21,370 research outputs found
Contingency-Constrained Unit Commitment With Intervening Time for System Adjustments
The N-1-1 contingency criterion considers the con- secutive loss of two
components in a power system, with intervening time for system adjustments. In
this paper, we consider the problem of optimizing generation unit commitment
(UC) while ensuring N-1-1 security. Due to the coupling of time periods
associated with consecutive component losses, the resulting problem is a very
large-scale mixed-integer linear optimization model. For efficient solution, we
introduce a novel branch-and-cut algorithm using a temporally decomposed
bilevel separation oracle. The model and algorithm are assessed using multiple
IEEE test systems, and a comprehensive analysis is performed to compare system
performances across different contingency criteria. Computational results
demonstrate the value of considering intervening time for system adjustments in
terms of total cost and system robustness.Comment: 8 pages, 5 figure
Socio-ecological Factors Associated with Adolescents’ Psychological Well-being: A multilevel analysis
Purpose: Supports and stressors across different ecological systems affect adolescents’ perceptions of psychological well-being. The purpose of this study is to analyze how social support, school experiences, and socio-economic factors relate to psychological well-being among adolescents. Furthermore, our study explores how family income shapes the relationship between social supports and well-being.
Method: Multilevel linear regression models were applied to a sample of 19,767 middle and high school students, with students serving as Level 1 and schools as Level 2.
Results: Students reporting more support from parents, friends, teachers, and neighbors and better school engagement perceive better psychological well-being. Furthermore, family income moderates the relationship between teacher support and adolescents’ psychological well-being. Implications for social work practice are discussed.
Conclusion: Social support plays an important role in promoting adolescents’ psychological well-being. Teacher support is associated with better psychological well-being for all students, and this relationship is strongest for students from higher income families
Modeling Three-dimensional Invasive Solid Tumor Growth in Heterogeneous Microenvironment under Chemotherapy
A systematic understanding of the evolution and growth dynamics of invasive
solid tumors in response to different chemotherapy strategies is crucial for
the development of individually optimized oncotherapy. Here, we develop a
hybrid three-dimensional (3D) computational model that integrates
pharmacokinetic model, continuum diffusion-reaction model and discrete cell
automaton model to investigate 3D invasive solid tumor growth in heterogeneous
microenvironment under chemotherapy. Specifically, we consider the effects of
heterogeneous environment on drug diffusion, tumor growth, invasion and the
drug-tumor interaction on individual cell level. We employ the hybrid model to
investigate the evolution and growth dynamics of avascular invasive solid
tumors under different chemotherapy strategies. Our simulations reproduce the
well-established observation that constant dosing is generally more effective
in suppressing primary tumor growth than periodic dosing, due to the resulting
continuous high drug concentration. In highly heterogeneous microenvironment,
the malignancy of the tumor is significantly enhanced, leading to inefficiency
of chemotherapies. The effects of geometrically-confined microenvironment and
non-uniform drug dosing are also investigated. Our computational model, when
supplemented with sufficient clinical data, could eventually lead to the
development of efficient in silico tools for prognosis and treatment strategy
optimization.Comment: 41 pages, 8 figure
Search for stochastic gravitational-wave background from string cosmology with Advanced LIGO and Virgo's O1O3 data
String cosmology models predict a relic background of gravitational-wave (GW)
radiation in the early universe. The GW energy spectrum of radiated power
increases rapidly with the frequency, and therefore it becomes a potential and
meaningful observation object for high-frequency GW detector. We focus on the
stochastic background generated by superinflation in string theory and search
for such signal in the observing data of Advanced LIGO and Virgo O1O3
runs in a Bayesian framework. We do not find the existence of the signal, and
thus put constraints on the GW energy density. Our results indicate that at
, the fractional energy density of GW background is less than
and for dilaton-string and dilaton only
cases respectively, and further rule out the parameter space restricted by the
model itself due to the non-decreasing dilaton and stable cosmology background
( bound).Comment: Accepted by Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physic
Entanglement and nonlocality of one- and two-mode combination squeezed state
We investigate the entanglement and nonlocality properties of one- and
two-mode combination squeezed vacuum state (OTCSS, with two-parameter lamda and
gamma) by analyzing the logarithmic negativity and the Bell's inequality. It is
found that this state exhibits larger entanglement than that of the usual
two-mode squeezed vacuum state (TSVS), and that in a certain regime of lamda,
the violation of Bell's inequality becomes more obvious, which indicates that
the nonlocality of OTCSS can be stronger than that of TSVS. As an application
of OTCSS, the quantum teleportaion is examined, which shows that there is a
region spanned by lamda and gamma in which the fidelity of OTCSS channel is
larger than that of TSVS.Comment: 15 pages, 7 figures, accepted by Optics communication
The associations between cognitive function and depressive symptoms among older Chinese population: A cohort study
With the rapid development of society, population aging has emerged as a significant global challenge. This study aimed to evaluate the impact of baseline cognitive performance, current cognitive function, and cognitive decline on subsequent depressive symptoms. Data were obtained from participants aged 65 years and older in the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey (CLHLS), Wave 2014–2018. Of the 7,192 participants in Wave 2014, 1,627 were included in the analysis. Multivariate regressions were conducted to estimate the associations between cognitive measures and depressive symptoms. Our results indicated that baseline cognitive function was not associated with subsequent depressive symptoms, but current cognitive function was. Furthermore, participants who experienced significant cognitive decline were more likely to develop depressive symptoms. Covariates, including marital status, economic status, physical activity, and recreational activity, were also associated with subsequent depressive symptoms. These findings suggest that slowing cognitive decline is an effective strategy for preventing depressive symptoms in older adults, promoting their health and wellbeing
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