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2000-01 On Inflation As A Regressive Consumption Tax, Andres Erosa, Gustavo Ventura
2000-01 On Inflation As A Regressive Consumption Tax, Andres Erosa, Gustavo Ventura
Department of Economics Research Reports
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Distribution And Habitat Of The Southern Two-Lined Salamander, Eurycea Cirrigera, In Will County, Illinois: Implications For Population Management And Monitoring, David Mauger, Timothy Bell, Eric L. Peters
Distribution And Habitat Of The Southern Two-Lined Salamander, Eurycea Cirrigera, In Will County, Illinois: Implications For Population Management And Monitoring, David Mauger, Timothy Bell, Eric L. Peters
Journal of the Iowa Academy of Science: JIAS
The southern two-lined salamander (Eurycea cirrigera) was found to occur at numerous localities within the Kankakee River State Park in Will County, Illinois. The species is restricted to small drainages within the Kankakee River valley that have flow consisting of groundwater that discharges at seeps or springs at or within the valley bluff. Cooler water temperatures and possibly other conditions that are associated with water derived from seep or spring sources may be important factors in determining salamander abundance. This is particularly relevant to larval habitat. These observations suggest that the spring or seep-fed larval habitat may be the primary …
Sweating In Extreme Environments: Heat Loss, Heat Adaptation, Body-Fluid Distribution And Thermal Strain, Nigel Taylor
Sweating In Extreme Environments: Heat Loss, Heat Adaptation, Body-Fluid Distribution And Thermal Strain, Nigel Taylor
Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health - Papers: part A
Evaporation is an extremely powerful cooling process. When totally evaporated from the skin surface, sweat can remove body heat at a rate of 2.43 kJ«g"\ Humans therefore control sweat secretion to maintain thermal homeostasis. Since humans are capable of extended sweat rates approximating 30 g'min"1, it is possible to remove heat at rates -73 kJ-min"1. Assuming a 20% efficiency, such heat loss will support a normothermic total energy use of 1520W. This equates with an external work rate of 304W, eliciting an oxygen consumption >3.5 /«min"1. However, while man has a great capacity to both work and dissipate metabolically-derived heat, …
Network Reconfiguration For Enhancement Of Voltage Stability In Distribution Networks, Kashem M. Muttaqi, Velappa Ganapathy, G G. Jasmon
Network Reconfiguration For Enhancement Of Voltage Stability In Distribution Networks, Kashem M. Muttaqi, Velappa Ganapathy, G G. Jasmon
Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences - Papers: Part A
Network reconfiguration is performed by altering the topological structure of distribution feeders. By reconfiguring the network, voltage stability can be maximised for a particular set of loads in distribution systems. A new algorithm is formulated for enhancement of voltage stability by network reconfiguration. Initially, a certain number of switching combinations is generated using the combination of tie and its two neighbouring switches, and the best combination of switches for maximising the voltage stability in the network among them is determined. Then the search is extended by considering the branches next to the open-branches of the best configuration one by one …
A Geometric Approach For Three-Phase Load Balancing In Distribution Networks, Kashem M. Muttaqi, Velappa Ganapathy, G B. Jasmon
A Geometric Approach For Three-Phase Load Balancing In Distribution Networks, Kashem M. Muttaqi, Velappa Ganapathy, G B. Jasmon
Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences - Papers: Part A
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A Novel Method For Loss Minimization In Distribution Networks, Kashem M. Muttaqi, Velappa Ganapathy, G B. Jasmon, M Buhari
A Novel Method For Loss Minimization In Distribution Networks, Kashem M. Muttaqi, Velappa Ganapathy, G B. Jasmon, M Buhari
Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences - Papers: Part A
Network reconfiguration for loss minimization is the determination of switching-options that minimizes the power losses for a particular set of loads on a distribution system. In this paper, a novel method is proposed by formulating an algorithm to reconfigure distribution networks for loss minimization. An efficient technique is used to determine the switching combinations, select the status of the switches, and find the best combination of switches for minimum loss. In the first stage of the proposed algorithm, a limited number of switching combinations is generated and the best switching combination is determined. In the second stage, an extensive search …