Communication for Peaceful Social Change and Global Citizenry

The adoption of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by the United Nations (UN) in 2015 represents a universal call to action involving multiple international actors for the purpose of eradicating poverty, improving living conditions and promoting peace. This entry provides a theoretical overview of the contributions of scholars and practitioners who highlight the importance of a transformative, educational and emancipatory communication by different social actors to establish the main lines of action for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. This communicative model involves the coordination of actors and strategies, both short- and long-term, cross-cutting actions and discourses to build social, cultural and political settings based on the criteria of peace, equality, social justice and human rights. Specifically, this entails a contribution to the objectives set out in SDG 16, “Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions”, given that the proposed theoretical framework is grounded in Communication for Peace and Communication for Social Change, and includes a systematization of different strategies and experiences from a variety of social issuers, mainly institutions, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) or social movements, aimed at promoting peaceful and inclusive societies. Specifically, communication for peaceful social change and global citizenry contributes to the achievement of specific SDG 16 objectives, particularly 16.1: Significantly reduce all forms of violence... [...

Steam and Condensate Advisor

This paper describes a collaborative project to develop an operational expert system prototype that will help mill operators and engineers to troubleshoot and optimize the steam and condensate portion of paper machine dryer sections. The objectives of the collaborating organizations and the functionality of the prototype are presented. The prototype's lifecycle and prospects for further development are discussed.Cet article d\ue9crit un projet de d\ue9veloppement d'un prototype de syst\ue8me expert op\ue9rationnel, fait en collaboration, qui aidera les op\ue9rateurs et les techniciens de l'usine \ue0 assurer le d\ue9pannage et \ue0 optimiser la partie vapeur et condensat du train de s\ue9chage de la machine \ue0 papier. On y pr\ue9sente les objectifs des organisations qui collaborent au projet et la fonctionnalit\ue9 du prototype et on aborde le cycle de vie ainsi que les perspectives de d\ue9veloppement ult\ue9rieur de ce prototype.NRC publication: Ye