As concerns regarding increasing energy prices, global warming and renewable resources continue to grow, so has scientific discovery into agricultural biomass conversion. Plant Biomass Conversion addresses both the development of plant biomass and conversion technology, in addit…
In this work, the potential of intelligent algorithms for optimizing the real power loss and enhancing the grid connection power factor in a real hydrocarbon facility electrical system is assessed. Namely, genetic algorithm (GA), improve strength Pareto evolutionary algorithm (S…
Explores seven areas of European foreign policy: trade, development, external competition, external financial markets and monetary policy, migration, and energy and environmental policies. Looks into the coherence of foreign economic policy in terms of governance.
The rapid growth of Photovoltaic (PV) technology has been very visible over the past decade. Recently, the penetration of PV plants to the existing grid has significantly increased. Such increase in the integration of solar energy has brought attention to the solar irradiance fo…
This dissertation analyzes the relationships which exist between the colonial social formation and the rise of state capitalism in independent Algeria (1962-1965). This dissertation does not intend to analyze all aspects of state capitalism in Algeria, but rather it focuses on t…
The Israeli Kibbutzim are thought-provoking organizations. In my dissertation, I identify an economic puzzle underlying the Kibbutzim's persistence, suggest an analytical approach that solves the puzzle, draw out the testable implications of that approach and then test those imp…