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From Sugarcane To Ethanol
Jose Augusto Martini Costa
Feb 27, 2020
Brazil is a biofuel superpower and a pioneer in the large-scale production and use of sugarcane ethanol. The country has plans to replace 10 percent of the world's fossil fuels by 2025 with biofuels (Novo et al., 2010). Brazil...
Political Economy; Political Science; Environmental Political Economy Biofuel; Brazil; Historical Institutionalism; Sugarcane
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Football, Mysticism, Thomistic Poetics
Jose Isidro Belleza
Apr 14, 2023
This essay will especially consider the role of the cogitative power and affectivity in the formation of vocal utterances, showing how the Thomistic account of the integration of passion with reason provides a fascinating...
A Moderation and Mediation Model of Social Media Marketing and Brand Loyalty Among Smartphone Users in Egypt
Omnia Hilal
Jan 01, 2022
Social media are being extensively used as a platform to conduct marketing and advertising activities (Shwetha et al., 2020). However, there is always a challenge in how organizations can figure out the results of social media...
Published by: IGI Global
A Reliable and Smart E-Healthcare System for Monitoring Intravenous Fluid Level, Pulse, and Respiration Rate
The paper presents reliable and quality maintenance of intravenous fluid level, pulse rate and respiration rate measurement system in healthcare networks. Implementing information and communication technology becomes essential...
Published by: IGI Global
Using Data Science Software to Address Health Disparities
The article assesses data science software to evaluate the usefulness of data science technology in addressing concerns such as health disparities. Data science software was analyzed using KDnuggets data related to analytics...
Published by: IGI Global
Outcomes of Social Media Marketing in Sport Brands
In an increasingly globalized world, social networks appear as an indispensable tool for sports clubs, as they make it easier for them to reach a large number of supporters. The main objective of this study is to measure the...
Published by: IGI Global
Copper Black Coatings for the Absorption of Solar Concentration With an APPJ SiO2 Super-Hydrophobic Protection
Solar thermal energy can be captured on absorbent surfaces, but coatings tend to deteriorate, due to changes in hue, thermal shocks, or detachment of all layers. There is a great challenge in reducing the deterioration because...
Sustainable Development Environmental, Agricultural, and Physical Sciences Environmental Science and Technologies
Published by: IGI Global
Use of Internet of Things With Data Prediction on Healthcare Environments
Internet of Things (IoT) is a constantly growing paradigm that promises to revolutionize healthcare applications and could be associated with several other techniques. Data prediction is another widely used paradigm, where data...
Published by: IGI Global
A Descriptive 3D City Information Model Built From Infrastructure BIM
This study developed a descriptive 3D city information model (CIM) using only infrastructural building modeling tools to create maps and analyzed the model according to needs identified in interviews with public-sector actors...
Published by: IGI Global
Transformational Leadership Contributions for Employee Autonomy
The performance of a company is affected by several variables and understanding them and knowing how they work is decisive for management. Therefore, this research aims to address and measure how transformational leadership...
Published by: IGI Global
Technical-Economic Feasibility Study of a Tri-Generation System in an Isolated Tropical Island
Over the years, and despite the energy efficiency measures and possibilities, there has been an increase in energy consumption worldwide. However, the resources and primary energies are limited and short stocked, and the energy...
Published by: IGI Global
Use of Internet of Things With Data Prediction on Healthcare Environments
Internet of Things (IoT) is a constantly growing paradigm that promises to revolutionize healthcare applications and could be associated with several other techniques. Data prediction is another widely used paradigm, where data...
Information Security & Privacy Security and Forensics Cyber and Network Security Computer Science and Information Technology Science and Engineering
Published by: IGI Global
The State of Artificial Intelligence in Marketing With Directions for Future Research
Today, artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming increasingly important in both industry and academics. To investigate AI in marketing, we have used bibliometric study, social network analysis (SNA), main path analysis, and...
Published by: IGI Global
Service Design From Staffing to Outsourcing
The term outsourcing has become a conventional means of describing anything associated with the transaction of services that enables client organisations to blur core activities and thereby reduce their internal workforce and...
Published by: IGI Global
Customized Pedagogical Recommendation Using Automated Planning for Sequencing Based on Bloom's Taxonomy
Personalized sequencing and recommendation of pedagogical actions in virtual learning environments are relevant aspects in promoting an effective learning process with computer-aided support. Hence, this work investigates the...
Published by: IGI Global
Local Knowledge Management and Innovation Spillover
Tourism lifestyle entrepreneurs play an essential role in the innovation and competitiveness of tourist destinations. However, existing knowledge about the determinants of the innovation they generate is far from being fully...
