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The Deepest South
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ISBN: 0814790739 0814737285 9780814737286 9780814736883 0814736882 9780814736890 0814736890 9780814790731 Year: 2007 Publisher: New York, NY

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During its heyday in the nineteenth century, the African slave trade was fueled by the close relationship of the United States and Brazil. The Deepest South tells the disturbing story of how U.S. nationals - before and after Emancipation -- continued to actively participate in this odious commerce by creating diplomatic, social, and political ties with Brazil, which today has the largest population of African origin outside of Africa itself. Proslavery Americans began to accelerate their presence in Brazil in the 1830's, creating alliances there-sometimes friendly, often contentious-with Portug


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The Force of Domesticity : Filipina Migrants and Globalization
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ISBN: 0814768555 0814767346 0814767354 Year: 2008 Publisher: New York, NY : New York University Press,

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Taking as her subjects migrant Filipina domestic workers in Rome and Los Angeles, transnational migrant families in the Philippines, and Filipina migrant entertainers in Tokyo, Parreñas documents the social, cultural, and political pressures that maintain women’s domesticity in migration, as well as the ways migrant women and their children negotiate these adversities.Parreñas examines the underlying constructions of gender in neoliberal state regimes, export-oriented economies such as that of the Philippines, protective migration laws, and the actions and decisions of migrant Filipino women in maintaining families and communities, raising questions about gender relations, the status of women in globalization, and the meanings of greater consumptive power that migration garners for women. The Force of Domesticity starkly illustrates how the operation of globalization enforces notions of women’s domesticity and creates contradictory messages about women’s place in society, simultaneously pushing women inside and outside the home.


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Improving Energy Efficiency through Data-Driven Modeling, Simulation and Optimization
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Year: 2021 Publisher: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

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In October 2014, the EU leaders agreed upon three key targets for the year 2030: a reduction by at least 40% in greenhouse gas emissions, savings of at least 27% for renewable energy, and improvements by at least 27% in energy efficiency. The increase in computational power combined with advanced modeling and simulation tools makes it possible to derive new technological solutions that can enhance the energy efficiency of systems and that can reduce the ecological footprint. This book compiles 10 novel research works from a Special Issue that was focused on data-driven approaches, machine learning, or artificial intelligence for the modeling, simulation, and optimization of energy systems.

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Technology: general issues --- passive house --- enclosure structure --- heat transfer coefficient --- energy consumption --- turbo-propeller --- regional --- fuel --- weight --- range --- design --- CO2 reduction --- multi-objective combinatorial optimization --- meta-heuristics --- ant colony optimization --- non-intrusive load monitoring --- appliance classification --- appliance feature --- recurrence graph --- weighted recurrence graph --- V-I trajectory --- convolutional neural network --- energy baselines --- machine learning --- clustering --- neural methods --- smart intelligent systems --- building energy consumption --- building load forecasting --- energy efficiency --- thermal improved of buildings --- anti-icing --- heat and mass transfer --- heating power distribution --- heat load reduction --- optimization method --- experimental validation --- big data process --- predictive maintenance --- fracturing roofs to maintain entry (FRME) --- field measurement --- numerical simulation --- side abutment pressure --- strata movement --- energy --- manufacturing --- prediction --- forecasting --- modelling --- passive house --- enclosure structure --- heat transfer coefficient --- energy consumption --- turbo-propeller --- regional --- fuel --- weight --- range --- design --- CO2 reduction --- multi-objective combinatorial optimization --- meta-heuristics --- ant colony optimization --- non-intrusive load monitoring --- appliance classification --- appliance feature --- recurrence graph --- weighted recurrence graph --- V-I trajectory --- convolutional neural network --- energy baselines --- machine learning --- clustering --- neural methods --- smart intelligent systems --- building energy consumption --- building load forecasting --- energy efficiency --- thermal improved of buildings --- anti-icing --- heat and mass transfer --- heating power distribution --- heat load reduction --- optimization method --- experimental validation --- big data process --- predictive maintenance --- fracturing roofs to maintain entry (FRME) --- field measurement --- numerical simulation --- side abutment pressure --- strata movement --- energy --- manufacturing --- prediction --- forecasting --- modelling


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Hustle and gig
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ISBN: 9780520300569 0520300564 9780520300552 0520300556 0520971892 9780520971899 Year: 2019 Publisher: Oakland, California

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Choose your hours, choose your work, be your own boss, control your own income. Welcome to the sharing economy, a nebulous collection of online platforms and apps that promise to transcend capitalism. Supporters argue that the gig economy will reverse economic inequality, enhance worker rights, and bring entrepreneurship to the masses. But does it? In Hustle and Gig, Alexandrea J. Ravenelle shares the personal stories of nearly eighty predominantly millennial workers from Airbnb, Uber, TaskRabbit, and Kitchensurfing. Their stories underline the volatility of working in the gig economy: the autonomy these young workers expected has been usurped by the need to maintain algorithm-approved acceptance and response rates. The sharing economy upends generations of workplace protections such as worker safety; workplace protections around discrimination and sexual harassment; the right to unionize; and the right to redress for injuries. Discerning three types of gig economy workers-Success Stories, who have used the gig economy to create the life they want; Strugglers, who can't make ends meet; and Strivers, who have stable jobs and use the sharing economy for extra cash-Ravenelle examines the costs, benefits, and societal impact of this new economic movement. Poignant and evocative, Hustle and Gig exposes how the gig economy is the millennial's version of minimum-wage precarious work.


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Improving Energy Efficiency through Data-Driven Modeling, Simulation and Optimization
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Year: 2021 Publisher: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

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In October 2014, the EU leaders agreed upon three key targets for the year 2030: a reduction by at least 40% in greenhouse gas emissions, savings of at least 27% for renewable energy, and improvements by at least 27% in energy efficiency. The increase in computational power combined with advanced modeling and simulation tools makes it possible to derive new technological solutions that can enhance the energy efficiency of systems and that can reduce the ecological footprint. This book compiles 10 novel research works from a Special Issue that was focused on data-driven approaches, machine learning, or artificial intelligence for the modeling, simulation, and optimization of energy systems.


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Improving Energy Efficiency through Data-Driven Modeling, Simulation and Optimization
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Year: 2021 Publisher: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

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In October 2014, the EU leaders agreed upon three key targets for the year 2030: a reduction by at least 40% in greenhouse gas emissions, savings of at least 27% for renewable energy, and improvements by at least 27% in energy efficiency. The increase in computational power combined with advanced modeling and simulation tools makes it possible to derive new technological solutions that can enhance the energy efficiency of systems and that can reduce the ecological footprint. This book compiles 10 novel research works from a Special Issue that was focused on data-driven approaches, machine learning, or artificial intelligence for the modeling, simulation, and optimization of energy systems.

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