We investigate the opportunities and challenges of the forth wave of digitalization, also referred to as the Internet of Things (IoT), with respect to public transport and how it can support sustainable development of society. Environmental, economical, and social perspectives are considered through analysis of the existing literature and explorative studies. We conclude that there are great op...

An information-processing analysis of insight into a singularly deceptive and difficult deductive problem is presented. Two models are described. The first represents an economical explanation of the Ss initial responses but is difficult to reconcile with their subsequent responses induced by certain remedial procedures. The second model does take account of such responses and shows how insight...

Progress on these topics is occasionally updated in Coating Materials News (CMN) issues since polymer substrates are being used with greater frequency in displays, solar panels, laminated window glazing, reflectors for illumination, and other optical applications. Injection molded or form cast polymer parts are now mass-produced as economical and light-weight replacements for glass parts. The s...

Once the challenge of developing and trading national cars has been overcome, the new challenge becomes the accessibility/costs ratio. The answer to it was 1.000 cc engine cars which are called popular cars in Brazil. Nowadays, this segment represents over 50.0% of the Brazilian fleet. Economical issues are the major concern in the Brazilian market, rather than attributes like safety, comfort a...

Different techniques of car washing are presented in this paper, along with issues of water use, water contamination and its purification. Nowadays, technological advancements in the car wash industry fall into specific categories such as, new washing technologies (touch-free and hybrid washing technology), advanced water recycling systems (based on biological water treatment), water desalinati...

This paper tries to describe a piece of the phenomena of shifting behavior of voters in Indonesia’s democratic transition era. It focused on Jombang district of East Java’s grassroots level. This study adopted an institutional approach to understanding local context of political and social institution as actors that have important roles in shifting behavior. The changing pattern of public parti...

The scope of the present paper is to outline ESA’s R&D directions for the development of new technologies required for future broadband satellite communication systems. The document outlines likely trends and technological issues that will need to be tackled in the medium and long term (e.g. 5 to 10 years) to improve by more than one order of magnitude satellite communication networks efficienc...

The chapter deals with the social impact of P2P systems in light of a bidirectional connection by which technological developments influence, in a complex and often unpredictable way, the social environment whereas the dynamic evolution of the latter does affect technological progress. From this perspective, the aim is to deepen legal issues, sociological trends, economical aspects, and politic...

The catalytic functionalization of unreactive C–H bonds is an area of great importance for the design of atom economical approaches to useful organic molecules. However, due to the ubiquity of C–H bonds in organic molecules, achieving perfect site-selectivity along with the incorporation of a broad range of functional groups has been one of the major challenges in the area. In this context, the...

In an effort to satisfy the rising global demand for energy and at the same time to combat the environmental impacts such as global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, it’s worth searching for potential energy alternatives. As a base line for most approaches, the issues of producing sufficient quantity of energy with high quality, economical viability and environmental sustainability are the concer...