best value approach and life cycle analysis

Life cycle analysis and environmental effect of electric vehicles market evolution in portugal

Life cycle analysis and environmental effect of electric vehicles market evolution in portugal

Ngày tải lên : 09/09/2015, 10:32
... emissions reduction 15%, and the reduction of SOx and VOCs would be 4% and 25%, respectively The NOx, PM, and NH3 emissions tendency would be inverted and increase 3%, 3%, and 16% respectively In ... 542 International Journal of Energy and Environment (IJEE), Volume 5, Issue 5, 2014, pp.535-558 Life cycle analysis The evolution trend of conventional and electric vehicle technologies towards ... consumption, CO2 and air pollutant emissions This type of evaluation is performed using the life cycle analysis (LCA) methodology LCA is an important tool to estimate the energy balance and environmental...
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báo cáo khoa học: " Plant origin and ploidy influence gene expression and life cycle characteristics in an invasive weed" ppsx

báo cáo khoa học: " Plant origin and ploidy influence gene expression and life cycle characteristics in an invasive weed" ppsx

Ngày tải lên : 12/08/2014, 03:20
... geo-cytotypes The observed differences in life cycle characteristics reflect the moncarpic life cycle of the diploid and the polycarpic life cycle of the tetraploid [21], and are likely important in plant ... 0.8 80 a 0.6 60 0.4 40 0.2 20 b b Figure Plant performance and life- cycle traits of C stoebe geo-cytotypes Plant performance and life- cycle traits of C stoebe geo-cytotypes C stoebe plants were ... performance and life cycle analysis Ridenour et al (2008) recently reported that in a common garden in Montana, C stoebe plants from North America exhibit greater biomass, tougher leaves and increased...
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Life cycle analysis of electricity generation systems with implications on climate change policy

Life cycle analysis of electricity generation systems with implications on climate change policy

Ngày tải lên : 09/09/2015, 11:18
...  107  Uranium fuel cycle calculation   109  Process Chain Analysis for the LWR   116  Life cycle energy and carbon emission analysis  134  Further analysis . 147  ... policy. Over the decades, two dominant approaches were established in the  LCA literature, namely the Input‐Output Analysis (IOA), and the Process Chain  Analysis (PCA) approaches.    The IOA is an economic driven top‐down approach that considers aggregated  ... Table 4‐18 Energy and carbon emission analysis for Scenario 1    35  Table 4‐19 Energy and carbon emission analysis for Scenario 2    36  Table 4‐20 Energy and carbon emission analysis for Scenario 3 ...
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Life Cycle Management - How business uses it to decrease footprint, create opportunities and make value chains more sustainable ppt

Life Cycle Management - How business uses it to decrease footprint, create opportunities and make value chains more sustainable ppt

Ngày tải lên : 16/03/2014, 09:20
... thinking and life cycle approaches, The UNEP/SETAC Life Cycle Initiative aims suppliers, customers and value- chain partners to promote life cycle thinking globally and and by sponsors and partners ... suppliers and outsourcing 2 Defining the terms What is a value chain? What is life cycle management? What is life cycle assessment? What is social life cycle assessment? What is life cycle costing? ... understanding of life cycle approaches and their value towards creating more sustainable management of our value chains Our aim is to inspire organizations and firms to understand their value chains and then...
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Multi criteria analysis in environmental management: Selecting the best stormwater erosion and sediment control measure in Malaysian construction sites

Multi criteria analysis in environmental management: Selecting the best stormwater erosion and sediment control measure in Malaysian construction sites

Ngày tải lên : 05/09/2013, 16:11
... interviews and consultations, technical and environmental criteria were assigned with a weighed factor of and the economic and social criteria were assigned with a weighed factor of 1.5 for analysis ... input, easiness to understand and use, and so forth The most essential factors for choosing the MCA technique is the easiness of understanding by the analyst, the stakeholders and use Ref [16] stated ... most known and widely used MCA techniques principally because of its simple and transparent computational procedure which is means low effort and time required to perform the analysis and because...
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Tài liệu Aging Aircraft - USAF Workload and Material Consumption Life Cycle Patterns pdf

