polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) ; solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) ; direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs) ; reverse electrodialysis ; Nafion ; brine ; semi-crystalline polymers ; small-angle neutron scattering ; bioremediation ; renewable energy ; organic pollutants ; electrogens ; wastewater ; proton exchange membrane fuel cells ; radical scavengers ; halloysite ; cerium oxide ; PEM ; PEFC ; ionomer ; polymer electrolyte membrane ; polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell ; proton exchange membrane ; proton exchange membrane fuel cell ; n/a ; bic Book Industry Communication::G Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research & information: general ; bic Book Industry Communication::T Technology, engineering, agriculture::TB Technology: general issues
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    Publication Date: 2022-11-17
    Description: Today’s power system is facing the challenges of increasing global demand for electricity, high-reliability requirements, the need for clean energy and environmental protection, and planning restrictions. To move towards a green and smart electric power system, centralized generation facilities are being transformed into smaller and more distributed ones. As a result, the microgrid concept is emerging, where a microgrid can operate as a single controllable system and can be viewed as a group of distributed energy loads and resources, which can include many renewable energy sources and energy storage systems. The energy management of a large number of distributed energy resources is required for the reliable operation of the microgrid. Microgrids and nanogrids can allow for better integration of distributed energy storage capacity and renewable energy sources into the power grid, therefore increasing its efficiency and resilience to natural and technical disruptive events. Microgrid networking with optimal energy management will lead to a sort of smart grid with numerous benefits such as reduced cost and enhanced reliability and resiliency. They include small-scale renewable energy harvesters and fixed energy storage units typically installed in commercial and residential buildings. In this challenging context, the objective of this book is to address and disseminate state-of-the-art research and development results on the implementation, planning, and operation of microgrids/nanogrids, where energy management is one of the core issues.
    Keywords: energy demand ; long-term forecasting ; machine learning ; R programming ; solar power generation ; support vector regression ; economic energy ; Bonobo Optimizer ; hybrid renewable energy system ; microgrid ; PV panels ; wind turbine ; energy storage ; hierarchical control ; primary ; secondary control ; droop control ; frequency restoration ; voltage restoration ; grid synchronization ; proportional resonant controller ; robust control ; distributed generation, microgrid ; LMI ; optimization ; lightning attachment procedure optimization (LAPO) algorithm ; photovoltaic panel ; uncertainty ; cooperation ; energy ; reliability ; Monte Carlo ; smart energy control ; grid-synchronization ; dynamic voltage restorer ; converter control system ; sliding mode control ; economic scheduling ; clean energy ; quantum mayfly algorithm (QMA) ; n/a ; bic Book Industry Communication::T Technology, engineering, agriculture::TB Technology: general issues ; bic Book Industry Communication::T Technology, engineering, agriculture::TB Technology: general issues::TBX History of engineering & technology
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-27
    Description: The papers included in this Special Issue tackle multiple aspects of how cities, districts, and buildings could evolve along with climate change and how this would impact our way of conceiving and applying design criteria, policies, and urban plans. Despite the multidisciplinary nature of the collection, some transversal take-home messages emerge: • Today’s energy-efficient paradigms may lose their virtuosity in the future unless accurate estimates of future scenarios are used to design modelling platforms and to inform legislative frameworks; • Acting at the local scale is key. Future climate change adaptation will be implemented at the local level. Overlooking regional and local specificities will contribute to inaccurate and inefficient action plans. As such, the smaller scale will become vital in predicting future urban metabolic rates and corresponding comfort-driven strategies; • Energy poverty, heat vulnerability, and social injustice are emerging as critical factors for planning and acting for future-proof cities on par of micro- and meso-climatological factors; • Given that the impacts of climate change will persist for many years, adaptation to this phenomenon should be prioritized by removing any prominent barrier and by enabling combinations of different mitigation technologies. These topics will receive a global reach in few decades, since also developing and underdeveloped countries are starting their fight against local climate change, with cities at the forefront.
    Keywords: outdoor space ; thermal environment ; radiation environment ; wind environment ; heat-related mortality ; built environment ; urban resilience ; extreme heat ; climate change ; urban heat island ; heat stress from outside ; indoor environments ; tropics ; multi-level office buildings ; coastal cities ; Mediterranean climate ; urban heat island intensity ; sample year ; climate change adaptation ; barriers ; focus group discussion ; Tehran ; structural equation modeling ; urban management ; near-zero energy buildings ; future scenarios ; energy efficiency ; adaptive comfort ; long-term performance ; urban heat ; Australia ; UHI effect ; mitigation ; bushfire smoke ; indoor air quality ; filtration ; building envelope ; energy ; future weather data ; building energy performance ; thermal comfort ; statistical downscaling of climate models ; dynamical downscaling of climate models ; urban modelling ; cities ; buildings ; decarbonization ; urbanisation ; climate ; densification ; population ; temperature ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general
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    Publication Date: 2022-05-06
    Description: The production of industrial and bioenergy crops has been the subject of scientific research for many years; however, the implementation of previously proposed solutions for commercial production is still at an early stage. It should be emphasized that when developing the production of industrial and bioenergy crops on agricultural lands, it is important to avoid land-use competition with the production of food and feed. It is well justified, for initiating the sustainable production of industrial and bioenergy crops, to promote efficient species for growing on marginal lands, which are unsuitable or less suitable for food or feed production. Another important point is that industrial and bioenergy crops should include nonfood and nonfeed crops and generate agricultural products categorized as commodities and/or raw materials for industrial goods and bioenergy. These industrial and bioenergy crops can become an important source of biomass. Of course, the concept of their cultivation for nonfood (and/or nonfeed) uses is not new but, despite considerable investment in research and development, little progress has been made with regard to the introduction of such crops and their products into the market. Therefore, the papers focus on innovations and perspectives regarding sustainable industrial and bioenergy crops production, logistic chains, biomass quality, utilization and cascade biomass use for bioeconomy, socio-economic and energy analyses, etc.
