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A Predictive Tool for Techno-Economical Analyses of Renewable Energy Communities

This paper presents a novel tool for the operational analysis of Renewable Energy Communities (RECs). With the application of random sampling methods and the utilization of historical energy metering databases, the tool is capable of predicting the energy behaviour of RECs of different size and composition, allowing to compute relevant technical and economic metrics while accounting for impactful correlation phenomena in the energy profiles of the REC members. The tool has been tested on a representative case study, performing energy profile estimation, sensitivity analyses and financial incentive assessment of a large-scale energy community.
Authors' Response to Referees’ Comments

The accurate estimation of planetary boundary layer height (PBLH)boundary layer height is key to air quality prediction, weather forecast and so on. The planetary boundary layer height PBLH(PBLH) retrieval from CALIOP is expected to complement the ground-based site measurement due to its large spatial coverage. To such end, we estimated PBLHs are estimated from CALIOP, using 20 the combination of Haar wavelet and maximum variance techniques, which was are then validated against PBLHs from ground-based lidar at Beijing and Jinhua. Comparison between PBLHs from ground-based and satellite-based lidars shows good agreement with leads to a correlation coefficient of 带格式的: 英语(英国)
Distribution spatio-temporelle des peuplements macrobenthiques prélevés par dragage dans une station du haut-Rhône

Cette these porte sur l'etude des peuplements macrobenthiques d'un secteur du haut-rhone jons, a 20 kilometres a l'amont de lyon. Les caracteristiques morphodynamiques de ce secteur montrent une grande stabilite structurale: vitesse du courant au milieu du chenal de 0,7 a 3,5 m s##1, profondeur de 3 a 6 m, fonds recouverts de galets. Les caracteristiques physico-chimiques indiquent des eaux de qualite normale pour un grand cours d'eau. Deux types de drague (une drague triangulaire et une drague cylindro-conique) ont ete utilises pour les prelevements. Les performances des deux dragues sont similaires pour des fonds a sediments fins (sables et graviers), par contre sur des fonds recouverts de galets, la drague triangulaire ne preleve que les sediments superficiels biaisant ainsi les resultats; la drague cylindro-conique parait donc moins selective. L'etude a ete realisee entre 1980 et 1982. Oligochetes, gammares et chironomides constituent plus de 80% des effectifs. Une analyse factorielle des correspondances appliquee au tableau de donnees montre une forte part d'explication apportee par la composante temporelle (variations inter et intra-annuelles) et une relativement faible part d'explication par la composante spatiale. Trois periodes peuvent etre distinguees dans l'evolution temporelle des peuplements: une periode printaniere, une periode estivale ou la densite et la richesse des peuplements sont maximales et une periode hivernale avec des peuplements plus pauvres et des densites plus faibles. Le passage d'une periode a l'autre depend essentiellement de la temperature et de la photoperiode, l'hydrologie n'intervient que pour accelerer ou ralentir le passage d'une periode a l'autre. Spatialement, ce secteur peut etre divise en deux parties: une partie gauche ou les fonds sont gravelo-caillouteux et les peuplements peu diversifies et une partie droite ou les fonds sont caillouteux et les peuplements
Program NetMoment; Simultaneous Calculation of Moment, Source Corner Frequency, and Site Specific t* from Network Recordings

