This thesis deals with the control and protection of Multi-Terminal DC (MTDC) transmission systems based on Voltage-Source Converters (VSCs). The MTDC system enables several AC systems to be integrated by way of a DC network. Potential applications of the MTDC…

This thesis aimed to provide a knowledge base and methodologies to help minimize electromagnetic interference (EMI) in healthcare. Two methods were developed, for the first time, to quantify EMI risk due to radio frequency (RF) sources in hospitals. The first…

The colonial contribution to the French naval shipbuilding industry in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, explored within the context of the forest from which the resources for the industry were taken, was a remarkably successful venture that came to an…

Esta Tesis Doctoral estudia las posibilidades de acción educativa que abre la incorporación curricular de los medios de comunicación audiovisual a la escuela. Para ello, se justifica su presencia mediante la consideración de necesidades, objetivos, posibilidades y métodos para la…

El Marco Conceptual actualmente en vigor a la hora de referirse a los ordenamientos electorales proviene, casi en su integridad, del siglo XIX. Ciertamente, las aportaciones en este terreno a lo largo del siglo XX han sido considerables. En esa…

A través de esta investigaci6n perseguimos comprender el sentido que la imagen del ángel, tanto en su vertiente celestial como en la infernal, posee en los escritos de los poetas del 27. Para el desarrollo de este cometido era necesario…

"En la actualidad, a pesar de la importancia económica que ha representado el cultivo del camarón en las últimas décadas, no se conoce mucho acerca de su organización genómica básica. Entre las tecnologías de la bioquímica aplicables a la acuicultura…

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the knowledge and beliefs about malaria transmission and practices for vector control in eight villages on the coastal plain of Chiapas, Mexico. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A cross-sectional survey was conducted during May and June 1995 in Chiapas,…

OBJECTIVE: To assess school teachers' level of knowledge on prevention of viral hepatitis (VH). MATERIAL AND METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted in three cities of Brazil, from August to November of 1999. The sample was composed of 360 subjects:…

Previous research on corporate household and corporate householding has presented
examples, literature review, and working definitions. In this paper, we first improve our
understanding of the area by developing a typology of corporate householding tasks
and knowledge…