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ISSN 2384-8677 DOI: 10.7401/visions.04.01 Published: December, 21 st , 2015 Citation: Camino, E.,... more ISSN 2384-8677 DOI: 10.7401/visions.04.01 Published: December, 21 st , 2015 Citation: Camino, E., Ferrara, E., Colucci-Gray L., Dodman, M., (2015) A third series of visions, perspectives and experiences. Visions for Sustainability 4: 2-4. Copyright: ©2015 Camino, Ferrara, Colucci-Gray, Dodman. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. Corresponding Author: Enzo Ferrara, Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica, Strada delle Caccie 91, 10135, Torino, Italy. E.mail: e.ferrara@inrim.it
Poetry – better than any sciences – can act as a powerful means to celebrate diversity while spea... more Poetry – better than any sciences – can act as a powerful means to celebrate diversity while speaking a universal tongue. Poems, even those conceived during as difficult times as in war, can address the fulfilment of our fundamental needs, and exhort us to valorize and aim at cooperation, autonomy, and responsibility. That is why the poems of Bertolt Brecht contain a unique vision on the challenges of our times, able to gather in the same perspective the perils of humanity and nature. Although unaware of the climate and environmental disorder of our times, yet Brecht’s writings share a universal message sounding as a timeless warning. His works, made up of contrary elements, stand as the greatest iconoclastic compositions of modern age and can still be used to gain awareness of our limits on the earth.
Diamond and Related Materials
Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials
Electronic Green Journal
Compared to the 4.6 billion years of Earth history, the human species has become the supreme orga... more Compared to the 4.6 billion years of Earth history, the human species has become the supreme organism on the planet in a brief time since its appearance. Homo habilis emerged 2.5 million years ago, Homo sapiens 200,000 years ago. This last group, shifted from hunting-and-gathering to settled existence only 10,000 years ago. Afterward, our genus' capacities for expansion grew steadily. With the birth of the first civilizations, human population began to exact ever-increasing demands on resources, until reaching the unsustainable consumption intensity of the present-day. 2 day consumption will only guarantee undesirable outcomes on a global scale, challenging the very foundations of civilization's well being.
Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 2016
Electronic Green Journal, Apr 1, 2011
Electronic Green Journal, 2004
Electronic Green Journal, 2002
Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2016
Electronic Green Journal, 2005
Electronic Green Journal, 2005
Key Engineering Materials, 1994
ISSN 2384-8677 DOI: 10.7401/visions.04.01 Published: December, 21 st , 2015 Citation: Camino, E.,... more ISSN 2384-8677 DOI: 10.7401/visions.04.01 Published: December, 21 st , 2015 Citation: Camino, E., Ferrara, E., Colucci-Gray L., Dodman, M., (2015) A third series of visions, perspectives and experiences. Visions for Sustainability 4: 2-4. Copyright: ©2015 Camino, Ferrara, Colucci-Gray, Dodman. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. Corresponding Author: Enzo Ferrara, Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica, Strada delle Caccie 91, 10135, Torino, Italy. E.mail: e.ferrara@inrim.it
Poetry – better than any sciences – can act as a powerful means to celebrate diversity while spea... more Poetry – better than any sciences – can act as a powerful means to celebrate diversity while speaking a universal tongue. Poems, even those conceived during as difficult times as in war, can address the fulfilment of our fundamental needs, and exhort us to valorize and aim at cooperation, autonomy, and responsibility. That is why the poems of Bertolt Brecht contain a unique vision on the challenges of our times, able to gather in the same perspective the perils of humanity and nature. Although unaware of the climate and environmental disorder of our times, yet Brecht’s writings share a universal message sounding as a timeless warning. His works, made up of contrary elements, stand as the greatest iconoclastic compositions of modern age and can still be used to gain awareness of our limits on the earth.
Diamond and Related Materials
Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials
Electronic Green Journal
Compared to the 4.6 billion years of Earth history, the human species has become the supreme orga... more Compared to the 4.6 billion years of Earth history, the human species has become the supreme organism on the planet in a brief time since its appearance. Homo habilis emerged 2.5 million years ago, Homo sapiens 200,000 years ago. This last group, shifted from hunting-and-gathering to settled existence only 10,000 years ago. Afterward, our genus' capacities for expansion grew steadily. With the birth of the first civilizations, human population began to exact ever-increasing demands on resources, until reaching the unsustainable consumption intensity of the present-day. 2 day consumption will only guarantee undesirable outcomes on a global scale, challenging the very foundations of civilization's well being.
Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 2016
Electronic Green Journal, Apr 1, 2011
Electronic Green Journal, 2004
Electronic Green Journal, 2002
Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2016
Electronic Green Journal, 2005
Electronic Green Journal, 2005
Key Engineering Materials, 1994
A push for greater efficiency and decreased size in power electronics and electrical machines dem... more A push for greater efficiency and decreased size in power electronics and electrical machines demands higher performing soft magnetic materials. In order to be competitive, advanced soft magnetic materials must be affordable and their production volume needs to meet the anticipated demand. This drive for higher efficiency and diminished size, weight, and power (SWaP) is fueled in part by the development and adoption of wide bandgap (WBG) semiconductors. WBG devices enable very fast switching (1 kHz to as high as 10 MHz), high voltage operation, and high temperature operation in both power electronics and electrical machine drives. Researchers in the field of soft magnetics must rise to this challenge and create soft magnetic materials with high magnetic flux densities and low electrical losses, while also improving the theoretical assessment of magnetic behavior and energy losses, at these elevated switching frequencies. This JMR Focus Issue will include the latest research on soft magnetic materials for next-generation power electronics, as well as in electrical machines, and coverage of advanced characterization techniques that will be vital to understanding both the nanostructure and dynamical properties in soft magnetic materials. This behavior of soft magnets on small length and short time scales will ultimately govern their behavior in inductors, transformers, motors, and generators. Contributed articles are sought in the following areas: New bulk and composite soft magnetic materials Developments in the synthesis and fabrication of soft magnetic materials Advanced characterization techniques relevant to soft magnets Implementation of soft magnetic materials in power electronics and electrical machines Modeling and simulation of soft magnetic materials
A push for greater efficiency and decreased size in power electronics and electrical machines dem... more A push for greater efficiency and decreased size in power electronics and electrical machines demands higher performing soft magnetic materials. In order to be competitive, advanced soft magnetic materials must be affordable and their production volume needs to meet the anticipated demand. This drive for higher efficiency and diminished size, weight, and power (SWaP) is fueled in part by the development and adoption of wide bandgap (WBG) semiconductors. WBG devices enable very fast switching (1 kHz to as high as 10 MHz), high voltage operation, and high temperature operation in both power electronics and electrical machine drives. Researchers in the field of soft magnetics must rise to this challenge and create soft magnetic materials with high magnetic flux densities and low electrical losses, while also improving the theoretical assessment of magnetic behavior and energy losses, at these elevated switching frequencies. This JMR Focus Issue will include the latest research on soft magnetic materials for next-generation power electronics, as well as in electrical machines, and coverage of advanced characterization techniques that will be vital to understanding both the nanostructure and dynamical properties in soft magnetic materials. This behavior of soft magnets on small length and short time scales will ultimately govern their behavior in inductors, transformers, motors, and generators. Contributed articles are sought in the following areas: New bulk and composite soft magnetic materials Developments in the synthesis and fabrication of soft magnetic materials Advanced characterization techniques relevant to soft magnets Implementation of soft magnetic materials in power electronics and electrical machines Modeling and simulation of soft magnetic materials