ENVS135 American Food This course investigates topics in the history of food production from the colonial period to the present, with emphasis on the American contribution to the development of world food systems and cultures of consumption. Topics to be addressed include the production of agricultural commodities, development of national markets, mass production of food, industrialization of a...

ENVS135 American Food This course investigates topics in the history of food production from the colonial period to the present, with a special emphasis on the American contribution to the development of world food systems and cultures of consumption. Topics addressed include the production of agricultural commodities, development of national markets, mass production of food, industrialization ...

Increased attention to the economic impact of information and communication technologies (ICT) underscores the impact of ICT on the social side of the “digital divide.” ICT and individual and organizational changes are often closely related. This paper examines the main characteristics of the relationship between ICT and human resources in Spanish firms, in the context of a developed country wi...

Abstract: The rollout of electric vehicles substantially changes the requirements for current power grid infrastructures. The high power demand of fast recharge stations in combination with a high risk of simultaneity leads to the necessity of extended ICT integration into the energy distribution process. This paper describes ongoing research on a simulation framework for modeling the communica...

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The pulse-based charging method for battery cells has been recognized as a fast and efficient way to overcome the shortcoming of a slow charging time in distributed battery cells, which is regarded as a connection of cells such as the Internet of Things (IoT). The pulse frequency for controlling the battery charge duration is dynamically controlled within a certain range in order to inject the ...

Battery storage system is emerging as an essential component of hybrid power system based on renewable energy resources such as solar and wind in order to make these sources dispatchable. Accurate modeling of battery storage system is essential in order to ensure optimal planning of hybrid power systems incorporating battery storage. Majority of the system planning studies involving battery sto...

Ž . The environmental impact of both the vanadium redox battery vanadium battery and the lead-acid battery for use in stationary applications has been evaluated using a life cycle assessment approach. In this study, the calculated environmental impact was lower for the vanadium battery than for the lead-acid one. The net energy storage efficiency of the vanadium battery was greater due to lower...