Tài liệu Aging Aircraft - USAF Workload and Material Consumption Life Cycle Patterns pdf

Ngày tải lên : 17/02/2014, 11:20
... 358.4'183'0973—dc21 2003005775 RAND is a nonprofit institution that helps improve policy and decisionmaking through research and analysis RAND ® is a registered trademark RAND’s publications not necessarily ... Workloads Are Less Predictable in Both Early -Life and Late -Life Periods 5.24 Cargo Aircraft PDM Workloads Are Also Less Predictable in Both Early -Life and Late -Life Periods 5.25 The Linear Equation ... future maintenance and modification workloads and material consumption, and their associated costs To answer the questions, we examined life- cycle patterns for the following workload and cost-growth...
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Financial Intermediation and Credit Policy in Business Cycle Analysis∗ pot

Financial Intermediation and Credit Policy in Business Cycle Analysis∗ pot

Ngày tải lên : 06/03/2014, 08:20
... emphasized by Adrian and Shin (2008), Brunnermeier and Pederson (2009), Kiyotaki and Moore (2009), Jermann and Quadrini (2009), Fostel and Geanakoplos (2009), Kurlat (2009) and others In the context ... Moral Hazard, Systematic Risk and Bailouts." mimeo, Harvard University and University of Toulouse [31] Fostel Ana and Geanakoplos, John and 2009, "Leverage Cycles and the Anxious Economy," American ... funds between a bank and non-financial firms in the same island In particular, we suppose that the bank is efficient at evaluating and monitoring non-financial firms of the same island, and also at enforcing...
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Báo cáo khoa học: Stage specific expression of poly(malic acid)-affiliated genes in the life cycle of Physarum polycephalum Spherulin 3b and polymalatase potx

Báo cáo khoa học: Stage specific expression of poly(malic acid)-affiliated genes in the life cycle of Physarum polycephalum Spherulin 3b and polymalatase potx

Ngày tải lên : 07/03/2014, 12:20
... NcoI and SpeI at 37 °C for 1.5 h and was analysed on a 2% agarose gel The purified DNA fragment was used as standard Total RNA was isolated from cells of the different stages in the life cycle, and ... observed Level of polymalatase mRNA at different stages in the life cycle The amount of polymalatase transcript at different stages in the life cycle was monitored by real-time PCR using specific primers ... excystment and were then transferred to 30 °C After days at 30 °C the plates became confluent and were harvested for SSH and real-time PCR RNA isolation To isolate total RNA, amoebae and macroplasmodia...
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Global Guidance PrinciPles for life cycle assessment databases: A Basis for Greener Processes and Products ppt

Global Guidance PrinciPles for life cycle assessment databases: A Basis for Greener Processes and Products ppt

Ngày tải lên : 07/03/2014, 23:20
... and flexible tool of Life Cycle Assessment and the holistic concept of Life Cycle Management is no easy task, and here I would like to congratulate the Life Cycle Initiative and its experts and ... (European Commission) Acronym Full Explanation LCA life cycle assessment LCC life cycle costing LCI life cycle inventory analysis LCIA life cycle impact assessment NACE Nomenclature Gộnộrale ... Sustainablility Life cycle management systems and policies Programs and activities Design for environment, eco-labels, green procurement, recycling, etc Life cycle approaches LCA, Carbon and water...
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Screening environmental life cycle assessment of printed,web based and tablet e-paper newspaper ppt

Screening environmental life cycle assessment of printed,web based and tablet e-paper newspaper ppt

Ngày tải lên : 18/03/2014, 02:20
... data 12 Goal and scope definition Inventory analysis Interpretation Impact assessment Figure A Life Cycle Assessment consists of four phases 1.2.2 Allocation and system expansion Life Cycle Assessment ... (Figure 5): Goal and Scope Definition, Inventory Analysis (which is a compilation of the inputs and the outputs of the system (Rebitzer et al, 2004), Life Cycle Impact Assessment (LCIA), and Interpretation ... 11 1.2 Life cycle assessment-general 1.2.1 Introduction Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is a method to assess the potential environmental impacts and resources used throughout a product’s life from...
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Environmental Impact of Products (EIPRO) Analysis of the life cycle environmental impacts related to the final consumption of the EU-25 pot

