Erneuerbare und dezentrale Energien aus postkolonialer Perspektive

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bettina Barthel
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Postcolonial Theory ◽  
Technology Development ◽  
Theoretical Background ◽  
Technology Research ◽  
Critical Perspective ◽  
Energy Technologies ◽  
New Type ◽  
New Research

By combining postcolonial theory and development and technology research, this interdisciplinary work offers new research avenues. Through two detailed case studies, it contributes to theoretical knowledge as well as critical developmental practice. First, it reflects on the role of (energy) technologies from a critical perspective on development and technology. It proceeds to highlight current discursive formations and the political strategies of the energy and ‘devel-opment’ nexus. Against this theoretical background and via ethnographic research methods, processes of technology development in two case studies of German–Tanzanian partnerships are reconstructed, analysed from a postcolonial perspective and examined for their potential in terms of self-determined technology development and use and the obstacles they also pose in this respect. The case studies look at the cooperation between two NGOs that are developing a new type of biogas system for the home and two companies that install solar home systems.

scholarly journals Smart District and Circular Economy: The Role of ICT Solutions in Promoting Circular Cities

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (21) ◽  
pp. 11732
Author(s):  
Massimiliano Viglioglia ◽  
Matteo Giovanardi ◽  
Riccardo Pollo ◽  
Pier Paolo Peruccio
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
Decisive Role ◽  
Theoretical Background ◽  
Urban Systems ◽  
User Engagement ◽  
Urban Context ◽  
Classification Framework ◽  
The One

Cities will have a decisive role in reducing the consumption of resources and greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Various experiences of urban regeneration have exploited Information and Communication Technology (ICT) potentialities to optimize the management of complex systems and to encourage sustainable development models. This paper investigates the role of ICT technologies in favouring emerging design for Circular Economy (CE) in the urban context. The paper starts by defining the theoretical background and subsequently presents the goal and methodology of investigation. Through a scoping review, the authors identify case studies and analyse them within the Ellen MacArthur Foundation classification framework that splits the urban context into three urban systems: buildings, mobility and products. The research focuses on nine case studies where the ICT solutions were able to promote the principles of CE. The results show, on the one hand, how data management appears to be a central issue in the optimization of urban processes and, on the other hand, how the district scale is the most appropriate to test innovative solutions. This paper identifies physical and virtual infrastructures, stakeholders and tools for user engagement as key elements for the pursuit of CE adoption in the urban context.

Down-to-Earth. What Can We Learn from Local Case Studies?

2021 ◽  
pp. 114-138
Author(s):  
Eliška Drápalová
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Political Competition ◽  
National Level ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
Eastern European ◽  
Business Associations ◽  
Local Case ◽  
New Research

This chapter explores how a subnational focus contributes to understanding the factors that determine the quality of government and corruption. It points to the limitation of national-level and cross-country studies and highlights the advantages of adopting a city-level approach and case study research. It emphasizes where a subnational focus adds to the current literature and debates on the quality of government, mainly generating new research questions and theories, as well as describing processes and testing mechanisms. It deals in more detail with explanations regarding economic resources, the role of voters enforcing electoral accountability, civil society, and the political competition. Finally, the chapter proposes a framework that integrates the most relevant factors, combining business associations’ pressure and multilevel political competition. This chapter combines the existing research with examples from quantitative and comparative case studies of Southern and Eastern European cities.

Emerging Case Studies of Ambient Intelligence Services

2019 ◽  
pp. 27-54
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Ambient Intelligence ◽  
Technology Development ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Use Cases ◽  
Location Awareness ◽  
Case Examples ◽  
Intelligence Services ◽  
Definition Of

Analysis of currently dominating and emerging use cases provide extremely valuable information for understanding of the key drivers of a technology development. In this chapter, the authors particularly focus on introducing and making an overview of the emerging case studies on top of the ambient intelligence technology. They discuss several case studies that illustrate opportunities and design details for development of highly personalized smart services. The chapter provides definition of the key enablers of the service smartness (e.g., location-awareness, design principles, and restrictions, etc.). The discussion on provided definitions and presented enablers is supported by a few use case examples in the field of e-tourism and e-healthcare. In addition, the chapter introduces the general principles of ZeroUI concept and role of virtual and augmented reality in delivering the new user experience. The chapter is targeted to clearly ground the book scope to the real-life use cases and most relevant trends.

