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Data for: The Future of European Onshore Wind Energy Potential: Detailed Distribution and Simulation of Advanced Turbine Designs
No full textThis dataset contains the potential onshore wind turbine installation sites identified in "The Future of European Onshore Wind Energy Potential: Detailed Distribution and Simulation of Advanced Turbine Designs". These placements were found following a land eligibility analysis which ensures that the placed turbines avoid ineligible locations such as being too near to settlement areas or within protected conservation zones. Explicit locations of futuristic turbines designs are then identified within the eligible areas via an explicit placement algorithm, after which hourly electricity generation simulation is performed for all locations over a 37 year time frame. In the final stage, an economic evaluation is performed to estimate the levelized cost of electricity for each potential location. In total, 3.4 million locations are found amounting to a technical capacity potential of 13.4 TW with a total average annual generation potential of 34.3 PWh.
Files are provided at the national level and are given in shapefile (".shp") format. Furthermore, the file consists of the point geometries and the following fields:
"capacity" - Turbine capacity, given in kilowatts (kW)
"rotordiam" - Turbine rotor diameter, given in meters (m)
"hubHeight" - Turbine hub height, given in meters (m)
"spPower" - Turbine specific power, given in watts per square meter (W m-2)
"capex" - Estimate total turbine capital cost, given in Euros
"flh_min" - Minimum annual full load hour from all weather years, given in kilowatt-hours per kilowatt (kWh kW-1)
"flh_mean" - Average annual full load hour from all weather years, given in kilowatt-hours per kilowatt (kWh kW-1)
"flh_max" - Maximum annual full load hour from all weather years, given in kilowatt-hours per kilowatt (kWh kW-1)
"flh_std" - Standard deviation of annual full load hours from all weather years, given in kilowatt-hours per kilowatt (kWh kW-1)
"lcoe" - Estimated turbine levelized cost of electricity, given in Euro-cents per kWh (ct kWh-1
Hindering human capital accumulation: A hidden cost of the silent mafia?
No full textSince the 1970s, mafias have embedded outside South Italy though employing steadily less violence in establishing their illegal business. Could this rooting and social adaptation in the most productive areas of the country impair human capital accumulation? We provide evidence of a decline in human capital in those areas that were initially wealthy and innovative before mafias established their presence and influence. Our estimates suggest that, for the top 75% of mafia-infiltrated provinces, a reduction by 25 percentiles in their position within the mafia ranking could increase the number of university graduates per capita by 4–21%
A USEFUL MARKER IN ASSESSMENT OF REMISSION AND ACTIVATION OF DISEASE IN PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS: SERUM HUMAN NEUTROPHIL PEPTIDES 1-3
No full textAnnual European Congress of Rheumatology (EULAR) -- JUN 08-11, 2016 -- London, ENGLAND[Abstract Not Available
Dr. Duane M. Jackson, Morehouse College, July 2011
No full textThis video is a conversation with Dr. Duane M. Jackson. Dr. Jackson talks about his paper, "Recall and the Serial Position Effect: The Role of Primacy and Recency on Accounting Students' Performance." Jackie Daniel, AUC Woodruff Library, is the interviewer
"Reflections on the subject of Emigration from Europe with a view to Settlement in the United States" By M. Carey.
No full text"Reflections on the subject of Emigration from Europe with a view to Settlement in the United States: containing bried sketches of the moral and political character of those states.
By M. Carey, member of the American philosophical, and of the American Antiquarian Society, and author of The Olive Branch, Cindiciae Hibernicae, essays on banking, on political economy, and on internal improvement.