Published by: IGI Global
A Physiological-Monitoring Electronic Platform for Cattle Grazing Systems
Ricardo Santos, Fabiana Alves, Patrik Bressan, Ricardo Aguiar, Wellington Santos, Rafael Costa
Jul 01, 2020
In this work, we present a non-invasive electronic platform for physiological data acquisition on cattle grazing systems. The platform can be used for dairy and beef cattle to continuously monitor physiological variables such as...
Environmental Technologies Environmental, Agricultural, and Physical Sciences Environmental Science and Technologies
Published by: IGI Global
TiO2 Nanotubes Transformation Into 4nm Anatase Nanoparticles
The scope of this work shows novel experimental findings on preparing anatase TiO2 nanoparticles, first anodizing titanium into an organic media for obtaining TiO2 nanotubes, and using these as a photocatalytic active electrode...
Public Health & Healthcare Delivery Medical, Healthcare, and Life Sciences Healthcare Administration
Published by: IGI Global
Data Mining of MR Technical Parameters
Adriana Murraças, Paula Martins, Carlos Ferreira, Tiago Godinho, Augusto Ferreira da Silva
Jan 01, 2021
Exposure to radiofrequency (RF) energy during a magnetic resonance imaging exam is a safety concern related to biological thermal effects. Estimation of the specific absorption rate (SAR) is done by manufacturer scanner...
Published by: IGI Global
Regulation of immune responses in primary biliary cholangitis
Victoria Mulcahy, Evaggelia Liaskou, Jose-Ezequiel Martin, Prasanti Kotagiri, Jonathan Badrock, Rebecca L Jones, Simon M Rushbrook, Stephen D Ryder, Douglas Thorburn, Simon D Taylor-Robinson, Graeme Clark, Heather J Cordell, Richard N Sandford, David E Jones, Gideon M Hirschfield, George F Mells
Apr 17, 2023
BACKGROUND AIMS: In patients with primary biliary cholangitis (PBC), the serum liver biochemistry measured during treatment with ursodeoxycholic acid-the UDCA response-accurately predicts long-term outcome. Molecular...
Fumarate induces vesicular release of mtDNA to drive innate immunity.
Vincent Zecchini, Vincent Paupe, Irene Herranz-Montoya, Joëlle Janssen, Inge MN Wortel, Jordan L Morris, Ashley Ferguson, Suvagata Roy Chowdury, Marc Segarra-Mondejar, Ana SH Costa, Gonçalo C Pereira, Laura Tronci, Timothy Young, Efterpi Nikitopoulou, Ming Yang, Dóra Bihary, Federico Caicci, Shun Nagashima, Alyson Speed, Kalliopi Bokea, Zara Baig, Shamith Samarajiwa, Maxine Tran, Thomas Mitchell, Mark Johnson, Julien Prudent, Christian Frezza
Apr 08, 2023
Mutations in fumarate hydratase (FH) cause hereditary leiomyomatosis and renal cell carcinoma1. Loss of FH in the kidney elicits several oncogenic signalling cascades through the accumulation of the oncometabolite fumarate2....
Overview of the DESI Milky Way Survey
Andrew P. Cooper, Sergey E. Koposov, Carlos Allende Prieto, Christopher J. Manser, Namitha Kizhuprakkat, Adam D. Myers, Arjun Dey, Boris T. Gänsicke, Ting S. Li, Constance Rockosi, Monica Valluri, Joan Najita, Alis Deason, Anand Raichoor, M.-Y. Wang, Y.-S. Ting, Bokyoung Kim, Andreia Carrillo, Wenting Wang, Leandro Beraldo e Silva, Jiwon Jesse Han, Jiani Ding, Miguel Sánchez-Conde, Jessica N. Aguilar, Steven Ahlen, Stephen Bailey, Vasily Belokurov, David Brooks, Katia Cunha, Kyle Dawson, Axel de la Macorra, Peter Doel, Daniel J. Eisenstein, Parker Fagrelius, Kevin Fanning, Andreu Font-Ribera, Jaime E. Forero-Romero, Enrique Gaztañaga, Satya Gontcho A Gontcho, Julien Guy, Klaus Honscheid, Robert Kehoe, Theodore Kisner, Anthony Kremin, Martin Landriau, Michael E. Levi, Paul Martini, Aaron M. Meisner, Ramon Miquel, John Moustakas, Jundan J. D. Nie, Nathalie Palanque-Delabrouille, Will J. Percival, Claire Poppett, Francisco Prada, Nabeel Rehemtulla, Edward Schlafly, David Schlegel, Michael Schubnell, Ray M. Sharples, Gregory Tarlé, Risa H. Wechsler, David H. Weinberg, Zhimin Zhou, Hu Zou
Apr 18, 2023
We describe the Milky Way Survey (MWS) that will be undertaken with the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) on the Mayall 4 m telescope at the Kitt Peak National Observatory. Over the next 5 yr DESI MWS will observe...
Published by: The American Astronomical Society