Improving Comfort and Air Conditioner Performance by Optimizing Controllers under Actual Usage Conditions

Performance of Photovoltaics Under Actual Operating Conditions

Towards a Residential Air-Conditioner Usage Model for Australia

Realistic models of occupant behaviour in relation to air-conditioner (a/c) use are fundamentally important for developing accurate building energy simulation tools. In Australia and elsewhere, such simulation tools are inextricably bound both in legislation and in the design of new technology, electricity infrastructure and regulatory schemes. An increasing number of studies in the literature ...

Improving barley performance by proper foliar applied salicylic-acid under saline conditions

Despite general effect of salicylic-acid (SA) in improving plant growth andproductivity in saline conditions, there have not been unanimity about the bestconcentration. In this 2-yr field study the effect of different SA concentrations(0, 0.5, 1.0, 1.5 and 2.0 mM) was examined on growth, grain yield and yieldcomponents of barley under two non-saline (2 dS m-1) and saline (12 dS m-1)conditions. ...

Improving Growth and Performance of Young Almond Trees in Nursery by Optimizing Mineral Nutrition

Short growing season restricts production of standard-sized fruit trees in nurseries at cold regions. Enhancing plant growth by optimizing program of mineral nutrition may solve the problem. This study evaluated efficiency of fertilizers [urea, sulfur coated urea (SCU), or foliar applications of a NPK compound fertilizer] for optimizing the growth of seedling rootstocks and grafted young almond...

Improving the Performance of Machine Learning Algorithms for Heart Disease Diagnosis by Optimizing Data and Features

Heart is one of the most important members of the body, and heart disease is the major cause of death in the world and Iran. This is why the early/on time diagnosis is one of the significant basics for preventing and reducing deaths of this disease. So far, many studies have been done on heart disease with the aim of prediction, diagnosis, and treatment. However, most of them have been mostly f...