omniomni/omni-engineering huggingface dataset:
Solar power in Cyprus. Solar power in Cyprus benefits from over 3,300 hours of sunlight annually, giving it the highest potential in the European Union (EU).

The 2023 IRENA Energy Profile for Cyprus highlights the increasing significance of solar energy in the country's renewable energy mix. In 2021, solar power generation amounted to 468 GWh, representing 9% of the total energy generated that year. Given that renewables constituted 15% of the total energy generated in 2021, equivalent to 775 GWh, solar energy's contribution is noteworthy within the renewable energy sector.

In Cyprus, photovoltaic (PV) technology plays a significant role in the country's renewable energy initiatives. Through programs like net metering, self-consumption schemes, and net billing for industry, the country has facilitated the installation of over 17,000 PV systems, contributing to a total production exceeding 65 MW, as reported by the International Trade Administration of the U.S. Department of Commerce.

Solar targets
In 2011, the Cypriot target of solar power, including both photovoltaics and concentrated solar power, was a combined 7% of electricity by 2020.

While Cyprus saw a 16% increase in solar panel installations in a 2021 report, the country still grapples with low renewable energy usage, standing at 13.8%, compared to the EU average of 19.7% in 2019.

The 2021 Energy Resource Guide from the International Trade Administration of the U.S. Department of Commerce outlines Cyprus's active expansion of solar energy to mitigate carbon emissions and meet EU targets. Currently, Cyprus has 125 MW of solar power capacity. The country aims to increase total renewable energy penetration in the electricity sector to 700-750 MW by 2023, primarily through solar power initiatives. Efforts include promoting electric vehicles (EVs) via charging infrastructure and encouraging solar adoption through programs like net metering and self-consumption.

Solar projects 
In July 2023, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Cyprus announced a study for a bicommunal solar power plant in Cyprus, with funding from the EU. Managed by the UNDP and supported by the EU, the study aims to enhance cooperation between the island's communities and align with the European Green Deal. It will assess technical, regulatory, environmental, economic, and financial aspects to identify suitable locations for a 30-50 MW solar plant.

PV statistics

Largest PV power plants

See also

Energy in Cyprus
List of renewable energy topics by country
Renewable energy in Cyprus
Solar power in the European Union
Renewable energy by country

References

External links
Gravity-assisted microdissection. Gravity-assisted microdissection (GAM) is one of the laser microdissection methods. The dissected material is allowed to fall by gravity into a cap and may thereafter be used for isolating proteins or genetic material. Two manufacturers in the world have developed their own device based on GAM method.

Microdissection procedure

In the case of ION LMD system, after preparing sample and staining, transfer tissue on window slide. The slide is mounted inversely. Motorized stage moves to pre-selected drawing line and laser beam cuts the cells of interests by laser ablation. Selected cells are collected in the tube cap which is under the slide via gravity.

Application

Dissected materials such as single cells or cell populations of interests are used for these further researches.

Molecular pathology
Cell biology
Genomics
Cancer research
Pharmaceutical research
Veterinary medicine
Forensic analysis
Reproductive medicine

References

Biological techniques and tools
Community Cooker. The Community Cooker (Kiswahili translation on "Jiko ya Jamii") is a stove designed to produce safe, clean, and cheap energy for cooking from rubbish. Jim Archer invented the Community Cooker, the Chairman of Planning Systems Services Ltd. , to address the accumulation of rubbish throughout Kibera while providing relief to the deforestation and groundwater pollution.

History and development 

 1990: Jim Archer recognized the increasing environmental problem around Kenya
 2008: First Community Cooker prototype completed
 2010: Community Cooker passed emission test and reached EPA standard
 November 2010: Community Cooker Foundation established

News and recognition 

 Winner of the British Expertise International Awards 2011-12 Environmental Impact Award
 CNN covered Community Cooker turning rubbish into fuel in 2011
 Community Cooker was exhibited at the Smithsonian Cooper‐Hewitt National Design Museum "Design with the Other 90%: Cities" exhibition
 Gemini News Service conducted an in-depth report on Community Cooker in 2011

The Community Cooker in 2012-2014

February 2012 
The Community Cooker wins the WORLD DESIGN IMPACT PRIZE,
sponsored by the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design (ICSID)

July 26, 2012 
The Community Cooker is short-listed for the FT/CITI Urban Ingenuity award.

