“…Portugal's energy and climate policies push for carbon neutrality, primarily through broad electrification of energy demand and a rapid expansion of renewable electricity generation, along with increased energy efficiency. …”

“…We can and must change the path we are now on; sustainable and low-carbon energy technologies will play a crucial role in the energy revolution required to make this change happen. …”

“…Then, combinations of nanowires and carbon nanotubes are described and their properties connected with possible applications. …”

“…This book presents the use of different kinds of remote sensing techniques to obtain original data across global, regional, city, or local scales for exploring climate-related issues such as sea level variation, sea ice dynamics, drought, extreme heat and precipitation, ecosystem services and carbon sequestration, forest and vegetation cover, coastal subsidence, atmospheric carbon monoxide, soil erosion and runoff, and urban heat islands. …”

“…The People's Republic of China (hereafter, "China") has been making big steps towards implementing markets, and the goals announced in 2020 of carbon dioxide emissions peaking before 2030 and carbon neutrality before 2060 have added momentum to expand their footprint. …”

“…This leaves an unpaired electron on the carbon, forming a carbon-centered radical, which is stabilized by a molecular rearrangement of the double bonds to form a conjugated diene, which then combines with oxygen to form a peroxy-radical.In pathological situations the reactive oxygen and nitrogen species are generated at higher than normal rates, and as a consequence, lipid peroxidation occurs with deficiency of endogenous antioxidants as alpha-tocopherol deficiency or reduced glutathione. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Foreword and Acknowledgements -- Acronyms and abbreviations -- Executive summary -- Overview -- Structural transformation in a changing development context -- Risks and opportunities for inclusive societies in developing and emerging countries -- The low-carbon transition challenge in ASEAN countries and the BRICS -- New forms of development co-operation -- Author biographies…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Introduction. -- Silicon and Carbon. -- Mainstream Software. -- Peripheral Software. -- Innovative Software. -- Frontier Software Case 1: Cyberquest. -- Frontier Software Case 2: Strad. -- Frontier Software Case 3: Expert Choice. -- Frontier Software Case 4: Stategizer. -- A United Frontier? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Chapter 1 Introduction to the SAMPLES Approach -- Chapter 2 Targeting Landscapes to Identify Mitigation Options -- Chapter 3 Determining Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Removals Associated with Land Use and Land Cover Change -- Chapter 4 Quantifying Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Managed and Natural Soils -- Chapter 5 A Comparison of Methodologies for Measuring Methane Emissions from Ruminants -- Chapter 6 Quantifying Tree Biomass Carbon Stocks and Fluxes in Agricultural Landscapes -- Chapter 7 Methods for Smallholder Quantification of Soil Carbon Stocks and Stock Changes -- Chapter 8 Yield Estimation of Food and Non-Food Crops in Smallholder Production Systems -- Chapter 9 Scaling Point and Plot Measurements of Greenhouse Gas Fluxes, Balances and Intensities to Whole Farms and Landscapes -- Chapter 10 Methods for Environment-Productivity Trade-off Analysis in Agricultural Systems…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Half-title page -- Reviews -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1 The Role of Myths in Our Climate-Energy Challenge -- Chapter 2 The Art of Deluding Ourselves and Others -- Chapter 3 Climate Scientists Are Conspirators -- Chapter 4 All Countries Will Agree on Climate Fairness -- Chapter 5 This Fossil Fuel Project Is Essential -- Chapter 6 We Must Price Carbon Emissions -- Chapter 7 Peak Oil Will Get Us First Anyway -- Chapter 8 We Must Change Our Behavior -- Chapter 9 We Can Be Carbon Neutral -- Chapter 10 Energy Efficiency Is Profitable -- Chapter 11 