5 research outputs found
Development of Prepaid Electricity Payment System for a University Community Using the LUHN Algorithm
This work presents a University Community based electricity prepaid billing system. Generally in Nigeria, electricity customers face a lot of problems with respect to their electricity bills from the distribution companies. The challenges they face include wrongly calculated bills as a result inaccurate reading of meters, general human errors in bill preparation among others. In some other semi-automated systems in which prepaid meters are used, consumers waste much time in purchasing utility units for electricity. This is the case presently at the university community we are considered in this work. This paper presents the design and implementation of a combination of a web-based and SMS alert prepaid electricity system called for the community. The implementation of the system was done using C# programming language and Microsoft SQL Server as the database platform. The system incorporates the Luhn algorithm for generating pins for use on the simulated
prepaid meters. The system is able to run on the university intranet and can also serve as internet based application
Evolution of Electricity Metering Technologies in Nigeria
Advancement in technology has continuously driven the evolution of metering devices and infrastructure in the world and has resulted in more accurate and user-friendly devices equipped with customer interaction interfaces. The evolution of metering technology in Nigeria arose with the unbundling of the National Electric Power Authority (NEPA) but have not progressed smoothly and successfully despite the implementation of various reforms and policies in the Nigerian electricity industry. The persisting problems in the electricity distribution system such as energy theft, vandalism, energy wastage, high line losses can be overcome by the deployment of appropriate metering infrastructure. In the second quarter of 2020, the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission revealed that the total registered customers and total metered customers are 10,516,090 and 4,234,759 respectively leaving a metering gap of 59.73%; after 124 years of commercial electricity availability in Nigeria. This paper discusses Nigeria's metering history and the challenges encountered in the transition of policies, technologies and government reforms. The paper also proposes the way forward to a successful transitioning into a smart distribution grid
Ursinus College Catalog for the One Hundred and Fourteenth Academic Year, 1983-1984
A digitized copy of the 1983-1984 Ursinus College Catalog. It contains details of the curriculum, departmental requirements and courses of instruction as well as lists of students, faculty and administrators. Student life, terms of admission, expenses and financial aid are also included as well as descriptions of the buildings and equipment available to students.https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/uccatalog/1036/thumbnail.jp
Ресурсосберегающие технологии в контроле, управлении качеством и безопасности : сборник научных трудов XI Международной конференции школьников, студентов, аспирантов, молодых ученых "Ресурсоэффективные системы в управлении и контроле: взгляд в будущее", 08-10 ноября 2022 г., г. Томск
В сборнике представлены материалы XI Международной конференции школьников, студентов, аспирантов, молодых ученых «Ресурсоэффективные системы в управлении и контроле: взгляд в будущее», в которых рассматриваются актуальные проблемы неразрушающего контроля и технической диагностики, техносферной безопасности, внедрения систем менеджмента качества, образования, управления в современной экономике. Предназначен для специалистов, преподавателей, аспирантов и студентов вузов, а также для всех интересующихся проблемами ресурсоэффективных технологий
Човечкиот капитал – фактор за градење конкурентска компаниска предност
The human capital has always been factoring for society`s growth, but is also a crucial factor
in today’s competitive and propulsive global economy based on knowledge. In unstable
business environment, comparative advantages of the companies are only temporary. In that
context, people of the company are basic resource for permanent competitiveness.
The human capital as a resource is composed of individual and collective knowledge, expertise
and experiences, creativity and innovation, competences and capabilities i.e. the whole
developing capacity of the people in the company for providing good business results. In the
five M`s factors of production (5M: man, machines, money, materials and management), the
human capital is the center without the company cannot function effectively.
The contemporary view of the market success of the companies is connected with the concept
of strategic competitiveness. Nowadays all managers admit that the process of gaining
comparative advantage and good business and market success is based on human capital, so
its development is true challenge for the leaders in formulating competitive strategy.
The business environment which is characterized by suddenly changes, for achievement of
comparative advantage, the role of the human capital in company is bigger than ever, and the
gaining, development and sustained human capital can be main source of sustained company`s
competitiveness.
Клучни зборови: human capital, sustained company`s competitiveness, management of human
resources, dynamic environment.
ЈЕЛ Класификација: M10, O31, O3