BASEL, Switzerland, Dec. 27 -- Energies, an open access journal of technology development, policy and management studies, published research articles, including the following topics, in its Vol. 15, No. 1 edition: Articles: * Space Redevelopment of Old Landfill Located in the Zone between Urban and Protected Areas: Case Study * Study on Performance of the Thermoelectric Cooling Device with Novel Subchannel Finned Heat Sink * Socio-Economic Determinants for Biochar Deployment in the Southern  more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Dec. 27 -- The IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, a peer reviewed journal from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, that says it covers technological advances in control engineering, published research articles, including the following topics, in its January 2022 edition: * Accelerated Convergence Interleaving Iterative Learning Control and Inverse Dynamics Identification * Composite Single Particle Lithium-Ion Battery Model Through System Identi  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 27 -- The Senate Foreign Relations Committee issued the following opening statement by Donald Blome, President Biden's nominee to be U.S. ambassador to Pakistan, at a Dec. 14, 2021 confirmation hearing: * * * Thank you for considering my nomination to serve as Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. I am grateful to this committee for previously confirming me as Ambassador to the Republic of Tunisia. I would like to start by thanking my family, my wife Debra who is he  more