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Introduction -- Index system, method, and application of natural resources evaluation -- Efficiency evaluation of energy and resource utilization at the regional level in China -- Spatial differences in water–energy system coupling relationship -- Study on the economic effects of efficient utilization of natural resources -- Research on environmental effects of natural resources efficiency utilization -- Analysis of temporal and spatial evolution of natural resources utilization -- Price fluctuation of natural resources and its impacts on economic development -- Research on policy support system and supervision mechanism of natural resources efficiency utilization.

Chapter 1. Why Gas? -- Chapter 2. Why Latin Europe? -- Part 1: Dawn and Consolidation of Latin Europe's Industrialisation: the Evolution of Gas in the 19th Century -- Chapter 3. The Internationalization of the English Gas Industry in Latin Europe in the 19th Century -- Chapter 4. First Steps of Industrial Associationism in Latin Europe's Gas Sector: the Société Française De L'industrie Du Gaz -- Chapter 5. Gas Lighting for the Crown: análisis of the Use of Gas Lighting Within the Festivities to Commemorate the Bonaparte and the Bourbon Dynasties in Paris (France) and Madrid (Spain) -- Chapter 6. Entrepreneurial Initiatives, Foreign Investment, and Marketing Implementation of Gas Services in Portuguese Cities of Lisbon and Porto During the Second Half of the 19th Century -- Chapter 7. The Role of the Technical Press in the Diffusion of Gas in Europe: the Case of Le Gaz Journal, 1857-1880 -- Part 2: the Turning Point: Competition Between Gas and Electricity at the Turn of the 19th Century -- Chapter 8. Gas Versus Electricity in Paris and Rome From the 1880s to the 1910s -- Chapter 9. The Gas Industry of the North of Spain, C. 1845-1945 -- Chapter 10. Gas as a Goal. The Evolution of Gas Technology in Spain Until 1936 -- Chapter 11. The Impact of World War Ii on Gas Production in Latin Europe -- Chapter 12. The Use of Computers in the Spanish Gas Industry. The First Comer: Catalana De Gas Y Electricidad (1962-1969).

Chapter 1. The Problem -- Chapter 2. Argument from global heating -- Chapter 3. The argument from war and peace -- Chapter 4. The argument from global justice -- Chapter 5. Does it matter if we go extinct? -- Chapter 6. Democracy -- Chapter 7. From despotism to democracy: a roadmap -- Chapter 8. Is global democracy desirable? -- Chapter 9. Conclusion.

"Eighty years after oil was first discovered in Qatar, a small nation often ignored in favor of its richer and larger Gulf neighbors, it is now an energy behemoth exporting vast amounts of liquefied natural gas, condensates, refined products, petrochemicals, and fertilizers. The country also produces steel, iron, and aluminum and is the second-largest supplier of helium in the world. It has expanded its footprint abroad, acquiring oil and gas assets in the Middle East, Africa, the Mediterranean, and Latin America. Drawing on history, political analysis, and experience in the energy sector dating back to the 1970s, Michael Tusiani and Anne-Marie Johnson explore the reasons for Qatar's development into a global energy power. Sitting on top of one of the world's largest gas reserves was no doubt luck, but the authors argue that Qatar knew how to leverage this largesse to its best advantage. By focusing on creating the nation's own identity in the region, Qatar's leaders made what many considered to be unconventional and controversial political decisions, often setting the nation at odds with major players on the energy market. Nevertheless, these decisions paid off, placing the country in a strong position as a major global energy player despite declining oil reserves. Part historical analysis, part in-the-room reportage, this book presents an authoritative account of the development of the modern Qatari energy kingdom."

Naturnahe Gewässer bilden für eine Vielzahl von Pflanzen und Tieren wertvolle Lebensräume. Die Gewässer unterscheiden sich hinsichtlich ihrer Größe und ihrem Vorkommen in den Ökoregionen und Höhenlagen Deutschlands und werden in charakteristische Gewässertypen eingestuft. Diese bilden verschiedenste Lebensräume aus und beherbergen typspezifische Lebensgemeinschaften. Der Gewässertyp des Jahres 2023 ist der "Mittelgebirgsfluss".

This volume sheds light on the social and cultural transformations that accompanied the Covid-19 crisis by looking at health and biopolitics from a philosophical and literary perspective. The biopolitical measures taken globally in response to the crisis have led to previously unheard-of restrictions in liberal societies, resulting in deep and potentially lasting transformations both in social structures and interpersonal relationships. Many researchers have addressed the Covid-19 crisis as a political or epidemiological challenge, but few have paid sufficient attention to the culturally specific reactions and cultural representations of the human beings at the centre of events. Literary analyses capture this human component and give insights into different reactions to, and protests against, the health-political measures addressing the crisis. This book puts the notion of biopolitics, first extensively theorised in the 1970s, to work in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic, and uses literary case studies as starting points for discussions of contemporary politics, media, and legal and surveillance regimes. It brings together eleven scholars from six countries with the shared aim of combining literary and philosophical expertise to create a better understanding of the changes in society and political attitudes induced by the ongoing pandemic

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"'Artificial Intelligence in Highway Safety' is a cutting-edge book to the hurtling world of AI in the field of highway safety. The author Subasish Das, a highway safety expert, pursues highway safety within its contexts, while drawing attention to the predictive powers of the AI techniques in solving complex problems for safety improvement. This book provides both theoretical and practical aspects of highway safety. Each chapter contains theory and its contexts in plain language with several real-life examples. This book is suitable for anyone interested in highway safety and AI and provides an illuminating and accessible introduction to this fast-growing research trend. The book's website at http://subasish.github.io/AIiHS offers a variety of supplemental materials, including data sets and R codes. 'Artificial Intelligence in Highway Safety' is a cutting-edge book to the hurtling world of AI in the field of highway safety. This book provides both theoretical and practical aspects of highway safety. Each chapter contains theory and its contexts in plain language with several real-life examples"--

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