This paper proposes a new index to determine the static voltage stability of the load buses in a power network for certain operating conditions and hence identifies load buses which are close to voltage collapse. The proposed index is formulated from the quadratic equation derived from a twobus network and is computed using the apparent power and the line impedance. The proposed index shows how...

Background: Although hyperinsulinemia and insulin resistance have been hypothesized to be involved in pancreatic carcinogenesis, studies that have examined glycemic load or individual dietary components that influence glucose concentrations yielded inconclusive results. Objective: Our objective was to investigate whether dietary insulin load and dietary insulin index are associated with the ris...

BACKGROUND Although hyperinsulinemia and insulin resistance have been hypothesized to be involved in pancreatic carcinogenesis, studies that have examined glycemic load or individual dietary components that influence glucose concentrations yielded inconclusive results. OBJECTIVE Our objective was to investigate whether dietary insulin load and dietary insulin index are associated with the ris...

As far as incidental vocabulary learning is concerned, the basic contention of the Involvement Load Hypothesis (ILH) is that retention of unfamiliar words is, generally, conditional upon the degree of involvement in processing them. This study examined input modality and incidental vocabulary uptake in a task-induced setting whereby three variously loaded task types (marginal glosses, fill-inta...

PURPOSE Cardiac involvement in thalassemia major (TM) is mainly characterized by left ventricular dysfunction caused by iron overload. Cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) including myocardial T2* measurement is becoming increasingly popular for quantitatively evaluating myocardial iron overload. The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between the myocardial T2* value ...

BACKGROUND We investigated quantity and quality of dietary carbohydrate as well as insulin load and insulin index during adolescence and also early adulthood in relation to risk of breast cancer in the Nurses' Health Study II. METHODS During 20 years of follow-up of 90,534 premenopausal women who completed a diet questionnaire in 1991, 2,833 invasive breast cancer cases were documented. In 19...

OBJECTIVE Adiponectin may improve insulin sensitivity, reduce inflammation, and ameliorate glycemic control. However, few studies have evaluated dietary predictors of plasma adiponectin levels, especially among subjects with type 2 diabetes. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS To examine the associations of dietary glycemic load, glycemic index, and fibers with plasma adiponectin levels, we conducted...

BACKGROUND To evaluate prospectively the relationship between white, or whole grain bread, and glycemic index, or glycemic load from diet and weight change in a Mediterranean cohort. METHODS We followed-up 9 267 Spanish university graduates for a mean period of 5 years. Dietary habits at baseline were assessed using a semi-quantitative 136-item food-frequency questionnaire. Average yearly wei...

this paper aims at studying governance and distribution of autonomies in tehran city islamic council in the process of performing intra/inter-organizational functions. according to current theories on governance, there are three types of governance according to the kinde of involvement. authority involvement, interactive involvement and persuasion involvement, in tehran city islamic council in ...