The Production of Hrönir: Albanian Socialist Realism and After

Discussion of the work of Albanian artist Armando Lulaj in relation to the heritage of Albanian socialist realist art

CO2 Highways for Europe: Modelling a Carbon Capture, Transport and Storage Infrastructure for Europe. CEPS Working Document No. 340/November 2010

This paper presents a mixed integer, multi-period, cost-minimising model for a carbon capture, transport and storage (CCTS) network in Europe. The model incorporates endogenous decisions about carbon capture, pipeline and storage investments. The capture, flow and injection quantities are based on given costs, certificate prices, storage capacities and point source emissions. The results indicate that CCTS can theoretically contribute to the decarbonisation of Europe’s energy and industrial sectors. This requires a CO2 certificate price rising to €55 per tCO2 in 2050, and sufficient CO2 storage capacity available for both on- and offshore sites. Yet CCTS deployment is highest in CO2-intensive industries where emissions cannot be avoided by fuel switching or alternative production processes. In all scenarios, the importance of the industrial sector as a first-mover to induce the deployment of CCTS is highlighted. By contrast, a decrease in available storage capacity or a more moderate increase in CO2 prices will significantly reduce the role of CCTS as a CO2 mitigation technology, especially in the energy sector. Furthermore, continued public resistance to onshore CO2 storage can only be overcome by constructing expensive offshore storage. Under this restriction, reaching the same levels of CCTS penetration would require a doubling of CO2 certificate prices

Economic Resilience of German Lignite Regions in Transition

This paper recalls the development of the German lignite regions Rhineland and Lusatia since 1945 to allow for a better understanding of their situation in 2019. We analyze their economic resilience, defined as adaptive capacity, using Holling’s adaptive cycle model. We find that the Rhineland is currently in the conservation phase, while Lusatia experiences a reorganization phase following the economic shock of the German reunification. Key policy recommendations for the upcoming coal phase-out are to foster innovation within the Rhineland’s infrastructures to avoid overconnection, and to expand digital and transportation infrastructure in Lusatia so that the structurally weak region can enter the exploitation phase. Future policymaking should take into consideration the differences between the two regions in order to enable a just and timely transition during which lasting adaptive capacity can be built.BMBF, 01LN1704A, Nachwuchsgruppe Globaler Wandel: CoalExit - Die Ökonomie des Kohleausstiegs - Identifikation von Bausteinen für Rahmenpläne zukünftiger regionaler StrukturwandelDFG, 414044773, Open Access Publizieren 2019 - 2020 / Technische Universität Berli

Investigations for Ergonomic Presentation of AIS Symbols for ECDIS

Empirical investigations were carried out in a research project for the German Federal Ministry of Transport, Building, and Housing to evaluate the presentation of AIS target information on ECDIS. The investigations were performed at three international simulation centres. The features, colour and fillingjsize of AIS symbols, as well as the influence of the ECDIS display category on the detection of AIS targets were the main issues of the investigations. Results show that blue (5-52 colour token RE5BL) is the most suitable colour of the tested colours for the presentation of AIS targets under all ambient light conditions on the tested IHO S-52 colour tables

Rancang Bangun Jaringan Hotspot pada Kampus Niversitas Nusantara Manado Menggunakan Router Mikrotik

