Electrical Power and Energy Systems 32 (2010) 743–750 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Electrical Power and Energy Systems journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/ijepes Short‚ medium and long term load forecasting model and virtual load forecaster based on radial basis function neural networks Changhao Xia a‚b‚*‚ Jian Wang b‚*‚ Karen McMenemy c a College of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology‚ China Three Gorges University‚ Yichang Hubei 443002‚ China School
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Long-Term Care Options for the Elderly I selected the topic of long-term care options for my research paper‚ because of the importance of allowing the elderly to remain in their residence as long as possible in their final years and what options they have if they choose not to live in their own home. I will look at programs and services that provide long-term care for the elderly. My grandmother‚ 89 years old‚ has recently decided to move into an assisted living facility after living by herself
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Stephanie Piris ECO 550 Dr. Gerace Assignment 4 December 20‚ 2012 Long-term Investment Decisions 1. Explain why government regulation is or is not needed‚ citing the major reasons for government involvement in a market economy. Provide support for your explanation. In a free market economy‚ buyers and sellers freely trade with each other according to their own self-interest and the laws of supply and demand. Competitive market forces efficiently allocate resources. The role of government
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Culture Individualism versus Collectivism is social orientation which is a person’s beliefs about the relative importance of the individual and groups to which that person belongs. Individualism is the culture belief that the person comes first. It includes high degree of self-respect and independence. They often put their own career interests before the good of their organizations‚ and they tend to assess decisions in terms of how those decisions affect them as individuals. Collectivism is the
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Objectives of the Study 5 Research Questions 6 Hypotheses of the Study 6 Significance of the Study 7 Scope of the Study 8 Definition of Terms 8 CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background to the Study The performance and effectiveness of small and medium scale enterprises as an instrument of economic growth and development in Nigeria has long been under scrutiny. This intense scrutiny has been against the backdrop of the low performance and inefficiency that characterized small and medium
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In the coming six months‚ Dish Network will develop the following short-term objectives: 1. Try to increase the market shares. According to the Dish Network annual report‚ the corporate has 13.967 million subscribers until December 31‚ 2011‚ which represent approximately 14% of pay-TV subscribers in the United States. In the first season this year‚ Dish has increased its customer group by 22‚000. Therefore‚ Dish Network can keep trying to retain the existing customers and increase the potential
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The puritans used many different weapons to hunt their prey or even shooting there enemies. The puritans had many different tactics for hunting and they trapped too. The first weapon I am going to tell you about is the sword they used the sword for cutting in battle and to clean animals they used this a lot since they hunted a lot. The next weapon they used was a musket the puritans used their muskets for hunting and used in war which it took a while for them to load since they only had one shot
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Alcohol essay The Long-Term Effects of Alcohol Use Alcohol is primarily absorbed through the stomach and the small intestines. It is considered a food because it has calories‚ but does not need to be digested and proceeds directly into the body through the digestive system. After ingestion it is carried through the blood stream and crosses the bloodbrain barrier‚ at which time impairment begins. A greater amount of ingestion causes greater impairment to the brain‚ which‚ in turn‚ causes a person
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Long Term Care As the baby boomers generation is aging‚ a growing number of the elderly population needs to be cared for. When the person needs help with physical or emotional needs for an extended period of time‚ it is called long term care. The required care might be as simple as walking‚ bathing dressing‚ using the bathroom‚ feeding‚ administering medication‚ and doing the laundry. An elderly might need the different cares mentioned for various reasons. It could be because of a disability‚
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Wellington Professor: D Pratt Introduction The purpose of this paper is to explain my life’s goal. I have three long-term goals. My long-term goals are Personal goal‚ An Academic goal‚ and Career goal. My long-term goal is to purchase my first home by August 2013.This is something that I have always wanted to own. My Academic goal is to Graduate from Broward College with a Associates degree in Science
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