Idle batteries in the battery swap stations (BSSs) of electric vehicles (EVs) can be used as regulated power sources. Considering service and frequency regulation (FR) service, this paper establishes a model BSS cluster participating FR formulates two-stage operation strategy. The day-ahead strategy arranges charging plan with goal optimal operating economy on next day. intra-day aims at maximi...

goal: the current study was performed in order to construct and normalize the marital commitment inventory amongst the students of iran’s state universities. method: this is a descriptive research. the inventory was constructed via delphi technique based on johnson’s theoretical framework. it had 37 items and 2 additional items for detecting lies. in this way 500 persons were selected from the ...

Abstract Do older adults construct more emotionally gratifying social environments than younger adults? According to socioemotional selectivity theory (SST), actively their satisfy emotional goals, drawing closer close others and pruning less rewarding persons. Yet, there is a scarcity of direct evidence showing that indeed by negative persons positive We employed novel network decision task st...

we get indications of its location and nature. We spend much of our time in looking for foci of infection, and their discovery and eradication often bring most gratifying results; conversely, overlooked foci produce many of the tragic and irreparable conditions that we frequently see in general practice. I refer to advanced cases of arthritis, cardiovascular disease, and patients with general d...

A patient with acute severe mitral regurgitation resulting from papillary muscle dysfunction which developed on the third day of acute myocardial infarction underwent early successful mitral valve prosthetic replacement with concomitant aortocoronary saphenous vein bypass. The concept of acute severe mitral regurgitation due to an infarcted papillary muscle which has not actually ruptured and a...

I T IS a rare privilege to have been given the honor of presenting a paper at the first session of the new constituent group of the Aerospace Medical Association, "The Society of United States Air Force Flight Surgeons." It is furthermore gratifying that the honor should be given to the second oldest living flight surgeon, in point of service, of those trained in the Regular Army following Worl...

The results of excision of the head of the radius in forty-four elbows affected by rheumatoid arthritis are presented. Relief of pain was obtained in 90 per cent and an increase in the range of flexion and extension was seen in 70 per cent. Involvement of the humero-ulnar joint seen radiologically is no contra-indication to the operation; simple excision of the radial head often gives gratifyin...

Maternal mortality statistics are the most important indicators of reproductive women’s health care. Ireland has experienced a gratifying progressive decline in maternal deaths for over 60 years; rates cited by the Central Statistics Office (CSO), and taken up by the news media, suggest that this is one of the safest countries in the world in which to deliver a baby. Nevertheless, closer insp...

PURPOSE Outcome assessment after double level tibial lengthening in patients with dwarfism. METHODS Fourteen patients with dwarfism were analyzed after bilateral simultaneous double level tibial lengthening. RESULTS Average age was 15.1 years. Average lengthening was 13.5 cm. The two levels were lengthened by an average of 7.5 cm proximally and 6.0 cm distally. Concomitant deformities were ...

foresee a probable decrease in the number of mental defectives to be dealt with; but thought there were possibilities of a reduction in the number of physical defectives. There was an enormous and gratifying improvement in the conditions under which special education was carried on, and there could be none better than those enjoyed in some parts of Scotland. Mr. McKechnie begged all teachers to...