An energy storage system (ESS) in a power system facilitates tasks such as renewable integration, peak shaving, and the use of ancillary services. Among the various functions of an ESS, this study focused on frequency regulation (or secondary reserve). This paper presents an optimal scheduling algorithm for frequency regulation by an ESS. This algorithm determines the bidding capacity and base ...

Purpose The purpose of this study is to understand spatial and temporal variations of soil organic carbon (SOC) under rapid urbanization and support soil and environmental management. Materials and methods SOC data in 1979 and 2006, of 228 and 1,104 soil samples respectively, were collected from surface agricultural lands in Fuyang County, East of China. Land use data were also gathered at the ...

The sensitivity of soil organic carbon (SOC) to changing environmental conditions represents a critical uncertainty in coupledcarboncycle–climatemodels1.Muchof thisuncertainty arises from our limited understanding of the extent to which root–microbe interactions induce SOC losses (through accelerated decomposition or ‘priming’2) or indirectly promote SOC gains (via ‘protection’ through interact...

BACKGROUND Personality traits are deemed important in many fields of Medicine. The present study aimed at evaluating i) the presence of Sense-of-Coherence (SOC) in patients suffering from Parkinson's Disease (PD) in comparison with an age-matched general control population, ii) the influence of SOC on health-related variables, such as depression and anxiety, quality of life (Qol), and activitie...

Decomposition of soil organic carbon (SOC) is the main process governing the release of CO(2) into the atmosphere from terrestrial systems. Although the importance of soil-root interactions for SOC decomposition has increasingly been recognized, their long-term effect on SOC decomposition remains poorly understood. Here we provide experimental evidence for a rhizosphere priming effect, in which...

Time, fertilizer, tillage, and cropping systems may alter soil organic carbon (SOC) levels. Our objective was to determine the effect of long-term cropping systems and fertility treatments on SOC. Five rotations and two N fertility levels at three Iowa sites (Kanawha, Nashua, and Sutherland) maintained for 12 to 36 yr were evaluated. A 75-yr continuous corn (Zea mays L.) site (Ames) with a 40-y...

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The aim is to study the associations between sense of coherence (SOC), and psychopathology and major life events among adolescent boys. The study population consisted of 2314 Finnish boys born during 1981 who attended military call-up (79% of the original sample). At military call-up in 1999, the boys filled in the Young Adult Self-Report (YASR) and Antonovsky's Orientation to Life Questionnair...

This paper presents an interesting direction for using grid technique in SoC design. Its target is to build a synthetic platform called SoC-PSE to conquer major problems that designers encounter with the productivity gap between VLSI complexity and design productivity by realizing the sharing of IP cores and SoC design tools in complex network environment and facilitating the collaboration duri...

Depletion of Ca2+ stores in Xenopus oocytes activated entry of Ca2+ across the plasma membrane, which was measured as a current I(soc) in subsequently formed cell-attached patches. I(soc) survived excision into inside-out configuration. If cell-attached patches were formed before store depletion, I(soc) was activated outside but not inside the patches. I(soc) was potentiated by microinjection o...