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Integrated and closed‐loop biorefinery strategies for efficient waste valorization and biofuel production

open access: yesThe Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, EarlyView.
Abstract Advancements in biofuel production technologies are essential for reducing global dependence on fossil fuels and addressing their overexploitation. Many valuable components of biomass, such as cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin, remain underused in traditional biorefineries, which typically rely on a single feedstock to produce a primary ...
Marcos Paulo Patta Granado   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Searchin’ His Eyes, Lookin’ for Traces: Piri Reis’ World Map of 1513 & its Islamic Iconographic Connections (A Reading Through Bagdat 334 and Proust)

open access: yes, 2012
The remnant of the 1513 world map of the Ottoman corsair (and later admiral) Muhiddin Piri, a.k.a. Piri Reis, with its focus on the Atlantic and the New World can be ranked as one of the most famous and controversial maps in the annals of the history of ...
Pinto, Karen C.
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Slaves out of context: domestic slavery and the Anglo-Indian family, c. 1780–1830 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
This paper explores the place of domestic slaves in British families resident in India, c. 1780–1830, and the ways in which the presence of slaves within these Anglo-Indian households challenged British understandings of slavery as a practice.
Finn, Margot C.
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Critical Discourse Analysis in Corporate Reports: Legitimation Strategies in the Context of Environmental Controversies

open access: yesCorporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the use of environmental disclosure as a strategic tool to manage legitimacy crises in a mining company, adopting critical discourse analysis (CDA) as the main methodology. Focusing on a case of environmental disaster, this research reveals how corporate narratives can be manipulated to minimize responsibility and reinforce
Renata Luiza de Castilho Rossoni   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Atlantic energy and the strategic outlook

open access: yesRevista CIDOB d'Afers Internacionals, 2013
Sweeping changes are beginning to transform energy scenarios around the world. The gas revolution, a renaissance in petroleum technology and exploration, and a chaotic but powerful movement toward the goal of low-carbon economies are three of the ...
Paul Isbell
doaj  

The Third Bank of the Sea: Maritime Traces of Constitutive Outside(r)s and International Ontopolitical Lines [PDF]

open access: yesContexto Internacional
In this article, we move into the water and engage with maritime traces of constitutive outside(r)s and international ontopolitical lines. Inspired by João Guimarães Rosa’s ‘The Third Bank of the River’ and by Jacques Derrida’s work, we offer a ...
Roberto Vilchez Yamato   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Slip versus dilation tendency parameter space as a tool for prospecting structurally controlled geothermal systems in greenfield: insights from the greater Ruhr region

open access: yesDeep Underground Science and Engineering, EarlyView.
This study highlights that with the static and time‐dependent evolution of slip versus dilation tendency parameter space, structurally controlled deep geothermal systems can be selected within areas of higher permeability and lower seismic hazard. Abstract Faults play a vital role in the Earth's hydraulic system by facilitating fluid flow when dilating
Michal Kruszewski   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sweet Tooth for Empire: Sugar and the British Atlantic World

open access: yes, 2009
With increasing productivity and rising standards of living, a new spirit of consumerism reached Britain. After its entry into the Atlantic World economy, though Scotland never fully benefited until the 1707 Act of Union, all classes eventually gained ...
Walfield, Colin
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Dental development in the tropical gar (Atractosteus tropicus) and the evolution of vertebrate dentitions

open access: yesDevelopmental Dynamics, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Dentitions have diversified enormously during vertebrate evolution, involving reductions, modifications, or allocations to prey seizing and processing regions. A combination of ancient and novel features related to dental and oropharyngeal apparatuses is found in extant lineages of non‐teleost fishes, such as the gars.
Anna Pospisilova   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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