BACKGROUND Prior studies of twins reared together suggest that regular tobacco use (RTU) is substantially heritable. However, strong social influences on RTU might have biased these results. METHODS We examine the self-report lifetime history of RTU in members of 778 male-male and female-female twin pairs, raised together and apart, born from 1890 to 1958 and ascertained through the populatio...

Utilization of abundant measurements provided by supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system has attracted increasing attention. Real-time estimation transmission line parameters, utilizing voltage power flow remote terminal units (RTUs) located at two substations across the line, been investigated, recently. This paper improves this approach introducing a novel exact linear reformu...

In a world increasingly aware of its carbon footprint, the quest for sustainable energy production and consumption has never been more urgent. A key player in this monumental endeavor is fuel conservation, which helps curb greenhouse gas emissions preserve our planet’s finite resources. realm Industrial Internet Things (IIoT) artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, Caterpillar (CAT) generato...

Pada jaringan distribusi 20 kV terdapat suatu pengaman proteksi apabila terjadi gangguan pada tenaga listrik. Peralatan tersebut diantaranya yaitu LBS Motorize, Recloser dan PMT. harus dijaga kehandalannya guna menjaga kontinuitas tegangan Oleh karena itu diperlukan backup catudaya yang handal untuk peralatan selalu ready kV. Saat ini di PT PLN UP2D Kalimantan Selatan Tengah kehandalan Motorize...

This dissertation is a study on the comparison of different Encryption Schemes for Securing SCADA Component Communication. SCADA Communication is a core component of a SCADA Monitoring System. SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) communication can take place in a number of ways. Early SCADA communication took place over radio, modem, or dedicated serial lines. Today, it is much more...

BACKGROUND AlloDerm, a human acellular dermal matrix, is available in a ready-to-use (RTU) or freeze-dried (FD) form. A limited number of studies have compared complication rates between RTU and FD in implant-based breast reconstruction. The objective of this report was to conduct a meta-analysis of previously reported complication rates between RTU and FD. METHODS A systematic literature rev...

One hundred patients with asymptomatic carotid bruit or transient ischemic attack (TIA) underwent continuous-wave Doppler (CWD) and real time ultrasound (RTU) testing of their cervical carotid arteries. After ultrasonic studies, 51 patients also underwent bilateral carotid angiography. There was 95% agreement between CWD and angiography for the diagnosis of a significant (greater than 50%) sten...