To which are now added the English editor's comments on the subject; together with Important Advice to Emigrants, and Cautions Against Impositions Practiced in the Outports
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
No full textWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
Dr. Glendon Swarthout
No full textHosted by Roger M. Busfield, MSU Assistant Professor of Speech and Theater, Meet the Author is designed to introduce a general audience to a contemporary author and their work through in-depth interviews. This episode features a conversation between Dr. Glendon Swarthout, prolific author and English professor at MSU, and assistant professors Sam S. Baskett and Theodore B. Strandness
Experimental transmission efficiency of Plum pox virus T by Myzus persicae Sulzer (Homoptera: Aphididae)
No full text3rd International Symposium on Plum Pox Virus -- MAY 09-13, 2016 -- Antalya, TURKEY[Abstract Not Available]Int Soc Horticultural SciResearch Fund of Mustafa Kemal University [BAP-348]This research was supported by the Research Fund of Mustafa Kemal University (project number BAP-348). We are really thankful to the Quarantine Directorate of Izmir for technical support and Mr. Mahmood Ayyaz from Nigde University for helping with technical writing and improving the English of the manuscript
Simulation of thermal plant optimization and hydraulic aspects of thermal distribution loops for large campuses
No full textFollowing an introduction, the author describes Texas A&M University and its utilities system. After that, the author presents how to construct simulation models for chilled water and heating hot water distribution systems. The simulation model was used in a $2.3 million Ross Street chilled water pipe replacement project at Texas A&M University. A second project conducted at the University of Texas at San Antonio was used as an example to demonstrate how to identify and design an optimal distribution system by using a simulation model. The author found that the minor losses of these closed loop thermal distribution systems are significantly higher than potable water distribution systems. In the second part of the report, the author presents the latest development of software called the Plant Optimization Program, which can simulate cogeneration plant operation, estimate its operation cost and provide optimized operation suggestions. The author also developed detailed simulation models for a gas turbine and heat recovery steam generator and identified significant potential savings. Finally, the author also used a steam turbine as an example to present a multi-regression method on constructing simulation models by using basic statistics and optimization algorithms. This report presents a survey of the author??s working experience at the Energy Systems Laboratory (ESL) at Texas A&M University during the period of January 2002 through March 2004. The purpose of the above work was to allow the author to become familiar with the practice of engineering. The result is that the author knows how to complete a project from start to finish and understands how both technical and nontechnical aspects of a project need to be considered in order to ensure a quality deliverable and bring a project to successful completion. This report concludes that the objectives of the internship were successfully accomplished and that the requirements for the degree of Degree of Engineering have been satisfied
Table_1_Acute and Post-acute Neuromodulation Induces Stroke Recovery by Promoting Survival Signaling, Neurogenesis, and Pyramidal Tract Plasticity.TIF
No full textRepetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) has gained interest as a non-invasive treatment for stroke based on the data promoting its effects on functional recovery. However, the exact action mechanisms by which the rTMS exert beneficial effects in cellular and molecular aspect are largely unknown. To elucidate the effects of high- and low-frequency rTMS in the acute-ischemic brain, we examined how rTMS influences injury development, cerebral blood flow (CBF), DNA fragmentation, neuronal survival, pro- and anti-apoptotic protein activations after 30 and 90 min of focal cerebral ischemia. In addition, inflammation, angiogenesis, growth factors and axonal outgrowth related gene expressions, were analyzed. Furthermore, we have investigated the effects of rTMS on post-acute ischemic brain, particularly on spontaneous locomotor activity, perilesional tissue remodeling, axonal sprouting of corticobulbar tracts, glial scar formation and cell proliferation, in which rTMS was applied starting 3 days after the stroke onset for 28 days. In the high-frequency rTMS received animals reduced DNA fragmentation, infarct volume and improved CBF were observed, which were associated with increased Bcl-xL activity and reduced Bax, caspase-1, and caspase-3 activations. Moreover, increased angiogenesis, growth factors; and reduced inflammation and axonal sprouting related gene expressions were observed. These results correlated with reduced microglial activation, neuronal degeneration, glial scar formation and improved functional recovery, tissue remodeling, contralesional pyramidal tract plasticity and neurogenesis in the subacute rTMS treated animals. Overall, we propose that high-frequency rTMS in stroke patients can be used to promote functional recovery by inducing the endogenous repair and recovery mechanisms of the brain.</p
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