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Advanced Energy Materials, EarlyView.The Aluminum energy storage cycle involves the use of renewable energy for Al production and the generation of heat (dry cycle) and heat and H2 (wet cycle) for energy production via Al‐steam combustion. ABSTRACT Reaching climate neutrality by 2050 requires innovative long‐term energy storage (LTES) solutions beyond the current use of fossil fuels ...
Lorenzo Trombetti +2 more
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Alice ainda mora aqui: narrativa juvenil contemporânea
Estudos de Literatura Brasileira Contemporânea, 2010 The understanding that lies in the possibility of recognizing in the texts we read what we experience in real life, express, translate and nourish our emotions and feelings of pain or happiness, making us approach the identity of the “subject- matter ...
Alice Áurea Penteado Martha
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Device Performance of Emerging Photovoltaic Materials (Version 6)
Advanced Energy Materials, EarlyView.Efficiency of single junction perovskite (circles), organic (hexagons), dye sensitized (pentagons), kesterite (diamonds), Sb2Se3 (right triangle), and AgBiS2 (left triangles) solar cells at emerging‐pv.org over the last decade. ABSTRACT This 6th annual Emerging PV Report surveys peer‐reviewed advances since August 2024 across perovskite, organic ...
Osbel Almora +29 more
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Climate Change Agricultural Comparative Advantage and the US Trade Balance
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Current science indicates that warming and elevated atmospheric CO2 will have ambiguous results for crop productivity depending on crop type and geographic location, whereas increased heat stress makes livestock and human labor less productive.
Elizabeth A. Fraysse +2 more
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A century of the evolution of the urban system in Brazil [PDF]
, 2011 In this paper, we study the hitherto unexplored evolution of the size distribution of 185 urban areas in Brazil between 1907 and 2008. We find that the power law parameter of the size distribution of the 100 largest urban areas increases from 0.63 in ...
Holmes, Mark J. +3 more
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Livestock Tango: U.S. and Latin America Dance Together, but Who Will Lead?
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines the competitiveness between Latin American and U.S. livestock and meat sectors. We employ a computable general equilibrium modeling framework to evaluate two scenarios: coordinated improvements in Latin American productivity, transport efficiency, and market access (Scenario I), and the minimum productivity gains required ...
Taís C. Menezes +2 more
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Political Variables as Instruments: Are They Good Candidates? [PDF]
The international literature on minimum wage greatly lacks empirical evidence from developing countries. In Brazil, not only are increases in the minimum wage large and frequent but also the minimum wage has been used as anti-inflation policy in addition
Lemos, Sara
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Academic professional development for effective e-learning: a possible framework for Brazil [PDF]
, 2007 Distance education at a tertiary level in Brazil represents a very new educational approach compared with countries such as Australia and the United Kingdom.
Bossu, Carina, Smyth, R, Stein, S
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Citizen Engagement for Social and Technological Innovation in Sustainable Energy Systems
Advanced Energy and Sustainability Research, EarlyView.This study underscores the potential of citizen participation in the energy transition by providing insights to foster citizen‐driven innovation. An analysis of energy communities, one of the most dynamic innovations in the energy sector, reveals that these models can be citizen‐led initiatives regarding their operational and organizational structure ...
Ana Belén Cristóbal +3 more
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The Bitter Taste of Brazil's Temporary Import Ban on Robusta Coffee
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Brazil, a leading Robusta coffee producer and exporter, faced a significant drought in 2016–2017, which drastically reduced production and depleted stocks. Consequently, Brazil temporarily permitted the import of one million 60‐kg bags of Robusta coffee in the spring 2017. An import ban was imposed shortly afterward due to lobbying by domestic
Hanifi Otgun +2 more
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