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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"energy measures"”.
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Energy, inequality and pro-poor growth in South Africa
The effect of energy on inequality and poverty is not well understood and its role in growth-inequality-poverty nexus has not been adequately studied. A country's energy mix can playa significant role in economic growth and poverty alleviation. Policy authorities and donors increasingly lend …
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A determination of the attitudes towards energy use and conservation of users (homeowners) and providers (housebuilders) of domestic dwellings and their influence upon co2 emissions
UK energy use in domestic housing forms an important part of the Government's programme to reduce CC>2 emissions, the sector contributing nearly one third of total CC>2 emissions. The research established that within the parameters of legislation, market economy and high levels of homeownership, …
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Circadian rhythm of cortisol and estradiol in healthy women
… include alterations in affect, sleep quality and energy. The study of the relationship between circadian rhythms has been limited to isolated rhythms. The role of temporal relationships among rhythms has received little attention. Sickness behaviors are prevalent in many disorders including …
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Monte Carlo Simulation Methods for Studying the Thermodynamics of Ligand Binding & Transfer Processes in Biomolecules
… important for the understanding of bioenergetic energy transduction. The results of this thesis are presented in five articles that are published in peer reviewed scientific journals. Manuscript A presents the Monte Carlo simulation software GMCT which was largely developed in this thesis. The …
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Development, analysis and performance assessment of net zero energy house systems.
Net zero energy buildings have captured the attention of many researchers and governments due to high energy consumption by traditional buildings. The design stage of a net zero energy house is the most crucial and cost effective step to focus on. The orientation of the building, proper insulation, …
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Ultra-processed foods and cardiometabolic health
… of food weight, with the justification that energy measures would not capture the non-calorific components of UPFs with potentially adverse effects on health. Guided by previous nutritional epidemiological research to adjust for total energy intake, I modelled UPF and disease risks in five …
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A Spatial Decision Support System for thermal energy planning at the regional scale
… Ph.D. dissertation is on the thermal part of the energy planning issue since the space conditioning (heating and cooling – H&C) of buildings represents about 75% of the energy consumed by European residential buildings and only 16% of the heating and cooling consumption is covered by renewable …