“…The articles include studies on adopting renewable energy sources, the impact of battery electric vehicles on greenhouse gas emissions in the European Union, the influence of philanthropy on eco-efficiency, and the impact of energy efficiency regulations on energy poverty. …”

“…With the continuous advancement of coastal, offshore, and deep-sea engineering construction (eg marine oil, gas, and mineral resource development, offshore wind power projects), associated studies on marine geological environments and hazards have also advanced in parallel. …”

“…The benefits of biochar use in agriculture and forestry can span enhanced plant productivity, an increase in soil C stocks, and a reduction of nutrient losses from soil and non-CO2 greenhouse gas emissions. Nevertheless, biochar composition and properties and, therefore, its performance as a soil amendment are highly dependent on the feedstock and pyrolysis conditions. …”

“…In this issue, the limits of the current generation of materials are explored, which are continuously being reached according to the frontier of hostile environments, whether in the aerospace, nuclear, or petrochemistry industry, or in the design of gas turbines where efficiency of energy production and transformation demands increased temperatures and pressures. …”

“…Greece aims to reduce total greenhouse gas emissions by 55% by 2030 and reach net zero emissions by 2050. …”

“…Common thermal management technology includes blade cooling in gas turbines and regenerative cooling in rocket engines. …”

“…The use of a suitable porous structure for helium gas cooling under high heat flux conditions of a nuclear fusion divertor is an interesting application of porous structures for heat transfer enhancement, which is discussed in this reprint. …”

“…The potential that biomass energy has to supplement traditional fuels and reduce greenhouse gas emissions has put it front and center in the plan to replace fossil-based fuels with renewable fuels. …”

“…Environmental performance has continued to improve along some dimensions, with greenhouse gas emissions falling since 2005, and energy security being strengthened. …”

“…The production of hydrocarbons has a dominant role in Oman's economy with oil and gas representing around 60% of total export income in recent years. …”

“…Researchers, engineers and professionals on industries can find advanced technologies, devices, insights and solutions for a broad range of applications, including:• Piezoelectric power transducers• Multisensory for veins detection for robotic-based catheters insertion• Robot-sensor network cooperation for SLAM • Wind speed influences on RGB-D images in trees• Spectrophotometer for physiopathy detection in chickens• Radon gas and ionization detection• Vibrations measurements in robots • Architectures for multisensor intelligent robots• Ultrasound for tissue characterization• Active imaging model• Image-based for crack detection in tunnels• Wireless sensor nodes for energy harvesting, industrial monitoring, concrete cure• Vibroacoustic Impact on the Architectonic Heritage• Sensors motion capture in wearables• Torsional wave sensor• Model-based non-rigid tracking• Stair-Climbing Mobility• IoT-based people monitoring• Laser Speckle System• Odometric in an autonomous electric cart• New control paradigms• Concentric electrodes for ECG and intestinal exploration• Trusted virtual sensors• Thermo-Hygrometric measurements in archaeology• Intensive care unit• Multi-beam Lidar 3D scan• Hyperspectral Imaging in brain tumor• Crowdsensing in smart cities• Strain method to detect tires' loss• Optical force sensor• Portable sensor for substance concentration measurements• High-Frequency content in Human QRS complexes• Fusion of proximity sensors data• Electro-magnetic acoustic system• Computer vision on aerial robots for surface inspection• Dual-reflectarray antennas…”

“…In Chapter 3, a thorough overview on the application of 2D materials in optoelectronics is given, and Chapter 4 comprehensively discusses gas sensors made of 2D materials. The eight chapters of Part II deal with specific important aspects of 2D materials and devices. …”

“…Petrophysical methods in natural porous media have attracted great attention in a variety of fields, especially in the oil and gas industry. A wide range of research studies have been conducted on the characterization of porous media covers and multiphase flow therein. …”

“…In addition, it will reduce the impact of greenhouse gas emissions on the environment. Furthermore, it will significantly reduce the need for new power plants, thus reducing the invested resources to do so. …”

“…This guide demonstrates a simple and systematic way to ensure that businesses are prepared for any crisis or emergency, including steps to meet the specific requirements prescribed in the international Business Continuity Standard ISO 22201, with a particular focus on the oil and gas sector. The seasoned author team brings their experience to bear on critical issues such as: Where managers lose focus on the need for business continuity - and how to regain it How to select and implement a business continuity management tool How to plan for the 'macro scenario' that combines supply chain management, risk management, business continuity and crisis management How to best utilize 'peace time' to explore business continuity plans and strategies Why should organizations invest in business continuity even when the "going is tough in revenue and sales" This guide to understanding the role of business continuity and management as an organisational strategy will earn its place on the desks of senior leaders, health and safety directors, consultants, corporate trainers and business continuity and risk management professionals"--…”

“…Will the industrialised countries curb their greenhouse gas emissions and pay for the damage they have already done?…”

“…More than 20 Fortune 500 oil and gas companies are headquartered in Houston, and Texas beef is legendary. …”

“…The book includes chapters on natural gas, coal, tar sands and heavy oils, oil shale, uranium, and (although not strictly an energy resource itself) hydrogen. …”
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“…The Sustainable Urban Design Handbook gathers the best sustainability practices and latest research from the fields of architecture, landscape architecture, planning, development, ecology, and environmental engineering and presents them in a graphically rich and accessible format that can help guide urban design decisions in cities of all sizes.The book presents a comprehensive framework that organizes more than 50 elements of sustainable urban design under five main topics–Energy Use & Greenhouse Gas, Water, Ecology & Habitat, Energy Use & Production, and Equity & Health–and relative to four project scales: Region & City, District & Neighborhood, Block & Street, and Project & Parcel. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Generating Namecoin records -- Litecoin -- Primecoin -- Trading Primecoin -- Mining guide -- Zcash -- Trading Zcash -- Mining guide -- Address generation -- GPU mining -- Downloading and compiling nheqminer -- Summary -- Chapter 6: Smart Contracts -- History -- Definition -- Ricardian contracts -- Smart contract templates -- Oracles -- Smart Oracles -- Deploying smart contracts on a blockchain -- The DAO -- Summary -- Chapter 7: Ethereum 101 -- Introduction -- Ethereum clients and releases -- The Ethereum stack -- Ethereum blockchain -- Currency (ETH and ETC) -- Forks -- Gas -- The consensus mechanism -- The world state -- The account state -- Nonce -- Balance -- Storageroot -- Codehash -- Transactions -- Nonce -- gasPrice -- gasLimit -- To -- Value -- Signature -- Init -- Data -- Contract creation transaction -- Message call transaction -- Elements of the Ethereum blockchain -- Ethereum virtual machine (EVM) -- Execution environment -- Machine state -- The iterator function -- Runtime byte code -- Opcodes and their meaning -- Arithmetic operations -- Logical operations -- Cryptographic operations -- Environmental information -- Block Information -- Stack, memory, storage and flow operations -- Push operations -- Duplication operations -- Exchange operations -- Logging operations -- System operations -- Precompiled contracts -- The elliptic curve public key recovery function -- The SHA-256 bit hash function -- The RIPEMD-160 bit hash function -- The identity function -- Accounts -- Types of accounts -- Block -- Block header -- Parent hash -- Ommers hash -- Beneficiary -- State root -- Transactions root -- Receipts root -- Logs bloom -- Difficulty -- Number -- Gas limit -- Gas used -- Timestamp -- Extra data -- Mixhash -- Nonce -- The genesis block -- Transaction receipts -- The post-transaction state -- Gas used -- Set of logs -- The bloom filter…”