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Big data collection practices using Internet of Things (IoT) pervasive technologies are often privacy-intrusive and result in surveillance, profiling, and discriminatory actions over citizens that in turn undermine the participation of citizens to the development of sustainable smart cities. Nevertheless, real-time data analytics and aggregate information open up tremendous opportunities for ma...

This study develops an integrated modeling approach to analyze the effects of different scenarios compared a baseline (2019) scenario on energy demand and supply in Zambia. Aiming at minimizing costs, model combines available resources technologies, adhering techno-economic environmental limits. On side, uses time series analysis forecast future electricity The supply-side identifies optimal co...

The benefits of photogrammetry from low baseline stereo pairs have been increasingly demonstrated in recent years by engineers at the French Space Agency (CNES) and their collaborators, thanks to new advances in image restoration and computer vision. Such an emerging technology requires new tools for generating test data, evaluating and visualizing results. This article discusses the mathematic...

Biogenic sources contribute a large portion of emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), a precursor to tropospheric ozone (O3). These emissions are difficult to control and are affected by land-use and climate. A sensitivity analysis was performed using an emissions scenario with a 100% increase in biogenic emissions and another scenario with an additional 100% increase in motor vehicle ...

Model-based scenario analysis with the ASM1 model was used to evaluate the effect of different process modifications on the biological nitrogen removal process for a specific case study (municipal wastewater treatment plant). Simulations showed that the construction of extra tank volume was needed to obtain the effluent standard of 15 mg N/l. However, the renovation scenarios resulting from a m...

This paper presents ongoing research in the field of application and further development of scenario-methods in strategic R&D processes. The core purpose of this study is to investigate how scientific and technological fields of innovation can be supported through participatory work with normative-narrative scenarios. The normative-narrative scenario approach focuses on a participatory communic...

Lexicon-based methods using syntactic rules for polarity classification rely on parsers that are dependent on the language and on treebank guidelines. Thus, rules are also dependent and require adaptation, especially in multilingual scenarios. We tackle this challenge in the context of the Iberian Peninsula, releasing the first symbolic syntax-based Iberian system with rules shared across five ...