    Keywords: harvesting ; work productivity ; supply chain ; harvesting efficiency ; Salix ; genoype × site interaction ; survivability ; biometric features ; plant height ; fresh biomass yield ; dry biomass yield ; Miscanthus ; nitrogen fertilization ; rhizomes ; stem ; leaves ; consumer choices ; eucalyptus ; firewood ; Italy ; multilevel logistic regression model ; willingness to consume ; tobacco biomass ; energy yield ; higher heating value ; biogas potential ; Nicotiana tabacum ; energy crops ; planting density ; calorific value ; SRC ; hulled wheat species ; energy ; life cycle assessment ; Tenebrio molitor ; edible insects ; larval development ; feed conversion ratio ; agricultural and industrial residues ; lignocellulosic biomass ; bioconversion ; agroforestry ; biodiversity ; bioeconomy ; biomass supply ; circular economy ; organic farming ; perennial crops ; quarry ; syntropy ; vegetation restoration ; willow ; varieties ; yield ; marginal soil ; biological diversity ; marginal land ; cup plant ; perennial energy crop ; energy expenses ; biogas ; biomass yield ; willow SRC ; energy plants ; ground beetles ; Carabidae ; ecosystem services ; invertebrate biodiversity ; willow-leaf sunflower ; Jerusalem artichoke ; supercritical extraction ; water as co-solvent ; antimicrobial activity ; biocidal effect ; bioenergy crop ; groundwater ; growth ; invasive potential ; reproductive potential ; Silphium perfoliatum ; soil moisture ; water table distance ; energy biomass ; yields ; invasive behavior ; economics ; common osier ; fertilization ; dry matter yield ; soil chemical parameters ; soil bulk density ; water-stable aggregates ; soil microbial carbon ; willow browse ; soluble carbohydrates ; browsing damage ; cervids ; gas chromatography ; aboveground ; belowground part of Miscanthus × giganteus ; ash ; potassium ; calcium ; sulphur content ; uptake ; bioproduction ; CAP payments ; sustainable agriculture ; Poland ; unutilized agricultural areas (uUAA) ; abandoned areas ; land use and land-use change ; carbon sequestration ; soil properties (physical and chemical) ; polyphenols ; supercritical CO2 extraction ; perennial industrial crops ; antioxidant activity ; silvergrass ; willowleaf sunflower ; prairie cordgrass ; n/a ; bic Book Industry Communication::T Technology, engineering, agriculture::TB Technology: general issues ; bic Book Industry Communication::T Technology, engineering, agriculture::TB Technology: general issues::TBX History of engineering & technology
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    Publication Date: 2022-10-25
    Description: Nutrition, often along with physical activity, is by now acknowledged as a cornerstone in the prevention and even more so the treatment of many diseases. Indeed, food and nutritional intake nowadays are often thought to be the main source of wellbeing sometimes over- but also underestimating the impact of nutritional intake, dietary pattern and food-derived natural compounds in their impact on human health. In this Special Issue entitled `Clinical Nutrition: Recent Advances and Remaining Challenges´ a broad overview and summary on recent findings in various fields of clinical nutrition with special focus on chronic and degenerative diseases like metabolic diseases, cancers, neurodegenerative diseases, inflammatory bowel diseases, sarcopenia but also malnutrition in elderly, infants and children is provided. Nutrition, often along with physical activity, is by now acknowledged as a cornerstone in the prevention and even more so the treatment of many diseases. Indeed, food and nutritional intake nowadays are often thought to be the main source of wellbeing sometimes over- but also underestimating the impact of nutritional intake, dietary pattern and food-derived natural compounds in their impact on human health. In this Special Issue entitled `Clinical Nutrition: Recent Advances and Remaining Challenges´ a broad overview and summary on recent findings in various fields of clinical nutrition with special focus on chronic and degenerative diseases like metabolic diseases, cancers, neurodegenerative diseases, inflammatory bowel diseases, sarcopenia but also malnutrition in elderly, infants and children is provided.
    Keywords: malnutrition ; cirrhosis ; nutritional screening ; nutritional assessment ; gut–liver axis ; macronutrients ; micronutrients ; dysbiosis ; diet ; enteral nutrition ; inflammatory bowel disease ; nutrition ; nutritional therapy ; prevention ; artificial nutrition ; nasogastric feeding ; nasogastric tube ; palliative care ; calcium oxalate stone formation ; dietary assessment ; fatty acids ; fluid ; oxalate ; protein ; sodium ; uric acid ; water ; insulin ; lifestyle ; non-alcoholic ; steatohepatitis ; fibrosis ; metabolic syndrome ; weight loss ; time-restricted feeding ; intermittent fasting ; low-carb diet ; liver disease ; Brugada syndrome ; long QT syndrome ; ingredients ; glucose ; ketone bodies ; ROS ; sudden cardiac death ; bariatric surgery ; cardiovascular disease ; endovascular bariatric surgery ; obesity ; oral nutritional supplements ; perioperative nutrition ; sarcopenia ; gastrointestinal surgery ; behaviour ; nutrition supplements ; type 2 diabetes ; ageing ; inflammaging ; anorexia of aging ; DoMAP ; GLIM criteria ; cholestasis ; chronic liver diseases ; nutritional needs ; pediatrics ; medical nutrition therapy ; critical care ; parenteral nutrition ; energy ; review ; Crohn’s disease ; gut microenvironment ; celiac disease ; gluten ; gluten-free diet ; prostate ; metabolism ; benign prostatic hyperplasia ; erectile dysfunction ; dietary recommendation ; overweight ; carbohydrate ; fat ; bic Book Industry Communication::G Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research & information: general ; bic Book Industry Communication::P Mathematics & science::PS Biology, life sciences ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JF Society & culture: general::JFC Cultural studies::JFCV Food & society
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    Publication Date: 2022-11-17
    Description: The aim of ITISE 2022 is to create a friendly environment that could lead to the establishment or strengthening of scientific collaborations and exchanges among attendees. Therefore, ITISE 2022 is soliciting high-quality original research papers (including significant works-in-progress) on any aspect time series analysis and forecasting, in order to motivating the generation and use of new knowledge, computational techniques and methods on forecasting in a wide range of fields.
    Keywords: readmission prediction ; intensive care unit (ICU) ; recurrent neural network (RNN) ; longshort-term memory (LSTM) ; machine learning (ML) ; time series analysis ; health forecasting ; spectrum ; utilization ; prediction ; time-series ; clustering ; K-Means ; LSTM ; CNN ; outlier detection ; outlier detection in time series ; time series clustering ; time series cluster evaluation ; time series ; anomaly detection ; predictive maintenance ; model evaluation ; error diagnosis ; convolutional neural network ; all sky images ; cloud-base height ; machinelearning ; : financial market volatility ; VAR-DCC-GARCH ; wavelet-based random forest ; forecasting ; synthetic data ; shareable data ; privacy ; cross-correlation ; DCCA method ; oil derivatives ; energy ; accessibility ; retainability ; Markov chain ; K-mean clustering ; mobile data traffic ; multivariate prediction ; temporal ; spatial ; COVID-19 ; time series forecasting ; NARNN ; ARIMA ; dynamic convergence ; stationarity ; unit root ; ecosystem respiration ; dynamic mode decomposition with control ; time delay embedding ; ordinal patterns ; structural breaks ; non-stationary time series ; hydrological data ; prediction intervals ; seq2seq ; oil production ;  automated machine learning ; machine learning ; time-series forecasting ;  PV systems ; faults ; diagnosis ; signal processing ; time series data ; bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KN Industry & industrial studies::KNT Media, information & communication industries::KNTX Information technology industries ; bic Book Industry Communication::U Computing & information technology::UY Computer science
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    Publication Date: 2022-08-09
    Description: This book is for researchers, policymakers, and practitioners who want to understand the dynamics and governance of low-carbon transitions. It shows how UK electricity, heat, and mobility systems are being reconfigured and explains the varying speed, depth, and scope of change. Available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
    Keywords: climate change ; low-carbon energy transitions ; sustainability ; energy ; transport ; energy economics ; energy policy ; renewable energy ; environmental studies
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    Publication Date: 2022-02-01
    Description: In October 2014, the EU leaders agreed upon three key targets for the year 2030: a reduction by at least 40% in greenhouse gas emissions, savings of at least 27% for renewable energy, and improvements by at least 27% in energy efficiency. The increase in computational power combined with advanced modeling and simulation tools makes it possible to derive new technological solutions that can enhance the energy efficiency of systems and that can reduce the ecological footprint. This book compiles 10 novel research works from a Special Issue that was focused on data-driven approaches, machine learning, or artificial intelligence for the modeling, simulation, and optimization of energy systems.
