Essays about: "Cuba"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 87 essays containing the word Cuba.

1. 1. Decentralizing electricity generation in Cuba : Implementation of a microgrid in the sugar mil lCarlos Baliño

   University essay from KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)

   Author : Aylin Berber; Cornelia Eriksson; [2023]
   Keywords : Microgrid; renewable energy; bagasse; self-sufficiency; Microgrid; förnybar energi; bagass; självförsörjande;

   Abstract : Cuba has a long history of different dependencies and is a country facing many energy challenges, and therefore seeks to diversify its energy sources and reduce its reliance on fossil fuels. The purpose of this degree project is therefore to conceptualize a microgrid based on renewable energy sources for local energy sustainability at the lowest cost possible. READ MORE

3. 2. Microgrid in George Washington, Cuba

   University essay from KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)

   Author : Mimmi Fröjdh; Sofia Sjöberg; [2023]
   Keywords : Cuba; microgrid; energy systems modelling; renewable energy; optimization; Kuba; microgrid; energisystemmodellering; förnybar energi; optimering;

   Abstract : Cuba has vast natural resources for domestic renewable energy generation, but their energy mix is heavily dominated by fossil fuels. This contributes to a high dependence on expensive oil imports and has led to significant generation shortfalls, which in turn has resulted in extensive power outages and serious fuel crises. READ MORE

4. 3. Education for Sustainable Development: A case study of curricular documents from Cuba, France, and Romania

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Catarina Coelho da Silva; [2023]
   Keywords : Education for Sustainable Development; Sustainable Development Goals; global governance; qualitative text analysis; curriculum.; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : In the global agenda for sustainable development, quality education is a defined priority. Therefore, it is significant to assess how topics of sustainable development are taught in mandatory school. READ MORE

5. 4. Wild cimarrones: Cuban maroon ecology in the first half of the 19th century and the corporeal rift

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

   Author : José Ernesto Urrusti Frenk; [2023]
   Keywords : Cuban marronage; maroons; wilderness; corporeal rift; metabolic rift; biogeocenosis; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Analyses of enslaved labor and marronage in the Caribbean and beyond abound. As insightful and important as many of these works have been, they have often overlooked the ecological dimension of the maroons’ struggle for their liberation, the relationship between nature and the political struggle for emancipation. READ MORE

6. 5. “Big Black Cocks” & Interracial Attraction : A Quantitative Study on Stereotypes in Pornography & Black Men’s Sexualities

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för hälsa och samhälle (HS)

   Author : Ida Rundberg; [2023]
   Keywords : black; interracial; sexuality; sexual performance; stereotype; pornography; black men;

   Abstract : The portrayed, stereotypical sexuality of the Black man in pornography is nothing short of extraordinary when it comes to stamina, skill and performance. The stereotype of the “Big Black Cock” and its impact on sexual partners is widely known by consumers of pornography but what impact does the depiction of it have on Black men and their sexual performances in real life? This thesis aims to examine, through a quantitative approach, if and how the tendency towards conforming to the stereotype of the “Big Black Cock”, makes an impact on the sex life of the participant and if it also brings about a perception of a societal expectation of being attracted to White women. READ MORE