Essays about: "Marcos"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 35 essays containing the word Marcos.

  1. 21. Disaster Risk Reduction contribution to Peacebuilding programmes

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Juan Alfonso Lozano Basanta; [2014]
    Keywords : Disaster; Peacebuilding; Risk; Hazard; Post-conflict; Disaster Risk Reduction; Disaster Risk Management; Desastre; Construcción de Paz; Riesgo; Post-conflicto; Reducción de Riesgos de Desastre; Gestión de Riesgos de Desastre;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to provide theoretical evidence that a disaster risk reduction perspective within peacebuilding programmes, particularly in countries where disasters and conflict overlap, can contribute positively to the transformation of conflict into sustainable peace. An increasing number of disasters in fragile states and countries affected by armed conflict has brought the attention to know in which way disasters and conflicts collide when they come to occur in the same area, and how disasters can influence on-going peace processes. READ MORE

  3. 22. Solar cooling of buildings in a Swedish climate : Analysis and design of solar cooling in Building 45 at Högskolan i Gävle.

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för bygg- energi- och miljöteknik

    Author : Marcos Moreno Fernandez; [2014]
    Keywords : Solar Cooling;

    Abstract : Nowadays Solar Energy is one of the engineering fields most exploited, due to the ongoing need to developing new technologies based on renewable energy or improving the existing ones. One particular application of this kind of energy is Solar Cooling, which consist in generating cold from the heat received from the Sun. READ MORE

  4. 23. Thermal Mixing CHT Simulations with OpenFOAM:URANS and LES

    University essay from KTH/Reaktorfysik

    Author : Ignacio Gallego Marcos; [2013]
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  5. 24. Measuring Sustainability: A systems perspective on sustainability reporting

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

    Author : Carlos Oliveros; [2012]
    Keywords : General Systems Theory; Systems; Complexity; systems theory; Sustainability Reporting; telos; dynamics; sustainability; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The paper is a critical revision of the sufficiency of sustainability reporting frameworks to represent sustainability performance. The paper sustains that while frameworks facilitate recording, classifying, and summarizing sustainability data (i.e. READ MORE

  6. 25. Evaluation of Real-Time databases in a control-system setting

    University essay from Akademin för innovation, design och teknik

    Author : Marcos Jose Coronado Romero; [2010]
    Keywords : real-time databases; real-time systems; databases; evaluation;

    Abstract : This thesis is related to the knowledge area of real-time systems and real-time databases. The increasing complexity of the systems, specifically the embedded systems, and the need of store and share the information they use leads to the need of new technologies. READ MORE