Although residential substance abuse treatment is utilized extensively by urban American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/ANs), there are few detailed descriptions of this care. This study delineated services provided by and interviewed staff working at residential programs designed for chemically dependent urban AI/ANs. Study agencies were compared to national data from residential programs serv...

This paper presents a simple multi-objective control technique for cascaded hydro power plants, based on a centralized distributed power control system and local water level controllers. This effective power management solution enables to guarantee the generation program following with a very good accuracy, to participate to power-frequency Ancillary Services with the dynamic performance requir...

Renewable wind generation presents many challenges for accurate and timely generation forecasts due to site topology, turbine layout and their potential wake effects and local network constraints, particularly for generators operating in fast changing, low or high wind resource conditions. Internationally, short term generation forecasting for wind power plants has become a critical issue for m...

The purpose of this policy is to provide an outline of, as well as references concerning the resources and planning needed to meet the emergency medical care needs of the individual and the community. Emergency departments* must possess the staff and resources necessary to evaluate all individuals presenting to the emergency department (ED). Emergency departments must also be able to provide or...

7 I n line with President Bush’s personal commitment, Congress recently voted to reauthorize the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). In addition to calling for a major increase in U.S. spending on international AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria activities, the new legislation supports linkages—either directly or by referral—with a long list of ancillary services that often affect ...

A major goal of the municipal health services program (MHSP) was improvement of health services for the elderly while containing Medicare reimbursement. A Health Care Financing Administration financed Medicare waiver program provided some additional benefits to Medicare Part B enrollees who used the MHSP clinics. Disadvantaged and sicker elderly groups were underrepresented in MHSP facilities. ...

Batteries are called to be part of the electricity grid by providing ancillary services. Area regulation services seem to provide substantial revenues and profit. But Li-ion batteries are still too expensive to enter widely into this market. On the other hand, electric vehicle batteries are considered inappropriate for traction purposes when they reached a state of health of 80%. The reuse of t...

Provide a methodology to simulate the financial response of multiple participants of a two sided auction including reliability, substitutes, and other ancillary services. Methodology would provide justification for generation and customer equipment as required for system expansion with an optimal portfolio of equipment to maximize system operation at a specified level of reliability. Research S...

Several sources of revenue are available for battery storage systems that can be stacked to further increase revenue. Typically, price arbitrage is used gain from storage. However, additional gained participation in ancillary services such as frequency response. This study presents a linear optimisation approach account local energy system the wholesale day-ahead electricity market and multiple...