... balance components, the component temperatures ofthe vegetation and soil, the canopy /soil emissivity, andthe soil- surface evaporation Soil, canopy, and weather inputs forthe Cupid model were ... the one hand and model performance and verificability on the other Another issue in the application of satellite data for large area mapping of fluxes is the effect of heterogeneity ofsurface conditions ... exchanges between these roots andthesoil system The interface between the above- and below-ground regions, namely the soil- surface, represents one ofthe most difficult parts ofthe system to simulate...
... to the transfer ofthe material from worn part to the wearing surface Depending on the geometry ofthe counterface, the load andthesurfaceenergyofthe two mating surfaces, the amount of transfer ... mechanisms and types of wear of polymers 2.2.1.1 A brief summary ofthe friction mechanism of polymers The friction force (F) in polymers is the result of plowing ofthe asperities ofthe surfaces ... the wear property ofthe UHMWPE film is the adhesion strength ofthe UHMWPE film to the substrate The adhesion is controlled by thesurface wettability or thesurfaceenergy By changing the surface...
... control energy prices, government policies or the global economy, but they can improve the way they manage energy in the here and now Improved energy performance can provide rapid benefits for an ... achieve its policy commitments, take action as needed to improve itsenergy performance and demonstrate the conformity ofthe system to the requirements of this International Standard Application of ... that determine energy performance against theenergy policy and objectives and report the results ►►Act : take actions to continually improve energy performance andthe EnMS The basis of this approach...
... where L is the length ofthe central pore channel and r and l are the same as in Equation Therefore, the depth difference also depends on the length ofthe pore channels On the other hand, the electrical ... positive pulse, while the negative voltage of -2 V was adopted forthe negative pulse The period of a hybrid pulse was s (1 s:1 s) The formation of AAO was performed for h by means ofthe potentiostat ... so the heataffected zone would be in a shape of a hemisphere due to the lower thermal conductivity of alumina, as shown in Figure 4a The isothermal is along thesurfaceofthe hemisphere Therefore,...
... volatility is the simplest measure ofits risk less or uncertainty Formally, the volatility σR is the annualized standard deviation ofthe stock’s returns during the period of interest, where the subscript ... present the solutions of these equations in simple and compact forms Chapter 20 deals with the Markov-modulated volatility andits application to generalize Black-76 formula Black formulas for Markov-modulated ... Modeling and Pricing of Swaps ws-book975x65 Modeling and Pricing of Swaps for Financial andEnergy Markets assuming that the volatility ofthe underlying price is a stochastic process rather than...
... variance and so on For plotting purposes, the first or PCs are usually sufficient for visualizing the data that contributes to the majority ofthe variance and are plotted on the x and y- (and or ... Hasegawa, and Dr Bonnie Blazer-Yost for their time and valuable feedback during the investigation of this project Achieving the goals of this project was facilitated by the use of resources and equipment, ... half ofthe medulla and vascular tissue are brown - Entire medulla and vascular tissue are brown Browning Intensity A score of through was based on the condition ofthe plant at re-growth, and the...
... clip on the point of a pencil and placing the point ofthe pencil (with the paper clip) in the center ofthe small white circle in the middle ofthe spinner wheel This is the spinner for this ... Energy Ant is the host oftheEnergy Kids website http://www.eia.gov/kids TheEnergy Ant is a service mark ofthe U.S Department ofEnergyTheEnergy Activities with Energy Ant booklet ... on the point of a pencil and place the point ofthe pencil (with the paper clip) in the small white circle in the middle ofthe spinner Fling the paper clip around It spins really well When the...
... distribution ofthe original data series [17] The general GM model has the form of GM(d,v), where d is the rank of differential equation and v is the number of variables appeared in the equation The basic ... RESULTS The data ofenergy consumption from 1999 – 2011 in Taiwan are obtained from the Bureau ofEnergyof Ministry of Economic Affairs of Taiwan [26]; whereas the data ofthe Taiwan GDP from the ... GM(1,1) and FGM(1,1) models The data in 2011 is used to compare with the forecasted value from the selected model to further affirm its forecasting power 3.1 Forecasting model fortheenergy consumption...
... E R )] (17) The optimization ofthe profit rate also leads to the maximization ofthe cooling load ( R ) On the other hand, with the price of power input approaching the price ofthe exergy output ... support for propulsion plants He had been the Director ofthe Department of Nuclear Energy Science and Engineering, the Superintendent ofthe Postgraduate School, andthe President ofthe College of ... hot- and cold- side heat exchangers, the efficiencies ofthe compressor andthe expander and two temperature ratios, while decreases with the increasings ofthe effectiveness ofthe regenerator and...
