Technology Readiness

Author : Chinese Academy of Engineering,Chinese Academy of Sciences,National Research Council,National Academy of Engineering,Policy and Global Affairs,Committee on U.S.-China Cooperation on Electricity from Renewable Resources
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2011-01-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780309160001

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The Power of Renewables by Chinese Academy of Engineering,Chinese Academy of Sciences,National Research Council,National Academy of Engineering,Policy and Global Affairs,Committee on U.S.-China Cooperation on Electricity from Renewable Resources Pdf

The United States and China are the world's top two energy consumers and, as of 2010, the two largest economies. Consequently, they have a decisive role to play in the world's clean energy future. Both countries are also motivated by related goals, namely diversified energy portfolios, job creation, energy security, and pollution reduction, making renewable energy development an important strategy with wide-ranging implications. Given the size of their energy markets, any substantial progress the two countries make in advancing use of renewable energy will provide global benefits, in terms of enhanced technological understanding, reduced costs through expanded deployment, and reduced greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions relative to conventional generation from fossil fuels. Within this context, the U.S. National Academies, in collaboration with the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE), reviewed renewable energy development and deployment in the two countries, to highlight prospects for collaboration across the research to deployment chain and to suggest strategies which would promote more rapid and economical attainment of renewable energy goals. Main findings and concerning renewable resource assessments, technology development, environmental impacts, market infrastructure, among others, are presented. Specific recommendations have been limited to those judged to be most likely to accelerate the pace of deployment, increase cost-competitiveness, or shape the future market for renewable energy. The recommendations presented here are also pragmatic and achievable.

Author : Martha Ríos Manríquez
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2021-08-23
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781801173827

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Empowerment, Transparency, Technological Readiness and their Influence on Financial Performance, from a Latin American Perspective by Martha Ríos Manríquez Pdf

Empowerment, Transparency, Technological Readiness and their Influence on Financial Performance, from a Latin American Perspective showcases in-depth analysis, allowing companies to obtain information for a broader vision to help make decisions about intervention, market performance and strategy development possibilities.

Author : Sonja Christ-Brendemühl
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2022-06-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783658378851

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Digital Technology in Service Encounters by Sonja Christ-Brendemühl Pdf

Digital technology is disrupting the prerequisites for most firms in the service industry and frequently forces them to reassess the ratio of human interaction and technology use in service encounters. To retain competitiveness, it seems mandatory to increase service encounter efficiency by embedding digital technology into the existing processes. However, there is little empirical evidence on how such technological implementations affect the sentiments, attitudes, and behaviors of frontline employees. Likewise, research on interrelated customer responses is scarce. To address this matter, this book presents four distinct yet related studies to investigate the impact of digital technology on frontline employees, customers, and ultimately service firms. The results and implications provide meaningful insights for theory and practice.

Author : Thomas Pfeifer,Josef Matyas,Palani Balaya,Dileep Singh,John Wei
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2016-08-16
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781119234487

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Ceramics for Energy Conversion, Storage, and Distribution Systems by Thomas Pfeifer,Josef Matyas,Palani Balaya,Dileep Singh,John Wei Pdf

A collection of 25 papers presented at the 11th International Symposium on Ceramic Materials and Components for Energy and Environmental Applications (CMCEE-11), June 14-19, 2015 in Vancouver, BC, Canada. Paper in this volume were presented in the below six symposia from Track 1 on the topic of Ceramics for Energy Conversion, Storage, and Distribution Systems: High-Temperature Fuel Cells and Electrolysis Ceramic-Related Materials, Devices, and Processing for Heat-to-Electricity Direct Conversion Material Science and Technologies for Advanced Nuclear Fission and Fusion Energy Advanced Batteries and Supercapacitors for Energy Storage Applications Materials for Solar Thermal Energy Conversion and Storage High Temperature Superconductors: Materials, Technologies, and Systems

Author : Ordóñez de Pablos, Patricia,Lytras, Miltiadis D.,Zhang, Xi,Chui, Kwok Tai
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2019-03-15
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781522574743

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Opening Up Education for Inclusivity Across Digital Economies and Societies by Ordóñez de Pablos, Patricia,Lytras, Miltiadis D.,Zhang, Xi,Chui, Kwok Tai Pdf

The evolution of information technologies, mobile devices, and social media as well as the needs of students, workers, and academics have experienced rapid changes in the past several years. This complex and dynamic reality requires new forms of delivery of learning content to students, the building of special learning environments, and new teaching methodologies for academics. Opening Up Education for Inclusivity Across Digital Economies and Societies is an essential reference source that aims to foster the international exchange of academic insights and approaches in order to broaden visibility in the development of technology for education, establish an international platform for interactions on information technology and application in education, accelerate innovation in education technology, and analyze the latest achievements and progress in new and emerging information technology for education with a special focus on higher education institutions. The book addresses applications of technology use and digital competence development in education systems around the world including both specific uses in classrooms and broader uses in national and regional policies. The book is ideally designed for educators, administrators, policymakers, managers, politicians, and academicians.

