Academy to stand alone

Why science cannot stand alone.

In an era in which certain arenas of scientific research have become increasingly controversial, this article critically evaluates what it means to "believe in science." Many scientists today seem to claim a sovereign right to no political interference under the rubric of freedom. This article questions such a notion, and explores the dominance of science and the silencing of moral voices by un...

Confidence Stand-alone Sw Systems

CONFIDENCE Ubiquitous Care System to Support Independent Living is one of the most interesting FP7 projects for The department of intelligent systems at JSI. In this paper we present WP3, the major SW component of the system that is also implemented as two stand-alone versions of the system. In this paper, the two systems are presented from the user viewpoint based on five manuals.

Vertically Integrated Systems in Stand - Alone

This involves having production units distribute to the consuming units through a single vertical and central distribution network. Each fl oor is served by an indirect connected substation (Figure 3). Enhancing comfort1 and reducing energy demand2 is possible when fl oorto-fl oor (rather than building-to-building) consumption is moderate (cooling) or low (heating) temperature radiant-based sur...

Unbalance Compensation in Stand-alone Microgrids

− The study presented in this paper aims to develop a new method for active and reactive power balancing in a four-wire stand-alone microgrid (MG), which feds single phase loads. Two unbalance compensation controllers are used, for active and reactive powers. The compensation is based on a dump load (DL) and a static compensator (STATCOM), which ensure the balance of the active and reactive pow...

Stand-Alone Satellite-Based Global Positioning