    Keywords: passive house ; enclosure structure ; heat transfer coefficient ; energy consumption ; turbo-propeller ; regional ; fuel ; weight ; range ; design ; CO2 reduction ; multi-objective combinatorial optimization ; meta-heuristics ; ant colony optimization ; non-intrusive load monitoring ; appliance classification ; appliance feature ; recurrence graph ; weighted recurrence graph ; V–I trajectory ; convolutional neural network ; energy baselines ; machine learning ; clustering ; neural methods ; smart intelligent systems ; building energy consumption ; building load forecasting ; energy efficiency ; thermal improved of buildings ; anti-icing ; heat and mass transfer ; heating power distribution ; heat load reduction ; optimization method ; experimental validation ; big data process ; predictive maintenance ; fracturing roofs to maintain entry (FRME) ; field measurement ; numerical simulation ; side abutment pressure ; strata movement ; energy ; manufacturing ; prediction ; forecasting ; modelling ; n/a ; bic Book Industry Communication::T Technology, engineering, agriculture::TB Technology: general issues
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    Publication Date: 2022-06-21
    Description: This Special Issue includes original research and reviews of the literature focusing on food labels, which are a tool to promote public health that, at the same time, may represent a marketing tool and may influence consumers’ perception of food quality.
    Keywords: nutritional labelling ; food choices ; comprehension ; perception ; Dutch consumers ; food policies ; front-of-pack nutrition label ; traffic light ; health star ; Nutri-Score ; reference intake ; warning label ; serving size ; portion size ; food labeling ; nutrition facts label ; back of pack ; front of pack ; health framing ; breakfast cereals ; food labelling ; nutrition declaration ; nutritional quality ; gluten free ; nutrition and health claims ; salt information ; salt content ; salt label ; sodium label ; sodium information ; nutritional information ; nutritional labeling ; salt information use ; nutrition knowledge ; nutrition facts ; food cue reactivity ; sugar ; eye tracking ; priming ; color ; nutrition facts panel ; food label ; consumer behavior ; food decision making ; food packaging ; food choice ; nutrition ; front-of-pack labelling ; health star rating ; nutrition labelling ; consumer perception ; qualitative research ; nutrition labeling ; food processing ; nutrition policy ; Spain ; food analysis ; dietary sugars ; reformulation ; organic food ; health food ; nutrient content claims ; health claims ; nutrient profile ; menu labeling ; food and nutrition policy ; restaurant chains ; energy ; obesity ; quality carbohydrate ; dietary fibre ; whole grains ; glycemic index ; latent class modeling ; traditional meat product, mangalica sausage ; online nutrition intervention ; theory of planned behavior ; nutrition labels ; consumer attitude ; perceived healthiness ; product attributes ; healthy food ; consumer choice ; extra virgin olive oil ; hedonic price model ; country of origin ; energy density ; children ; food supply ; front-of-pack label ; discretionary ; entomophagy ; insect-based foods ; edible insects ; food sustainability ; perception of food ; novel food ; disgust ; neophobia ; variety seeking ; food technology neophobia ; consumer studies ; behavior ; labelling ; carbohydrate quality ; ICQC ; consensus ; food label use ; front-of-package (FOP) labels ; back-of-package (BOP) labels ; nutrition claims ; choice experiment ; willingness to pay (WTP) ; consumers’ preferences ; sustainability label ; nutrition and health claim ; fish species ; allergen labelling ; Latin America ; packaged food products ; supermarket circulars ; ultra-processed ; pasta ; nutritional composition ; n/a ; bic Book Industry Communication::G Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research & information: general ; bic Book Industry Communication::P Mathematics & science::PS Biology, life sciences ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JF Society & culture: general::JFC Cultural studies::JFCV Food & society
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-11
    Description: The negative impacts of global warming and global environmental pollution due to fossil fuels mean that the main challenge of modern society is finding alternatives to conventional fuels. In this scenario, biofuels derived from renewable biomass represent the most promising renewable energy sources. Depending on the biomass used by the fermentation technologies, it is possible to obtain first-generation biofuels produced from food crops, second-generation biofuels produced from non-food feedstock, mainly starting from renewable lignocellulosic biomasses, and third-generation biofuels, represented by algae or food waste biomass.Although biofuels appear to be the closest alternative to fossil fuels, it is necessary for them to be produced in competitive quantities and costs, requiring both improvements to production technologies and the diversification of feedstock. This Special Issue is focused on technological innovations, including the utilization of different feedstocks, with a particular focus on biethanol production from food waste; different biomass pretreatments; fermentation strategies, such as simultaneous saccharification and fermentation (SSF) or separate hydrolysis and fermentation (SHF); different applied microorganisms used as a monoculture or co-culture; and different setups for biofuel fermentation processes.The manuscripts collected represent a great opportunity for adding new knowledge to the scientific community as well as industry.
    Keywords: biofuels ; corn ; extraction ; enzyme-assisted ; protein ; soybean ; molecular sieve ; water removal ; rotary shaking ; electromagnetic stirring ; biofuel ; gasohol ; trend analysis ; promotion policy ; regulatory measure ; bottleneck ; synthesis gas fermentation ; volumetric mass transfer coefficient ; Tween 80® surfactant ; gasification ; multi-objective optimization ; bioethanol ; syngas fermentation ; modeling ; sustainability ; soapberry pericarp ; carbonization ; biochar ; pore property ; surface chemistry ; biomethane ; food waste ; co-production ; biorefinery ; bioelectrochemical system (BES) ; carbon dioxide sequestration ; extracellular electron transfer (EET) ; electroactive microorganisms ; microbial biocatalyst ; electro-fermentation ; circular economy ; downstream processing (DSP) ; gene manipulation ; biogas ; compost leachate ; pressurized anaerobic digestion ; ethanol ; simultaneous saccharification and fermentation ; Saccharomyces cerevisiae ; single cell protein ; pineapple waste ; cell wall sugar ; fermentation ; spent sugar beet pulp ; model ; economics ; pretreatment ; saccharification ; B. ceiba ; biomass ; second-generation biofuel ; bioenergy ; biodiesel ; non-fossil fuel ; empty fruit bunches ; response surface methodology ; central composite design ; biofuel production technologies ; downstream processing ; energy ; bioethanol production ; agroforest and industrial waste feedstock valorization ; microorganisms for biofuel ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TC Biochemical engineering::TCB Biotechnology
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-09
    Description: The purpose of this book was not to provide a comprehensive overview of the vast arena of how fungi and fungal metabolites are able to improve human and animal nutrition and health; rather, we, as Guest Editors, wished to encourage authors working in this field to publish their most recent work in this rapidly growing journal in order for the large readership to appreciate the full potential of wonderful and beneficial fungi. Thus, this Special Issue welcomed scientific contributions on applications of fungi and fungal metabolites, such as bioactive fatty acids, pigments, polysaccharides, alkaloids, terpenoids, etc., with great potential in human and animal nutrition and health.