Environmental Impact of Products (EIPRO) Analysis of the life cycle environmental impacts related to the final consumption of the EU-25 pot

Ngày tải lên : 23/03/2014, 08:21
... 3.3 Bottom-up and top-down approaches 3.1 Combination of existing and new research 25 25 30 30 Approach 1: Analysis of existing studies 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Method of analysis and comparison ... individual product and conducts a life cycle assessment (LCA) 2) The ‘top-down’ approach begins with inputoutput tables (I/O) produced by statistical agencies, and describes production and consumption ... depletion, human toxicity and ecotoxicity, land use, and depletion of non-renewable resources Because of differences in methodology, definitions and system boundaries, the best approach was – for a...
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Solid Waste Management and Greenhouse Gases A Life-Cycle Assessment of Emissions and Sinks potx

Solid Waste Management and Greenhouse Gases A Life-Cycle Assessment of Emissions and Sinks potx

Ngày tải lên : 31/03/2014, 13:20
... see section 6.5 and Exhibits 6-7 and 6-8 ES-16 ES.7 OTHER LIFE- CYCLE GHG ANALYSES AND TOOLS Life- cycle analysis is being used increasingly to quantify the GHG impacts of private and public sector ... Streamlined Life- Cycle Inventory MSW Materials Considered in the Streamlined Life- Cycle Inventory Key Inputs for the Streamlined Life- Cycle Inventory Summary of the Life- Cycle Stages ... summary of the life- cycle stages, and an explanation of how to estimate and compare net GHG emissions and sinks 1.1 THE OVERALL FRAMEWORK: A STREAMLINED LIFE- CYCLE INVENTORY Early in this analysis...
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regional business cycle and real estate cycle analysis and the role of federal governments in regional stability

regional business cycle and real estate cycle analysis and the role of federal governments in regional stability

Ngày tải lên : 03/06/2014, 02:10
... U.S Business and Real Estate Cycles 78 Figure 4.2 California's Real Estate Cycle Analysis 80 Figure 4.3 Maryland's Real Estate Cycle Analysis ... compare the national 13 business cycles with the state level business cycles and check if two cycles coincide with each other For the national business cycles analysis we used the GDP data from ... enjoyable, and memorable Dianne (APO of the GC Economic department); Terissa, Maria, and Irina (Cafetaria Staffs); Allison, and Sylvia (Secretaries at Baruch College); and Mr Dauglas Ewing and other...
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Báo cáo hóa học: " Updated survivals and prognostic factor analysis in myeloma treated by a staged approach use of bortezomib/thalidomide/dexamethasone in transplant eligible patients" pot

Báo cáo hóa học: " Updated survivals and prognostic factor analysis in myeloma treated by a staged approach use of bortezomib/thalidomide/dexamethasone in transplant eligible patients" pot

Ngày tải lên : 18/06/2014, 16:20
... days 1, 4, and 11 in each cycle, costing USD4800 per cycle) , then an additional 11 patients (i.e those failing to achieve ≥ 75% reduction in paraprotein level) would have required four cycles of ... contributions CSC is responsible for the conception, design, and acquisition of data, analysis and interpretation of data, writing and approval of the manuscript Competing interests The author ... IgG/kappa from a single IgG/kappa, and two patients had complete change of paraprotein (one from IgA/kappa to IgG kappa, and one from IgD/lambda to IgG/kappa) Statistical analysis OS was defined as time...
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Theory of Interest and Life Contingencies With Pension Applications A Problem Solving Approach by Michael M_1 potx

Theory of Interest and Life Contingencies With Pension Applications A Problem Solving Approach by Michael M_1 potx

