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Stirling-cycle heat-pumps and refrigerators – a realistic alternative? [PDF]

, 2002
Concerns about the environmental impact of refrigerants used in vapour-compression heatpumps and refrigerators, have prompted the Stirling-Cycle Research Group at the University of Canterbury to investigate the feasibility of low-cost Stirling-cycle ...
Raine, JK, Gschwendtner, MA, Haywood, D
core  

Cristiano of Arabia: Did Ronaldo increase Saudi Pro League attendances?

Contemporary Economic Policy, Volume 43, Issue 2, Page 260-270, April 2025.
Abstract In December 2022, Cristiano Ronaldo, five‐time Ballon d’Or winner and the most‐followed person on Instagram, signed for Al‐Nassr in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This marked one of several expensive, recent interventions by the kingdom in global sports markets. We exploit the timing of this event to estimate superstar effects.
Dominik Schreyer, Carl Singleton
wiley   +1 more source

Preliminary Modelling Results for an Otto Cycle/Stirling Cycle Hybrid-engine-based Power Generation System [PDF]

, 2009
This paper presents preliminary data and results for a system mathematical model for a proposed Otto Cycle / Stirling Cycle hybrid-engine-based power generation system.
Feidt, Michel, Cullen, Barry, McGovern, Jim, Petrescu, Stoian   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Women in business: Gender and commercial space in nineteenth‐century Glasgow

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Focusing on women entrepreneurs in a large British city, we examine how women's commercially listed businesses populated that city. Using commercial property rental records, our study allows us to understand sectoral variation and the distribution of businesses across the city and to assess both the absolute and relative contribution of women ...
Graeme Acheson, Gill Newton, Linda Perriton   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Research on Operating Characteristic of Small Double-ended OpposedStirling Thermoelectric Conversion Transducer

Yuanzineng kexue jishu
The Stirling thermoelectric conversion transducer has attracted much attention due to its high efficiency, low emissions, and low noise. As a closed-cycle heat engine with the same ideal efficiency as the Carnot cycle and extremely high thermoelectric ...
XU Dongdong, LI Panxiao, WANG Chenglong, TIAN Wenxi, QIU Suizheng, SU Guanghui
doaj   +1 more source

The roles of multinational enterprises in governing the sustainability of global supply chains

International Journal of Management Reviews, EarlyView.
Abstract An extensive but fragmented body of research shows that multinational enterprises (MNEs) engage with multiple sustainability rules in global supply chains (GSCs) spanning the private, social and public governance sectors. MNEs perform diverse roles by either shaping or complying with these rules.
Cristina Leone, Pasquale Massimo Picone, Arabella Mocciaro Li Destri   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Thermodynamic Model for Performance Analysis of a Stirling Engine Prototype

Energies, 2018
In this study, the results of simulations generated from different thermodynamic models of Stirling engines are compared, including characterizations of both instantaneous and indicated operative parameters.
Miguel Torres García, Elisa Carvajal Trujillo, José Antonio Vélez Godiño, David Sánchez Martínez   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Complexity of Emergency Nurse Retention and Turnover Pre‐ and Post‐Covid 19: A Scoping Review

Journal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aims To examine factors influencing emergency nurse turnover and retention pre‐ and post‐COVID‐19 and inform planned Participatory Systems Mapping research. Design A scoping review of the literature reporting reasons emergency nurses leave, intend to leave or stay.
Olivia Boulton, Barbara Farquharson, Louise Hoyle   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fish welfare in a changing world: New developments and current challenges

Journal of Fish Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract The welfare of non‐human animals is central to ethical discussions on animal use, with increasing attention to fish welfare across research, aquaria, aquaculture, and fisheries. This paper reviews current theoretical approaches to animal welfare and recent advances in defining and assessing fish welfare since the seminal paper by Huntingford ...
Sonia Rey Planellas, João L. Saraiva, Eliane Gonçalves‐de‐Freitas, Pablo Arechavala‐Lopez, Bernice Bovenkerk, Michael Breen, Steven J. Cooke, Martin Føre, Lene Northwood, Lars Helge Stien, Sunil Kadri, Chris Noble, Jonatan Nilsson, Fernando Rodriguez, Cosme Salas, Peter Sandøe, Hans van de Vis   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

Efficacy Assessment of Montanide GEL 02 PR and Liposome‐Based Encapsulation as Adjuvants for an FrpA Subunit Vaccine Against Photobacteriosis in Solea senegalensis

Journal of Fish Diseases, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Photobacteriosis is a major threat to marine aquaculture, and the siderophore transporter FrpA represents a promising target for effective subunit vaccine development. In this study, we evaluated Montanide GEL 02 PR and phosphatidylcholine‐based liposomes as aqueous and safer alternatives to Freund's adjuvant for an FrpA‐based subunit vaccine ...
Marta A. Lages, Miguel Balado, Abel M. Forero, Lucía Ageitos, Jaime Rodríguez, Carlos Jiménez, Manuel L. Lemos, Beatriz Magariños   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source