    Keywords: fungal pigment ; natural dye ; spalting ; Scytalidium cuboideum ; dramada ; sustainable clothing ; selenium ; biofortification ; transporters ; mycorrhizal fungi ; plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPRs) ; fungal pigments ; textile dyeing ; toxicity testing ; biotechnological approaches ; challenges ; limits ; Saccharomyces boulardii ; Saccharomyces cerevisiae ; probiotics ; gastrointestinal tract ; Alginate ; β-glucan ; oligosaccharides ; elicitation ; Sargassum species ; Sparassis latifolia ; polyphenol ; antioxidant ; agave mezcalero bagasse ; apple bagasse ; solid-state fermentation ; secondary metabolites ; Pleurotus ostreatus ; Endophytic fungi ; Hyptis dilatata ; Pestalotiopsis mangiferae ; Pestalotiopsis microspora ; chemical elicitors ; antibacterial activity ; LC–ESI–Q–TOF–MS ; yeast ; biological control ; postharvest decay ; fruit ; mycorrhizae ; elevated CO2 ; Thymus vulgare ; growth ; photosynthesis ; metabolites ; biological activity ; Candida albicans ; non-albicans Candida species ; Candida auris ; aromatic alcohols ; fungi ; metabolomics ; NTCD ; additives ; functional foods ; nutraceuticals ; sustainability ; healthy aging ; Mortierella alpina ; animal fat by-product ; arachidonic acid ; ATR-FTIR spectroscopy ; Mucor circinelloides ; high-throughput screening ; metal ions ; phosphorus ; lipids ; biofuel ; FTIR spectroscopy ; bioremediation ; co-production ; natural colorants ; filamentous fungi ; stirred-tank bioreactor ; biodegradable films ; food package ; bioactive compounds ; FIP ; human health ; immunomodulation ; induced apoptosis ; lectin ; medicinal mushrooms ; polysaccharide ; terpenes and terpenoids ; melanin ; carotenoids ; polyketides ; azaphilones ; antitumor ; medical roles ; sphinganine-analog mycotoxins ; fumonisins ; AAL-toxin ; chemical structure ; toxicity ; genetics and evolution ; biosynthesis ; livestock ; ewes ; energy ; cytokines ; yeasts ; liquid swine diets ; MALDI-TOF ; biochemical identification ; growth temperature Ancom Gas Production System ; Candida krusei ; Candida lambica ; M. purpureus ; red yeast rice ; cholesterol reduction ; probiotic potential ; natural colorant ; extraction ability ; marine fungi ; Talaromyces albobiverticillius ; aqueous two-phases system extraction ; ionic liquids ; feed additive ; probiotic ; Sporidiobolus ruineniae ; tannase ; micro-fungi ; macro-fungi ; Ganoderma ; kombucha ; anticancer ; carotenoid ; medicinal mushroom ; mycobiome ; antimicrobial ; antifungal ; bioconversion ; cheese ; dairy ; Sclerotinia ; secondary metabolite ; endophytic fungi ; uncommon secondary metabolites ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues
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    Publication Date: 2022-10-25
    Description: Intensive studies on light–matter interactions and technological breakthroughs, especially conducted in the field of dressed photon research, have led to a growing concern regarding unsettled off-shell quantum field interactions. The Special Issue, entitled “Quantum Fields and Off-Shell Sciences”, was organized to promote the progress of such research activities from a wider perspective, not limited to dressed photon studies. This book contains excellent papers that were published in this Special Issue. It will provide scientific and technical information on the quantum fields and off-shell sciences to scientists, engineers, and students who are and will be engaged in this field.
    Keywords: dressed photon ; dressed photon constant ; natural units ; Heisenberg cut ; de Sitter space ; dark energy ; dark matter ; cosmological constant ; twin universes ; conformal cyclic cosmology ; quantum walk ; scattering theory ; energy ; survival probability ; attractor eigenspace ; category ; algebra ; state ; category algebra ; state on category ; noncommutative probability ; quantum probability ; GNS representation ; quantum measurement ; C*-algebra ; algebraic quantum field theory ; local net ; extension of local net ; completely positive instrument ; macroscopic distinguishability ; Grassmann manifold ; flag manifold ; pre-homogeneous vector space ; invariants ; category theory ; nonstandard analysis ; coarse geometry ; quantum field ; combinatorial optimization ; Ising spin glass ; coupled oscillator ; eigenmode ; clustering ; localization ; dissipation ; off-shell science ; non-equilibrium open system ; quantum master equation ; quantum density matrix ; projection operator ; renormalization ; discrete-time quantum walk ; scattering quantum random walk ; Grover walk ; pathfinding ; network ; bic Book Industry Communication::G Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research & information: general ; bic Book Industry Communication::P Mathematics & science::PH Physics
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-09
    Description: Although planning and scheduling optimization have been explored in the literature for many years now, it still remains a hot topic in the current scientific research. The changing market trends, globalization, technical and technological progress, and sustainability considerations make it necessary to deal with new optimization challenges in modern manufacturing, engineering, and healthcare systems. This book provides an overview of the recent advances in different areas connected with operations research models and other applications of intelligent computing techniques used for planning and scheduling optimization. The wide range of theoretical and practical research findings reported in this book confirms that the planning and scheduling problem is a complex issue that is present in different industrial sectors and organizations and opens promising and dynamic perspectives of research and development.
    Keywords: supply chain optimization ; oil and gas supply chain ; maintenance scheduling ; operation planning ; energy ; order picking ; wave planning ; warehouses ; distribution centers ; mixed integer programming ; non-linear programming ; Hadi-Vencheh model ; multiple criteria ABC inventory classification ; nonlinear weighted product model ; building material distributors ; central composite design (CCD) ; Box–Behnken design (BBD) ; optimal cost ; customer service level ; forecasting ; order planning ; inventory management ; resource-constrained project scheduling problem ; discounted cash flow maximization ; milestones payments ; simulated annealing algorithm ; slotting ; storage strategies ; stackability ; SKU ; product family ; heuristic ; metaheuristics ; scheduling ; injection molding ; hospital catering ; production scheduling ; flexible job shop problem ; mathematical model ; genetic algorithm ; local search method ; iterated local search algorithm ; competitive hub location problem ; network design ; food systems ; rural development ; mathematical programming ; crow search ; process planning ; operation sequencing ; precedence constraints ; manufacturing scheduling ; smart manufacturing ; intelligent manufacturing systems ; scheduling requirements ; cyber-physical production systems ; postman delivery ; vehicle routing problem ; particle swarm optimization algorithm ; differential evolution algorithm ; multi-criteria optimization ; simulation optimization ; production control ; multiple flexible job shop scheduling ; priority rules ; smart health care systems ; planning ; logistic systems ; benchmark ; workload balancing ; identical parallel machines ; normalized sum of square for workload deviations ; maximum completion time ; minimum completion time ; terminal location ; intermodal transportation ; simulated annealing ; mixed integer program ; incomplete networks ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-11
    Description: Globally, record weather temperatures and changing climatic patterns, attributed partly to energy use and related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, indicate that the issue of global warming cannot be marginalized. In most countries buildings account for a significant share of the total final energy consumed and are responsible for associated CO2 emissions. In response to market needs and demands for social, economic, and environmental sustainability of housing in developed and developing countries, the Zero-Energy Mass Custom Home (ZEMCH), integrating lean design and sustainable construction concepts, was envisaged and discussed internationally. To deliver a marketable and reliable near-zero-energy/emission-conscious mass custom home, various key design, technological, production and marketing, and delivery and operational parameters need to be optimized harmoniously. This book compiles recent research articles of ZEMCH International Research 2020. A wide range of ZEMCH topics, including building envelope evaluations, occupant choice and experience, indoor environmental quality, automated control systems, mass customization, and integration of renewable energy, on both building and urban scales are covered. It aims to address current questions as well as present challenges and opportunities for continuous development of built environments for users with diverse socio-economic backgrounds and cultural differences in developed and developing countries.
