More and more the predictive maintenance of high power equipment is employed to contribute to its sustainable and economic operation. Partial discharge (PD) measurements are for this increasingly used for on-line and off-line condition assessment of rotating machines in the power generation, industrial drive application and traction. However, the main difficulties with the interpretation of PD ...

The purpose of the study was to assess the psychometrics properties of the Readiness for Hospital Discharge Scale (RHDS), a 23-item instrument that measures patients' perception of readiness for discharge. Data were obtained from 356 respondents from two urban tertiary medical centers (adult and children's) in the midwestern United States who were participants in a larger study of predictors an...

This paper focuses on the behaviour of the cell capacitor discharge currents during DC faults in half-bridge modular multilevel converters. Active switches, not designed for fault conditions, are tripped to minimize discharge currents effect on the semiconductor switches. Two levels of device protection are commonly in place; driver level protection monitoring collector-emitter voltage and over...

Although the processes occurring at the front of an ice face in tidewater glacier bays still await thorough investigation, their importance to the rapidly changing polar environment is spurring a considerable research effort. Glacier melting, sediment delivery and the formation of seabird foraging hotspots are governed by subglacial discharges of meltwater. We have combined the results of track...

The development of radar altimetry over rivers along the past 20 years has shown a strong potential to provide hydrologist with valuable information on river water level dynamics. The development of new sensors and satellite mission concepts such as spatial interferometry or temporal interferometry opens midterm (10-20 years) perspectives for the spatialized measurement of river surface variabl...

High resolution (Doppler-resolved) measurement of Doppler-shifted ion absorption frequencies allows the determination of the electric field responsible for the shift. A new method based on velocity modulation laser spectroscopy is described for the nonperturbative measurement of the axial electric fields in glow discharges. The A ‘n, + X I&+ (4.0 ) band of NT has heen used as a probe of a He/N,...

We report the measurement of the optical constants of Si, GaP, InP, GaAs, GaAsP, and Ir at a wavelength of 46.9 nm (26.5 eV). The optical constants were obtained from the measurement of the variation of the reflectivity as a function of angle utilizing, as an illumination source, a discharge pumped 46.9nm table-top laser operated at a repetition rate of 1 Hz. These measurements constitute the f...

—— The known methods of State-of-Charge (SoC) indication in portable applications are not accurate enough under all practical conditions. This paper describes a realtime evaluation LabVIEW system for an SoC algorithm, that calculates the SoC in [%] and also the remaining run-time available under the valid discharge conditions. With the described system the accuracy of the SoC algorithm and its ...

Against a backdrop of rising sea temperatures and ocean acidification which pose global threats to coral reefs, excess nutrients and turbidity continue to be significant stressors at regional and local scales. Because interventions usually require local data on pollution impacts, we measured ecological responses to sewage discharges in Surin Marine Park, Thailand. Wastewater disposal significan...