... development, vision and other sensations The cerebral cortex, which makes up the superficial aspect ofthe cerebrum, is the most complex and important structure ofthe human brain Thesurfaceofthe human ... mapping The lateral and medial views ofthesurface are shown in the left and right columns 3.4 37 The top row shows the lateral or medial view ofthe template surface with a region of interest ... absorption of a photon Theenergyof this photon must exactly match theenergy difference between the two states While theenergyof an absorbed photon is E = hν0 , theenergy difference between the nuclear...
... overlap between the label ofthe deformed template D andthe one ofthe target T We computed the Dice overlap ratio as the intersection of label sets D and T divided by the mean of them: Dice = ... surfaces The outer surface is constructed by propagating the inner surface to the boundary of gray matter and CSF via a flow with the force based on the image labeling and gradient such that the topologies ... 29), and LDDMM landmark mapping (30) We first smoothed the middle surface in this coarse-to-fine approach Then, the smooth surface was registered with its sulcal and gyral curves to those of the...
... gray value on thermal bands in Landsat ETM+ image (band for 25 Landsat 5, Landsat images and band 10, 11 for Landsat images) .The implementation process began with the conversion ofthe Digital ... City from the satellite image of Lands at ETM+ This paper used the thermal band ofthe Landsat ETM+ image in the wavelength of Near Infrared in order to calculate thesurface temperature of Danang ... For example, energy exchanges at the land -surface boundary are largely controlled by the difference between the skin temperature andthesurface air temperature, the air andthesurface reacting...
... done for 22 randomly picked colonies to assess the size of cDNA insert For each colony picked, half was streaked on SD/-Trp plate andthe other half inoculated into a 20µl PCR mix Three ml ofthe ... selected forthe first round of screening Half ofthe colony was streaked on SD/-Trp agar plate andthe other half inoculated into 20µl of PCR mix PCR products were sequenced to determine the identity ... domain The fusion plasmids are then cloned into the yeast cell and expressed on the cell membrane If the prey protein interacts with the bait protein, this would bind the NubG and Cub domains together...
... Note: The first part ofthe screen shows the log ofthe SQL command generated by LINQ and sent to the database You can then see the results of our query Notice that that the rows retrieved from the ... irrelevant – as long as the row in the database is the same, andthe same DataContext is used, only one object will be created Change the code to remove the second DataContext and modify the queries as ... Click the Start | Programs | Microsoft Visual Studio | Microsoft Visual Codename Orcas menu command Project b In Microsoft Visual Studio, click the File | New | Project… menu command c In the New...
... oftheenergy filter via phonons, and to analyze the optimum performance ofthe model as well as the influence ofthe heat conduction ofthe filter The general formula for power output and efficiency ... engineering, and technology support for propulsion plants He has been the Director ofthe Department of Nuclear Energy Science and Engineering, the Director ofthe Department of Power Engineering andthe ... obtained Velasco et al [60] and Tu [65] studied the optimal performance ofthe Feynman engine using the method of finite time thermodynamics Andthe optimum performance of thermal Brownian motors...
... regulations [33, 34] Theenergy calculations were performed for all the winter and summer months forthe two cities, andtheenergy requirements ofthe building were calculated for heating and cooling ... contrary, forthe cooling period ofthe 1993-2002 decade, an increase oftheenergy demands ofthe building for both cities is observed compared to the 1983-1992 decade For Athens the increase ... reduction ofenergy consumption for heating andthe increase ofenergy consumption for cooling Analog results are observed forthe CO2 emissions by the use of diesel oil and electricity for heating and...
... operation principle ofthe MERS is based on controlling the path ofthe current through the device (Fig 2) By doing this can either the phase ofthe current or the size ofthe injected voltage ... will drop andthe power output is limited (Fig 10(b) On the other hand, the MERS can cancel the voltage drop across the synchronous reactance and control the phase ofthe current along the internal ... connection ofthe devices is demonstrated in the induction heating application Fig 18(a) shows time-trends forthe case of 1000 Hz and 100 A Waveforms of applied voltage and current ofthe coil...
... utilization ofthe switches and equal loss per switch, the rating ofthe active rectifier IGBTs will be 24 % higher than forthe MERS case The influence of actual switch characteristics and thermal ... By controlling the size ofthe MERS voltage, the output power can be adjusted for a given speed and dc-voltage Experiments In order to evaluate and confirm the performance ofthe MERS system, ... output is limited (Fig 4(b) On the other hand, the MERS can cancel the voltage drop across the synchronous reactance and control the phase ofthe current along the internal voltage such that...
... absorbing and recovering the magnetic energy resonance, the inductance ofthe load forthe load using is equivalently zero, andthe fast current pulse can be realized When S1 and S3 are turned off, the ... again, andthe current, which is determined by the resistance andthe voltage, is turned on and off faster than the time constant ofthe circuit inductance and resistance On the circuit of Fig ... equivalent to the current which was flowing just before turned off In steady state, the current is determined by the resistance andthe voltage ofthe circuit charged in the capacitor is given by The voltage...