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Exploring Salinity Gradient Power in Sweden: Key Factors, Machine Learning Predictive Modeling, and Life Cycle Assessment

open access: yesAdvanced Energy and Sustainability Research, EarlyView.
This study optimizes salinity gradient power generation using reverse electrodialysis (RED) by analyzing key operational parameters through factorial experiments and machine learning. Life cycle assessment reveals RED environmental impact and sustainability compared to other renewables, offering insights into future material choices and system ...
Younes Mohammadi   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Many Worlds, Many Theories, Many Rules: Formulating an Ethical System for the World to Come

open access: yesRevista Brasileira de Política Internacional
There are many ways to speak about the modern world, and many theories setting it apart. I focus on a world facing economic decline and a return to the status-ordering of traditional societies. With republican theory as a backdrop, I show that an updated
Nicholas Onuf
doaj   +1 more source

International relations theory [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
This book is designed as a foundational entry point to International Relations theory. Like other books in the E-IR Foundations series, this takes the form of an engaging narrative, connecting the reader directly to the issues at hand.
McGlinchey, Stephen
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Prospect Theory Goes to War: Loss-Aversion and the Duration of Military Combat [PDF]

open access: yes, 1997
This paper contributes to the empirical foundation of prospect theory in real-life international relations by testing two of its major implications in the field of military conflict. Using duration analysis for a data set of twentieth century battles, it
Bauer, Thomas, Rotte, Ralph
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Advancing Circularity in Battery Systems for Renewable Energy: Technologies, Barriers, and Future Directions

open access: yesAdvanced Energy and Sustainability Research, EarlyView.
This article examines strategies to enhance the sustainability of battery systems in renewable energy through circular economy principles. It discusses recycling techniques, modular battery design, second‐life utilization, and regulatory frameworks. Key barriers include inadequate infrastructure and regulatory gaps.
Williams Chibueze Munonye   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

MIDDLE POWERS IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF CONCEPTUAL APPROACHES

open access: yesСравнительная политика, 2020
Throughout the past decades the international relations studies were mostly dedicated to the analysis of the superpower’s and great power’s role in the world order.
V. V. Vershinina
doaj   +1 more source

Conflict resolution: the missing link between liberal international relations theory and realistic practice [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
This Handbook is a collection of works from leading scholars in the Conflict Analysis and Resolution (CAR) field, all working from their own disciplines yet cognizant of the multidisciplinary nature of that field.
Beriker, Nimet
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The effects of agricultural machinery services and land fragmentation on farmers' straw returning behavior

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract Straw returning is important for rural ecological management and sustainable agricultural development. Using farm survey data for Anhui Province, China, in 2020, we applied the double‐hurdle model to investigate the impact of agricultural machinery services and land fragmentation on farmers' straw‐returning behavior, and to explore the ...
Xin Wang, Yanping Song, Wei Huang
wiley   +1 more source

How do both firm‐level resources and country‐level competitiveness shape the relationship between alliance portfolio diversity and radical innovation? A comparison between the food and other manufacturing industries

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines how European food companies can operationally leverage the value created by strategic alliances into commercially viable products. More importantly, it emphasizes that the effects of alliance portfolio diversity (APD) on radical innovation performance can be achieved not only directly, but also via moderating roles, that is,
María Ancín   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Time in International Relations Theory [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Abstract Temporal phenomena like power shifts, wars, and confounding events characterize international politics. Yet for decades academic international relations (IR) did not consider time worthy of research or reflection. Recently things have changed, especially in critical IR, where scholars developed numerous arguments about time’s ...
openaire   +3 more sources

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