Emergency Department overcrowding is an important healthcare issue garnering significant public and regulatory scrutiny in Canada and around the world. Many approaches to alleviate excessive waiting times and lengths ...
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It is well known that dipole antennas are suitable for applications in wireless technology, because they are simple to design and have excellent radiation properties. The analysis of series-fed printed strip dipole an...
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Privilege user is needed to manage the commercial transactions, but a super-administrator may have monopolize power and cause serious security problem. Relied on trusted computing technology, a privilege separation me...
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A CMOS voltage-to-current converter is presented. It is based on a class AB current mirror with very low input resistance and a passive resistor connected to the input for voltage-to-current conversion. Class AB opera...
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The research regarding students who transfer from community colleges into engineering majors is limited. The National Science Foundation funds millions of dollars to community colleges to build inter-institutional lin...
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We present the design and context of a simple electronic indicator which aids in the disinfection of drinking water. The indicator provides visual feedback of the solar disinfection process, which is otherwise unobser...
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The aim of this paper is the study of various parameters affecting the ageing of transformer oil in transformers of 150/20 kV. 44 samples of oil were taken from such transformers. The transformers function in the majo...
The aim of this paper is the study of various parameters affecting the ageing of transformer oil in transformers of 150/20 kV. 44 samples of oil were taken from such transformers. The transformers function in the major Athens area, Greece. Parameters, such as breakdown strength (measured with a Foster test cell, according to IEC 156/95), oil colour (with a chromometer than meets the specifications PIN 51517-ASTM P155), humidity (measured with the Karl-Fischer method, according to IEC 814), interfacial tension (which is of importance especially in the early stages of ageing, measured according to ASTM D971-91) and tanδ (with a system counting tanδ values with maximum accuracy from 0.00001 to 4.0, measured according to IEC 247) were taken into account. Transformer ageing is strictly related to the rate of ageing of its whole insulation, and mainly of the oil. Thermal and mechanical stresses have as a result the oxidation of oil and the degradation of its insulating and cooling properties. Humidity and foreign particles also consist factors contributing to the decrease of oil dielectric strength and its premature failure. Foreign particles combined with humidity result in a decrease of interfacial tension of the oil. A colour index close to 3 is not necessarily an objective indication regarding the quality of the oil. One of the main conclusions is that all aforementioned measured parameters should be taken into account. One should not base his judgment about the quality of oil on only one or two of the above parameters. Special attention is given to the way one gets the oil samples. In case of contradictory results, a repetition of sampling and the corresponding parameter measurements are required. The frequent and careful oil sampling in such transformers is recommended in order to avoid malfunctions. In general, from the transformers investigated in the context of this work, in only very few cases oil filtering was required and none of the transformers was found to
This paper presents a novel means of collecting and analyzing data related to personal social contact networks. The work developed a custom application for Smart phones that support Bluetooth connectivity, as represen...
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This paper presents a novel means of collecting and analyzing data related to personal social contact networks. The work developed a custom application for Smart phones that support Bluetooth connectivity, as representative of the ensemble of many consumer electronic products and can be used to infer users' proximity, contact duration, and GPS-based information. In many cases this is augmented by device meta identity. The 3G application, data storage and retrieval is discussed in detail. Preliminary data were collected (device-device proximity, duration, and location) gathered in pilot testing on the Blackberry Storm and HTC Hero (Android). Data are presented as distributions and visualization tools for evolving contact graphs, including Pareto distributions and power law exponents generated representative of face to face contacts. Finally, data are then demonstrated to be useful in estimating the potential of infection spread (e.g. respiratory illness), where a key transmission vector is person-person contact. A variant of the standard SIR agent based model is developed, with agent contacts guided by contact distributions extracted from the data.
The aim of this paper is the study of various parameters affecting the ageing of transformer oil in distribution transformers of 20/0.4 kV. 69 samples of oil were taken from such transformers. The transformers functio...
The aim of this paper is the study of various parameters affecting the ageing of transformer oil in distribution transformers of 20/0.4 kV. 69 samples of oil were taken from such transformers. The transformers function in the major Athens area, Greece. Parameters, such as breakdown strength (measured with a Foster test cell, according to IEC 156/95), oil colour (with a chromometer than meets the specifications DIN 51517-ASTM 155), humidity (measured with the Karl-Fischer method, according to IEC 814), interfacial tension (which is of importance especially in the early stages of ageing, measured according to ASTM D971-91) and tanδ (with a system counting tanδ values with maximum accuracy from 0.00001 to 4.0, measured according to IEC 247) were taken into account. Transformer ageing is strictly related to the rate of ageing of the whole insulating system, and mainly of the oil. Absence of transpiring system with silica gel has as a result the increase of oil humidity. The lengthy use of transformers under heavy load, and consequently under high temperatures, is a main factor for oil ageing (and oxidation). Especially in the last few years, the increased loads required by the transformers (which have to do also with the climatic changes), have as a result the additional stressing of the oil. Various arcs, resulting from short circuits in the network, have as a consequence the production of gases and sludge. Such gases and sludge influence in a negative way the insulating properties of the oil as well as its rate of ageing. Special attention has to be paid to the way one gets the oil samples. In the case the results are contradictory, one has to repeat the sampling and the corresponding measurements. Some comments are also offered regarding the manufacturers, who try to reduce the production cost of the transformers and their respective materials by reducing the size of the transformers. This on one hand has as a result the possibly higher breakdown strength of the oil,
This paper presents a novel means of collecting and analyzing personal social network data, using 3G Smartphone that support Bluetooth connectivity. The application discovers and logs other close-proximity Bluetooth-d...
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This paper presents a novel means of collecting and analyzing personal social network data, using 3G Smartphone that support Bluetooth connectivity. The application discovers and logs other close-proximity Bluetooth-discoverable devices, and this can be used to infer individuals' proximity, contact duration, as well as geographical location information. The contact data are presented in terms of distributions and visualization tools for evolving contact graphs. Finally, contact data are then demonstrated to be of utility in estimating the potential of the spread of a contact-based infectious disease, where a vector of transmission is proximity to infected agents.
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