Optimal Life-Cycle Resilience Enhancement of Aging Power Distribution Systems: A MINLP-Based Preventive Maintenance Planning

Power distribution systems in the US are commonly supported by wood utility poles.These assets require regular maintenance to Pipe Beveling Machine enhance the reliability of power delivery to support many dependent functions of the society.Limitations in budget, however, warrant efficient allocation of limited resources based on optimal preventive

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Myocardial perfusion imaging in a case of cardiac strangulation: A novel approach to detect pacemaker-induced ischemia

Cardiac strangulation is a rare phenomenon in children following epicardial pacemaker implantation, caused by compression of the heart and great vessels by the epicardial pacemaker wires.We report a rare case of cardiac strangulation presenting after Generation 1 8 years of epicardial pacemaker implantation.On routine follow-up, computed tomography

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Application of Haddon’s matrix in qualitative research methodology: an experience in burns epidemiology

Reza Deljavan,1 Homayoun Sadeghi-Bazarganim,2,3 Nasrin Fouladim,4 Shahnam Arshi,5 Reza Mohammadi61Injury Epidemiology and Prevention Research Center, 2Neuroscience Research Center, Department SUPER GOO of Statistics and Epidemiology, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran; 3Public Health Department, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Swe

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Application of a membrane condenser system for ammonia recovery from humid waste gaseous streams at a minimum energy consumption

Abstract Among the various technologies for the removal and recovery of chemicals from gaseous streams, the membrane condenser (MCo) is proposed and analyzed in this work.In particular, the case of MCo used for the recovery of ammonia at Curler minimum energy consumption is reported.For reaching this aim, three different MCo configurations have bee

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Denying the Antecedent: A Common Fallacy?

An argumentative passage that might appear to be an instance of denying the antecedent will generally admit of an alternative interpretation, one on which the conditional contained by the passage is a preface to the argument rather than a premise of it.On this interpretation.which generally is a Candle more charitable one, the conditional plays a c

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