The purpose of computer program NetMoment (Appendix I) is to utilize fundamental knowledge of earthquake sources, propagation attenuation, and site response in a simultaneous inversion of network data to determine the moment and source corner frequency of earthquakes, and site specific t*. The source parameters are especially difficult to determine for small earthquakes. A fundamental problem in determining the source corner frequencies of small earthquakes is that site response can result in spectral corner frequencies in the range that may be expected from the earthquakes themselves. Several authors have identified this as fmax (Hanks, 1982), a constant corner frequency for small events so that below threshold moment (about 1.0 x 10{sup 21} dyne-cm) the corner frequency remains constant the size of events diminishes. Hutchings and Wu (1990) found that for the southern California region, events with moment less than about 1.5 x 10{sup 21} dyne-cm (about magnitude 3.4) show no source effect in their spectra. Hanks (1982) found the threshold to be about 1.0 x l0{sup 21} dyne-cm for other southern California sites. Baise et al. (2002) found borehole recordings on Yerba Buena Island, in San Francisco Bay, to have corner frequencies limited to about 3-5 Hz for M <more » 4.0 earthquakes in the region. Some authors have attributed this to a minimum source dimension for earthquakes, which results in a decrease in stress drop for smaller events (Archuleta et al., 1982; Papageorgiou and Aki, 1983). alternative explanation is that the constant corner frequencies result from whole path or near site attenuation and/or amplifications due to soil response. This is supported by a wide body of literature (Anderson and Hough, 1984, Hutchings and Wu, 1990, Blakeslee and Malin, 1991; Aster and Shearer, 1991; Abercrombie, 1995). Abercrombie, for example, estimated source corner frequencies from events recorded in granite at a depth of 2.5 Km in the Cajon Pass scientific drill hole and observed corner frequencies about a factor of 10 higher than observed at the surface. « less
Foraging of white-bellied sea-eagles Haliaeetus leucogaster in relation to marine fish farms in Tasmania

The ranging and foraging behaviour of adult male White-bellied Sea-Eagles Haliaeetus leucogaster , at three marine fish farms and three non-aquaculture sites, were studied in the breeding season (August–December 2000) by radio- telemetry. At non-aquaculture sites (Sea-Eagle nests >8km from fish farms), areas of Sea-Eagle home ranges averaged 77.2 square kilometres (minimum convex polygon) and 92.2 square kilometres (95% kernel), with a primary hunting area within four kilometres of the nest; soaring hunting flights averaged 16 kilometres, and short-stay perch-hunting sequences averaged 1.2 kilometres. At aquaculture sites (Sea-Eagle nests <3km from fish farms), elongated home ranges averaged 56.7 square kilometres (MCP) and 219.6 square kilometres (95% kernel); soaring hunting flights averaged 24 kilometres, and short-stay perch-hunting forays averaged 3.6 kilometres. Foraging efficiency may be lower at aquaculture sites, with possible consequences for energetics and therefore breeding success.
Diabetes Type 2 in the Berlin Aging Study II: Prevalence, Incidence and Severity Over up to Ten Years of Follow-up

Aim: To describe the prevalence, incidence, and severity of diabetes mellitus type 2 (T2D) and antidiabetic medication in older people and to assess the prognostic value of diagnostic laboratory parameters.Methods: Baseline data of 1,671 participants of the Berlin Aging Study II (68.8 ±3.7 years) and follow-up data assessed 7.4 ±1.5 years later were analysed. T2D was diagnosed based on self-report, antidiabetic medication use, laboratory parameters. T2D severity was determined by the diabetes complications severity index (DCSI). Prognostic capacity of laboratory parameters was evaluated by Receiver Operating Characteristics (ROC) and Areas Under the Curve (AUCs). Results: The proportion of participants with T2D increased from 12.9% (37.3% women) at baseline to 17.1% (41.1% women) with 74 incident cases and 22.2% not being aware of the disease at follow-up. More than half of the 41 newly identified incident T2D cases were diagnosed solely by the 2h-plasma glucose test (OGTT) and diagnosis based on OGTT as the only criterion among incident cases was found more frequently in women (p=0.028). The OGTT assessed at baseline predicted incident T2D less accurate in men (AUC: 0.671, 95% CI 0.570-0.771) when compared to women (AUC: 0.7893, 95% CI 0.7036-0.8751). No sex differences were detected with respect to antidiabetic medication used and T2D severity. Conclusions: A comprehensive picture of T2D with respect to prevalence, incidence, and severity in older people is provided. Clinically relevant sex differences in the capacity of the commonly used T2D diagnostic laboratory parameters to predict incident T2D on average 7.4 years later were detected.
International Journal of Research Publication and Reviews