Renewables Have Won -- Chapter 12 We Must Abolish Capitalism -- Chapter 13 The Simple Path to Success with Our Climate-Energy Challenge -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Interstellar Carbon Monoxide What Now? The Millimeter Array Searching for a Site Foreign Affairs Organizing ALMA Contentious Matters Funding ALMA Construction and Inauguration Promises Fulfilled Appendix A: Radio Astronomy Appendix B: Millimeter/Submillimeter Telescopes Appendix C: Lessons Learned…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…CYR1 -- Biotechnological Conversion of Grape Pomace to Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) by Moderately Thermophilic Bacterium Tepidimonas taiwanensis -- Lab-Scale Cultivation of Cupriavidus necator on Explosive Gas Mixtures: Carbon Dioxide Fixation into Polyhydroxybutyrate -- Biosynthesis of Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyhexanoate) from CO2 by a Recombinant Cupriavidus necator -- PHB Producing Cyanobacteria Found in the Neighborhood-Their Isolation, Purification and Performance Testing -- In Situ Quantification of Polyhydroxybutyrate in Photobioreactor Cultivations of Synechocystis sp. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…List of Figures xv -- List of Tables xxiii -- List of Abbreviations and Symbols xxv -- 1 Introduction. 1 -- 1.1 Motivation . 1 -- 1.2 Scope and objective. 5 -- 1.3 Contribution to the current state of research. 6 -- 1.4 Outline of this dissertation 8 -- 2 Current state of research 9 -- 2.1 Definition of hybrid materials 9 -- 2.2 Composite materials . 14 -- 2.2.1 Definition and fundamentals 14 -- 2.2.2 Basic mechanisms of fibrous reinforcement. 16 -- 2.3 Sheet moulding compound composites. 21 -- 2.3.1 Definition and terminology delimitation 21 -- 2.3.2 Discontinuous SMC composites 21 -- 2.3.3 Continuous SMC composites 57 -- 2.4 Hybrid composites . 61 -- 2.4.1 Definition, motivation and development -- of hybrid composites . 62 -- 2.4.2 Evaluation of hybridisation effects . 65 -- 2.4.3 Existing concepts of hybrid SMC . 68 -- 2.5 Research questions . 82 -- 3 Materials and specimen geometries 85 -- 3.1 Manufacturing of SMC composites 85 -- 3.1.1 Composition of resin systems . 85 -- 3.1.2 Manufacturing of semi-finished sheets 87 -- 3.1.3 Manufacturing of compression moulded sheets . 89 -- 3.1.4 Manufacturing of pure resin sheets 92 -- 3.1.5 Manufacturing of demonstrator part 93 -- 3.2 Specimen preparation and geometry 94 -- 3.2.1 Water-jet cutting and milling 94 -- 3.2.2 End tabs. 95 -- 3.2.3 Specimen geometries . 95 -- 4 Experimental setups, procedures and data evaluation 103 -- 4.1 Characterisation strategy 103 -- 4.2 Characterisation at the coupon level 105 -- 4.2.1 Microstructural characterisation 105 -- 4.2.2 Macrostructural characterisation . 106 -- 4.3 Characterisation at the structure level. 114 -- 4.3.1 Quasi-static puncture testing 114 -- 4.3.2 Dynamic puncture testing . 116 -- 4.4 Characterisation at the component level 118 -- 4.5 Data evaluation . 121 -- 5 Analytical modelling 123 -- 5.1 Description of modelling approach 123 -- 5.2 Micromechanics and homogenisation methods . 124 -- 5.2.1 Fundamentals of homogenisation 124 -- 5.2.2 Analytical modelling of fibre reinforced polymers 128 -- 5.3 Classical laminate theory 133 -- 5.3.1 Macromechanical characterisation of a lamina . 134 -- 5.3.2 Macromechanical characterisation of a laminate. 134 -- 5.4 Analytical modelling of hybrid composites 138 -- 5.4.1 Rule of hybrid mixtures 139 -- 5.4.2 Tensile and flexural modulus based on classical laminate theory . 140 -- 6 Results . 143 -- 6.1 Evaluation of testing methods and preliminary studies . 143 -- 6.1.1 Tensile properties of discontinuous SMC composites . 144 -- 6.1.2 Tensile properties of continuous SMC composites 150 -- 6.1.3 Flexural properties of SMC composites . 152 -- 6.2 Microstructural analysis . 158 -- 6.2.1 Fibre volume content . 158 -- 6.2.2 Fibre orientation distribution 164 -- 6.2.3 Interface of continuous-discontinuous SMC 173 -- 6.3 Mechanical properties and failure at the coupon level . 176 -- 6.3.1 Tensile and compressive properties of -- polyester-polyurethane hybrid resin . 