Jaringan internet sudahlah menjadi hal yang tidak asing di telinga kita. Internet sudahlah menjadi kebutuhan pokok bagi kita yang hidup di era komunikasi global. Kebutuhan akan adanya media komunikasi yang cepat dan handal telah dijawab lewat teknologi Internet. Penggunaan teknologi internet telah mewabah dan menjadi hal wajib dalam berbagai aspek kehidupan masyarakat. Misalnya, di bidang perbankan, perdagangan, keamanan, pemerintahan, pendidikan, dan berbagai aspek lainnya. Di bidang pendidikan, internet dibutuhkan untuk mengkomunikasikan informasi dari berbagai bidang ilmu pengetahuan yang ada di berbagai belahan bumi. Dengan internet, mahasiswa misalnya, bisa mengakses berbagai macam informasi mengenai bidang ilmu pengetahuan yang sedang ditekuninya secara aktual dan cepat. Tentunya hal ini, akan membantu proses belajar dari mahasiswa itu sendiri. Oleh karena itu, setiap kampus yang ada haruslah menyediakan fasilitas hotspot yang bisa diakses dari setiap laptop ataupun smartphone yang dimiliki mahasiswa. Dengan demikian, setiap mahasiswa yang ada, selama berada di kampus bisa memperoleh layanan internet guna mendukung proses pembelajaran. Yang tentunya dengan fasilitas internet ini, juga akan membantu para dosen yang ada dalam mencari dan menyiapkan materi perkuliahan. Dan untuk mengimplementasikan jaringan hotspot ini, maka akan digunakan router Mikrotik sebagai server utama jaringan hotspot

CO2 Highways for Europe: Modeling a Carbon Capture, Transport and Storage Infrastructure for Europe

We present a mixed integer, multi-period, cost-minimizing carbon capture, transport and storage (CCTS) network model for Europe. The model incorporates endogenous decisions about carbon capture, pipeline and storage investments; capture, flow and injection quantities based on given costs, certificate prices, storage capacities and point source emissions.The results indicate that CCTS can theoretically contribute to the decarbonization of Europe's energy and industry sectors. This requires a CO2 certificate price rising to 55 EUR in 2050, and sufficient CO2 storage capacity available for both on and offshore sites. However, CCTS deployment is highest in CO2-intensive industries where emissions cannot be avoided byfuel switching or alternative production processes. In all scenarios, the importance of the industrial sector as a first mover to induce the deployment of CCTS is highlighted. By contrast, a decrease of available storage capacity or a more moderate increase in CO2 prices will significantly reduce the role of CCTS as a CO2 mitigation technology, especially in the energy sector. Continued public resistance to onshore CO2 storage can only be overcome by constructing expensive offshore storage. Under this restriction, to reach the same levels of CCTS penetration will require doubling of CO2 certificate prices.carbon capture and storage, pipeline, infrastructure, optimization

Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Traumatic Knee Injury

Traumatic knee lesions are frequently encountered both in general practice and in the hospital setting. These injuries are often caused by sports and other physical activities and may lead to severe pain and disability

The Disturbing Object of Philology

This essay investigates a certain disturbance that appears at the moment that philosophy is confronted with philological practices, as foreshadowed in Paul de Man’s seminal work on the ‘return to philology.’ This disturbance appears vividly in Heidegger’s Introduction to Metaphysics with the sudden appearance of the ‘nonsense word’ kzomil. Heidegger’s invented word suggests that philology is not immune to its own unsettling techniques, as is also evident in Gerald M. Browne’s study of the Old Nubian language. Ironically, we can characterize the object of philology more precisely by turning away from ancient texts and toward Nathaniel Mellors’s absurdist television series Ourhouse

By Any Language Necessary: Quentin Meillassoux and the Question Concerning Signification in Philosophy

Formulating a theory of signification doesn’t seem to be one of philosophy’s current preoccupations. Whether suffering from a malaise after the so-called linguistic turn, or placing its hopes on the algorithms of the future to figure out language’s “emergent properties,” the thinking of the sign seems to have lost most of its vigor. Nevertheless, a theory of signification remains indispensable for contemporary efforts that depend on a certain proof of a philosophical absolute, the great outdoors of speculation. One could say that a consistent theory of signification is the sine qua non for any access to such an absolute, simply because it would always already be at the same time an absolute limit to language. We may refer to such a theory as a speculative theory of signification,1 whose core, I would argue, would consist in a clear distinction between the mathematical and the non-mathematical (philosophical, linguistic, poetic) sign