    Keywords: air-type PVT collector ; CFD (computational fluid dynamic) ; thermal performance ; triangular baffles ; reinforced concrete column ; confinement effects ; energy dissipation ; mass customisation ; customer integration ; residential ; practices ; mass customization ; social housing ; post-occupancy ; PV/T system ; dual-fluid ; glass-to-glass ; simulation ; model validation ; energy labeling program for windows ; double windows ; overall thermal transmittance of windows ; optical sensing ; particulate matter ; sustainable indoor environment ; contaminant control ; energy performance gap ; dynamic energy performance gap ; building energy audit ; POE study ; dynamic building simulation ; simulation model validation and calibration ; BESS (battery energy storage system) ; balcony photovoltaic system ; apartment houses ; operation modes ; zero-energy houses ; BIPVT (building-integrated photovoltaic/thermal) ; AHU (air handling unit) ; mock-up experiment ; thermal and electrical efficiency ; newlyweds ; fertility intention ; demographics ; socioeconomics ; housing situation ; residential satisfaction ; housing expectation ; housing policy ; building envelope thermal defects ; construction defects ; thermography ; qualitative analysis ; new construction ; existing building ; construction quality ; thermal bridging ; impacts ; energy ; housing ; UAE ; domestic environment ; spatial factors ; environmental factors ; occupants’ experiences ; theoretical relationship ; sustainability and livability of neighborhoods ; sustainable urban environments ; sustainable solar shading ; building height diversity ; United Arab Emirates ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues::TBX History of engineering and technology
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-09
    Description: This book introduces a variety of treatment technologies, such as physical, chemical, and biological methods for the treatment of gas emissions, wastewater, and solid waste. It provides a useful source of information for engineers and specialists, as well as for undergraduate and postgraduate students, in the areas of environmental science and engineering.
    Keywords: adsorption ; chromium ; competition ; fluoride ; soil and water pollution ; municipal solid waste management ; life cycle assessment ; life cycle impacts ; life cycle stages ; eutrophication ; global warming ; human health ; acidification ; Harare ; Zimbabwe ; iron tailings ; ammonium sulfate roasting process ; reaction mechanism ; kinetics ; carbon footprint ; CiteSpace ; a visual analysis ; metronidazole ; porous carbon ; surface modification ; wastewater treatment ; membrane fouling ; molecular composition of foulant ; transparent exopolymer particles (TEP) ; fouling propensities ; waste incineration ; cyclone flue ; gas-solid separation ; numerical simulation ; polysaccharides ; microfiltration process ; calcium ion ; copper adsorption ; magnetized pine needle biochar ; isotherms ; FTIR and XRD studies ; VLE ; CO2 capture ; amine ; DEA-12-PD ; 12-HEPP ; porosity properties ; adsorption capacity ; carbon dioxide storage ; melamine Schiff bases ; surface area ; energy ; antimony ; mineral processing ; potentially toxic elements ; pollution characteristics ; solid waste ; cleaner production ; electronic waste ; recycling ; waste printed circuit boards ; waste EAF slag ; magnesium silicate hydrate ; radioactive waste ; stabilization/solidification ; strontium ; leaching ; membrane technologies ; biofouling ; composite membranes ; polymer blending ; wastewater treatment plants ; environmental costs ; PID control ; dynamic assessment of performance ; heavy metals ; hybrid materials ; functionalized ; Schiff base ; lead ; Langmuir and Freundlich ; carbon capture and storage (CCS) ; offshore gas field ; techno-economic analysis ; calcium oxide nanoparticles ; calcination ; blended cement paste ; mix design ; compressive strength ; bulk density ; transition metal dichalcogenides ; liquid exfoliation ; quenching ; waste collection route planning ; traveling salesman problem ; genetic algorithms ; steelmaking ; bentonite ; solid waste management ; sustainable materials ; biomass ; characterization ; lignocellulosic ; bioenergy ; water treatment ; nanomaterials ; functionalization ; lime ; mineral nitrogen ; soil pH ; organic carbon ; microbial biomass ; N2O ; batch pyrolysis ; business model ; South Africa ; waste tyres ; circular economy ; environmental sustainability ; mollusk shell ; porous concrete ; construction ; algal biomass ; gasification ; activation energy distribution ; household solid waste ; metal recovery value ; socio-economic benefits ; waste composition of Karachi-Pakistan ; waste management ; waste recycling ; ash-free coal ; CO2 gasification ; coal structure ; tri-high coal ; nanoparticles ; ZnO ; equilibrium ; kinetic ; thermodynamic ; phosphate ; aqueous solution ; sustainable synthetic slag production ; energy recovery ; metal spheres ; fixed bed regenerator ; waste and energy nexus ; antibiotics ; competitive sorption ; retention/release ; sorbents ; surface-flow constructed wetland ; nitrogen load ; nitrate ; ammonium ; organic nitrogen ; hydraulic load ; hydraulic residence time ; temperature ; denitrification ; biological uptake ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-11
    Description: For decades, Applied Metaheuristic Computing (AMC) has been a prevailing optimization technique for tackling perplexing engineering and business problems, such as scheduling, routing, ordering, bin packing, assignment, facility layout planning, among others. This is partly because the classic exact methods are constrained with prior assumptions, and partly due to the heuristics being problem-dependent and lacking generalization. AMC, on the contrary, guides the course of low-level heuristics to search beyond the local optimality, which impairs the capability of traditional computation methods. This topic series has collected quality papers proposing cutting-edge methodology and innovative applications which drive the advances of AMC.
    Keywords: metaheuristics ; heuristics ; optimization ; artificial intelligence ; energy ; information security ; recognition ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues::TBX History of engineering and technology
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    Publication Date: 2022-02-01
    Description: Energy systems are transiting from conventional energy systems to modernized and smart energy systems. This Special Issue covers new advances in the emerging technologies for modern energy systems from both technical and management perspectives. In modern energy systems, an integrated and systematic view of different energy systems, from local energy systems and islands to national and multi-national energy hubs, is important. From the customer perspective, a modern energy system is required to have more intelligent appliances and smart customer services. In addition, customers require the provision of more useful information and control options. Another challenge for the energy systems of the future is the increased penetration of renewable energy sources. Hence, new operation and planning tools are required for hosting renewable energy sources as much as possible.
