Quantifying Rooftop Solar Photovoltaic Potential for Regional Renewable Energy Policy L.K. Wiginton, H. T. Nguyen, J.M. Pearce Abstract Solar photovoltaic (PV) technology has matured to become a technically viable largescale source of sustainable energy. Understanding the rooftop PV potential is critical for utility planning, accommodating grid capacity, deploying financing schemes and formulat...

Previous research on the skills needed by data quality professionals have focused on Information Systems (IS) curriculum standards, survey input from Information Quality (IQ) professionals, and the training required by related disciplines such as database and quality management. In this paper, Internet-posted job descriptions for the position of data quality analysts are examined. The purpose o...

in many urban areas, groundwater has been exploited neglecting to wet and dry periods owing to of surface water deficit. in this study, using the percent of normal rainfall index, 36 year (1971-2008) were studied and a drought event and a wet event were determined. the reason to choose two consecutive years is the effect of early wet period on groundwater quality. physicochemical characteristic...

In this study we evaluated the diffusion of nitrous oxide in a few operating rooms, using spatial data modelling techniques, in order to assess hospital staff exposure and to promote risk management. Indoor air sampling was carried out, during routine operating activity, by means of transportable infrared spectrometer, with geostatistical techniques. We detected high average concentrations of n...

The IsoMAP uses the multiple linear regression and geostatistical methods to analyze isotope data. Suppose the response variable Y (s) and the vector of independent variable x(s) are observed at a finite number of sites s1, · · · , sn. The multiple linear regression method assumes Y (s) and Y (s′) are independent but the geostatistical method assume they are not. In the following, we will first...

This submission presents the results of a preliminary numerical study of an un-tensioned spiral-strand cable subjected to explosively formed fragment impact. An effective approach to generate finite element models of multi-layer spiral-strands with complex contact conditions has been devised. The modified Johnson-Cook model coupled with the Cockcroft-Latham fracture criterion was used to model ...

Previous approaches to functional assessment of tic and habit disorders have centred largely around environmental contingencies or interceptive sensory processes as positive reinforcers. The current article argues rather that ongoing telic behavioral activity is functionally linked to tic onset and so type of behavioral activity and overall action plan at the time of ticcing should also be asse...

INTRODUCTION A geostatistical approach to characterize MS-lesion patterns based on their geometrical properties is presented. METHODS A dataset of 259 binary MS-lesion masks in MNI space was subjected to directional variography. A model function was fit to express the observed spatial variability in x, y, z directions by the geostatistical parameters Range and Sill. RESULTS Parameters Range...