176 -- 6.3.2 Process-induced material properties of -- discontinuous glass fibre SMC 179 -- 6.3.3 In-plane loading of SMC composites 190 -- 6.3.4 Out-of-plane loading of SMC composites . 229 -- 6.4 Mechanical properties and failure at the structure level . 237 -- 6.4.1 Puncture properties of discontinuous glass fibre SMC 238 -- 6.4.2 Puncture properties of continuous carbon fibre SMC . 248 -- 6.4.3 Puncture properties of continuous-discontinuous glass/carbon fibre SMC 256 -- 6.5 Mechanical properties and failure at the component level . 268 -- 6.6 Analytical stiffness prediction 271 -- 6.6.1 Analytical stiffness prediction of discontinuous glass fibre SMC 272 -- 6.6.2 Analytical stiffness prediction of continuous carbon fibre SMC . 277 -- 6.6.3 Analytical stiffness prediction of continuous-discontinuous glass/carbon fibre SMC 279 -- 7 Discussion. 283 -- 7.1 Testing methodology and preliminary studies 283 -- 7.2 Material behaviour of unsaturated polyester-polyurethane two-step curing hybrid resin system 285 -- 7.3 Discontinuous glass fibre SMC . 287 -- 7.3.1 Microstructural aspects of discontinuous glass fibre SMC 287 -- 7.3.2 Mechanical behaviour and damage evolution of discontinuous glass fibre SMC . 291 -- 7.4 Continuous carbon fibre SMC 301 -- 7.4.1 Microstructural aspects of continuous carbon fibre SMC . 301 -- 7.4.2 Mechanical behaviour and damage evolution of continuous carbon fibre SMC 302 -- 7.5 Continuous-discontinuous glass/carbon fibre SMC 308 -- 7.5.1 Microstructural aspects of continuous-discontinuous glass/carbon fibre SMC 308 -- 7.5.2 Mechanical properties, damage evolution and hybridisation effect 310 -- 8 Final remarks . 347 -- 8.1 Summary . 347 -- 8.2 Conclusion . 356 -- Bibliography 361 -- A Appendix 403 -- A.1 Influence of subset size and step size . 403 -- A.2 Influence of edge preparation 405 -- A.3 Tensile properties of discontinuous glass fibre SMC (2D) . 406 -- A.4 Tensile properties of discontinuous glass fibre SMC (1D) . 407 -- A.5 Compressive properties of discontinuous glass fibre SMC . 408 -- A.6 Tensile and compressive properties of continuous carbon fibre SMC . 409 -- A.7 Flexural properties of continuous carbon fibre SMC. 410 -- A.8 Flexural properties of continuous-discontinuous glass/carbon fibre SMC . 411 -- A.9 Classical laminate theory: calculations 412.…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Statistiques de base de la Corée -- Résumé -- Évaluation et recommandations -- Poursuivre la convergence vers les pays les plus riches -- Concrétiser le projet d'une « croissance verte et sobre en carbone » -- Promouvoir la cohésion sociale en Corée…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Abbreviations and acronyms -- Foreword -- Executive summary -- -- Regional industrial transitions to climate neutrality: Identifying key sectors -- Identifying vulnerable regions -- Regional industrial transitions to climate neutrality: Identifying potential socio-economic vulnerabilities -- Identifying regional access to hydrogen, carbon capture and storage, and climate-neutral freight…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Good Building, Bad Building -- Stabilizing Demand -- Why Batteries Matter -- Energy and the Law -- Your Role in Reducing Carbon Output -- Focus on What's Doable -- The Power of Local Action -- Conservation, Efficiency, and Generation -- Pricing Energy: It's Complicated -- Understand Your Energy Bills -- Find the Money -- Educate and Communicate…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Environmental governance and management -- Environmental performance: Trends and recent developments -- Assessment and recommendations -- Basic Statistics of France -- Executive summary -- Abbreviations and acronyms -- Biodiversity: Protection of areas of outstanding natural beauty -- Reader's guide -- Energy transition: Towards a low-carbon economy -- Preface -- Foreword -- Towards green growth…”

“…The recent studies focused on development of advanced carbon nanostructured materials, functionalized carbons, nanostructured oxides, electrocatalysts, and catalytic composite materials are collected in this reprint. …”