Demand-side load reduction is a key benefit of Smart Grids. However, existing demand response optimization (DR) programs fail to effectively leverage the near-realtime information available from smart meters and Building Area Networks to respond dynamically to changing energy use profiles. We investigate the use of semantic Complex Event Processing (CEP) patterns to model and detect dynamic sit...

This in-vivo study aimed to investigate the load on the working-side implant and on the edentulous distal mucosa of the nonworking side in a mandibular implant-retained overdenture (MIR-OVD) anchored to 2 implants by either a ball- or a clips-and-bar attachment. Three female patients were provided with duplicate dentures anchored in the 2 ways. Strain on the implant was investigated using a str...

We propose a new scheme for efficient demand side management for the Smart Grid. Specifically, we envisage and promote the formation of cooperatives of medium-large consumers and equip them (via our proposed mechanisms) with the capability of regularly participating in the existing electricity markets by providing electricity demand reduction services to the Grid. Based on mechanism design prin...

In this paper, a home energy management (HEM) scheme based on appliances coordination has been proposed for future smart grids. This scheme is based on communication among home appliances, a central energy management unit (EMU), smart meter and the storage unit inside home. A wireless sensor home area network (WSHAN) using ZigBee protocol is employed for relaying messages among different entiti...

Due to failures or even the absence of an electricity grid, microgrid systems are becoming popular solutions for electrifying African rural communities. However, they heavily stressed and complex control due their intermittency demand growth. Demand side management (DSM) serves as option increase level flexibility on by scheduling users’ consumption patterns profiles in response supply. This pa...

Energy is one of the basic requirements in modern civilization, without which various indispensable applications will bind to bring to a standstill. It is really not possible to measure the actual enormity of the function that energy has accomplished in connection with human advancement. As energy plays such a significant role in our day-to-day life, hence we should confer a precedence to accum...

In the telecommunication networks the introduction of Next Generation Wireless Networks (NGWN) has been described as the most significant change in wireless communication. The convergence of different access networks in NGWN allows generalized mobility, consistency and ubiquitous provision of services to mobile users. The general target of NGWN is to transport different types of information lik...