There is growing interest in wireless personal area networks built from portable devices equipped with shortrange radio interfaces such as Bluetooth. These small networks (called piconets) can be internetworked to form larger scatternets by means of bridge nodes that participate in more than one piconet on a time division basis. How well this works depends to a large part on the mechanism used ...

Recent years have witnessed considerable advances in designing and operating of energy grids, while the concepts related to the operation of Smart Grids, Vehicle-toGrid, responsive demand, among others, are gaining research interest worldwide. From an educational viewpoint, the use of a complementary laboratory approach is expected to contribute to the effective communication of these concepts ...

Integrated resource planning has been performed by electric companies, because of its multifarious benefits in power system operation. Demand Response Resources (DRRs) can be used as a virtual demand side power plant. DRRs are clustered to IncentiveBased Programs (IBPs) and Time-Based Rate Programs (TBRPs). Precise modeling of DRRs helps the system operator to investigate the impact of responsi...

This paper discusses an overall strategy for reducing energy demand in non-domestic buildings, mainly focusing on office developments. It considers four areas: reducing internal heat loads; addressing passive design through the building construction; using efficient and responsive HVAC systems and focusing on chilled (heated) surface systems; integrating renewable energy supply systems into the...

This paper discusses an overall strategy for reducing energy demand in non-domestic buildings, mainly focussing on office developments. It considers four areas: reducing internal heat loads; addressing passive design through the building construction; using efficient and responsive HVAC systems and focussing on chilled (heated) surface systems; integrating renewable energy supply systems into t...

objective(s): pharmaceutical industries are leading to improved medications that can target diseases more effectively and precisely. researchers have intended to reformulate drugs so that they may be more safely used in human body. the more targeted a drug is, the lower its chance of triggering drug resistance, a cautionary concern surrounding the use of broad-spectrum antibiotics. the aim of t...

With the onset of large numbers of energy-flexible appliances, in particular plug-in electric and hybrid-electric vehicles, a significant portion of electricity demand will be somewhat flexible and accordingly may be responsive to changes in electricity prices. In the future, this increased degree of demand flexibility (and the onset of only short-term predictable intermittent renewable supply)...

HIV-1 Rev protein regulates the expression of HIV-1 transcripts by binding to a highly structured stem loop structure called the Rev Responsive Element (RRE) present in the genomic and partially spliced RNAs. Genetic variation in this structure is likely to affect binding of Rev protein and ultimately overall gene expression and replication. We characterized RRE sequences from 13 HIV-1 infected...