An assessment of mechanisms to improve energy efficiency in the transport sector in Grenada, Saint Lucia and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Like many other Caribbean countries, Grenada, Saint Lucia and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines are almost entirely dependent on imported petroleum as their primary source of energy. In this regard, many countries in the subregion have taken a strategic approach to long-term planning in the energy sector towards creating higher levels of efficiency on both the demand and supply sides as well as promoting diversification in the energy mix. Within this context, this study was conducted to present mechanisms to improve energy efficiency (EE) in the transport sector in Grenada, Saint Lucia and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. For each country, the report presents a brief description of current trends in energy consumption generally as well as energy issues in the transport sector and programmes, initiatives and regulatory mechanisms currently in place that are contributing to energy efficiency in the sector.

An assessment of the economic impact of climate change on the water sector in Saint Vincent and The Grenadines

Water security which is essential to life and livelihood, health and sanitation, is determined not only by the water resource, but also by the quality of water, the ability to store surplus from precipitation and runoff, as well as access to and affordability of supply. All of these measures have financial implications for national budgets. The water sector in the context of the assessment and discussion on the impact of climate change in this paper includes consideration of the existing as well as the projected available water resource and the demand in terms of: quantity and quality of surface and ground water, water supply infrastructure - collection, storage, treatment, distribution, and potential for adaptation. Wastewater management infrastructure is also considered a component of the water sector. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines has two distinct hydrological regimes: mainland St Vincent is one of the wetter islands of the eastern Caribbean whereas the Grenadines have a drier climate than St Vincent. Surface water is the primary source of water supply on St Vincent, whereas the Grenadines depend on man-made catchments, rainwater harvesting, wells, and desalination. The island state is considered already water stressed as marked seasonality in rainfall, inadequate supply infrastructure, and institutional capacity constrains water supply. Economic modelling approaches were implemented to estimate sectoral demand and supply between 2011 and 2050. Residential, tourism and domestic demand were analysed for the A2, B2 and BAU scenarios. In each of the three scenarios – A2, B2 and BAU Saint Vincent and the Grenadines will have a water gap represented by the difference between the two curves during the forecast period of 2011 and 2050. The amount of water required increases steadily between 2011 and 2050 implying an increasing demand on the country‘s resources as reflected by the fact that the water supply that is available cannot respond adequately to the demand. The Global Water Partnership in its 2005 policy brief suggested that the best way for countries to build the capacity to adapt to climate change will be to improve their ability to cope with today‘s climate variability (GWP, 2005). This suggestion is most applicable for St Vincent and the Grenadines, as the variability being experienced has already placed the island nation under water stress. Strategic priorities should therefore be adopted to increase water production, increase efficiency, strengthen the institutional framework, and decrease wastage. Cost benefit analysis was stymied by data availability, but the ―no-regrets approach‖ which intimates that adaptation measures will be beneficial to the land, people and economy of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines with or without climate change should be adopted.

A mulher na mitologia e dramaturgia irlandesa: o feminino no mito de Deirdre, em peças de John M. Synge e Vincent Woods

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Arte e resistência: Vincent Willem Van Gogh

Esta tese apresenta uma proposta interdisciplinar para abordar o objeto artístico, almejando demonstrar como a Psicologia pode enfocar a leitura e a interpretação das produções artísticas visuais. Foram aplicados métodos psicológicos considerados eficazes para entender o fenômeno artístico e, assim, interpretar o trabalho do artista. O instrumental teórico foi o da apreensão fenomenológica e o conhecimento psicanalítoco. Trinta e nove telas de Van Gogh (produzidas em Arles, 1888; no asilo de Saint Rémy, Provence, 1889; e em Auvers Sur Oise, 1890) foram selecionadas para análise. Foram Observados os aspectos da visualidade da obra, segundo a ótica fenomenológica, e as imagens foram investigadas em sua disposição em um espaço simbólico do espaço pessoal do artista, dos elementos configurados que compõem a foma, da iluminação e cor empregadas no trabalho e da dinâmica e expressão dos conteúdos manifestos. A tese constitui-se de quatro capítulos. O primeiro apresenta a história do artista; o segundo, a teoria para abordar a percepção fenomenológica, definindo elementos utilizados para interpretar o objeto artístico; o terceiro analisa as imagens produzidas por Van Gogh no período estudado; o quarto diagnostica, analisa e interpreta a expressão das imagens. Foi também analisada a temática explorada pelo artista, de acordo com sua manifestação simbólica. A trajetória deste trabalho assemelhase ao psicodiagnóstico, que levanta hipóteses e verifica se elas são verdadeiras ou falsas. Assim foi levantada a hipótese de que a arte atuava na existência do artista como um procedimento terapêutico e mantenedor do seu equilibrio. A maior êncase da literatura recai na loucura de Van Gogh como propulsora de sua obra, visão oposta à desta tese... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo)

Rapport fait à l'Académie Royale de Metz, sur le mémoire relatif à l'origine des nos chiffres et à l'Abacus des Pythagoriciens, par M. J. H. Vincent, pp. : Séance du 26 avril 1840

par Gerson-Lévy

Rapport fait à l'Académie Royale de Metz, sur le mémoire relatif à l'origine des nos chiffres et à l'Abacus des Pythagoriciens, par M. J. H. Vincent, pp. : Séance du 26 avril 1840

par Gerson-Lévy ...

Heinrich Josef Vincent, Ganzfigurbildnis

Signatur des Originals: S 36/F02036

Vincent d'Indy, Brustbild

Signatur des Originals: S 36/F08878

Karl Vincent Nossek, {[N.N.], Doppelbildnis, Ganzfigurbildnis

Signatur des Originals: S 36/F09437

Charles Vincent, Brustbild

Signatur des Originals: S 36/F10124

Vincent Novello, Brustbild, Profil

Signatur des Originals: S 36/G01801

Vincent Novello, Brustbild, Profil

Signatur des Originals: S 36/G01802