The library is an organism that is constantly changing for the better in order to meet the issue of its patrons. A significant change in the public was brought about by the invention and development of computers.Along these lines, mechanization has emerged as a crucial demand. The computerization of libraries not only improves the image of the institution and its employees, but also offers additional services to users while utilizing the existing workforce. In simple words, library automation is the use of PCs and other PC-based devices and organizations to carry out various library tasks and restrictions. This study serves as an example of a survey of the literature on university libraries and associated themes. The study's components include a library orientation program, a comparative study of library software, integrated library systems, libraries, image analysis, imaging systems, universities libraries, information storage & retrieval systems, information science, open source software, information resources management, a digital library system, library and internet users, and library administrators. Finally, it discusses the orientation program requirements in the university libraries, staff attitudes toward library automation, staff opinions on library automation, and users' opinions on library automation. It also discusses the literature produced on library automation in the university libraries. The work also discusses the creation of electronic resources and their use, as well as the effects of automation on users, employees, and library services.
Map showing alpine debris flows triggered by a July 28, 1999 thunderstorm in the central Front Range of Colorado: Debris-flow initiation points

On July 28, 1999, about 480 debris flows were triggered by an afternoon thunderstorm along the Continental Divide in Clear Creek and Summit counties in the central Front Range of Colorado. This cover shows the initiation locations of the debris flows. Jonathan Godt and Jeffrey Coe mapped the debris flows from 1:12,000 scale color aerial photography using a Kern PG-2 photogrammetric plotter. The photographs were scaled and oriented to the topographic base map using prominent topographic landmarks and plotted on a transparent polyester overlay registered to the topographic base maps at 1:12,000 scale. The mapped landslides were digitized manually in ArcInfo. The final scale of the data are 1:24,000. For soil slips, the initiation point was easily identified as the center of the headscarp of the landslide failure. However, for the non-soil slip category, the initiation locations in the database may represent multiple small rills. The initiation locations of the fire-hose flows are the highest point in the bedrock channel that appeared freshly scoured in the aerial photographs.
CEACAM1: A Link Between Insulin and Lipid Metabolism

Objective: Liver-specific inactivation of CEACAM1 by a dominant-negative transgene (L-SACC1 mice) impaired insulin clearance and caused insulin resistance and increased hepatic lipogenesis. To discern whether this phenotype reflects a physiologic function of CEACAM1 rather than the effect of the dominant-negative transgene, we characterized the metabolic phenotype of mice with null mutation of Ceacam1 gene ( Cc1 –/– ). Research Design and Methods: Mice were originally generated on a mixed C57BL/6x129sv genetic background and then backcrossed twelve times onto the C57BL/6 background. More than 70 male mice of each of Cc1 –/– and wild-type Cc1 +/+ groups were subjected to metabolic analyses, including insulin tolerance, hyperinsulinemic-euglycemic clamp studies, insulin secretion in response to glucose, and determination of fasting serum insulin, C-peptide, triglyceride and free fatty acid levels. Results: Like L-SACC1, Cc1 –/– mice exhibited impairment of insulin clearance and hyperinsulinemia, which caused insulin resistance beginning at 2 months of age when the mutation was maintained on a mixed C57BL/6x129sv background, but not until 5-6 months of age on a homogeneous inbred C57BL/6 genetic background. Hyperinsulinemic-euglycemic clamp studies revealed that the inbred Cc1 –/– mice developed insulin resistance primarily in liver. Despite substantial expression of CEACAM1 in pancreatic β -cells, insulin secretion in response to glucose in vivo and isolated islets was normal in Cc1 –/– mice (inbred and outbred strains). Conclusions: Intact insulin secretion in response to glucose and impairment of insulin clearance in L-SACC1 and Cc1 –/– mice suggest that the principal role of CEACAM1 in insulin action is to mediate insulin clearance in liver.
Increasing the Bearing Capacity of Shallow Foundations on Soft Soil After the Installation of Micro-Piles