Ngày tải lên : 21/06/2014, 08:20
... the prices of life insurance and of the numeraire are All individuals purchase the same amount of annuities and life insurance and, for a given income, optimum utility increases with life expectancy, ... brium ( pa , pb = 1) is unique and stable Now consider unit taxes, ta and tb, imposed on annuities and life insurance with consumer prices denoted qa = pa + ta and qb = pb + tb, respectively ... X1 and X2 when purchased by a type α individual are c1 (α) = α and c2 (α) = − α, respectively The unit costs of Y are unity (= 1) Suppose that X1 and X2 are offered separately at prices p1 and...
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Theory of Interest and Life Contingencies With Pension Applications A Problem Solving Approach by Michael M_4 ppt

Theory of Interest and Life Contingencies With Pension Applications A Problem Solving Approach by Michael M_4 ppt

Ngày tải lên : 21/06/2014, 08:20
... in life, individuals have an interest in insuring themselves against alternative risk-class classifications, and the first -best solution reflects such (ex ante) insurance Importantly, the first -best ... tables for annuitants to those for the general population for both males and females and found significantly higher expected lifetimes for the former In chapter 11 we shall explore another aspect ... R and w(x) = for x > R Individuals have an inelastic infinite labor disutility at R and zero disutility at ages z < R August 20, 2007 Time: 05:49pm chapter09.tex 72 • Chapter M Figure 9.2 Demand...
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Theory of Interest and Life Contingencies With Pension Applications A Problem Solving Approach by Michael M_5 pptx

Theory of Interest and Life Contingencies With Pension Applications A Problem Solving Approach by Michael M_5 pptx

Ngày tải lên : 21/06/2014, 08:20
... ∗ ) Denote the left hand sides of (7.1) and (7.3) by ϕ(c, α, R) and ψ(c, α, R), respectively We assume that second-order conditions are satisfied and relegate the technical analysis to the appendix ... studies (Hurd, McFadden, and Gan, 2003; Hurd, McFadden, and Merrill, 1999; Hurd, Smith, and Zissimopoulos, 2002; Hurd and McGarry, 1993; Manski, 1993) have tested this assumption and examined possible ... = 0, i = 1, M Multiplying (8.13) by p for i = and by − p for i = 2, and adding, it can be seen that the unique solution to (8.30) is c∗ = c1 = c2 and R∗ = R1 = R2 , where c∗ = w αM p 1− p ∗ ∗...
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Theory of Interest and Life Contingencies With Pension Applications A Problem Solving Approach by Michael M_7 pot

Theory of Interest and Life Contingencies With Pension Applications A Problem Solving Approach by Michael M_7 pot

Ngày tải lên : 21/06/2014, 08:20
... annuities and life insurance, those with low longevities hold period-certain annuities and life insurance, and those with intermediate longevities hold both types of annuities and life insurance ... longevity realizations, a competitive annuity and life insurance market equilibrium attains the first -best allocation In such an equilibrium, regular annuities and life insurance dominate the holding of ... the demand for annuities early in life and the ex post chosen age(s) of retirement? Chapter 11 incorporates a bequest motive into individuals’ lifetime plans, leading to the purchase of life insurance...
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Theory of Interest and Life Contingencies With Pension Applications A Problem Solving Approach by Michael M_9 doc

Theory of Interest and Life Contingencies With Pension Applications A Problem Solving Approach by Michael M_9 doc

Ngày tải lên : 21/06/2014, 08:20
... Levy, H., 16n5 life cycle model: competitive equilibrium and, 23–25; expected lifetime utility and, 21; exponential survival functions and, 25–26; first best equilibrium and, 21–23 life expectancy, ... uncertainty and, 77–80; life cycle model and, 21–26; longevity and, 4–6, 21–26 (see also longevity); low returns and, 35; pooling by couples and, 40–41; pricing and, 59; self-selection and, 82–83, ... savings and, 98–100; life cycle model and, 21–26; period-certain annuities and, 7; refundable annuities and, 144–49; risk class and, 56–66, 70; steady-state age density distributions and, 97–108;...
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