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This book presents nine chapters based on fundamental and applied research of alternative energies. At the present time, the challenge is that technology has to come up with solutions that can provide environmentally friendly energy supply options that are able to cover the current world energy demand. Experts around the world are working on these issues for providing new solutions that will break the existing technological barriers. This book aims to address key pillars in the alternative energy field, such as: biomass energy, hydrogen energy, solar energy, wind energy, hydroelectric power, geothermal energy and their environmental implications, with the most updated progress for each pillar. It also includes the life cycle assessment (LCA) and thermoeconomic analysis (TA) as tools for evaluating and optimising environmental and cost subjects. Chapters are organized into fundamental research, applied research and future trends; and written for engineers, academic researches and scientists.
Brazil made significant progress in managing water resources since the adoption of the National Water Law in 1997 and the creation of the National Water and Sanitation Agency (ANA) in 2000. Nevertheless, water security challenges persist and will be aggravated by megatrends such as climate change, population growth, urbanisation, and the economic, social and environmental consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic.
This volume aims to stimulate discussions on research involving the use of data and digital images as an understanding approach for analysis and visualization of phenomena and experiments. The emphasis is put not only on graphically representing data as a way of increasing its visual analysis, but also on the imaging systems which contribute greatly to the comprehension of real cases. Scientific Visualization and Imaging Systems encompass multidisciplinary areas, with applications in many knowledge fields such as Engineering, Medicine, Material Science, Physics, Geology, Geographic Information Systems, among others. This book is a selection of 13 revised and extended research papers presented in the International Conference on Advanced Computational Engineering and Experimenting -ACE-X conferences 2010 (Paris), 2011 (Algarve), 2012 (Istanbul) and 2013 (Madrid). The examples were particularly chosen from materials research, medical applications, general concepts applied in simulations and image analysis and other interesting related problems.
This book brings a renewed critical focus to the history of novel writing, publishing, selling and reading, expanding its viewing beyond national territories. Relying on primary sources (such as advertisements, censorship reviews, publisher and bookstore catalogues), the book examines the paths taken by novels in their shifts between Europe and Brazil, investigates the flow of translations in both directions, pays attention to the successful novels of the time and analyses the critical response to fiction in both sides of the Atlantic. It reveals that neither nineteenth century culture can be properly understood by focusing on a single territory, nor literature can be fully perceived by looking only to the texts, ignoring their material existence and their place in social and economical practices.
The world order is evolving toward polycentricity, producing its winners and losers, and driving up the global and regional demand for governance, security, justice, and ethics. The book offers a perspective of key Russian experts in international affairs on these transformations. On the global level it touches upon the issues of global governance, state transformation, phenomenology of globalization, international security, and international political economy. On the regional level it deals with issues of economic integration, energy security, сyber security, nuclear proliferation viewed from a perspective of Pacific Asia, East Asia, Latin America, Middle East, Post-Soviet Area.
This book presents an innovative method to investigate the history of mathematics education using oral narratives to study different aspects related to the teaching and learning of mathematics. The application of oral history in mathematics education research was first developed as a method in Brazil in the early 2000s as a result of interdisciplinary dialogues between mathematics educators, anthropologists, sociologists, historians, psychologists, artists and philosophers. Since then, this new methodology has attracted the attention of a growing number of researchers. This contributed volume is the first book in English to bring together chapters written by different members of the research...
The application of artificial intelligence in networks and systems is a rapidly evolving field that has the potential to transform a wide range of industries. The refereed proceedings in this book is from the Artificial Intelligence Application in Networks and Systems session of the Computer Science Online Conference 2023 (CSOC 2023), which was held online in April 2023. The section brings together experts from different fields to present their research and discuss the latest trends and challenges. One of the key themes in this section is the development of intelligent systems that can learn, adapt, and optimize their performance in real time. Researchers are exploring how AI algorithms can be used to create autonomous networks and systems that can make decisions without human intervention. Furthermore, this section highlights the use of AI in improving network performance and efficiency. Researchers are exploring how AI algorithms can be used to optimize network routing, reduce congestion, and improve the quality of service. These efforts can help organizations save costs and improve user experience.
This volume explores the life, work, and impact of the Peruvian thinker José Carlos Mariátegui (1894–1930), particularly his political biography, his intellectual production, and his critique of Eurocentrism. This posthumous fame is based on the idea that, in the whole of his political-theoretical project, the relationship between Latin America and Marxism was not built using a mechanical linking of effects and causes, of the blatant copy of the theory produced in Europe, of the immediate application of positivist formulas. In this complex relationship, enigmatic and insinuating, a dissonant historical temporality emerged in Latin America. The apparently unbalanced temporalities marked the matrix of capitalist exploitation, but also present, in Mariátegui’s view, glimmers of future possibilities. This book is essential reading for scholars of social sciences and history interested in understanding the historical roots and political dilemmas of Latin American and European societies from the unique perspective of one of the greatest thinkers of the twentieth century.
English: The Catalogue on the First "La Chimèra Art Gallery" Art Prize is the bridge connecting the mortal to the immortal. Just as Charon ferried the souls of the deceased over to the other side of the river, we too would like to take you on a journey, one full of brilliant artists, heading straight towards the mouth of Cerberus (the three-headed dog), who awaits you at hell's door. Português: O Catálogo sobre o Primeiro Prêmio de Arte “La Chimèra Art Gallery” é a ponte que conecta o mortal ao imortal. Como se estivesse no barco de Caronte, que leva os recém mortos ao outro lado do rio, embarque neste nesta obra repleta de artistas gênias, e siga direto para a boca de Cérbero (o cão de três cabeças) que te espera na porta do inferno.
A disseminação em larga escala de desinformação e conteúdo descontextualizado nas plataformas digitais tem gerado desafios para as democracias modernas, especialmente durante os processos eleitorais, momentos cruciais para o exercício do poder pela sociedade. Experiências recentes, como nos Estados Unidos (2016), Filipinas (2016), França (2017), Índia (2019), Itália (2022) e Brasil (2018 e 2022), evidenciaram casos de intervenções indevidas e disseminação massiva de falsas informações nas eleições desses países. Foram analisados os limites dos marcos regulatórios das mídias digitais e das normativas sobre propaganda eleitoral na internet no Brasil para conter a propagaç...