July 27, 2012 
Together with the University of Nairobi's Architecture Department, PLANNING represented Kenya in "Running Ahead: Vitalizing Urban Areas and Communities" during the London 2012 Olympics in East Thames, 29-35 West Ham Lane, Stratford.

September 2012 
Orders for two community cookers for Dadaab Refugee Camp from the United Nations

November 2012 
Shortlist for the ICON "Most Socially Responsible Design" award.

December 2012 
On December 5, in New York, the Community Cooker is adjudicated as the winner of the FT/Citi Urban Ingenuity: Ideas in Action Energy Award (with the Metropolitan Government of Tokyo in second place) and also, by a unanimous vote of the jury, the Community Cooker is given the Overall Global INGENUITY LEADER Award. On December 19, the Community Cooker is short-listed for the 2013 FT ArcelorMittal "Boldness in Business" Award in their Corporate Responsibility/Environment category. To be adjudicated in March 2013.

See also
 List of stoves

References

External links
 

Stoves
Nürtingen-Geislingen University of Applied Science. The Nürtingen-Geislingen University (German: Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Umwelt Nürtingen-Geislingen) is a public university of applied sciences based in Nürtingen and Geislingen an der Steige, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany.

History 
The „Höhere Landbauschule“ (Higher Agricultural College) was founded in 1949, but the name was later changed to School of Agricultural Engineering. A statute of the 6th of February 1972 integrated it into the University of Applied Science of Nuertingen.
Nuertingen University originally offered courses in Agriculture, Business Economics and Landscape Maintenance and in 1988 built a second facility in Geislingen an der Steige with courses in Automotive Industry, Economic Law, Health and Tourist Management and 
Energy and Recycling Management.

In the frame of the Bologna Process for Internationalisation of Professional Qualifications all Diploma courses were transformed into Bachelor courses.

In 2009, all activities in the area of "International Finance“ were consolidated into the European School of Finance (ESF). This embraced the Bachelor course “International Finance Management” and the Masters course “International Finance” together with all 
teaching and research activities.

On 24 April 2012, the College and the affiliated “European Institute for Financial Engineering and Related Research” (EIFD) received the Educational Award of the Education Foundation.

Faculties 
Faculty of Business of Economics and International Finance:
Faculty of Agribusiness, National Economics and Management:
Faculty of Landscape Architecture, Environment- and Town Planning:
Faculty of Economics and Law:

Notable professors and alumni 
Andreas Frey (born 1967), German economic scientist und Rector (2013- )
Johannes Knecht (1904–1990), German agricultural economist und Director (1949–1968)
Rolf Kosiek (born 1934), German publicist
Konstanze Krüger (born 1968), German zoologist and behavioral scientist 
Eduard Mändle (1936–2013), German economist und Rector (1977–2001)
Markus Mändle (born 1967), German economist
Hosam el Miniawy (born 1976), German politician (FDP)
Eduard Nohe (1911–1984), German agricultural scientist and Rector (1968–1973)
Manfred G. Raupp (born 1941), German agricultural scientist and economist
Dieter Rebitzer (born 1965), German financial expert in the property business
Judit Varga (born 1980), Hungarian politician and Minister of Justice (2019– )
Werner Ziegler (born 1950), German economist and Rector (2007–2013)

References

 Eduard Mändle: Fachhochschule Nürtingen: 50 Jahre. Sonderband der Nürtinger Hochschulschriften Nr. 2-1999, herausgegeben von Karl-Heinz Kappelmann, Nürtingen 1999.

External links
 Official website
 Official English website

Universities and colleges in Baden-Württemberg
Universities and colleges established in 1949
Universities of Applied Sciences in Germany
Agricultural universities and colleges in Germany
1949 establishments in Germany
Ageing suit. An ageing suit (also spelt as aging suit) is a suit pioneered by the automotive industry in simulating the constraints of older aged drivers. Ageing suits were first used by Japanese carmaker Nissan in the early 21st Century, since Japan has a large aged population. MIT's ageing suit, nicknamed "AGNES", has been used in research by companies such as Siemens, Daimler, and General Mills.  The suits target and enable the study and solving of senior citizenry infirmities such as bad balance, stiff joints, weaker eyesight, and extra weight. According to Nissan's associate chief designer Etsuhiro Watanabe; "Difficulty in walking, back pains, trouble in lifting arms -- we wanted to consider assorted infirmities. It's easy to do this for the young, but we wanted to design for adverse conditions and see what modifications are needed."

