due to the increasing interest on renewable sources in recent years, the studies on integration of distributed generation to the power grid have rapidly increased. in order to minimize line losses of power systems, it is crucially important to define the size and location of local generation to be placed. minimizing the losses in the system would bring two types of saving, in real life, one is ...

Scent identification line-ups have been in use as a forensic tool in a number of European countries since the beginning of this century. The basic idea of identifications by dogs is generally the same in these countries: a trained dog matches the scent collected at a crime scene to the scent of a person suspected of this crime. However, there are also some marked differences between countries, ...

The power management of ICT systems, that is, data processing (Dp) and telecommunication (Tlc) systems, is becoming a relevant problem in economical terms. Dp systems totalize millions of servers and associated subsystems (processors, monitors, storage devices, etc.) all over the world that need to be electrically powered. Dp systems are also used in the government of Tlc systems, which, beside...

The integration of the wireless LAN technology in mobile devices such as cellular phones, PDAs or laptops has become a user need due to its popularity in providing high speed wireless Internet access at a low cost. Such devices though should meet users’ expectations with regard to QoS, e.g., guarantee a reasonable voice quality when VoIP is used, and power saving efficiency, e.g., standby and c...