This paper proposes and analyses a new demand response technique for renewable energy regulation using smart hot water heaters that forecast water consumption at an individual dwelling level. Distributed thermal energy storage has many advantages, including high overall efficiency, use of existing infrastructure and a distributed nature. In addition, the use of a smart thermostatic controller e...

In social insects, colony-level complexity emerges from simple individual-level behaviors and interactions. In the evolution of insect societies, selection has acted to promote efficiency through division of labor. Nest construction of social wasps is an excellent model system to study division of labor and the performance of a decentralized behavioral regulation. After re-examination of Jeanne...

Metapolybia wasps construct their nests on flat surfaces using plant materials, which they process into paper. For processing the pulp wasps need water, which is collected by water foragers, and it is transferred to pulp foragers indirectly via a ‘‘common stomach.’’ The common stomach is formed by generalist wasps that can engage in water exchange and can store water in their crops. Our goal is...

the coast of bangladesh has a specialty in terms of high bending and many off- shore islands. incorporation of the coastline and island boundaries properly in the numerical scheme is essential for accurate estimation of water levels due to surge. for that purpose a numerical scheme consisting of very fine mesh is required along the coastal belt, whereas this is unnecessary away from the coast. in...

the role of histamine in the regulation of food and water intake in mammals and birds of the review, this study evaluated the effects of intraperitoneal administration of famotidine as histamine h2 -receptor antagonist, in broiler chicks on feed intake and satiety in water and was hungry. 32 male ross broiler chicks reared in groups of four weeks, 16 samples (control and test ) were then inject...

a case study was carried out to see the impacts of shrimp culture on the surface (pond) and ground water (tube-well) quality in three coastal sub-districts of bagherhat sadar, rampal and morrelganj of bangladesh. the people of rampal (100%), morrelgonj (87.5%) and bagherhat (75.5%) expressed that salinity of both surface and ground water increased after shrimp culture, and water becomes more tu...

natural resources are valuable capitals for all nations. rangelands as the most extensive natural ecosystems in iran provide numerous services, including fodder production and red meat supply, soil conservation and water regulation. although uncontrolled exploitation of these resources has imposed much pressure and caused many losses within the ecosystems. impacts of overutilization of nomadic ...