Author : Wright, Robert D.
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2014-09-30
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781466664623

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Student-Teacher Interaction in Online Learning Environments by Wright, Robert D. Pdf

As face-to-face interaction between student and instructor is not present in online learning environments, it is increasingly important to understand how to establish and maintain social presence in online learning. Student-Teacher Interaction in Online Learning Environments provides successful strategies and procedures for developing policies to bring about an awareness of the practices that enhance online learning. This reference book provides building blocks to help improve the outcome of online coursework and discusses social presence to help improve performance, interaction, and a sense of community for all participants in an online arena. This book is of essential use to online educators, administrators, researchers, and students.

Author : Eric Lichtfouse
Publisher : Springer
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2015-11-11
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783319216294

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Sustainable Agriculture Reviews by Eric Lichtfouse Pdf

This book features review articles that analyze current agricultural issues and knowledge. It also proposes novel, environmentally friendly solutions that are based on integrated information from such fields as agroecology, soil science, molecular biology, chemistry, toxicology, economics and the social sciences. Coverage examines ways to produce food and energy in a sustainable way for humans and their children. Inside, readers will find articles that explore climate change, food security, water pollution, soil erosion, fertility loss, pest control and biodiversity depletion. Instead of solving problems using the classical painkiller approach, which seeks only to limit negative impacts, sustainable agriculture treats challenges at their source. Because most societal issues are in fact intertwined, global and fast-developing, sustainable agriculture will bring solutions that have the potential to build a more peaceful world. This book will help scientists, decision-makers, professors, farmers and politicians build safer agriculture, energy and food systems for future generations.

Author : National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board,Committee to Review the NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2009-11-21
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780309140515

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Fostering Visions for the Future by National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board,Committee to Review the NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts Pdf

The NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts (NIAC) was formed in 1998 to provide an independent source of advanced aeronautical and space concepts that could dramatically impact how NASA develops and conducts its missions. Until the program's termination in August 2007, NIAC provided an independent open forum, a high-level point of entry to NASA for an external community of innovators, and an external capability for analysis and definition of advanced aeronautics and space concepts to complement the advanced concept activities conducted within NASA. Throughout its 9-year existence, NIAC inspired an atmosphere for innovation that stretched the imagination and encouraged creativity. As requested by Congress, this volume reviews the effectiveness of NIAC and makes recommendations concerning the importance of such a program to NASA and to the nation as a whole, including the proper role of NASA and the federal government in fostering scientific innovation and creativity and in developing advanced concepts for future systems. Key findings and recommendations include that in order to achieve its mission, NASA must have, and is currently lacking, a mechanism to investigate visionary, far-reaching advanced concepts. Therefore, a NIAC-like entity should be reestablished to fill this gap.

Author : Kemal Budi Mulyono,Yozi Aulia Rahman,Dwi Puji Astuti
Publisher : European Alliance for Innovation
Page : 1057 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2022-03-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781631903434

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ICE-BEES 2021 by Kemal Budi Mulyono,Yozi Aulia Rahman,Dwi Puji Astuti Pdf

We proudly present the proceedings of 4th International Conference on Economics, Business and Economic Education Science 2021 (ICE-BEES 2021). It has focus on the innovations in economics, business, education, environment, and sustainable development. The issue of economics and sustainable development is important today. Especially in the time of Covid-19. Not only globally, but also Indonesia nationally to the local level. There are several important issues relating to this, both institutionally and the relationships between individuals and groups in supporting the agenda of sustainable development. More than 200 manuscripts were presented at this conference with 101 of them selected to be published in proceedings. We hope by this conference, discussions on the importance of sustainable development will increasingly become an important concern together. Brings better response from the government and social relations for development.

