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Crise et gouvernance

On January 12 2010, Haiti was hit by an earthquake of 7.2 on the Richter scale. Close to 220,000 persons died, more than 300,000 were wounded and almost two other million were displaced. The earthquake¿s epicenter was actually several kilometers away the c ...

EPFL2017

Facile route to freestanding CH3NH3PbI3 crystals using inverse solubility

Michael Graetzel, Ulf Anders Hagfeldt, Kazuteru Nonomura, Jeannette Medina Kadro

CH3NH3PbI3 was found to exhibit inverse solubility at high temperatures in gamma-butyrolactone. Making use of this unusual, so far unreported phenomenon, we present a facile method for the growth of freestanding crystals of CH3NH3PbI3 from solution without ...

Nature Publishing Group2015

Survey of Web-based Crowdsourcing Frameworks for Subjective Quality Assessment

Philippe Hanhart

The popularity of the crowdsourcing for performing various tasks online increased significantly in the past few years. The low cost and flexibility of crowdsourcing, in particular, attracted researchers in the field of subjective multimedia evaluations and ...

2014

Transfering skills upon return: matching aspirations in the host countries with the reality back in India

Gabriela Tejada Guerrero

This chapter discusses the factors that influence the development aspirations of skilled Indians living in Europe and those who have returned to India. While India is seen as a country that benefits from the positive effects of skilled migration, it lacks ...

Springer2014

Biofuel Cells and Inductive Powering as Energy Harvesting Techniques for Implantable Sensors

Giovanni De Micheli, Sandro Carrara, Jacopo Olivo

In order to increase the power autonomy of implantable sensors, energy harvesters can aid and, in certain cases, substitute implantable batteries. The paper describes two promising techniques among the approaches presented in literature: biofuel cells and ...

2011

An Interactive Performance-Based Expert System for Daylighting in Architectural Design

Design practitioners are increasingly using digital tools during the design process; however, building performance simulation continues to be more commonly utilized for analysis rather than as a design aid. Additionally, while simulation tools provide the ...

PhD in Building Technology, Department of Architecture, Massachusetts Institute of Technology2011

The 3A interaction model: towards bridging the gap between formal and informal learning

Denis Gillet, Na Li

This paper discusses the adoption of bottom-up social software tools in formal learning environments. This is believed to enhance the learning experience of today’s young generation characterized by being technology savvy and keen on social networking. As ...

IEEE Computer Society2010

Integrating life cycle costs and environmental impacts of composite rail car-bodies for a Korean train

Martyn Douglas Wakeman, Daniel Emery, Isabelle Blanc

A coupled Life Cycle Costing and life cycle assessment has been performed for car-bodies of the Korean Tilting Train eXpress (TTX) project using European and Korean databases, with the objective of assessing environmental and cost performance to aid materi ...

Springer-Verlag2009

Estimating Spectral Information of Complex Fenestration Systems in a Video-Goniophotometer

Marilyne Andersen

The effective use of complex fenestration systems in buildings requires knowledge of their optical spectral and directional properties. While the directional properties are commonly assessed by the measurement of bidirectional transmission or reflection di ...

SAGE Publications2008

Development Consumers: An Ethnography of "The Poorest of the Poor" and International Aid in Rural Tanzania

Martin Benjamin

This is a multi-site ethnographic study of the interactions between programs that intend to bring “development” to rural Africa, and the residents of Malangali division, Tanzania. It explores development through an internal examination of a European non-go ...

Yale University2000

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