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Beyond welfare reform: Reframing undocumented immigrants’ entitlement to health care in the United States, a critical review

Viladrich, Anahí - In: Social Science & Medicine 74 (2012) 6, pp. 822-829

(PRWORA), known as the Welfare Reform bill, in 1996. Based on a critical literature review, conducted between January 1997 and …

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A taxonomy of line balancing problems and their solutionapproaches

Battaïa, Olga; Dolgui, Alexandre - In: International Journal of Production Economics 142 (2013) 2, pp. 259-277

Line balancing belongs to a class of intensively studied combinatorial optimization problems known to be NP-hard in general. For several decades, the core problem originally introduced for manual assembly has been extended to suit robotic, machining and disassembly contexts. However, despite...

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Solar chemical engineering and solar materials research into the 21st century

Funken, Karl-Heinz; Becker, Manfred - In: Renewable Energy 24 (2001) 3, pp. 469-474

“Solar Chemistry and Solar Materials Research” is one important task of the “Solar Energy Association North Rhine–Westphalia, Germany”. Numerous individual projects have been carried out which address the construction and operation of a high-flux solar furnace, solar chemical...

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The Advocacy Coalition Framework in natural resource policy studies — Recent experiences and further prospects

Sotirov, Metodi; Memmler, Michael - In: Forest Policy and Economics 16 (2012) C, pp. 51-64

approach of policy change and stability. After outlining the framework's main features and development over time, we review …

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A review on the performance of Savonius wind turbines

Akwa, João Vicente; Vielmo, Horácio Antonio; Petry, … - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 16 (2012) 5, pp. 3054-3064

This paper presents a review on the performance of Savonius wind turbines. This type of turbine is unusual and its …

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Public perception of carbon capture and storage (CCS): A review

L׳Orange Seigo, Selma; Dohle, Simone; Siegrist, Michael - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 38 (2014) C, pp. 848-863

CCS can be crucial, and research interest in this topic has been growing. This review analyzes the public perception …

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Numerical modelling of ventilated facades: A review

De Gracia, Alvaro; Castell, Albert; Navarro, Lidia; … - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 22 (2013) C, pp. 539-549

The use of double skin facades (DSF) in the building sector and its thermal benefits have been widely studied numerically over the last 30 years. These modelling and simulations are based on different typologies, which have evolved altogether with the available computational resources. The...

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Attitude and acceptance of offshore wind farms—The influence of travel time and wind farm attributes

Ladenburg, Jacob; Möller, Bernd - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 15 (2011) 9, pp. 4223-4235

review of the studies that have analysed the relation between experience with wind turbines and attitude. In addition, we … supplement the review by analysing the effect of travel distance to the nearest offshore wind farm and the wind farms attributes …

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Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) of photovoltaic panels: A review

Gerbinet, Saïcha; Belboom, Sandra; Léonard, Angélique - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 38 (2014) C, pp. 747-753

Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) methodology. Due to this large amount of papers, a review seems necessary to have a clear view of …

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Low carbon and low embodied energy materials in buildings: A review

Cabeza, Luisa F.; Barreneche, Camila; Miró, Laia; … - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 23 (2013) C, pp. 536-542

This paper presents a review of the literature on low carbon and low embodied energy materials in buildings. Embodied … low carbon materials are referred, such as cement and concrete, wood, bricks, rammed earth and sandstone. The review shows …

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