The demand for electricity and the need to replace fossil fuels by renewables have been growing steadily, this transition will significant implications our world that are only beginning be understood. Brazil is one important example of a big economy where already supplied renewables, such as hydro, wind biomass-fired thermal power. In work we investigated load curves in last 20 years Brazil, fo...

This study assessed whether methods for capturing the pedestrian experience of outdoor lighting, previously evaluated in a full-scale laboratory, were applicable real-world setting. It applied an approach human response to lighting systematic way, by assessing perception, evaluation and behaviour lit environment. The involved 81 participants from two age groups (Young—n: 48, mean age: 26, 63% w...

Between 1827 and 1829, John Ruskin underwent a rite of passage to being admitted as participant in his parents’ personal correspondence. Simultaneously, juvenilia, he composed dialogues between children parents imitation conversations Aikin Barbauld’s Evenings at Home Maria Edgeworth’s Frank: A Sequel Harry Lucy Concluded. This article investigates how Ruskin’s management fictional under contro...

East Asians, especially South Koreans, appear to be preoccupied with their offspring's education—most children spend time in expensive private institutes and cram schools the evenings on weekends. At same time, Korea currently has lowest total fertility rate world. In this paper, we propose a theory status externalities endogenous that connects these two facts. Using quantitative heterogeneous-...

Abstract The Arabian Peninsula exhibits extreme hot summers and has one of the world’s largest population growths. We use satellite observations reanalysis as well climate model projections to analyze morning evening land surface temperatures (LSTs), refer processes at surface, wet bulb (WBTs) measure human heat stress. focus on three regions: Persian Gulf Oman, inland capital Saudi Arabia, Riy...

Abstract Bat activity and species richness patterns are often used to assess bat population trends. Understanding how environmental conditions affect is thus important for conservation, but understudied across much of Africa. To address this information gap, we examined the effects factors (i.e. lunar phase ambient temperature) on in northern Namib Desert, Namibia. From May 2016 March 2017, dep...

The Geotourism Students’ Scientific Club (GSSC) is operating at the Department of General Geology and AGH University Science Technology (AGH UST), bringing together young enthusiasts Earth sciences, Faculty Geology, Geophysics Environmental Protection. It has been continuously since 2003. primary objective GSSC to arouse interest in scientific work field as well popularise geotourism student co...

A rapid but intense survey was conducted using visual landmarks in the Point Calimere Wildlife Sanctuary to enumerate flora and foraging habits of Blackbuck Antelope cervicapra. The area divided into various segments such as sanctuary entrance, Maattu muni kovil, Savukku plot or Casuarina plantation, S-Bend road old light house for precise enumeration. total 111 plant species that include 50 he...

During the leadership of USSR by Leonid Brezhnev, process a certain liberalization state-confessional relations begins. The priority during this period is strengthening control religious communities state and local authorities conduct atheistic propaganda. Based on analysis resolutions Central Committee CPSU party bodies, materials National Archives Republic Khakassia State Krasnoyarsk Territor...