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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB214868
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John E. McDonnell, Helle Abelvik-Lawson and Damien Short
This chapter discusses the role of energy production in the global capitalist economy and its relationship to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with particular focus on…
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This chapter discusses the role of energy production in the global capitalist economy and its relationship to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with particular focus on SDG 8 – ‘Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all’ – and SDG 12 – ‘Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns’. It achieves this by first introducing the Club of Rome report the Limits to Growth which utilised a system dynamics computer model to simulate the interactions of five global economic subsystems (population, food production, industrial production, pollution and consumption of nonrenewable natural resources) (Meadows, Meadows, Randers, & Behrens III, 1972), the results of which posed serious challenges for global sustainability, to better understand and contextualise unconventional (also referred to as ‘extreme’) and ‘renewable’ energy production as examples of the paradoxical nature of sustainable development in the global capitalist economy. Demonstrating that unconventional energy production methods are much less efficient, more carbon intensive, more environmentally destructive and just as unsustainable, and that renewable energy relies on the extraction of nonrenewable natural resources such as lithium that result in similar environmental and social issues, this chapter will interrogate this and ask the question – is the capitalist system in its current form capable of making ‘sustainable development something more than the oxymoron it appears?’.
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The country has been slow to develop its substantial lithium reserves, focusing its efforts on producing lithium batteries, but the Chinese deal promises to accelerate the…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB278766
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Prices for lithium carbonate equivalent in China fell even further. The expiration of China’s government’s subsidies for electric vehicles (EVs) triggered the drop. Prices of…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB278495
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Lei Shao, Jiawei He, Xianjun Zeng, Hanjie Hu, Wenju Yang and Yang Peng
The purpose of this paper is to combine the entropy weight method with the cloud model and establish a fire risk assessment method for airborne lithium battery.
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Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to combine the entropy weight method with the cloud model and establish a fire risk assessment method for airborne lithium battery.
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In this paper, the fire risk assessment index system is established by fully considering the influence of the operation process of airborne lithium battery. Then, the cloud model based on entropy weight improvement is used to analyze the indexes in the system, and the cloud image is output to discuss the risk status of airborne lithium batteries. Finally, the weight, expectation, entropy and hyperentropy are analyzed to provide risk prevention measures.
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In the risk system, bad contact of charging port, mechanical extrusion and mechanical shock have the greatest impact on the fire risk of airborne lithium battery. The fire risk of natural factors is at a low level, but its instability is 25% higher than that of human risk cases and 150% higher than that of battery risk cases.
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The method of this paper can evaluate any type of airborne lithium battery and provide theoretical support for airborne lithium battery safety management.
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After the fire risk assessment is completed, the risk cases are ranked by entropy weight. By summarizing the rule, the proposed measures for each prevention level are given.
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Tugrul Daim and Stephen Jordan
This paper aims to forecast technological change for laptop batteries. The most promising technology to replace laptop batteries emerging today is micro fuel cells.
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This paper aims to forecast technological change for laptop batteries. The most promising technology to replace laptop batteries emerging today is micro fuel cells.
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The authors use several sources of technical data like the Department of Energy Sandia National Laboratory Technical Library for exploring this topic further. Patents were searched for fuel cell and lithium battery development and to perform a technology cycle time analysis, identify countries filing patents, and discover what areas they are working on development.
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Based on the analysis, fuel cells promise to be the technology that will replace laptop lithium batteries.
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This paper attempts to draw a framework bringing different scientific data sources together for technology forecasting.
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Nilamadhab Kar, Surabhi R. Hullumane and Carol Williams
While hypothyroidism is common in lithium-treated patients, thyrotoxicosis is rarely reported. We present a female patient on lithium for maintenance therapy of bipolar affective…
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While hypothyroidism is common in lithium-treated patients, thyrotoxicosis is rarely reported. We present a female patient on lithium for maintenance therapy of bipolar affective disorder, who developed thyrotoxicosis for few months which was followed by hypothyroidism which continued. There was no further thyrotoxicosis episode during a five year follow up period. While she was treated for thyroid dysfunction, lithium was continued. There was no clinical impact on the maintenance of the bipolar affective disorder during the follow up period; she was maintained well in the community.
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OVER the years lithium soap greases have earned a reputation of providing excellent service under a wide variety of operating conditions. Since their introduction in the early…
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OVER the years lithium soap greases have earned a reputation of providing excellent service under a wide variety of operating conditions. Since their introduction in the early 1950s, lithium soap greases have served the market well, being especially suitable for both automotive and industrial multipurpose applications. Their performance has enabled them to grow in commercial importance to the point where they now account for over half the grease volume manufactured in the United States.
Lithium market
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB221681
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Fiona Jane Thompson, Claire Dibben, Peter Watson and Neil Hunt
This study seeks to compare rates of blood lithium monitoring with rates of lithium prescription collection in order to evaluate whether identifying patients with low frequency of…
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This study seeks to compare rates of blood lithium monitoring with rates of lithium prescription collection in order to evaluate whether identifying patients with low frequency of monitoring could alert clinicians to poor prescription collection. It examines whether routine monitoring of lithium prescription pick‐up would be likely to reduce admissions to hospital, as a way of identifying those who were poorly adherent with treatment. It also ascertains the frequency of lithium toxicity and its outcomes.
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The frequency of monitoring of lithium was assessed through laboratory results of 773 patients. A sub‐sample of 119 patients on lithium was found through general practice records and the rates of medication collection determined. Admission data were examined to assess whether this was related to a failure in blood monitoring or prescription collection.
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A total of 87 per cent of the GP group had lithium levels measured at least twice a year and 84 per cent collected more than 80 per cent of prescriptions. It was found that those patients not collecting their prescriptions were a different group from those who did not have their blood levels monitored. Admission rates were not higher in those who were less efficient at picking up prescriptions. Two per cent of the total sample had lithium levels above 1.6 mmol l−1. There were no fatalities associated with high levels.
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It is important to assess the real potential benefits of additional monitoring rather than assuming that increased surveillance will improve the outcome.
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