Virtual power producers integration into MASCEM

All over the world Distributed Generation is seen as a valuable help to get cleaner and more efficient electricity. Under this context distributed generators, owned by different decentralized players can provide a significant amount of the electricity generation. To get negotiation power and advantages of scale economy, these players can be aggregated giving place to a new concept: the Virtual Power Producer. Virtual Power Producers are multi-technology and multi-site heterogeneous entities. Virtual Power Producers should adopt organization and management methodologies so that they can make Distributed Generation a really profitable activity, able to participate in the market. In this paper we address the integration of Virtual Power Producers into an electricity market simulator –MASCEM – as a coalition of distributed producers.

O Voluntariado enquanto promotor do empreendedorismo social: o caso da Associação Humanitária dos Bombeiros Voluntários de Mangualde

Dissertação de Mestrado apresentada ao Instituto Superior de Contabilidade e Administração do Porto para a obtenção do grau de Mestre em Empreendedorismo e Internacionalização, sob orientação de Doutora Deolinda Meira e Mestre Paula Alferes

The electric vehicle integration into the power system: an application to the portuguese case

Electric vehicles (EV) offer a great potential to address the integration of renewable energy sources (RES) in the power grid, and thus reduce the dependence on oil as well as the greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions. The high share of wind energy in the Portuguese energy mix expected for 2020 can led to eventual curtailment, especially during the winter when high levels of hydro generation occur. In this paper a methodology based on a unit commitment and economic dispatch is implemented, and a hydro-thermal dispatch is performed in order to evaluate the impact of the EVs integration into the grid. Results show that the considered 10 % penetration of EVs in the Portuguese fleet would increase load in 3 % and would not integrate a significant amount of wind energy because curtailment is already reduced in the absence of EVs. According to the results, the EV is charged mostly with thermal generation and the associated emissions are much higher than if they were calculated based on the generation mix.

Mulheres, teatro e religião: o tema da virgindade

Este artigo foi criado na sequência de uma sessão realizada na Casa das Dominicanas, em Fátima, do IX Colóquio Internacional «DISCURSOS E PRÁTICAS ALQUÍMICAS», “O Céu e a Terra”, Benedita - 29-30 de Maio de 2010. Foi publicado na revista do ISTA (Instituto São Tomás de Aquino), nº 21, Ano XIII. Lisboa. pp. 195-208. O evento teve lugar no Centro Cultural Gonçalves Sapinho, e foram promotores o Instituto de S. Tomás de Aquino; o TRIPLOV; Barafunda, AJCSS; e CEPSE - Cooperativa de Estudos e Intervenção em Projectos Socioeconómicos.(José Augusto Mourão, Estela Guedes, Isabel Rufino).

Estimating the risk of developing type 2 diabetes: a comparison of several risk scores: the Cohorte Lausannoise study.

To compare in the Swiss population the results of several scores estimating the risk of developing type 2 diabetes. This was a single-center, cross-sectional study conducted between 2003 and 2006 in Lausanne, Switzerland. Overall, 3,251 women and 2,937 men, aged 35-75 years, were assessed, of which 5,760 (93%) were free from diabetes and included in the current study. The risk of developing type 2 diabetes was assessed using seven different risk scores, including clinical data with or without biological data. Participants were considered to be eligible for primary prevention according to the thresholds provided for each score. The results were then extrapolated to the Swiss population of the same sex and age. The risk of developing type 2 diabetes increased with age in all scores. The prevalence of participants at high risk ranged between 1.6 and 24.9% in men and between 1.1 and 15.7% in women. Extrapolated to the Swiss population of similar age, the overall number of participants at risk, and thus susceptible to intervention, ranged between 46,708 and 636,841. In addition, scores that included the same clinical variables led to a significantly different prevalence of participants at risk (4.2% [95% CI 3.4-5.0] vs. 12.8% [11.5-14.1] in men and 2.9% [2.4-3.6] vs. 6.0% [5.2-6.9] in women). CONCLUSIONS; The prevalence of participants at risk for developing type 2 diabetes varies considerably according to the scoring system used. To adequately prevent type 2 diabetes, risk-scoring systems must be validated for each population considered.

Selective accumulation of differentiated FOXP3(+) CD4 (+) T cells in metastatic tumor lesions from melanoma patients compared to peripheral blood

Precise identification of regulatory T cells is crucial in the understanding of their role in human cancers. Here, we analyzed the frequency and phenotype of regulatory T cells (Tregs), in both healthy donors and melanoma patients, based on the expression of the transcription factor FOXP3, which, to date, is the most reliable marker for Tregs, at least in mice. We observed that FOXP3 expression is not confined to human CD25(+/high) CD4(+) T cells, and that these cells are not homogenously FOXP3(+). The circulating relative levels of FOXP3(+) CD4(+) T cells may fluctuate close to 2-fold over a short period of observation and are significantly higher in women than in men. Further, we showed that FOXP3(+) CD4(+) T cells are over-represented in peripheral blood of melanoma patients, as compared to healthy donors, and that they are even more enriched in tumor-infiltrated lymph nodes and at tumor sites, but not in normal lymph nodes. Interestingly, in melanoma patients, a significantly higher proportion of functional, antigen-experienced FOXP3(+) CD4(+) T was observed at tumor sites, compared to peripheral blood. Together, our data suggest that local accumulation and differentiation of Tregs is, at least in part, tumor-driven, and illustrate a reliable combination of markers for their monitoring in various clinical settings.

Aplicación del método de congelación de ovarios para estimar la distribución espacial de cardúmenes desovantes de anchoveta

Estudia los resultados acerca del uso y ventajas de la técnica de congelación de ovarios mediante un criostato portátil, para estimar a tiempo real, el estado reproductivo de la anchoveta mediante análisis microscópico de gónadas, durante los cruceros de evaluación.

Karta öfver Finland (Sektionen D2)

1 kartta :, vär. ;, 51,5 x 43 cm, lehti 58 x 50,3 cm

Karta öfver Finland (Sektionen E4)

1 kartta :, vär. ;, 51,4 x 43,1 cm, lehti 58 x 50,4 cm

Karta öfver Finland (Sektionen E5)

1 kartta :, vär. ;, 51 x 42,8 cm, lehti 58 x 50,3 cm

Finska wiken

Constr. af H. v. Gegerfelt

Rapport et procès-verbal de la Commission de vérification des comptes des ministres...

1867-1868.

Rapport et procès-verbal de la Commission de vérification des comptes des ministres...

1868-1869.

Recueil de lois, ordonnances, décrets, réglements et circulaires concernant les différents services du Ministère des travaux publics : ancien Recueil Potiquet / dressé par les soins de l'Administration centrale

1805 (SER1,T2)-1816.