... aerodynamic surface temperatures to each other offers the possibility of translating maps ofsurface brightness temperature into maps ofsurface fluxes Using the validated Cupid model (with the same ... meteorological data listed in Table 7.3 and the value of TCOM computed from equation (7.10) with “chap07” — 2004/1/20 — page 230 — #26 Mappingsurfaceenergy fluxes 231 Table 7.4 1ANGLE_PT output of the surface ... example ofenergy flux maps generated by the STS model with TR (φ) images over a heterogeneous semiarid landscape was presented In this particular case the resolutionof the remotelysensed data...
... attraction between surfaces and the nature of the surface materials, adhesion and friction can vary For example, if the surfaceenergy or surface tension of the sliding surfaces is high, the attraction ... thickness on tribology of UHMWPE film with and without DLC interface xii Table of Contents 9.1.1.2 Effect of hard intermediate layer on tribology of UHMWPE film 165 9.1.1.3 Effect ofsurface wettability ... function of the attractive force, Fo of UHMWPE film (a) with PFPE data and (b) without PFPE data There is an exponential relation between the two 156 Figure 8.6 The initial coefficient of friction of...
... considering the use ofenergy through the supply chain of a business, from raw materials through to recycling In addition to the economic costs ofenergy to an organization, energy can impose environmental ... 4.4.2 Legal and other requirements 4.4.3 Energy review 4.4.4 Energy baseline 4.4.5 Energy performance indicators 4.4.6 Energy objectives, energy targets and energy management action plans 4.5 Implementation ... reducing both energy cost and consumption The organization will also make positive contributions toward reducing depletion ofenergy resources and mitigating worldwide effects ofenergy use, such...
... (Figure 1b) In the case of HPA, a smooth porous surface is obtained in the highpurity Al foil (Figure 1c) while several concavities of various sizes appeared on the low-purity Al surface (Figure 1d) ... shape of a hemisphere due to the lower thermal conductivity of alumina, as shown in Figure 4a The isothermal is along the surfaceof the hemisphere Therefore, the formation and dissolution rate of ... times the surface area by the anodization of Al foil compared with the hemisphere curved surface It is very helpful for photocatalyst or sensor applications By filling the nanopore with TiO materials...
... financial and energy markets with variety of stochastic volatilities In Chapter 1, we provide an overview of the different types of non-stochastic volatilities and the different types of stochastic ... in energy markets Journal ofEnergy Markets, forthcoming Swishchuk, A and Malenfant, K (2011) Pricing of variance swaps for L´vy-based stochase tic volatility with delay International Review of ... adjusted version of the Heston model which leads to significant improvement of the market volatility surface fitting (compared to Heston) The numerical example we performed with recent market data shows...
... his support, exemplary professionalism, and excellent sense of humor iii TABLE OF CONTENTS Page LIST OF TABLES v LIST OF FIGURES vi LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ... largely depends on the potential of the antioxidative defense system Sources of ROS include organelles with a high oxidizing metabolic activity or with an intense rate of electron flow, such as chloroplasts, ... regeneration of GSH is catalyzed by glutathione reductase (GR) The ratio of GSH to GSSG can be a measure of oxidative stress whereas decreased ratios are indicative ofhigh levels of ROS Chilling...
... Energy Ant is the host of the Energy Kids website http://www.eia.gov/kids The Energy Ant is a service mark of the U.S Department ofEnergy The Energy Activities withEnergy Ant booklet ... black does this to solar energy A black rock full ofenergy In the U.S., ethanol is made from what plant? The Tale of Johnny Energy Seed I’m Johnny Energy Seed I plant energy seeds in a big field ... developed by the U.S Energy Information Administration (EIA) and the National Energy Education Development (NEED) Project ENERGY ACTIVITY: ENERGY ACTIVITY: Energy from the Sun When solar energy hits...
... EMPIRICAL RESULTS The dataofenergy consumption from 1999 – 2011 in Taiwan are obtained from the Bureau ofEnergyof Ministry of Economic Affairs of Taiwan [26]; whereas the dataof the Taiwan GDP ... model is modified with Fourier series In the case ofenergy intensity of Taiwan, with the Fourier modified Grey forecasting model FGM(1,1), it was found out that the energy intensity of Taiwan becomes ... prediction with Markov-Chain for Crude oil production and consumption in China, Advances in Intelligent and Soft Computing, Vol 56, 2009, pp.551 – 561 Bureau ofEnergyof Ministry of Economic Affairs of...
... Dean of the College of Mechanical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, P R China Now he is the Dean of the Faculty of Engineering II, Zhejiang University of Technology, P R China Professor ... (17) The optimization of the profit rate also leads to the maximization of the cooling load ( R ) On the other hand, with the price of power input approaching the price of the exergy output rate, ... optimization of the profit rate also leads to the maximization of the ecological function ( E ) objective Figure 11 shows the effect of the price ratio on the profit rate versus COP characteristic, with...
... the lower energy state to the higher energy state by the absorption of a photon The energyof this photon must exactly match the energy difference between the two states While the energyof an absorbed ... before the MM-LDDMM mapping, while the bottom row shows the target surface superimposed with the template surface after the MM-LDDMM mapping The lateral and medial views of the surface are shown ... are composed of positively charged protons and uncharged neutrons Nuclei with odd number of protons or neutrons have nuclear spins of multiplies of 1/2, while those with even number of protons...
... accuracy ofmapping the simulated brain data against that ofmapping their corresponding healthy brain data In the second experiment, we employed our mapping framework to align brains of stroke ... number of vertices in this sulcal region on the template surface and ni is the number ofof vertices in this sulcal region with probability of p(x) = i−1 J−1 SAC is ranged from to 1, i.e the higher ... cortical surface and W c for the subject’s cortical surface 4.4 Quantitative Evaluation of Whole Brain Mapping Accuracy In order to evaluate the accuracy of our proposed individualized whole brain mapping...
... can integrate spatialdatawith other existing data resources, often stored in a corporate DBMS The integration ofspatialdata (often proprietary to the GIS software), and tabular data stored ... browsing for maps and spatial data, exploring spatial data, viewing and creating metadata, and managing spatialdata ArcMap is used for visualizing spatial data, performing spatial analysis, and ... spatialdata - To classify and process the data - To evaluate the impact of land surface temperature changes on distribution of the land cover types - To be proficient in GIS software to mapping data...
... terminus of Cub will be cleaved off and result in downstream reactions, which is the activation of LacZ and HIS3 reporter genes [7] 3.2 Identification of Cellular Membrane Proteins Interacting with ... medium (rate of 65.8) was significantly higher than the negative control (normal Int J Med Sci 2005 116 culture medium with a rate of 4.3), but lower than the positive control (rate of 221.4) Our ... Discussion 3.1 Principle of Split-Ubiquitin Screening System Studies have shown that the use of yeast two hybrid system, which is a genetic assay for in vivo detection of interactions of proteins, enables...
... Mapping Your Objects to Database Tables with LINQ to SQL Table of Contents Mapping Your Objects to Database Tables with LINQ to SQL Exercise Creating ... Modifying Database Data 17 Exercise Working with Advanced Features 22 Lab Summary 27 Mapping Your Objects to Database Tables with LINQ to SQL Mapping ... retrieves data from the database using the DataContext object, the main conduit through which objects are retrieved from the database and changes are submitted Querying Database a Although the database...
... systems, for they utilize an energy barrier to selectively transmit highenergy electrons ballistically between the reservoirs Because of the lack of a kind of barrier material with sufficiently low ... Director of the Department of Nuclear Energy Science and Engineering, the Director of the Department of Power Engineering and the Superintendent of the Postgraduate School Now, he is the Dean of the ... heat engine model with heat conduction of the energy filter via phonons, and to analyze the optimum performance of the model as well as the influence of the heat conduction of the filter The...
... Conferences with published proceedings His main field of interest is the analysis ofenergy systems, the design of HVAC systems and the energy conservation Dr Papakostas is member of ASHRAE and member of ... Energy requirements (kWh) of the model residential building for Athens, calculated with degree-day dataof the 1983-1992 and 1993-2002 decades Period Thermal energy, Qht [kWhtherm] Electric energy, ... calculated with degree-day dataof the 1983-1992 and 1993-2002 decades Period Thermal energy, Qht [kWhtherm] Electric energy, Qce [kWhel] Primary energy for heating, Qhp [kWh] Primary energy for...
... of discharge lamps such as fluorescent and high intensity discharge lamps [6] With a high efficient configuration, energy savings can be achieved with low cost Voltage and power factor control of ... constant even with varying frequency Another important feature is the simplicity of the control When operated in dcoffset mode can a phase shift of the gate signals directly control the phase of the ... meaning onstate voltage of the devices are of great importance • High short circuit capability of the devices is not needed due to having one MERS device in each phase, shorting of input or output...
... turn-off be achieved Zero voltage turn-off means also possibility for high voltage switch utilization, as the turn-off surge voltage due to stray inductance in the circuit will be added on top of ... system with MERS solution and with a 2-level active rectifier solution have been investigated The design of the two systems are given in Table I and are based on having a high voltage utilization of ... operation The configuration of the magnetic energy recovery switch (MERS) consists of forced commutated switches and a small dc-capacitor The configuration is similar to that of a single phase full...
... MAGNETS WITH MAGNETIC ENERGY RECOVERY CURRENT SWITCH Fig Turn-on waveforms of experimental results Fig 1795 Turn-off waveforms of experimental results Fig Operation of the bi-directional magnetic energy ... turned off with zero voltage switching Turn-on and turn-off switching losses calculated from Figs and is shown in Table I, from which, it is confirmed that switching losses of the magnetic energy ... AND TURN-OFF SWITCHING LOSSES III HIGH REPETITION PULSED POWER SUPPLY A Pulsed Current in High Repetition This switch can be applied to a power supply which supplies high- speed and high- repetition...