We use a case study of residential appliance efficiency standards in the Nevada Power Company service territory t o illustrate an integrated method for evaluating the load shape and economic impacts of demand side utility programs. The method consists of four models: the LBL Residential Energy Demand Model, the DOE-2 Building Energy Analysis Model, the LBL Residential Hourly Load and Peak Deman...

This study evaluated the effects of artichoke leaf powder on growth performance and physicochemical properties of Japanese quailfrozen meat after 3 monthstorage. A total of 240 Japanese quail chicks (1 d old) were raised over a 42-d experimental period. The experiment was performed as a completely randomized design with 4 replicates of 15 quails in each, using a 4 × 2 factorial arrangement with...

A computational study of the electronic structure and stability of complexes formed between Zeolite Y and boric acid was carried out at the HF and B3LYP levels using 6-31G* basis set. Five structures located as local minimum in PES of complex (structures d, e, f, g, and h). The most stable structure is formed due to hydrogen bonding between two hydroxyl of boric acid and both oxygen of ...

Minerals and vitamins play an important role in animal nutrition with beneficial effects on animal reproductive performance. To investigate this issue, 44 Ghezel ewes weighing 55±  2 kg (Mean±SD) and 2-3 years old were randomly divided into groups (n=11), to investigate the effect of the selenium and vitamin E supplementation on blood hormones and metabolites and possible reproductive performan...

the present study was aimed to assess the influence of brown marine algae and vitamin e (ve) (160 ppm α-tocopheryl acetate) on stability of chicken meat enriched with fish oil. in this study, 360 d-old broilers (arbor acres plus) were randomly assigned to 6 treatment groups with 4 replicates of 15 birds in each. experimental groups consisted of corn-soybean basal diet (c), corn-soybean basal di...

Das Wort „Grid“ wird in jüngster Zeit so oft und in verschiedenen Kontexten benutzt, dass die Frage berechtigt ist, ob es sich um ein weiteres „buzzword“ mit dem üblichen „hype“ handelt. Um es gleich klarzustellen, der Autor ist nicht dieser Meinung. Vielmehr handelt es sich um eine weltweit stattfindende Bewegung zu einer neuartigen kooperativen Nutzungsmöglichkeit virtualisierter Ressourcen, ...

The use of electronic commerce environments (ECEs) as a means of enacting transactions and relationships with customers is increasing exponentially. Recent statistical data supports this claim and it is predicted that, by the turn of the century, total revenue streams through ECEs, such as the Internet, will exceed $US200 billion. To date, most forecasts of market potential have attributed this...