    Keywords: hybrid systems ; photovoltaic ; wind energy ; energy economics ; RES investments ; Zimbabwe ; Africa and energy security ; electricity price forecasting (EPF) ; wind power forecasting (WPF) ; spot market ; balancing market ; ARMAX ; NARX-ANN ; 100% renewable power system ; secondary voltage control ; tertiary voltage control ; grid code ; wind farms ; photovoltaic parks ; energy transition ; renewable energy sources ; island power systems ; hybrid power plants ; wind turbines ; battery energy storage systems ; marine microgrid ; tidal generation system ; black widow optimization ; supplementary control ; fractional integrator ; non-linear fractional integrator ; 100% renewable power generation ; nexus ; food ; energy ; water ; greenhouse gas emission ; microgrid ; ancillary services ; energy storage ; power management ; solar hot waters ; thermosyphon ; thermal performance ; Morocco ; economic outcomes ; CO2 environmental assessment ; solar system ; domestic hot water production ; solar water heaters ; individual and collective solar water heater systems ; dynamic simulation ; TRNbuild ; TRNSYSstudio ; energy management ; residential and commercial loads ; short-term load forecasting ; deep learning ; bidirectional long short-term memory (Bi-LSTM) ; n/a ; bic Book Industry Communication::T Technology, engineering, agriculture::TB Technology: general issues
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    Publication Date: 2022-11-17
    Description: Providing the security of a broad-based energy and slowing the speed of climate change are the main challenges today of the basic of legal framework to stimulate the development of alternative energy sources. Energy from renewable sources is one part of the system, which not only enables to provide energy self-sufficiency, but also contributes to the reduction heating of the Earth’s atmosphere. International climate agreements indicate the need to intensify the prevention of global warming and accelerate the reduction in CO2 emissions. The implementation of such challenging plans as outlined in the European Green Deal or "Fit for 55," among others, entails the almost complete elimination of GHG emissions in the energy sector, which can be very challenging for some member states. In the EU, the preferred direction of development of RES use is distributed generation and increasing the share of the use of by-products and organic waste for the production biofuels. This creates great opportunities for rural areas, which until the last century were identified with agriculture and the production of food or raw materials. While the role of agriculture will not diminish, as incomes are rising in relatively poor countries with a high elasticity of demand for food, these areas will increasingly perform a number of other important functions as well. The production of energy raw materials and energy, which is no longer a mere idea, but is becoming, thanks to the development of new technologies, a mainstream energy sector that can make contribution to improving energy security and achieving climate neutrality.
    Keywords: agricultural biogas ; bioenergy ; biomethane ; GHG emission ; economic performance ; regional analysis ; Ukraine ; biogas plant ; energetic optimization ; substrates ; manure ; wheat straw ; rural areas ; energy efficiency ; photovoltaic systems ; energy security ; support mechanisms ; public policy ; energy policy ; prosumer energy ; single-family houses ; food prices ; crude oil prices ; cointegration ; vector autoregressive model ; Granger causality ; green agriculture ; agri-environmental indicators ; green performance index ; taxonomic methods ; zero unitarization method ; comparative analysis ; local investments ; renewable energy sources ; municipal economy ; EU funds ; Poland ; biogas ; biomass ; data envelopment analysis (DEA) ; efficiency ranking ; renewable energy ; regional potential ; EROI ; edible energy ; food production ; direct energy use ; energy consumption ; agriculture ; development strategies ; EU countries ; cost of capital ; WACC ; European energy sector ; intra-industry analysis ; external cost ; opencast lignite ; plant production ; depression funnel ; cereals ; sugar beet ; potatoes ; distributed generation ; settlement systems ; local development ; sustainable development ; energy ; the SDG 7 ; sectoral structure of production ; European Union ; animal production ; investment attractiveness of regions ; economic entities ; sustainability ; energy innovation ; energy patents ; convergence ; club convergence ; R&D expenditure ; HRST ; environmental policy stringency ; local authorities ; European Union funds ; sustainable energy ; energy poverty ; Polish households ; photovoltaic installations ; solar installations ; farmers’ households ; agricultural holding ; agricultural production ; investments in renewable energy sources ; solid biomass ; bioenergy potential ; rural communities ; forest residues ; agricultural residues ; straw ; energy crops ; GHG ; farms ; FADN ; autonomous energy regions ; PV systems ; renewable energy resources ; economic value ; consumer behaviour ; consumer innovativeness ; renewable energy production ; agricultural land ; profit maximization ; social welfare ; greenhouse gas emissions ; landscape ; biodiversity ; climate policy ; GHGs emissions ; PCA ; IPCC ; CSA ; biofuels ; biodiesel ; legal sources on renewable energy ; oilseeds and rape ; profitability of production ; crop rotation ; beekeeping ; short rotation coppice of willow/poplar ; marginal land use ; agricultural law ; agricultural policy ; economic profitability ; bic Book Industry Communication::G Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research & information: general ; bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KC Economics::KCN Environmental economics
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-27
    Description: Efficiency and productivity assessment are essential to ensure the long-term financial sustainability of countries, services and processes. In the last few years, there has been an increasing interest in the environmental effects of economic activities, and the need to assess the environmental and energy efficiency has been internationally recognized. Energy and environmental efficiency assessments of decision-making units (DMUs), such as countries, utilities, processes and services are relevant and have strong implications for companies, regulators, stakeholders, policy makers, and customers. To improve both the decision-making process and the management of DMUs, fundamental and practical knowledge about energy and environmental efficiency and productivity is essential
    Keywords: electricity consumption (EC) ; undesirable outputs model ; data envelopment analysis (DEA) ; efficient ; inefficient ; data envelopment analysis ; energy efficiency ; performance ; bootstrap ; water treatment ; composite indicator ; sustainability ; water utilities management ; multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) ; evaluation ; energy ; environment ; efficiency ; transport ; DEA ; TOPSIS ; transit-oriented development (TOD) ; transit efficiency ; smartcard data ; network slacks-based measure data envelopment analysis (NSBM DEA) ; thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general
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    Publication Date: 2022-08-09
    Description: Analysing the interactions between institutions in the climate change and energy nexus, including the consequences for their legitimacy and effectiveness. Prominent researchers from political science and international relations compare three policy domains: renewable energy, fossil fuel subsidy reform, and carbon pricing. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
    Keywords: climate change ; energy ; environmental governance ; environmental policy ; bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KN Industry & industrial studies::KNB Energy industries & utilities::KNBT Alternative & renewable energy industries ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JP Politics & government::JPS International relations ; bic Book Industry Communication::T Technology, engineering, agriculture::TH Energy technology & engineering::THF Fossil fuel technologies ; bic Book Industry Communication::T Technology, engineering, agriculture::TH Energy technology & engineering::THX Alternative & renewable energy sources & technology ; bic Book Industry Communication::L Law::LB International law::LBB Public international law::LBBP International environmental law
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    Publication Date: 2022-08-12
    Description: Our Special Issue we publish at a turning point, which we have not dealt with since World War II. The interconnected long-term global shocks such as the coronavirus pandemic, the war in Ukraine, and catastrophic climate change have imposed significant humanitary, socio-economic, political, and environmental restrictions on the globalization process and all aspects of economic and social life including the existence of individual people. The planet is trapped—the current situation seems to be the prelude to an apocalypse whose long-term effects we will have for decades. Therefore, it urgently requires a concept of the planet's survival to be built—only on this basis can the conditions for its development be created. The Special Issue gives evidence of the state of econophysics before the current situation. Therefore, it can provide excellent econophysics or an inter-and cross-disciplinary starting point of a rational approach to a new era.