The bearing capacity of shallow foundations on soft soils can generally be estimated based on Local Shear Failure (Terzaghi theory). Several researchers previously stated that the installation of micro-piles on the failure area (slide) can increase the shear strength of the soil. This can be followed up by providing micro-pile reinforcement to prevent lateral soil movement. Therefore, this research was conducted to increase the bearing capacity of shallow foundations on medium-consistency soft clay soils that have been reinforced with micro piles. The research was conducted using modeling in the laboratory with a scale of 1:30. The soil sample used was kaolin clay made from slurry made from kaolin powder with a water content (wc = 1.77 LL), liquid limit (LL = 62.35%) and sample diameter (d = 33 cm). The slurry was formed by compacting at a medium consistency level with an undrained cohesion value (cu = 0.397 kg cm-2). The micro-pile material in the form of apus bamboo was installed, varying in diameter (d) 0.2 cm (0.027 B), 0.3 cm (0.04 B), and 0.5 cm (0.07 B); sum (n) 4, 9, 16, and 25; and length (L) 10 cm (1.33B), 13 cm (1.73B), and 16 cm (2.13B) micro-piles. While the foundation model uses a squarefoundation B x B with B = 7.5 cm. The tests were carried out before and after the micro-piles were reinforced with a soil shear failure test. The results showed that a decrease of 0.1B caused an increase in the ultimate bearing capacity of the micro-pile (qult-empirical, 0.1B) from the ultimate bearing capacity before installing the micro-pile. This value is then used to determine the ultimate bearing capacity ratio so that Rq,0.1B = qult-empirical,0.1B/qult-Terzaghi with the optimum bearing capacity ratio occurring at Rq,0.1B with n3 = 16, d2 = 0.04B, L2 = 1.73B.
Statistical physics of earthquakes: Comparison of distribution exponents for source area and potential energy and the dynamic emergence of log‐periodic energy quanta

We investigate the relationship between the size distribution of earthquake rupture area and the underlying elastic potential energy distribution in a cellular automaton model for earthquake dynamics. The frequency-rupture area distribution has the form n(S) ∼Sτ exp (−S/So) and the system potential energy distribution from the elastic Hamiltonian has the form n(E) ∼Ev exp (−E/θ), both gamma distributions. Here n(S) reduces to the Gutenberg-Richter frequency-magnitude law, with slope b ∼τ, in the limit that the correlation length ξ, related to the characteristic source size So, tends to infinity. The form of the energy distribution is consistent with a statistical mechanical model with l degrees of freedom, where v = (l–2)/2 and θ is proportional to the mean energy per site . We examine the effect of the local energy conservation factor β and the degree of material heterogeneity (quenched disorder) on the distribution parameters, which vary systematically with the controlling variables. The inferred correlation length increases systematically with increasing material homogeneity and with increasing β. The thermal parameter θ varies systematically between the leaf springs and the connecting springs, and is proportional to as predicted. For heterogeneous faults, τ ∼1 stays relatively constant, consistent with field observation, and S0 increases with increasing β or decreasing heterogeneity. In contrast, smooth faults produce a systematic decrease in τ with respect to β and So remains relatively constant. For high β approximately log-periodic quanta emerge spontaneously from the dynamics in the form of modulations on the energy distribution. The output energy for both types of fault shows a transition from strongly quasi-periodic temporal fluctuations for strong dissipation, to more chaotic fluctuations for more conservative models. Only strongly heterogeneous faults show the small fluctuations in energy strictly required by models of self-organized criticality.
Levels of cerebrospinal fluid-synuclein oligomers are increased in Parkinson ' s disease with dementia and dementia with Lewy bodies compared to Alzheimer ' s disease

Introduction: The objective was to study whether α-synuclein oligomers are altered in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of patients with dementia, including Parkinson disease with dementia (PDD), dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB), and Alzheimer disease (AD), compared with age-matched controls. Methods: In total, 247 CSF samples were assessed in this study, including 71 patients with DLB, 30 patients with PDD, 48 patients with AD, and 98 healthy age-matched controls. Both total and oligomeric α-synuclein levels were evaluated by using well-established immunoassays. Results: The levels of α-synuclein oligomers in the CSF were increased in patients with PDD compared with the controls (P < 0.05), but not in patients with DLB compared with controls. Interestingly, the levels of α-synuclein oligomers in the CSF were also significantly higher in patients with PDD (P < 0.01) and DLB (P < 0.05) compared with patients with AD. The levels of CSF α-synuclein oligomers and the ratio of oligomeric/total-α-synuclein could distinguish DLB or PDD patients from AD patients, with areas under the curves (AUCs) of 0.64 and 0.75, respectively. In addition, total-α-synuclein alone could distinguish DLB or PDD patients from AD patients, with an AUC of 0.80. Conclusions: The levels of α-synuclein oligomers were increased in the CSF from α-synucleinopathy patients with dementia compared with AD cases.
Regional crustal thickness variations of the Peninsular Ranges

