Quality control of EVA as emerging encapsulant material in photovoltaic market: challenges and opportunities for long term photovoltaic module reliability

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kamel Agroui ◽  
Hamid Menari ◽  
Yacine Chettate ◽  
MariCruz Lopez Escalante
Keyword(s):  
Quality Control ◽  
Photovoltaic Module ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities

scholarly journals Expansion of Policy Domain of Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP): Challenges and Opportunities for Policy Design

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (12) ◽  
pp. 6763
Author(s):  
Yasuhiko Hotta ◽  
Tomohiro Tasaki ◽  
Ryu Koide
Keyword(s):  
Policy Design ◽  
Sustainable Consumption ◽  
Pollution Prevention ◽  
Ecological Modernization ◽  
Policy Debate ◽  
Policy Domain ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Sustainable Consumption And Production ◽  
Transition Policy

Since 2015, the international policy community has started to agree on international agreements with ambitious middle-term and long-term goals, highly relevant to sustainable consumption and production (SCP) such as those seen in the Paris Agreement, SDGs, and the plastic-related agreements at the G7 and G20 processes. Along with this trend, there has been growing attention given to socio-technical system change or “transition”. Policy debate is putting more focus on the need to change consumption and production patterns and deal with various ecological consequences within planetary boundaries such as decarbonization, absolute reduction in material throughput, or creation of a plastic-free society. This paper examines the expansion of the policy domain of SCP in three phases; SCP focusing on pollution control and cleaner production (SCP 1.0), SCP from the perspective of product lifecycle (SCP 2.0), and SCP focusing on systematic changes in socio-technical systems driving consumption and production (SCP 3.0). The potential impact of a wider SCP policy domain can be comparable to the historical shift in discourse related to ecological modernization theory from pollution prevention to efficiency. This emerging trend corresponds to the need for a fresh approach to policy design which can facilitate transition to sustainability.

scholarly journals The Impact of COVID-19 on Hospitality Industry in Greece and Its Treasured Santorini Island

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (14) ◽  
pp. 7906
Author(s):  
Nikola Medová ◽  
Lucie Macková ◽  
Jaromir Harmacek
Keyword(s):  
Social Impact ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Multiple Variables ◽  
Hospitality Sector ◽  
Tourism And Hospitality ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Further Development

This paper focuses on the dynamic of the recent upheaval in the tourism and hospitality sector due to the COVID-19 epidemic in Greece and Santorini island. It uses the case study of a country one-fourth of whose GDP consists of tourism. We compare the available statistical data showing the change in variables in the previous years with 2020 and look into the new challenges and opportunities posed by the drop in the numbers of visitors and flights. We focus mainly on the economic and social impact on the destination and possible future scenarios for further development in the area. Data show a significant effect of the pandemic on multiple variables, such as the long-term trend of the importance of tourism sector in GDP in Greece, the number of flights and visitors to Greece and Santorini island, and the contribution of tourism and travel to GDP. Based on the available data, we also construct three foresight scenarios that describe the possible futures for Santorini island in terms of the pandemic evolution. These scenarios may help various stakeholders and policymakers to be better prepared for different developments that may appear.

scholarly journals Long-Term Calorie Restriction Enhances Cellular Quality-Control Processes in Human Skeletal Muscle

Cell Reports ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 422-428 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ling Yang ◽  
Danilo Licastro ◽  
Edda Cava ◽  
Nicola Veronese ◽  
Francesco Spelta ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Skeletal Muscle ◽  
Quality Control ◽  
Calorie Restriction ◽  
Human Skeletal Muscle ◽  
Control Processes

Central Food Retail: Business Expansion and Brand Architecture Strategy

2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (01) ◽  
pp. 199-218
Author(s):  
Piya Ngamcharoenmongkol
Keyword(s):  
Food Retail ◽  
Brand Architecture ◽  
Company Limited ◽  
Retail Business ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Market Leader ◽  
Central Food ◽  
Retail Company ◽  
Retail Grocery

The retail store market in Thailand continued to grow with more intense competition from key players expanding their operations across retail grocery market segments. Central Food Retail Company Limited (CFR) was the market leader in the supermarket segment targeting the middle to high income groups. As part of the company’s long-term strategy, CFR planned to expand the business into other retail sectors by launching new store formats to capture other customer segments, especially middle- and lowincome groups. These customer segments had been largely served by operators in the hypermarket segment. The challenges and opportunities that CFR faced and the decisions on brand extension strategy and brand architecture strategy were discussed.

scholarly journals Dataset Preservation for the Long Term: Results of the DareLux Project

2008 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eugène Dürr ◽  
Kees Van der Meer ◽  
Wim Luxemburg ◽  
Ronald Dekker
Keyword(s):  
Quality Control ◽  
Information Retrieval ◽  
Digital Rights Management ◽  
Long Term Results ◽  
New Paradigm ◽  
Data Archiving ◽  
Digital Rights ◽  
Rights Management ◽  
Search And Retrieval

The purpose of the DareLux (Data Archiving River Environment Luxembourg) Project was the preservation of unique and irreplaceable datasets, for which we chose hydrology data that will be required to be used in future climatic models. The results are: an operational archive built with XML containers, the OAI-PMH protocol and an architecture based upon web services. Major conclusions are: quality control on ingest is important; digital rights management demands attention; and cost aspects of ingest and retrieval cannot be underestimated. We propose a new paradigm for information retrieval of this type of dataset. We recommend research into visualisation tools for the search and retrieval of this type of dataset.

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