Ageing suits are made of materials that restrict movement of the knees, elbows, back, and neck, and use gloves to reduce the sense of touch and goggles to simulate blurry vision. Such suits are also widely used by Ford, and played a major role in the development of their Ford Focus.

In Mexico, the ageing suit was reoriented as a method of gerontological training, by the designer Annika Maya Rivero (Mayores de Hoy) she thinks that more than an aging suit, the suit should be called "Emphatic generator suit"

See also
Old age

References

External links
What a drag it is getting old: 'Aging suit' helps the young understand challenges of age
Age Suit to train doctors in care of the elderly, AP Archive, 30. July 2015, Duration 5:38

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International Committee of the Decorative Laminates Industry. The International Committee of the Decorative Laminates Industry aisbl (ICDLI) is an association with its head office in Brussels.The ICDLI is the international representation of the European HPL manufacturers and their suppliers.

The ICDLI aims at creating a strong and successful European community of the manufacturers as well as at the continuation of the success story of high-pressure laminates.

The ICDLI is an associate member of the Council of European Producers of Materials for Construction (CEPMC).

History 
The International Committee of the Decorative Laminates Industry (ICDLI) was founded in 1961 by laminates associations from Belgium, France and Germany. Over the course of the following years associations from Austria, Finland, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and Spain also joined.

Since 1999 the ICDLI has been an association established under Belgian law and has had its official Head Office in Brussels.

In 2000 the status of the ICDLI was changed from that of an umbrella association to an association with individual member companies.

Tasks 
The ICDLI with its Technical, Public Relations and Economic Commissions performs the following tasks:
continuation of the European laminates standard EN 438
initialisation of data concerning the European HPL industry
preparing of information concerning the product and environmental features of HPL
dissolving of technical problems
creating a communication platform for the manufacturers and their suppliers

Members 
  Asd Laminat
 Abet Laminati
 Argolite AG
 Arpa Industriale S.p.A.
  Formica Group
Gentas Genel Metal Sanayi Ticaret S.A.
Lemark 
Ludwig Leitermann GmbH & Co. KG
Modecor Europe GmbH
Pfleiderer Deutschland 
Polyrey SA
Resopal GmbH
JSC Slotex
Sonae Industria de Revestimentos
Sprela GmbH

Associate members 
Cartiera Giacosa
Hans Schmid GmbH & Co. KG
Hexion
KapStone Europe sprl.
Kotkamills Oy
Munksjö Paper GmbH
Papierfabrik Julius Schulte Söhne GmbH & Co. KG
Sappi Europe
Schattdecor AG
Surteco Decor

References

External links 
 www.icdli.com
 Information about European Standards

International trade associations
HB-Flugtechnik Dandy. The HB-Flugtechnik Dandy is an Austrian ultralight aircraft that was designed by Heino Brditschka and produced by HB-Flugtechnik. The aircraft is supplied as a kit for amateur construction or as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft.

Design and development
The Dandy was designed to comply with the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight rules. It features a strut-braced high-wing, a two-seats-in-side-by-side configuration enclosed cockpit, fixed conventional landing gear and a single engine in tractor configuration.

The aircraft fuselage is made from welded steel tubing, with the wings constructed from aluminum tubing and all surfaces covered in doped aircraft fabric. Its  span wing has an area of . The standard engine available is the  Rotax 912UL four-stroke powerplant.

Variants
Dandy
Model with side-by-side seating. In production, 2015.
Cubby
Model with tandem seating, resembling a Piper J-3 Cub. In production, 2015.

