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Multimodal Behavior Analysis in the Wild: Advances and Challenges - Chapter 4: Designing Audio-Visual Tools to Support Multisensory Disabilities

Elsevier,

Multimodal Behavior Analysis in the Wild, Advances and Challenges, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, 2019, Pages 79-102

This chapter addresses SDGs 3 and 9 by examining the technologies devised in Glassense—Wearable technologies for sensory supplementation. This regional project aimed to develop a proof of concept prototype of a sensorized pair of glasses to assist users with limited technology skills and multiple disabilities.
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being; Goal 9: Industry, innovation and infrastructure

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Health and wellbeing; Technology; Industry; Science, Global

A Comprehensive Guide to Solar Energy Systems - Chapter 24: Global Growth Trends and the Future of Solar Power: Leading Countries, Segments and Their Prospects

Elsevier,

A Comprehensive Guide to Solar Energy Systems With Special Focus on Photovoltaic Systems, 2018, Pages 469-484.

This chapter addresses goals 11 and 8 by examining the growth of solar photovoltaic power across regions and countries, as well as offering some predictions as to how and where future development will take place.
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SDG:

Goal 8: Decent work and economic growth; Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities

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Energy; Green economy, Global

A Comprehensive Guide to Solar Energy Systems - Chapter 5: Sustainable Solar energy Collection and Storage for Rural Sub-Saharan Africa

Elsevier,

A Comprehensive Guide to Solar Energy Systems With Special Focus on Photovoltaic Systems, 2018, Pages 81-107.

This chapter advances goals 9 and 7 by discussing sustainable solar energy generation and storage for rural sub-Saharan Africa in the context of the ‘circular economy’.
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SDG:

Goal 7: Affordable and clean energy; Goal 9: Industry, innovation and infrastructure

Tags:

Energy; Green economy; Rural development, Africa

Carbon-Based Polymer Nanocomposites for Environmental and Energy Applications - Chapter 18: Carbon-Based Nanocomposite Proton Exchange Membranes for Fuel Cells

Elsevier,

Carbon-Based Polymer Nanocomposites for Environmental and Energy Applications, 2018, Pages 437-61.

This chapter contributes to goals 7 and 9 by looking in-depthly at the various structures of nanocomposaite proton exchange membranes (PEMs) using carbon nanotubes, graphene, and graphene oxide as fillers.
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SDG:

Goal 7: Affordable and clean energy; Goal 9: Industry, innovation and infrastructure

Tags:

Energy; Science; Technology, Global

Carbon-based Polymer Nanocomposites for Environmental and Energy Applications - Chapter 17: Approaches and Challenges of Polyaniline-Graphene Nanocomposite for Energy Application

Elsevier,

Carbon-Based Polymer Nanocomposites for Environmental and Energy Applications, 2018, Pages 415-436.

To advance goals 7 and 9, this chapter examines the properties of Polyaniline-Graphene Nanocomposite and considers its suitability as an energy storage material.
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SDG:

Goal 7: Affordable and clean energy; Goal 9: Industry, innovation and infrastructure

Tags:

Energy; Science; Technology, Global

Introduction to Petroleum Biotechnology - Chapter 12: The Future of Petroleum Biotechnology

Elsevier,

Introduction to Petroleum Biotechnology, 2018, Pages 471-483.

To advance goal 7, this chapter examines how biotransformation, namely the use of micro-organisms to fractionate and enhance petroleum, might help mitigate the associated pollution and upgrading of crude oil.
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SDG:

Goal 7: Affordable and clean energy

Tags:

Chemicals and waste; Energy; Technology, Global

Introduction to Petroleum Biotechnology - Chapter 8: Biotransformation in the Environment

Elsevier,

Introduction to Petroleum Biotechnology, 2018, Pages 259-286.

This chapter contributes to goal 7 by examining the effects of petroleum and its by-products on the environment and the Biotechnological remedies for such situations.
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SDG:

Goal 7: Affordable and clean energy

Tags:

Chemicals and waste; Energy; Science, Global

Advances in Renewable Energies and Power Technologies: Volume 1: Solar and Wind Energies - Chapter 4: Performance of MPPT Techniques of Photovoltaic Systems Under Normal and Partial Shading Conditions

Elsevier,

Advances in Renewable Energies and Power Technologies, Volume 1: Solar and Wind Energies, 2018, Pages 115-161.

To advance goal 7, this chapter discusses how the generation of electric power from renewable energy systems, like photovoltaic (PV), can meet the world’s energy needs.
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SDG:

Goal 7: Affordable and clean energy

Tags:

Energy; Green economy; Technology, Global

Sustainable Protein Sources - Chapter 1: Proteins in the Diet: Challenges in Feeding the Global Population

Elsevier,

Sustainable Protein Sources, 2017, Pages 1-19.

The chapter advances goal 2 by discussing the need for a shift in dietary patterns from animal-derived protein to plant-based protein, particularly in the more developed economies.
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SDG:

Goal 2: Zero hunger

Tags:

Food security and nutrition and sustainable agriculture; Sustainable consumption and production, Global

Advances in Renewable Energies and Power Technologies, Volume 2: Biomass, Fuel Cells, Geothermal Energies, and Smart Grids - Chapter 10: Distributed Generation Energy, in Relation to Renewable Energy: Principle, Techniques, Case Studies

Elsevier,

Advances in Renewable Energies and Power Technologies, Volume 2: Biomass, Fuel Cells, Geothermal Energies, and Smart Grids, 2018, Pages 345-375.

This chapter addresses goal 7 by presenting an overview of the principles and techniques of distributed generation (DG) units.
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SDG:

Goal 7: Affordable and clean energy

Tags:

Energy; Green economy; Technology; Smart Grid, Global

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