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Expanding photovoltaic penetration with residential distributed generation from hybrid solar photovoltaic and combined heat and power systems

Pearce, J.M. - In: Energy 34 (2009) 11, pp. 1947-1954

network of PV+CHP hybrid systems in order to increase the PV penetration level in the U.S. The temporal distribution of solar … centralized electric generation system. The technical evolution of such PV+CHP hybrid systems was developed from the present (near … and applied to an example area. The results show that a PV+CHP hybrid system not only has the potential to radically …

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Running Engines on Sun and Water: Science or Sci-Fi?

Ricketts, Cliff - In: Tennessee's Business 22 (2013) 1, pp. 16-20

Running vehicles off solar energy and hydrogen produced from water could be a solution to the world's energy problems.

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Bayesian rules and stochastic models for high accuracy prediction of solar radiation

Voyant, Cyril; Darras, Christophe; Muselli, Marc; … - In: Applied Energy 114 (2014) C, pp. 218-226

: single and hybrid predictors. In the first class, we include the multi-layer perceptron (MLP), auto-regressive and moving …

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Designing a Software Test Automation Framework

AMARICAI, Sabina; CONSTANTINESCU, Radu - In: Informatica Economica 18 (2014) 1, pp. 152-161

Testing is an art and science that should ultimately lead to lower cost businesses through increasing control and reducing risk. Testing specialists should thoroughly understand the system or application from both the technical and the business perspective, and then design, build and implement...

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Conspicuous conservation: The Prius halo and willingness to pay for environmental bona fides

Sexton, Steven E.; Sexton, Alison L. - In: Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 67 (2014) 3, pp. 303-317

This paper develops a theory of conspicuous conservation, a phenomenon related to conspicuous consumption in which individuals seek status through displays of austerity amid growing concern about environmental protection. We identify a statistically and economically significant conspicuous...

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A hybrid approach for regression analysis with block missing data

Li, Zhengbang; Li, Qizhai; Han, Chien-Pai; Li, Bo - In: Computational Statistics & Data Analysis 75 (2014) C, pp. 239-247

hybrid estimate, where the Bayesian and frequentist approaches are used for inferring the parameters with and without prior … information respectively, is proposed. The asymptotic properties of the hybrid estimator are also provided. Numerical results …

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The organic food market in Portugal: contested meanings, competing conventions

Truninger, Monica - In: International Journal of Agricultural Resources, … 7 (2008) 1/2, pp. 110-125

The European Union regulatory framework on organic farming gave a new impulse to the institutionalisation of the Portuguese organic farming movement. This paper offers an analytical account based on interviews with key market and institutional actors within the organic food sector in Portugal....

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Solving Hop-constrained MST problems with ACO

Monteiro, Marta S.R.; Fontes, Dalila B.M.M.; Fontes, … - Faculdade de Economia, Universidade do Porto - 2013

a heuristic approach to address them. The proposed approach is a hybrid metaheuristic based on Ant Colony Optimization …

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Recent progress in energy harvesting systems for wearable technology

Ali, Ahsan; Shaukat, Hamna; Bibi, Saira; Altabey, Wael A.; … - In: Energy strategy reviews 49 (2023), pp. 1-24

piezoelectric, electrostatic, triboelectric, electromagnetic, thermoelectric, solar and hybrid wearable energy harvesters. The … comparison of these energy harvesters is analyzed. Hybrid wearable energy harvesters provide the maximum power densities because …

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Chapter 49 Private Agricultural Research

Pray, Carl E.; Fuglie, Keith O.; Johnson, Daniel K.N. - In: Handbook of agricultural economics : volume 3: …, (pp. 2605-2640). 2007

This chapter serves to assess the quantity and impact of private agricultural research in developing countries, alongside the policies which affect that research. To provide context, an outline of the history, size and structure of private research presents data on research expenditures by...

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