With the socio-economic change that has taken place over the last years,in addition to an increase in sustainability regulation,stakeholders have gained importance and organizations are more active in relation to gene...With the socio-economic change that has taken place over the last years,in addition to an increase in sustainability regulation,stakeholders have gained importance and organizations are more active in relation to generating social impact,but society demands more and better social impact from organizations.The objectives of this paper are to clarify the concepts of impact and social impact optimization,and to detect levers and barriers to help organizations optimize the social impact that they generate.A qualitative approach based on interviews with social impact leaders from organizations with different forms(big companies,small and medium-sized enterprises,corporate foundations,b-corps,community foundations,public and private foundations,associations and investing firms)is applied,together with focus groups with stakeholders from those organizations that are best practices.展开更多
The actual challenge in health is to manage patients with chronic diseases from a holistic approach where technology around the patient and at the city enhances their wellness. This paper deepens in the relations betw...The actual challenge in health is to manage patients with chronic diseases from a holistic approach where technology around the patient and at the city enhances their wellness. This paper deepens in the relations between health, devices, and models of technological cities and how these can be modeled to provide a more cost efficient solution while less invasive and more natural to the end users. In light of this, usable and accessible software and a wide range of devices, ranging from PC, smartphone, tablet and SmartTV have been tested. This manuscript will give good comprehension on how technology and disease management care models interact with the patient.展开更多
The environmental behavior of four steels was analyzed.In the operation phase of concentrating solar power plants,steels withstand high temperature because of its contact with molten salts.Hence,choosing the steel typ...The environmental behavior of four steels was analyzed.In the operation phase of concentrating solar power plants,steels withstand high temperature because of its contact with molten salts.Hence,choosing the steel type for the molten salt tanks remains a great challenge.In the cold tank,carbon steel is usually used although an approach with low chromium content steel is being studied for these applications.Likewise,in high temperature applications,such as hot store tank,austenitic stainless steel is the most frequent choice.However,ferritic steel is being considered as a promising material in these applications.As many researchers studied the steel technical properties without considering their environmental damages,this work aimed to introduce the environmental aspects into the material choice by using the life cycle assessment technique.On one hand,the results showed the environmental adequacy of carbon steel against low chromium content steel.On the other hand,the results obtained in those steels suitable in high temperature application revealed signifcant environmental benefts from the ferritic steel instead of the austenitic steel.展开更多
文摘With the socio-economic change that has taken place over the last years,in addition to an increase in sustainability regulation,stakeholders have gained importance and organizations are more active in relation to generating social impact,but society demands more and better social impact from organizations.The objectives of this paper are to clarify the concepts of impact and social impact optimization,and to detect levers and barriers to help organizations optimize the social impact that they generate.A qualitative approach based on interviews with social impact leaders from organizations with different forms(big companies,small and medium-sized enterprises,corporate foundations,b-corps,community foundations,public and private foundations,associations and investing firms)is applied,together with focus groups with stakeholders from those organizations that are best practices.
文摘The actual challenge in health is to manage patients with chronic diseases from a holistic approach where technology around the patient and at the city enhances their wellness. This paper deepens in the relations between health, devices, and models of technological cities and how these can be modeled to provide a more cost efficient solution while less invasive and more natural to the end users. In light of this, usable and accessible software and a wide range of devices, ranging from PC, smartphone, tablet and SmartTV have been tested. This manuscript will give good comprehension on how technology and disease management care models interact with the patient.
基金This research started at Complutense University.The authors very much appreciate the support by the Surface Engineering and Nanostructured Materials Research Group.
文摘The environmental behavior of four steels was analyzed.In the operation phase of concentrating solar power plants,steels withstand high temperature because of its contact with molten salts.Hence,choosing the steel type for the molten salt tanks remains a great challenge.In the cold tank,carbon steel is usually used although an approach with low chromium content steel is being studied for these applications.Likewise,in high temperature applications,such as hot store tank,austenitic stainless steel is the most frequent choice.However,ferritic steel is being considered as a promising material in these applications.As many researchers studied the steel technical properties without considering their environmental damages,this work aimed to introduce the environmental aspects into the material choice by using the life cycle assessment technique.On one hand,the results showed the environmental adequacy of carbon steel against low chromium content steel.On the other hand,the results obtained in those steels suitable in high temperature application revealed signifcant environmental benefts from the ferritic steel instead of the austenitic steel.
