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Frank A. Wolak
Pág. 42
This paper identifies the major political and economic constraints that impact the demand-side of electricity industry re-structuring processes. These constraints have been a major barrier to implementing effective restructuring processes in many count...
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Frank A. Wolak
Pág. 42
This paper identifies the major political and economic constraints that impact the demand-side of electricity industry re-structuring processes. These constraints have been a major barrier to implementing effective restructuring processes in many count...
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Tafsir Matin Johansson, Dimitrios Dalaklis and Aspasia Pastra
The current regulatory landscape that applies to maritime service robotics, aptly termed as robotics and autonomous systems (RAS), is quite complex. When it comes to patents, there are multifarious considerations in relation to vessel survey, inspection,...
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Andreas Tuerk, Dorian Frieden, Camilla Neumann, Konstantinos Latanis, Anastasios Tsitsanis, Spyridon Kousouris, Javier Llorente, Ismo Heimonen, Francesco Reda, Mia Ala-Juusela, Koen Allaerts, Chris Caerts, Thomas Schwarzl, Martin Ulbrich, Annette Stosch and Thomas Ramschak
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Serdar Durdyev, Jasper Mbachu, Derek Thurnell, Linlin Zhao and M. Reza Hosseini
Critical issues surrounding the promotion and adoption of building information modeling (BIM) for construction projects are largely country-specific due to contextual socio-cultural, economic, and regulatory environments impacting construction operations...
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Joseph John Bevelacqua
Pág. 21 - 79
Fukushima Daiichi is the most recent in a series of major power reactor accidents. With Three Mile Island and Chernobyl, Fukushima Daiichi offers another event in which severe fuel damage occurred, fission products were released to the environment,...
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Courage Mlambo, David Mapondera, Morris Tenderere
This paper investigates the barriers and challenges restraining Zimbabwean banking institutions in going multinational. The paper drew attention from the fact that although multinational banking had increased drastically in the last two decades, Zimbabwe...
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Gianluigi Farru, Fabiano Bisinella Scheufele, Daniela Moloeznik Paniagua, Fritz Keller, Changyoon Jeong and Daniele Basso
This study assesses the status of hydrothermal carbonization (HTC) technology and identifies barriers hindering its commercial viability. Conducting a global survey among HTC companies (with a total of 24 surveys sent), the research evaluates the current...
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Adetayo Olugbenga Onososen, Innocent Musonda, Damilola Onatayo, Motheo Meta Tjebane, Abdullahi Babatunde Saka and Rasaki Kolawole Fagbenro
Utilising emerging innovative technologies and systems to improve construction processes in an effort towards digitalisation has been earmarked as critical to delivering resilience and responsive infrastructure. However, successful implementation is hind...
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Moch Bisyri Effendi,Avi Sunani
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This study aimed to determine the barriers of public access to financial services and their effects on poverty alleviation. The sample used was 6 ASEAN countries (Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, Thailand, and the Philippines) from 2006 to 2015. ...
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Antigoni Zafirakou, Stefania Themeli, Eythymia Tsami and Georgios Aretoulis
Marine pollution has many different sources. This study focuses on oil spills that may occur after a ship collision or during oil extraction and other oil tanker activities. The most critical oil spill accidents are presented, followed by the regulatory ...
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A. O. Thomas,E. Marandu
AbstractDespite political pronouncements about facilitating development through economic integration of geographic regions in Africa, intra-regional trade remains limited and unbalanced. While tariff barriers have declined within Southern Africa, non-tar...
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Sara Palomo-Hierro, José A. Gómez-Limón and Laura Riesgo
Law 46/1999 incorporated formal water markets into the Spanish legal and regulatory framework, allowing spot water markets and the creation of water banks. The implementation of water markets in Spain aimed at improving the efficiency of water use by rea...
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Melinda Plumb,Karlheinz Kautz
Empirical studies on information technology (IT) in early childhood education and care organisations are scant, despite an increasing number of these organisations choosing to innovate with IT. This paper presents a framework to understand the appropriat...
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Adrian Cashman
The efficient management of water resources and services continues to be a concern in many of the small island states of the Caribbean. There are growing concerns over the ability of governments in the region to ensure the good management and provision o...
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Hardin Ratshisusu
AbstractThis paper undertakes a critical case analysis of the process and outcomes of the Competition Commission (CCSA) Fast Track Construction Settlement Project relative to the mandates of the CCSA and the Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB)...
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Todd K. BenDor, Sara S. Metcalf and Mark Paich
Negligence of former industrial sites (?brownfields?) has adversely impacted urban landscapes throughout the industrialized world. Brownfield redevelopment has recently emerged as a sustainable land use strategy and impetus for urban revitalization. This...
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Steven M. Burgess,Nicola Oldenboom
AbstractSouth Africa's emergence from years of political and regulatory trade barriers has focussed attention on South African exporters. In a replication of Elliot & Krasnostein's study of 54 Singaporean exporters, the perceptions, attitudes and charact...
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Paulo Santos, Génesis Camila Cervantes, Alicia Zaragoza-Benzal, Aimee Byrne, Ferhat Karaca, Daniel Ferrández, Adriana Salles and Luís Bragança
Building construction accounts for a significant proportion of global greenhouse gas emissions, raw material extraction, and waste production. Applying circular economy (CE) principles in the building construction industry would considerably reduce these...
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Naznin Sultana Daisy, Mohammad Hesam Hafezi, Lei Liu and Kenneth Lee
Marine oil spill response operations could generate a large volume of liquid oily wastes (e.g., emulsified oil, non-emulsified oil, and wastewater) that can be up to 30 to 40 times greater than the original volume of spilled oil. Oil decanting technologi...
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