    Keywords: energy ; economic growth ; output elasticities ; entropy production ; emissions ; optimization ; speculative attacks ; currency crisis ; neural networks ; deep learning ; Quantum-Inspired Neural Network ; traveling salesman problem ; simulated annealing technique ; kinetic exchange model ; Gini index ; Kolkata index ; minority game ; Kolkata Paise Restaurant problem ; time series analysis ; cross-correlations ; power law classification scheme ; network analysis ; globalisation ; entropy ; portfolio optimization ; regularization ; renormalization ; econophysics ; highway freight transportation ; radiation model ; transportation network ; network diversity ; power law ; economic development ; decision-making ; bounded rationality ; complexity economics ; information-theory ; maximum entropy principle ; quantal response statistical equilibrium ; correlation coefficient ; detrended cross-correlation analysis ; COVID-19 ; mobility indices ; random geometry ; risk measurement ; disordered systems ; replica theory ; return distributions ; power-law tails ; stretched exponentials ; q-Gaussians ; financial markets ; financial complexity ; collective intelligence ; emergent property ; stock correlation ; lexical evolution of econophysics ; text as data ; correspondence analysis ; long-range memory ; 1/f noise ; absolute value estimator ; anomalous diffusion ; ARFIMA ; first-passage times ; fractional Lèvy stable motion ; Higuchi’s method ; mean squared displacement ; multiplicative point process ; correlation filtering ; minimal spanning tree ; planar maximally filtered graph ; topological data analysis ; SGX ; TAIEX ; complex systems ; ecological economics ; urban–regional economics ; income distribution ; financial market dynamics ; income tax ; tax deduction ; income redistribution ; government transfer ; government dependency ; poverty line ; basic income guarantee ; effective tax rate ; balanced budget ; elastic tax ; Cantor set ; fractals ; homeomorphism ; detrended fluctuation analysis ; Hurst exponent ; continuous time random walk ; intertrade times ; volatility clustering ; local transfer entropy ; long-short-term-memory ; Bitcoin ; cryptocurrencies ; multiscale analysis ; detrended cross-correlations ; covariance matrices ; copulas ; high-frequency trading ; market stability ; agent-based models ; structural entropy ; Economic Freedom of the World index ; Index of Economic Freedom ; rank-size law technique ; power law behaviour ; exponential behaviour ; multiscale partition function ; multifractal analysis ; company market ; export readiness ; internationalization ; options pricing ; mortality ; companies ; start-up ; FTSE100 ; Gompertz ; MinMax ; survival probability distribution ; high-frequency trader ; multivariate Hawkes process ; forex market ; wealth distribution ; kinetic models ; wealth inequalities ; compartmental epidemic modelling ; vaccination campaign ; flash crash ; systemic risk ; financial networks ; high frequency trading ; market microstructure ; phase transition ; criticality ; dynamics of complex networks ; cascading failure ; network science ; economic complexity ; relatedness ; products and services ; planar graph ; partial correlation ; discounting ; bond pricing ; real interest rates ; calendar anomalies ; day-of-the-week effect ; market indices ; multifractal detrended fluctuation analysis ; n/a ; bic Book Industry Communication::G Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research & information: general ; bic Book Industry Communication::P Mathematics & science
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    Publication Date: 2022-02-01
    Description: This Special Issue aims at providing recent advancements on open data and models. Energy and environment are the fields of application.For all the aforementioned reasons, we encourage researchers and professionals to share their original works. Topics of primary interest include, but are not limited to:Open data and models for energy sustainability;Open data science and environment applications;Open science and open governance for Sustainable Development Goals;Key performance indicators of data-aware energy modelling, planning and policy;Energy, water and sustainability database for building, district and regional systems; andBest practices and case studies.
    Keywords: electric vehicles ; electricity mix ; charging profile ; emissions ; energy ; energy scenarios ; photovoltaics ; wind ; EPLANopt ; multi-objective optimization ; climate-change ; bi-level optimisation method ; evolutionary algorithms ; renewable energy ; wave energy converter ; geometric parameters ; power take-off ; levelised cost of energy ; scroll-compressor ; experimental validation ; numerical model ; layout assessment ; wave energy conversion ; real wave model ; building energy management ; energy information systems ; anomaly detection and diagnosis ; classification tree ; symbolic aggregate approximation ; association rule mining ; energy modelling ; heating transition ; modelling practices ; data-driven policy design ; local policy ; municipality ; multi-model ecologies ; energy transitions ; energy analytics ; data-driven methods ; building performance analysis energy efficiency ; energy flexibility ; occupant-centric design ; open energy data ; thermal building performance ; satellite-based solar radiation data ; meteorological reanalysis data ; ISO 52016-1 ; single-zone infiltration ; digital construction ; artificial intelligence ; digital twin ; nZEB ; energy management ; energy efficiency ; edge computing ; n/a ; bic Book Industry Communication::G Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research & information: general ; bic Book Industry Communication::T Technology, engineering, agriculture::TB Technology: general issues
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-09
    Description: In recent months, we have suffered the effects of an unexpected global health crisis that has led to an even worse global economic crisis, with GDPs plummeting to unprecedented levels. While our health workers struggle to find a vaccine to protect our health, we have had to live through situations hitherto unimagined, and we have spent even more time in our homes while our streets remained empty, which has brought to light the weaknesses and strengths of our system and our way of building and designing. Our aim is to publish research projects and papers that contribute to reactivate the Construction Sector from within, in the context of this world economic crisis. Such an effort will focus especially on solutions that improve the quality of indoor air in buildings, strengthening the circular economy in an eco-efficient rehabilitation of buildings and neighborhoods in our cities.
    Keywords: patrimony ; tower ; buildings rehabilitation ; eco-sustainable ; sustainable ; town planning ; resource efficiency ; eco-efficient construction solutions ; environmental ; green public procurement ; renovation ; construction ; energy ; circular economy ; innovation ; green ; urban regeneration ; roof refurbishment ; energy performance ; sustainable development goals ; urban design ; neighborhood regeneration ; competition ; architectural education ; indoor environmental quality ; health ; accessibility 2 ; housing typology 3 ; COVID-19 4 ; social isolation 5 ; regulations 6 ; architectural barriers ; energy poverty ; climate change ; life-cycle analysis ; direct and indirect energy ; bill of quantities ; urban realm ; accessibility ; social inclusion ; active aging ; social services ; heritage regeneration ; water mills ; sustainable prefabrication ; local industry ; housing ; optimization ; cool roof ; thermal insulation ; aging effect ; social housing ; life-cycle cost analysis ; city ; indicators ; social gap ; pandemic ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-11
    Description: Buildings are responsible for almost one third of global energy consumption. The building and construction sector could thus make a significant contribution to the communal effort needed to meet the Paris Agreement that would substantially reduce global greenhouse gas emissions and mitigate climate change. Given the importance of decarbonizing buildings and making them energy efficient in order to meet the Paris Agreement, and bearing in mind the promising role of biomimetic solutions in achieving this goal, this book reports on some recent research in the field related to bio-inspired approaches for reducing building energy use. This book includes a review of the use of biomimicry in modern building design; how both the Saharan ant and the zebra have inspired strategies for reducing energy use in Panama City; how the study of biomimetics can contribute to city regeneration; the description of a method to connect the thermal physiology of plants and animals to thermal challenges in buildings; how biomimicry could contribute to creating a circular economy in the construction sector; and how advances in electricity storage could benefit from a biomimetic approach. This book thus covers a combination of research and review articles to offer a glimpse into current biomimetic design strategies together with new directions for future research.
