This paper is the first part of a two-part investigation of a novel approach to optimally control commercial building passive and active thermal storage inventory. The proposed building control approach is based on simulated reinforcement learning, which is a hybrid control scheme that combines features of model-based optimal control and model-free learning control. An experimental study was ca...

Optical interconnections have become the medium of choice for the long haul communication. As the speed of the modern day computers are increasing, the speed of data transfer may reach a limit. This creates a motivation to replace electronic buses with all optical ones. Several avenues of research have emerged in optical interconnects for digital systems. In systems architecture level studies, ...

Background: At present smoking is considered a great health-related problem. Smoking cigarettes and use of tobacco are on the rise in the Middle East countries; therefore, the number of people exposed to passive cigarette smoke is increasing, too. The aim of the present study was to determine and compare salivary cotinine levels in hookah smokers, individuals exposed to passive cigarette smoke ...

Heterogeneity, at service and technology level, is one of the main characteristics of todays networks. The ever increasing offer of new services has changed not only the amount of traffic in the network but also its structure. As a result, traditional techniques for traffic prediction and classification are becoming obsolete. In the first part of the thesis, we address these two problems by mea...

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The potential of electronic books (ebooks) has been discussed widely, due mainly to their role in helping the user transform passive reading into interactive and dynamic learning, while promoting better retention appropriation materials. Taking this premise, present study follows an exploratory qualitative approach, discussing how use ebooks can improve motivation, dynamism interactivity Distan...

Class III thematic learning with the material contained in Theme 6. Energy and its Changes, Sub-theme 3. Alternative at SD Negeri Geneng 2 Magelang so far still uses methods models that are less innovative tend to be monotonous. This causes students bored, passive level of motivation outcomes contain has not been mastered optimally. The purpose study was increase through Quantum Teaching-learni...

Motivational models of psychopathology have long been advanced by psychophysiologists, and have provided key insights into neurobiological mechanisms of a wide range of psychiatric disorders. These accounts emphasize individual differences in activity and reactivity of bottom-up, subcortical neural systems of approach and avoidance in affecting behavior. Largely independent literatures emphasiz...

This study was a meta-analysis of the relationship between personality and ratings of transformational and transactional leadership behaviors. Using the 5-factor model of personality as an organizing framework, the authors accumulated 384 correlations from 26 independent studies. Personality traits were related to 3 dimensions of transformational leadership--idealized influence-inspirational mo...