GC: n CT: Buildings demand energy in their life cycle right from its construction to demolition. Studies on the total energy use during the life cycle are desirable to identify phases of largest energy use and to develop strategies for its reduction. In the present paper, a critical review of

GC: n CT: For most of Earth’s history, our spectacular universe of stars and galaxies has been visible in the darkness of the night sky. From our earliest beginnings, the vast spectacle arrayed across the dark sky has inspired questions about our universe and our relation to it. The history

GC: n CT: A light-emitting diode (LED) is a semiconductor device that emits visible light when an electric current passes through it. The light is not particularly bright, but in most LEDs it is monochromatic, occurring at a single wavelength. The output from an LED can range from red (at

GC: n CT: Equipment and buildings can also be protected by raising the effective ground level with a static line or lightning rod. The static line on the utility’s distribution system and the lightning rods on farm buildings are attempts to do just that. Lightning rods, such as those at

GC: n CT: Lignite, generally yellow to dark brown or rarely black coal that formed from peat at shallow depths and temperatures lower than 100 °C (212 °F). It is the first product of coalification and is intermediate between peat and subbituminous coal according to the coal classification used in

GC: n CT: Sustainability considerations for product and energy production in a future US economy can be met with lignocellulosic biomass. The age of petroleum as the key resource to meet the US economy requirements is rapidly dwindling, given the limited resources of petroleum, the growing global population and concurrent

GC: n CT: A linear accelerator (LINAC) is the device most commonly used for external beam radiation treatments for patients with cancer. The linear accelerator can be/is used to treat all parts/organs of the body. It delivers high-energy x-rays to the region of the patient’s tumor. These x-ray treatments can

GC: n CT: Solar energy is the most abundant, widely distributed and clean renewable energy resource. Since the insolation intensity is only in the range of 0.5 – 1.0 kW/m2, solar concentrators are required for attaining temperatures appropriate for medium and high temperature applications. The concentrated energy is transferred through

CG: n CT: The elements listed below are all useful for making liquid manure. Out of these, some are good for pest control and soil fertility, but some work just to provide fertility and are not pest medicines. You can use many more plants and local substances, according to what’s

GC: n CT: Baidu beats Google in China. Urdu-speaking gamers favor racing games over strategic games. CNN has separate programming for Latinos in the U.S. What do these things have in common? Language. Baidu does better than Google because it looks and feels fully native to the Chinese-speaking audience. Urdu

GC: n CT: Operating the locks and dams is a continuous job as tows and recreational boats can lock through all year long as weather conditions permit. The current 9-foot channel lock and dam system was built in the 1930s with an estimated life span of 50 years. The structures

GC: n CT: The objective of my research is to develop and refine environmentally sound silvicultural practices that enhance growth, development, quality and value of both individual trees and existing hardwood stands on the major river bottoms and minor streambottoms across the southern United States. Particular emphasis is placed on

GC: n CT: More often than not, the thought of rivers conjures up the image of high water levels and even floods. However, many communities depend on the availability of water through non-regulated river systems for their water supply. Therefore, periods of low flow are critical for managing their water

GC: n CT: In tidal waters, the intersection of the plane of mean low water with the shore. In this definition, it may be assumed that plane of mean low water means a horizontal plane through the average location of the water’s surface on a tide gauge during low water.

GC: n CT: Daylighting is recognized as an important and useful strategy in the design of energy efficient buildings. It is particularly useful in hot climates since it reduces the use of artificial lighting and thus electricity demand. Luminous efficacy is the parameter used to determine outdoor illuminance. In fact,

GC: n CT: Luminous flux is energy.The energy is the total amount of light energy radiated from a light source in all directions. The luminous flux is measured in lumens and is the parameter used to describe the “brightness” of a projector. One lumen is the Luminous Flux or expressed

GC: n CT: Machine learning is the science of getting computers to act without being explicitly programmed. In the past decade, machine learning has given us self-driving cars, practical speech recognition, effective web search, and a vastly improved understanding of the human genome. Machine learning is so pervasive today that

GC: n CT: Theoretically more interesting, though much more difficult, is the automatic grammatical analysis of texts by computer. Considerable progress was made in this area by research groups working on machine translation and information retrieval in the United States, Great Britain, the Soviet Union, France and a few other

GC: n CT: It is not always easy to distinguish between research and development or demonstration system and product in the area of Machine Translation (MT) however, it is useful to distinguish between fully automatic machine translation, human-assisted machine translation and machine-assisted human translation all of which fall within the

GC: n CT: Fusion Reactors: Magnetic Confinement There are two ways to achieve the temperatures and pressures necessary for hydrogen fusion to take place: Magnetic confinement uses magnetic and electric fields to heat and squeeze the hydrogen plasma. The ITER project in France is using this method. Inertial confinement uses

GC: n CT: One of the greatest challenges facing energy harvesters is generating enough power for practical applications. One way to increase the output power is to harvest more than one type of energy. For example, although there are a variety of devices that harvest either mechanical energy or magnetic

GC: n CT: Malware creation is on the rise due to money that can be made through organized Internet crime. Originally malware was created for experiments and pranks, but eventually it was used for vandalism and destruction of targeted machines. Today, much of malware is created to make a profit

GC: n CT: The user interface is often used in the context of computer systems and electronic devices. The user interface of a mechanical system, a vechicle, or an industrial installation is sometimes referred to as the Human-Machine Interface (HMI). HMI is a modification of the original term Man-Machine Interface

GC: n CT: Companies measure capacity in different ways using either the input, output or a combination of the two as the measure. For example, a recycling company calculates their capacity based on the amount of material they clear from the inbound trailers at their plant, while a textile company