ABSORBED POWER DENSITY APPROACH FOR OPTIMAL DESIGN OF HEAVING POINT ABSORBER WAVE ENERGY CONVERTER: A CASE STUDY OF DURBAN SEA CHARACTERISTICS

Absorbed power density approach for optimal design of heaving point absorber wave energy converter: A case study of Durban sea characteristics

This work proposes an approach for the optimal sizing of a cylindrical heaving wave energy converter (WEC).The approach is based on maximising the absorbed power density (APD) of the buoy, with the diameter being the decision variable.Furthermore, two types of buoy shapes were compared to get the best option.The two buoy shapes are the cone cylinde

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Antimicrobial Chemokines

Chemokines are best known for their classic leukocyte chemotactic activity, which is critical for directing the immune response to sites of infection and injury.However, recent studies have suggested that at least some chemokines may also interfere with infectious agents directly.Antimicrobial chemokines tend to contain amphipathic alpha helical se

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Equity Gaps in Dual Enrollment

This article examined root causes of the equity gaps in dual enrollment through a systematic literature review of peer-reviewed literature, public scholarship, and practitioner perspectives.Root causes identified include Spoon Rest access barriers, lack of advising and support, lack of awareness, and financial barriers for underrepresented students

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What Drives Caterpillar Guilds on a Tree: Enemy Pressure, Leaf or Tree Growth, Genetic Traits, or Phylogenetic Neighbourhood?

Communities of herbivorous insects on individual host trees may be driven by processes ranging from ongoing development via recent microevolution to ancient phylogeny, but the relative importance of these processes and whether they operate via trophic interactions or herbivore movement remains unknown.We determined the leaf phenology, trunk diamete

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