Many network services, such as video conferencing and video on demand, have popularly used the multimedia communications. The attached hosts/routers are required to transmit data as multicasting in most multimedia applications. In order to provide an ecient data routing, routers must provide multicast capability. In this paper, a new cooling schedule in Hop®eld neural network with annealing st...

To determine whether skin surface cooling increases left ventricular preload and contractility to a greater extent in older compared with young adults we studied 11 young (28 +/- 2 yr; means +/- SE) and 11 older (64 +/- 3 yr) adults during normothermia (35 degrees C water perfused through a tube-lined suit) and cooling (15 degrees C water perfused for 20 min) using standard and tissue Doppler e...

Projecting the long-term trends in energy demand is an increasingly complex endeavor due to the uncertain emerging changes in factors such as climate and policy. The existing energy-economy paradigms used to characterize the long-term trends in the energy sector do not adequately account for climate variability and change. In this paper, we propose a multi-paradigm framework for estimating the ...

To increase the efficiency and reduce emissions, the hybrid electric vehicle (HEV), fuel cell vehicle (FCV), and electric vehicle (EV) types were developed. All these vehicle types rely on power electronics (PEs) to function. Yet, the reliability and performance of PEs are directly related to the operating temperature. Therefore, cooling is considered an option to reduce the operating temperatu...

The paper aims to investigate different measures of passive cooling that are compatible with existing buildings in order to reduce the energy consumption and peak demand associated with the cooling. Both the existing conditions and envisaged thermal comfort preference of the occupants of the building determine which retrofitting technology is most suitable in a particular case. Measures focusin...

Dynamic building energy simulations need hourly weather data as input. The same high temporal resolution is required for assessments of future heating and cooling energy demand. The data presented in this article concern current typical values and estimated future changes in outdoor air temperature, wind speed, relative humidity and global, diffuse and normal solar radiation components. Simulat...

The performance of phase change material (PCM) integrated building envelope in terms of peak load reduction, peak load time delay and thermal demand improvement was investigated for a prototype detached single family house in a hot climate location. Five market available PCM layers, which can be easily inserted into traditional wall construction, were selected and coupled into different walls a...