Specifications (Dandy)

References

External links

2000s Austrian ultralight aircraft
Homebuilt aircraft
Single-engined tractor aircraft
Dandy
High-wing aircraft
Ground radar. Ground radar (cf. airborne radar system) is a radar positioned on the ground and used for air defense (e.g., ground-controlled interception), command guidance (e.g., ground-directed bombing), air traffic control (i.e., radar control), instrument landing systems, radar bomb scoring, etc..  Ground radar may refer to:
 Air Route Surveillance Radar
 Airport surveillance radar
 Counter-battery radar
 Fire-control radar for ground weapon systems (e.g., Nike missile command guidance)
 Ground-penetrating radar when used from a ground site
 Precision approach radar
 Secondary surveillance radar
 Target acquisition radar
 Weather radar for measurements from the ground (e.g., for local news reports)

Technology-related lists
Radar
Roberts-Gordon LLC. Roberts-Gordon LLC is an international manufacturer of HVAC equipment, controls and associated accessories. The company is known for inventing the first commercially produced gas-fired, low-intensity infrared product, CORAYVAC, into the heating industry. Roberts-Gordon LLC was also the first company to patent fully modulating infrared systems with an ULTRAVAC control, a control that allowed building owners to modulate burner input rate with outdoor air temperature in order to match the heating system’s input to the building’s heating requirement. Multiple heating systems throughout the United States could then able to be monitored from a single desktop.

Roberts-Gordon LLC was acquired by The Sterling Group in July 2014.

In 2023, the company partnered with Reznor and created the Heat Group.

References

External links

Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning companies
ASCO Power Technologies. ASCO (Automatic Switch Company) Power Technologies, a business unit of Schneider Electric, makes electrical equipment used in healthcare facilities, data centers, communication networks, commercial buildings, and industrial plants.

ASCO also includes a Services branch, providing maintenance programs, modifications, upgrades, and emergency repairs. The "Firetrol" branch of ASCO provides power transfer switches, controls, and alarms for fire suppression. ASCO's headquarters is located in Florham Park, New Jersey. With over 1400 employees and 500,000 square feet of manufacturing floor space, it is the world's largest manufacturer of power transfer switches.

ASCO Power Technologies was founded in 1888 and developed the first commercially available automatic transfer switch in 1920.

On November 1, 2017, ASCO Power Technologies was sold by Vertiv to Schneider Electric for $1.25 billion.

History

References

Companies based in Morris County, New Jersey
Schneider Electric
Government Engineering College, Patan. Government Engineering College, Patan (GEC Patan) is an AICTE approved post-secondary engineering college located in Katpur village near Patan, Gujarat, India.
It was founded in April 2004, and was moved to Katpur in August 2008.

History
Government Engineering College, Patan was established in April 2004 with three branches Computer Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering and Mechanical Engineering each with intake of 60 totaling to 180. The institute was initially functioning in the premises of the K. D. Polytechnic, Patan temporarily. It was shifted to its own newly built up green premise in August 2008 at Katpur village on Chanasma-Patan road  before Patan. Two more branches of Electrical Engineering and Civil Engineering each with intake of 60 were introduced from June-2009 and the intake of all three existing branches were increased to 120. Currently, institute functions with total intake of 480 in five different branches.

Programs
The institute runs 5 undergraduate programs.

Degree programs (full-time): 
 Civil Engineering
 Computer Science Engineering
 Electrical Engineering
 Electronics and Communication Engineering
 Mechanical Engineering

TEQIP
GEC Patan comes under the second phase of TEQIP(A world bank project).

Facilities
The institute provides hostels for men and women, laboratories, a workshop, canteen and a gymkhana building, National Service Scheme Unit(NSS UNIT) & Fit india Youth CLub (FIYC GEC PATAN).

References

Patan district
Engineering colleges in Gujarat
Mahdi (malware). Mahdi is computer malware that was initially discovered in February 2012 and was reported in July of that year. According to Kaspersky Lab and Seculert (an Israeli security firm which discovered the malware), the software has been used for targeted cyber espionage since December 2011, infecting at least 800 computers in Iran and other Middle Eastern countries. Mahdi is named after files used in the malware and refers to the Muslim figure.

Seculert and Kaspersky named the malware after "Mehdi" because the attackers put a folder with the same name in the infected computers in order to spread malware. According to the security experts, Mahdi malware works apparently at a lower level than Stuxnet and is made using existing public softwares.

