A recent study indicated an excess risk of leukaemia among children under the age of 5 years living in the vicinity of nuclear power plants in Germany. We present results relating to the incidence of childhood leukaemia in the vicinity of nuclear power plants in France for the same age range. These results do not indicate an excess risk of leukaemia in young children living near French nuclear ...

Large, real-time systems such as Navy ships, nuclear power plants, airplanes, etc. require crews of human operators to control them. This paper documents the concept and design evolution of a visualization method for a crew workload-monitoring tool. Crew leaders and trainers, devisers of Navy tactics, techniques, and procedures, and human factors designers of crew-served systems can use this vi...

In this paper it is presented the real time monitoring system of water flow in hydro power plants which is designed with virtual instrumentation software. Water flow through penstock has been measured by using flow sensor. Volumetric flow of excess water, in the case of emergency evacuation of water, has been calculated from position of control gates and water level. Relationship between the vo...

Article history: Received 7 May 2012 Received in revised form 6 November 2012 Accepted 9 November 2012 Available online 17 November 2012 JEL classification: D81 Q40 G11

in the sector of electricity production, the existence of investment resources limitation and environmental factors are the main factors that influence this process. the reduction of costs and the destructive impacts of environmental have been always mentioned by specialists. consequently, the drasticality of the environmental protection and the electric-energy production lead to focus on solar...

—In this paper, we introduce the " Garden Alive " system that allows users to interact with an emotionally intelligent virtual garden by manipulating tangible user interfaces. The Garden Alive aims to provide both entertainment and education. The proposed system is composed of three components. In the first module, tangible user interfaces bridge to the garden in a virtual world. In the second ...

Making targeted subsidies and the process of releasing energy market and specified criteria for the quality of energy delivered to consumers shows the necessity for the explanation of energy production in Iran. In the meantime, thermal power plants produce about 85% of electricity in Iran. Steam and gas turbine power plants have created the vast capacity of power generation in thermal plants, b...