    Keywords: biomimicry ; buildings ; electricity ; energy ; storage systems ; regenerative design ; urban metabolism ; green city ; sustainability ; sustainable construction ; project management ; circular economy ; road map ; life cycle phases ; biomimetics ; building performance simulations ; indoor thermal comfort ; reflective nature ; zebra stripes ; energy efficiency ; architecture ; bibliometric analysis ; biomimetic design ; sustainable design ; thermal adaptation ; thermoregulation ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues::TBX History of engineering and technology ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TQ Environmental science, engineering and technology
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-04
    Description: Nuclear physics applications in medicine and energy are well known and widely reported. Less well known are the many important nuclear and related techniques used for the study, characterization, assessment and preservation of cultural heritage. There has been enormous progress in this field in recent years and the current review aims to provide the public with a popular and accessible account of this work. The Nuclear Physics Division of the EPS represents scientists from all branches of nuclear physics across Europe. One of its aims is the dissemination of knowledge about nuclear physics and its applications. This review is led by Division board member Anna Macková, Head of the Tandetron Laboratory at the Nuclear Physics Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, and the review committee includes four other members of the nuclear physics board interested in this area: Faiçal Azaiez, Johan Nyberg, Eli Piasetzky and Douglas MacGregor. To create a truly authoritative account, the Scientific Editors have invited contributions from leading experts across Europe, and this publication is the combined result of their work. The review is extensively illustrated with important discoveries and examples from archaeology, pre-history, history, geography, culture, religion and curation, which underline the breadth and importance of this field. The large number of groups and laboratories working in the study and preservation of cultural heritage across Europe indicate the enormous effort and importance attached by society to this activity.
    Keywords: nuclear physics ; medicine ; energy ; bic Book Industry Communication::P Mathematics & science::PH Physics ; thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PH Physics
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    Publication Date: 2022-05-06
    Description: The spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which is caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has evolved as a global pandemic and the disease has affected nearly every country and region. This pandemic has posed further threats to people due to the emergence of the number of novel SARS-CoV-2 strains with unknown original hosts. Since the start of the pandemic, COVID-19 has overwhelmed health systems worldwide, from crippling health resources to causing paradigms shifts in health care delivery. The various strategies taken to control viral transmission including testing process, quarantine and isolation have had dire psychological and financial implications on individuals and institutions. Furthermore, many countries have implemented lockdowns and other restrictions to curb the virus’s spread resulted in disrupted formal education, unplanned fiscal costs on emergency reliefs, and decreased productivity. This Special Issue provides an avenue for authors from various disciplines to better understand the risk factors associated with the spread and severity of COVID-19 infections. It also provides information about the influence of COVID-19 and its countermeasures on local economies, the environment, and mental health. This Special Issue contains 11 research articles and one review.
    Keywords: coronavirus disease ; artificial neural networks ; SARS-CoV-2 ; ventilator ; index development index ; developing country ; Covid-19 ; population density ; Covid-19 mortality ; economic recovery ; population reduction ; China ; Saudi Arabia ; Henry Kissinger ; economic burden ; influenza-like illness ; healthcare-seeking behaviors ; air pollution ; coronavirus disease 2019 ; Greece ; GreenYourAir ; fine particulate matter ; COVID-19 ; dentistry ; pandemic ; dentist ; protective equipment ; economy resilience ; economy resistance ; economy restoration ; photochemical smog ; respiratory disorders ; prevalence ; occupational health ; infection ; trade protectionism ; economy ; energy ; input-output model ; public health crisis ; ESG ; stock price volatility ; avoid risk ; psychological distress ; depression symptoms ; anxiety symptoms ; financial variables ; COVID-19 pandemic ; district-level analysis ; risk factors ; Nepal ; bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine ; bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MB Medicine: general issues::MBN Public health & preventive medicine::MBNS Epidemiology & medical statistics
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-09
    Description: This e-book aims to compile advances in the area of food manufacturing including packaging to address issues of food safety, quality, fraud, and how these processes (new or old) could affect the organoleptic characteristics of foods, with the aim to promote consumers’ satisfaction. Moreover, food supply issues are explored. New and improved technologies are employed in the area of food manufacturing to address consumer needs in terms of quality and safety. The issues of research and development should be taken into account seriously before launching a new product onto the market. Finally, food fraud and authenticity are very important issues, and the food industry should focus on addressing them.
    Keywords: redox potential ; color transfer ; beef juice ; beef meat ; eugenol ; encapsulation ; whey protein–maltodextrin conjugates ; chitosan ; olive oil ; cv. Lianolia Kerkyras ; cv. Koroneiki ; fatty acid methyl esters ; sterols ; authenticity ; quality ; LAB ; Bifidobacterium ; BLS ; fruits ; vegetables ; Oregano honey ; costeño-type cheese ; sodium chloride ; texture ; rheology ; microstructure. ; boba milk tea ; calcium alginate ball ; preparation method ; shelf life ; inventory ; new retailing ; baking industrial ; food supply chain coordination ; Two-stage production system ; corporate social responsibility ; supply chain ; dairy industry ; social charity ; Vietnam ; dry ; efficiency ; energy ; kiwifruit ; ultrasound ; edible coating ; nanoemulsion ; guaiacol peroxidase ; anthocyanins ; phenylalanine ammonia-lyase ; chub mackerel ; smoking treatment ; sensory analysis ; physiochemical characteristics ; microbiological quality ; biochemical analysis ; HMR ; pen shell ; squid meat ; superheated steam ; high-frequency defrosting ; cassava chips ; physicochemical properties ; MALDI-TOF ; applications ; food ; fraud ; adulteration ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues
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    Publication Date: 2022-04-08
    Description: This case study examined the structural change in the Ruhr area caused by the low international competitiveness of German hard coal mining over the period from the late 1950s to 2015. It analysed the structural change process and the structural policies implemented as a reaction to this process with the objective to make this knowledge available for future structural change processes in other (coal) regions by deploying various qualitative and quantitative methods of empirical social and economic research. A discourse analysis helped to recognise who supported which structural policy approaches and why - and thus gives indications of the possible relevance of experiences for other regions.
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    Repository Name: Wuppertal Institut für Klima, Umwelt, Energie
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