Targets
The targets of this malware include sensitive infrastructure companies, computers of engineering students, financial service institutions, and official government embassies. The most infection with this malware has been reported in Iran.

Mahdi malware allows attackers to steal files from an infected computer and monitor emails and text messages/chats. It can also record sounds, register keys pressed on the computer keyboard and take pictures of the activities shown on the computer monitor screen. Also, a text file named "mahdi.txt" is included in the malware program on the infected computer.

See also

 Operation High Roller

References

Windows trojans
2012 in computing
Cyberwarfare
Cyberwarfare in Iran
Houde Bimax. The Houde Bimax is a French ultralight aircraft, designed and produced by Patrice Houde, introduced at the Blois homebuilt aircraft fly-in in September 2010. The aircraft is supplied as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft.

Design and development
The Bimax was designed to comply with the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight rules. It features a cantilever low-wing, a two-seats-in-tandem enclosed cockpit under a bubble canopy, fixed conventional landing gear and a single engine in tractor configuration.

The aircraft is made from wood, with its flying surfaces covered in doped aircraft fabric. Its  span wing is detachable for ground transportation and storage. Standard engines available are the  Rotax 912UL and the  Rotax 912ULS four-stroke powerplants.

Specifications (Bimax)

References

2010s French ultralight aircraft
Homebuilt aircraft
Single-engined tractor aircraft
Houde Speedmax. The Houde Speedmax is a French racing ultralight aircraft, designed and produced by Patrice Houde of Reichshoffen. The aircraft is supplied as plans, as a kit for amateur construction or as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft, certified under JAR-VLA.

Design and development
The Speedmax features a cantilever low-wing, a single seat enclosed cockpit under a bubble canopy, fixed conventional landing gear and a single engine in tractor configuration.

The aircraft is made from wood, with some parts fabricated from carbon fibre. The standard engine available is the  Rotax 582 two-stroke powerplant. Two  fuel tanks are fitted. The aircraft was designed for aerobatics and stressed to +6 and -5g.

Specifications (Speedmax)

References

2010s French ultralight aircraft
Homebuilt aircraft
Single-engined tractor aircraft
Sikorsky XSS. The Sikorsky XSS was an American two-seat amphibious flying boat built by Sikorsky Aircraft for evaluation by the United States Navy in 1933, for carrier-borne and/or catapult-launched scouting duties.

Design and development
The XSS-1 was powered by a  Pratt & Whitney R-1340D Wasp engine in a strut-mounted pod above the center-section of the high-mounted gull-wing, forward of the cockpit which was aft of the wing.

See also

References

Citations

Bibliography

 

1930s United States military reconnaissance aircraft
S1S
Flying boats
Single-engined tractor aircraft
High-wing aircraft
Gull-wing aircraft
Aircraft first flown in 1933
Xuejun Wen. Xuejun Wen is a bioengineer and the William H. Goodwin Professor, Department of Chemical and Life Science Engineering, Institute for Engineering and Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University.

Early life and education
Wen was born in May 1971 at Linzhou City, Henan Province, P.R. China. He earned an M.D. at Henan Medical University (now part of Zhengzhou University) in 1994.  He earned an M.S. in materials science and engineering from Zhejiang University in 1997.  Subsequently he moved to the United States and in 2000 earned a second M.S. in materials science and engineering at the University of Cincinnati.  He earned a PhD in bioengineering from University of Utah in 2003.

Career
He was appointed to a faculty position in the Department of Bioengineering in Clemson University. He then was recruited to start the joint Bioengineering Program between Clemson University and Medical University of South Carolina.  In 2010, he was promoted to full professor and also became the first holder of Hansjörg Wyss Endowed Chair Professor in Regenerative Medicine.

In 2012, he accepted a position at Virginia Commonwealth University, where his research focuses on biomaterials, and cell and tissue engineering.

He became a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering in 2012.

References

External links
PubMed search for XueJun Wen

1971 births
Living people
Clemson University faculty
Zhengzhou University alumni
Zhejiang University alumni
University of Cincinnati alumni
People from Linzhou, Henan
University of Utah alumni
Virginia Commonwealth University faculty
Fellows of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering