The introduction of Digital Terrestrial Television in the United Kingdom has provided an excellent opportunity to enhance the quality and number of ancillary services such as subtitling (closed captioning). This paper describes the requirements of subtitling in UK DTT, the development of a consensual UK profile for subtitling with its inevitable compromises, how interoperability has been tested...

This paper argues that electricity market reform – particularly the need for complementary mechanisms to remunerate capacity – need to be analysed in the light of the local regulatory and institutional environment. If there is a lack of investment, the priority should be to identify the roots of the problem. The lack of demand side response, short-term reliability management procedures and unco...

The demand for ancillary service is expected to increases significantly in the future GB system as the high penetration of wind generation. In particular, the need for frequency regulation services, required to deal with sudden frequency drops following a loss of large generating plant, will increase due to the limited inertia capability of wind plants. This paper focuses on quantifying the req...

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 ...

In the face of increasing costs and decreasing reimbursements, many physicians are working harder and making less money. Not all physicians are content working harder for less income. Physicians have chosen other avenues in order to enhance their income. Various ancillary services such as dexa scans and ultrasound studies are being done in physician offices rather than in hospitals. These metho...

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...

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...

OBJECTIVE Trauma-informed treatment increasingly is recognized as an important component of service delivery. This study examined differences in treatment-related characteristics of facilities that offer moderate or high levels of trauma-informed counseling versus those that offer no or low levels of such counseling. METHODS Responses from 13,223 substance abuse treatment facilities surveyed ...