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Mooring Simulation and Experimental Study of a Novel Dual-Impact Horizontal Rotor Wave Energy Converter

open access: yesPolish Maritime Research
A novel dual-impact horizontal rotor wave energy converter (DHRWEC) system was designed to accommodate the short wave periods and low wave heights that are typical of China’s coastal regions, based on a combination of wave concentration and amplification
Meng Zhongliang   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Bristol Maritime Center Operations Manual [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Economic studies have indicated that visiting boaters spend between $25‐$300 per day per person ashore. The upper end of this average were visitors associated with regattas or events. $70 was the average expenditure used in the Bristol projections. It is
Hassett, Ellen   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Members Only—The Emergence of the Business Family as a Professionalized and Differentiated Organizational System

open access: yesSystems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The importance of business families is increasingly gaining attention. However, to truly understand business families and their dynamics, they must be viewed as distinct systems. Since this area has received limited scholarly focus, we argue that forming a new system is more than just an extension.
Heiko Kleve   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Activity Systems Modelling as a Complex Systemic Approach to Develop Learning Partnerships Between Community Initiatives and Municipal Governments

open access: yesSystems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The paper explores activity systems modelling (ASM) as a complex systemic approach to fostering learning partnerships between community initiatives and municipal governments. It highlights the increasing role of community‐led initiatives in cocreating public value and the challenges of collaboration due to differing perspectives on governance,
Peter Marks, Wouter Spekkink
wiley   +1 more source

Structural reliability based position mooring

open access: yes, 2008
This thesis considers control of moored marine structures, referred to as position mooring. Moored marine structures can take on a number of different forms, and two applications are considered in this work, namely aquacultural farms and petroleum producing vessels.
openaire   +1 more source

RRS Discovery Cruise D359, 17 Dec 2010-14 Jan 2011. RAPID moorings cruise report [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
This cruise report covers scientific operations conducted during RRS Discovery Cruise D359. Cruise D359 departed from São Antonio, Cape Verde on Friday 17th December 2010 arriving Santa Cruz de Tenerife Friday 14th December 2011.The purpose of the cruise
Cunningham, S.A., et al,
core  

Influence of Steel Recycling on Phase Transformation in Medium‐Manganese Third‐Generation Advanced High‐Strength Steels

open access: yessteel research international, EarlyView.
On the pathway to climate‐neutral steel production, recycling fractions will necessarily increase over time. Since alloying elements will enrich progressively, as they cannot be removed economically from the melt, processes need to be adjusted.
Anindita Chakraborty   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Economic Policy Uncertainty and Structural Transformation in Africa: The Conditional Role of Human Resource Development

open access: yesThunderbird International Business Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The present study has investigated two objectives. First, it examines the unconditional impact of economic policy uncertainty (EPU) on Africa's structural transformation. Second, it explores the conditional role of human resource development in the nexus between economic policy uncertainty (EPU) and structural transformation.
Ekene ThankGod Emeka   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Investigating Metocean Effects on Floating Offshore Wind Platform Positional Offset Using Sentinel-2 Imagery

open access: yesIEEE Access
As floating offshore wind farms move further offshore into more challenging environments, robust and scalable monitoring strategies become critical for maintaining operational safety and performance.
Leonardo Viegas Filipe   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Technology‐Enabled Cross‐Border Entrepreneurship: The Role of Digital Platforms in SME Expansion Through the Lens of Institutional Theory

open access: yesThunderbird International Business Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) face significant institutional barriers when expanding across borders, including regulatory constraints, financial accessibility issues, and market entry challenges. Institutional theory provides a useful framework for understanding how external regulative, normative, and cognitive institutional forces
Sharmin Nahar, Muntasir Alam
wiley   +1 more source

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