Application and Composition of Virtual Reality in Teaching

2014 ◽  
Vol 644-650 ◽  
pp. 5594-5597 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiu Gen Yuan ◽  
Zhi Guo Li
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Technology Development ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Education Technology ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Virtual Experiment ◽  
Virtual Reality Technology ◽  
New Type ◽  
Virtual Teaching ◽  
New Research

The rapid development of information technology makes education technology having a new type of teaching media--Virtual Reality. In this paper, the virtual reality technology as a new type of education technology, studying from the view of Educational Technology, put forward a new research field of the education technology--Virtual teaching. It analysis several application forms of virtual teaching: teaching courseware, the network virtual teaching and virtual experiment. And it focuses on analyzing the PC virtual teaching environment platform’s structure and several big composition module. Virtual teaching must take the popular way as it supposes to popularize in the practical teaching, and the Pc platform conform to this requirement, which is the direction of virtual reality technology development in the future.

MATERIAL HANDLING MACHINES AND SYSTEMS – UMI-TWINN PROJECT CONTRIBUTION

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-20
Author(s):  
Péter Telek ◽  
Béla Illés ◽  
Christian Landschützer ◽  
Fabian Schenk ◽  
Flavien Massi
Keyword(s):  
Material Handling ◽  
Digital Data ◽  
Flow Process ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Scientific Excellence ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
New Research ◽  
Eu Project ◽  
The University

Nowadays, the Industry 4.0 concept affects every area of the industrial, economic, social and personal sectors. The most significant changings are the automation and the digitalization. This is also true for the material handling processes, where the handling systems use more and more automated machines; planning, operation and optimization of different logistic processes are based on many digital data collected from the material flow process. However, new methods and devices require new solutions which define new research directions. In this paper we describe the state of the art of the material handling researches and draw the role of the UMi-TWINN partner institutes in these fields. As a result of this H2020 EU project, scientific excellence of the University of Miskolc can be increased and new research activities will be started.

Track 2.a Introduction

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sucharita BENIWAL ◽  
Sahil MATHUR ◽  
Lesley-Ann NOEL ◽  
Cilla PEMBERTON ◽  
Suchitra BALASUBRAHMANYAN ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Local Knowledge ◽  
Ways Of Knowing ◽  
Social Contexts ◽  
Knowledge Systems ◽  
Theoretical Frameworks ◽  
Native Communities ◽  
Cultural Systems ◽  
Local Practices

The aim of this track was to question the divide between the nature of knowledge understood as experiential in indigenous contexts and science as an objective transferable knowledge. However, these can co-exist and inform design practices within transforming social contexts. The track aimed to challenge the hegemony of dominant knowledge systems, and demonstrate co-existence. The track also hoped to make a case for other systems of knowledges and ways of knowing through examples from native communities. The track was particularly interested in, first, how innovators use indigenous and cultural systems and frameworks to manage or promote innovation and second, the role of local knowledge and culture in transforming innovation as well as the form of local practices inspired innovation. The contributions also aspired to challenge through examples, case studies, theoretical frameworks and methodologies the hegemony of dominant knowledge systems, the divides of ‘academic’ vs ‘non-academic’ and ‘traditional’ vs ‘non-traditional’.

Review of Computed Tomographic Colonography from a Surgeon’s Perspective

2015 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 215-223 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles Bellows ◽  
Giuseppe Gagliardi ◽  
Lorenzo Bacigalupo
Keyword(s):  
Cancer Screening ◽  
Computed Tomographic Colonography ◽  
Clinical Practices ◽  
Optical Colonoscopy ◽  
Computed Tomographic ◽  
Primary Colon Cancer ◽  
Primary Colon ◽  
New Research ◽  
Additional Value

Abstract New research has addressed many of the early concerns of Computed Tomographic colonography (CTC) and these studies are now beginning to shape clinical practices. A review of the literature demonstrates that the sensitivity of CTC in screening for large polyps (≥ 1cm) or cancers in the large intestine is as high as that of conventional optical colonoscopy, however, the sensitivity decreases with the diameter of the polyp. Despite this, CTC is well tolerated, more acceptable to patients than optical colonoscopy and therefore may improve colorectal cancer screening compliance. This review not only describes the diagnostic accuracy and sensitivity of CTC, and the evolving role of CTC as a primary colon cancer screening option, but also the recent studies that have demonstrated the additional value of CTC utilization for practicing clinicians.

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