We used the teleseismic receiver function technique to obtain a profile of the crustal thickness of the northern Peninsular Ranges, California. Depth to the Moho varies from ∼37 km beneath the western Peninsular Ranges batholith to ∼27 km at the western edge of the Salton trough, an average apparent dip of ∼10° to the west over a lateral distance of 60 km. We previously obtained a similar result for a profile ∼100 km to the south (a Moho dip of ∼20° over 30 km lateral distance). In both cases, the Moho depth variations do not correlate with topography of the eastern batholith, but rather appear to parallel the trend of a boundary that separates compositionally distinct eastern and western terranes. These observations suggest that a steeply dipping Moho is a regional feature beneath the eastern Peninsular Ranges, and that compensation is through lateral variations in crustal or upper mantle density rather than through an Airy root.
Optimizing of functional design parameters of kaleidoscopes

Imaging of surface textures requires many combinations of incident illumination angles and detector angles of view. Kaleidoscope is one of the means for measurement of bidirectional texture function of various sample surfaces. An optical system featuring the kaleidoscope is proposed in the paper. Optical parameters of such an imaging system are described and evaluated. We also discuss the optimization process of these parameters which influences the overall imaging performance of a kaleidoscope device. We provide the visualization of various kaleidoscope designs.
Elasticity of phase D and implication for the degree of hydration of deep subducted slabs

Seismic anomalies in subducted slabs, including low velocity zones and shear wave splitting, have often been related to hydrous regions. Phase D (MgSi2H2O6, 10–18 wt.% H2O) may be the ultimate water carrier in hydrous subducted peridotite and its seismic properties are thus essential for interpreting observed anomalies in terms of hydration. Here, we report the sound velocities and elasticity of Mg‐ and Al‐Fe‐bearing phase D single‐crystals measured by Brillouin spectroscopy. The room conditions adiabatic bulk and shear modulus are: KS0 = 154.8(3.2) GPa and μ = 104.3(2.1) GPa for Mg‐phase D and KS0 = 158.4(3.9) GPa and μ = 104.7(2.7) GPa for AlFe‐phase D, suggesting minor effect of cation substitution on the elasticity of phase D. Based on the seismic velocity data, we found that 16 vol.% of AlFe‐phase D in hydrous subducted peridotite with 1.2 wt. % H2O could provide a plausible explanation for the negative velocity anomalies of 3% observed in fragments of the Tonga slab below the transition zone.
Mass-transport deposits in deepwater settings

Historically, submarine-mass failures or mass-transport deposits have been a focus of increasingly intense investigation by academic institutions particularly during the last decade, though they received much less attention by geoscientists in the energy industry. With recent interest in expanding petroleum exploration and production into deeper water depths globally and more widespread availability of high-quality data sets, mass-transport deposits are now recognized as a major component of most deep-water settings. This recognition has lead to the realization that many aspects of these deposits are still unknown or poorly understood. This volume contains twenty-three papers that address a number of topics critical to further understanding mass-transport deposits. These topics include general overviews of these deposits, depositional settings on the seafloor and in the near-subsurface interval, geohazard concerns, descriptive outcrops, integrated outcrop and seismic data/seismic forward modeling, petroleum reservoirs, and case studies on several associated topics. This volume will appeal to a broad cross section of geoscientists and geotechnical engineers, who are interested in this rapidly expanding field. The selection of papers in this volume reflects a growing trend towards a more diverse blend of disciplines and topics, covered in the study of mass-transport deposits.
Long-Term Prediction of Multistress Accelerated Aging of Capacitors by Long Short-Term Memory Network

To forecast the long-term aging deviations of capacitors, a new highly performing deep neural network (DNN) architecture is proposed based upon the long short-term memory (LSTM) algorithm. By importing the early aging data with respect to the applied thermal and electrical stresses into the proposed LSTM-based DNN architecture, the future accelerated aging-induced deviations in capacitance and equivalent series resistance (ESR) are predicted accordingly. The dropout and the prediction interval (PI) technique are applied to overcome overfitting issues and obtain an uncertainty estimation. The results indicate that the proposed LSTM-based DNN algorithm has a higher prediction accuracy and narrower PIs compared with other deep learning methods.