It is commonly assumed that the energy consumption of wireless communications is minimized when low-order modulations such as BPSK are used. Nevertheless, the literature provides some evidence that low-order modulations ...

Consumption patterns of electric power systems are important for distribution companies, because of their significant impact on energy losses amount. Therefore, some incentives are suggested by distribution companies to ...

The existence of a minimal molecular model to represent some electronic properties of nanostructures is analyzed for several kinds of nanotubes and graphene surfaces by using the Extended Hückel Theory. It is shown that ...

In an increasingly digital world, computing technology plays a key role in the understanding, teaching and development of science disciplines. Modern molecular modeling involves the use of computers that can calculate ...

Seeded segmentation methods have gained a lot of attention due to their good performance in fragmenting complex images, easy usability and synergism with graph-based representations. These methods usually rely on sophisticated ...

The design and optimization of hybrid electric vehicle powertrains can take a great benefit from mathematical models which include auxiliary management and control strategies of the energy fluxes: the use of virtual platforms ...

The following work presents an analysis on the impact and the financial performance of the Solar Photovoltaic Minigeration at the Federal University of Santa Maria, customer of group A4, considering the tariff and regulatory ...

This paper examines the incentives embedded in different regulatory regimes for investment by utilities in energy efficiency programs that aim to reduce network losses. In our model, a monopolist chooses whether to undertake ...