this paper presents the aerodynamic design and economical evaluation of a 200 kw site specific wind turbine for the province of semnan in iran. by designing site specific wind turbines, the cost of energy which is calculated out of the annual energy production and also the cost of manufacturing the rotor are minimized. the aerodynamic design is based on the well-known blade element momentum the...

This paper explores the behavior of present-biased agents, that is, agents who erroneously anticipate costs future actions compared to their real costs. Specifically, we extend original framework proposed by Akerlof (1991) for studying various aspects human related time-inconsistent planning, including procrastination, and abandonment, as well elegant graph-theoretic model encapsulating this re...

OBJECTIVES To estimate the annual health services utilization (HSU) cost per person with FASD by sex and age; the lifetime HSU cost per person with FASD by sex, and the annual HSU cost of FASD for Alberta by sex. METHODS The HSU costs of FASD including physician, outpatient, and inpatient services were described by sex and age. The costs per person-year were estimated by multiplying the avera...

Between 2006 and 2012 India reported an annual average of 20,474 dengue cases. Although dengue has been notifiable since 1996, regional comparisons suggest that reported numbers substantially underrepresent the full impact of the disease. Adjustment for underreporting from a case study in Madurai district and an expert Delphi panel yielded an annual average of 5,778,406 clinically diagnosed den...

This paper addresses the problem of determining optimal location and operation distribution static synchronous compensators (D-STATCOMs) in power networks. Metaheuristic algorithms have been conventionally used to solve this mixed-integer nonlinear programming problem. In contrast, we propose a second-order cone (MI-SOCP) model that guarantees global optimum fast convergence optimization solver...

By comparing phylogenetically related tRNA synthetases (enzymes that specifically aminoacylate tRNAs), a controlled natural experiment can reveal synthetases’ coevolution with their cognate amino acid substrate. Analyses of metabolic cost minimization confirm the existence of cognate avoidance in tRNA synthetase compositions. It is found that cognate avoidance increases and decreases, respectiv...

The production and consumption of non-renewable energy resources have disrupted the environment's biodiversity cycle. Global climate change, including worldwide warming, has made human life both now in future. construction industry world a significant share demand for these challenges. Therefore, primary purpose this paper is to implement standards save prevent loss control limit requested from...