Author : Nabaz T. Khayyat,Goran M. Muhamad
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2023-07-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789819933891

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Empirical Studies of an Internet and Service Based Economy by Nabaz T. Khayyat,Goran M. Muhamad Pdf

This book is a collection of eight studies covering several areas pertinent to the current technological and banking services situation in the Kurdistan region of Iraq. The economy of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) is mainly dependent on oil revenue. The oil export revenue constitutes more than 90% of the government’s fiscal revenue. In addition to that, the public sector plays an excessive role in the economy, with public spending to GDP being over 70% while revenue from taxation constitutes less than 30% of total revenue. As the economy is not diversified, there is a large gap between demand and supply of locally produced tradeable goods, leaving the KRI economy highly dependent on imports. Another structural challenge of the KRI economy is its dependence on cash and a weekly financial system. Although the region has witnessed extraordinary economic growth from 2008 to 2014, the growth rate decreased from 8 to 1 percent, trade and investment dropped to 5 percent, and the unemployment rate significantly increased to over 20% by the end of the year 2019. To maintain the progress of economic development, it is necessary to upgrade the country’s industrial structure in order to be able to generate more value-added products, which requires advancement in technological infrastructure to employ more sophisticated technologies. There is not much written about Kurdistan and its economy, and yet there is a comprehensive development plan and resources to be used for education, research, rehabilitation, development, and reconstruction. As such, this book would be of interest to researchers, decision-makers, governmental and non-governmental organizations, undergraduate and graduate students, and the general public with an interest in the Middle East and contemporary Kurdish issues. It is a good up-to-date handbook for policymakers and NGOs involved in the rehabilitation, reconstruction, and development of Iraq.

Author : Tianyong Hao,Wei Chen,Haoran Xie,Wanvimol Nadee,Rynson Lau
Publisher : Springer
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2018-11-05
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783030035808

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Emerging Technologies for Education by Tianyong Hao,Wei Chen,Haoran Xie,Wanvimol Nadee,Rynson Lau Pdf

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-workshop proceedings of the Third International Symposium, SETE 2018, held in conjunction with ICWL 2018, Chiang Mai, Thailand, in August 2018. The 23 full and 3 short papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 51 submissions. The papers have been organized in the following topical sections: Emerging Technologies of Design, Model and Framework of Learning Systems; Emerging Technologies Support for Intelligent Tutoring; Emerging Technologies Support for Game-Based and Joyful Learning; Emerging Technologies of Pedagogical Issues; UMLL (International Symposium on User Modeling and Language Learning); ETLTL (International Workshop on Educational Technology for Language and Translation Learning)

Author : Cathy James-Springer,Katherine Cennamo
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2021-08-13
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783030769949

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A Tool for Determining e-Learning Readiness by Cathy James-Springer,Katherine Cennamo Pdf

This book presents a tool to determine e-learning readiness in workplace organizations. It offers a case study of the design and development process and outlines factors to be taken into account to determine e-learning readiness. It details the four objectives of this tool: to highlight specific parameters for determining e-learning readiness, to provide a systematic process to determine the readiness of an organization, to enable flexibility for the environmental context, and to capture the interrelatedness of the many areas in the organization. Next, it discusses the main element of the tool: surveys that are used to facilitate collection of data on organizational, learner and technology readiness. The book concludes with a look at practical ways of using the information gathered from the data produced.

Author : Rolly Intan,Chi-Hung Chi,Henry N. Palit,Leo W. Santoso
Publisher : Springer
Page : 599 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2015-03-12
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783662467428

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Intelligence in the Era of Big Data by Rolly Intan,Chi-Hung Chi,Henry N. Palit,Leo W. Santoso Pdf

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Soft Computing, Intelligent Systems, and Information Technology, ICSIIT 2015, held in Bali, Indonesia, in March 2015. The 34 revised full papers presented together with 19 short papers, one keynote and 2 invited talks were carefully reviewed and selected from 92 submissions. The papers cover a wide range of topics related to intelligence in the era of Big Data, such as fuzzy logic and control system; genetic algorithm and heuristic approaches; artificial intelligence and machine learning; similarity-based models; classification and clustering techniques; intelligent data processing; feature extraction; image recognition; visualization techniques; intelligent network; cloud and parallel computing; strategic planning; intelligent applications; and intelligent systems for enterprise, government and society.

Author : Roland T. Rust,P.K. Kannan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2016-09-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781315291277

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E-Service: New Directions in Theory and Practice by Roland T. Rust,P.K. Kannan Pdf

The advent of the era of "e-Service," the provision of services over electronic networks like the internet, is one of the dominant business themes of the new millennium. It reflects the fundamental shift in the economy from goods to services and the explosive expansion of information technology. This book provides a collection of different perspectives on e-Service and a unified framework to understand it, even as the business community grapples with the concept. It features contributions from key researchers and practitioners from both the private and public sectors, as well leading scholars from the fields of marketing, information systems, and computer science. They focus on three key areas: the customer-technology interface; e-Service business opportunities and strategies; and public sector e-Service opportunities. The insights they offer will be equally useful to students, scholars, and practitioners.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 139 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781428935259

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Defense acquisitions assessments of major weapon programs : report to Congressional committees. by Anonim Pdf