Authors: Terry Barker (UK), Igor Bashmakov (Russia), Lenny Bernstein (USA), Jean E. Bogner (USA), Peter Bosch (The Netherlands), Rutu Dave (The Netherlands), Ogunlade Davidson (Sierra Leone), Brian… (More)
Assessments of global coal, oil, and natural gas occurrences usually focus on conventional hydrocarbon reserves, i.e. those occurrences that can be exploited with current technology and present… (More)
In 2000 the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) began the International Project on Innovative Nuclear Reactors and Fuel Cycles (INPRO) to help guide nuclear R&D strategies targeted on… (More)
Driven by technological advancements, gesture interfaces have recently found their way into vehicular prototypes of various kind. Unfortunately, their application is less than perfect and detailed… (More)
The spatial system dynamics model (SSDM) of sugarcane industrial ecosystem presented in this paper is towards an integrated approach to simulate a bio refinery system suggesting directions for… (More)
A central goal of sustainable development is to maintain or increase the overall assets (natural, manmade, human and social) available to future generations, while minimizing depletion of finite… (More)
Assessments of global coal, oil, and natural gas occurrences usually focus on conventional hydrocarbon reserves, i.e. those occurrences that can be exploited with current technology and present… (More)
The workload of a cloud infrastructure is continuously changing. Administrators need to find the balance between quality of service and cost efficiency. Proactively avoiding performance bottlenecks… (More)
The conscious, efficient, and economical consumption of energy is being identified recently as crucial topic for industry, politics, and research. Limited earth resources that are still used for the… (More)
Rising expectations best characterize the current prospects of nuclear power in a world that is confronted with a burgeoning demand for energy, higher energy prices, energy supply security concerns… (More)