Optimal Reactive Power Compensation in Distribution Networks with Radial and Meshed Structures Using D-STATCOMs: A Mixed-Integer Convex Approach.

This paper deals with the problem regarding the optimal siting and sizing of distribution static compensators (D-STATCOMs) in electrical distribution networks to minimize the expected total annual operating costs. These costs are associated with the investments made in D-STATCOMs and expected energy losses costs. To represent the electrical behavior of the distribution networks, a power flow formulation is used which includes voltages, currents, and power as variables via incidence matrix representation.

[Metabolic control and school performance in children with type 1 diabetes].

Unlabelled: The impact of type 1 diabetes (T1D) on school performance is controversial.

Objective: To study the relationship between school performance and metabolic control in children with T1D (Ch-T1D), comparing their school grades to general population children (Ch-GP).

Patients And Method: Clinical data for 66 Ch-T1D was reviewed, school grades were compared in Ch-T1D with Glycated Haemoglobin (HbA1c) HbA1c < 7.

Evaluation of postharvest-processed oysters by using PCR-based most-probable-number enumeration of Vibrio vulnificus bacteria.

Postharvest processing (PHP) is used to reduce levels of Vibrio vulnificus in oysters, but process validation is labor-intensive and expensive. Therefore, quantitative PCR was evaluated as a rapid confirmation method for most-probable-number enumeration (QPCR-MPN) of V. vulnificus bacteria in PHP oysters.

Domain-size distribution in a Poisson-Voronoi nucleation and growth transformation.

We present an analytical result for the evolution of the domain-size distribution during the growth of simultaneously nucleated domains. The final stage of this transformation is the well-known Poisson-Voronoi tessellation. The method can be easily extended to the calculation of the probability distribution of any other geometric characteristic.