Several recent studies have provided evidence that individual lighting control results in occupant satisfaction benefits. As part of a larger series of pilot studies, we examined the use of individual controls under various lighting power constraints. The studies took place in a mock-up open-plan office space, in which participants spent around two hours doing typical office tasks and answering...

Herpes simplex virus (HSV)-2 is periodically shed in the human genital tract, most often asymptomatically, and most sexual transmissions occur during asymptomatic shedding. It would be helpful to identify a genital viral load threshold necessary for transmission, as clinical interventions that maintain viral quantity below this level would be of high utility. However, because viral expansion, d...

Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus causes severe illness, including pneumonia, which leads to hospitalization and even death. To characterize the kinetic changes in viral load and identify factors of influence, we analyzed variables that could potentially influence the viral shedding time in a hospital-based cohort of 1,052 patients. Viral load was inversely correlated with number of days after the ons...

In this article, an effective method to control a power system during emergency conditions is presented. Based on Fuzzy Linear Programming (FLP), a new technique is developed to solve the Load Shedding and Generation Reallocation (LSGR) optimization Problem. The objective function consists of terms of load curtailments and deviations in generation schedules. The constraints are power system var...

Sudden ice shedding from conductor bundles was modeled numerically and experimentally by improving the approaches proposed formerly for a single cable. The experimental study was carried out on a small-scale laboratory model of one span of a twin bundle. A numerical model of the experimental set-up was developed using the commercial finite element software ADINA. This model was validated by sim...

The Kebon Agung sugar factory has two power supplies, namely from the PLTU itself and PLN. There are 3 synchronized generators at Kebun Sugar Factory, with a of 4.5 MW on 1,2 1,6 MVA generator 3. difference in between causes frequent interference because it less power. This Final Project analyzes load sharing shedding using MATLAB Simulink R2013a. Through these simulations is shown division eac...

with the development of restructured power systems and increase of prices in some hours of day and increase fuel price, demand response programs were noticed more by customers. demand response consists of a series of activities that governments or utilities design to change the amount or time of electric energy consumption, to achieve better social welfare or some times for maximizing the benef...