The significant increase in planned offshore wind parks and the tendency towards large parks in considerable distances offshore, make the well established HVDC technology a favorable solution for the connection of these large & distant offshore wind parks to the main power grid onshore. It is therefore necessary to adequately model the HVDC transmission links and integrate them in the load flow...

Cruising for parking has negative impact from the economical and ecological points and view, and in overall traffic slowdown. Effective information about which and how many parking places are free could help to reduce these effects. This is possible only if a per parking place motorization is made, which will require the use of sensors to monitor every parking place. While the placement of sens...

It is accepted that noise pollution has a major impact on health, such as physical, physiological, psychological and performance related effects, all over the world. This study aims to evaluate noise pollution in four urban parks located in Sanandaj City, Iran and to zone it in GIS environment. Sound pressure level (SPL) and maximum sound level (Lmax) were measured at 45 points (each point was ...

BACKGROUND Parks are important for providing opportunities for physical activity among youth. Apart from engaging in physical activity whilst visiting a park, active transportation (e.g. walking or cycling) to parks is potentially an additional source of physical activity. Previous research has shown that a major barrier to young people visiting parks is their inability to visit parks unaccompa...

1 Coral Reef Research Unit, School of Biological Sciences, University of Essex, Colchester, UK, 2 Climate Change Cluster, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia, 3 Seychelles National Parks Authority, Mahé, Seychelles, 4 Research and Development Centre – Marine, Coastal and Small Islands, Universitas Hasanuddin, Makassar, Indonesia, 5 Central Caribbean Marine Institute, Princet...

Industrial sector is one of the indispensable contributors in global warming. Even if the occurrence of ecoindustrial parks (EIPs) seems to be a good improvement in saving ecological crises, there is still a lack of definitional clarity and in-depth researches on low-carbon industrial parks. In order to reveal the processes of carbon metabolism in a low-carbon high-tech industrial park, we sele...

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVE The soil of public squares and parks may be contaminated with the infective stages of parasites because of the presence of stray animals in these parks. Many people take a rest in these places and they may be at risk of infection with parasites because the infective stages of parasites can survive for months, or even years, in spite of the factors of weather. OBJECT...

INTRODUCTION Parks are an integral part of a favorable built environment, and several studies have found a positive association between a favorable built environment and physical activity. Parks data are available to researchers from various sources; however, the accuracy of data sources in representing parks is unknown. This study compared secondary parks data obtained from a commercial vendor...

As distributed computing architectures have increased, the need for technology professionals that are skilled in telecommunications and networking has dramatically increased. Employers are looking for students that not only have conceptual knowledge but also hands-on practical experience when hiring graduates into telecomm and networking related positions. This chapter will discuss how a teleco...