Thermo, 2021 In this work, the flexible operation of an Integrated Solar Combined Cycle (ISCC) power plant has been optimized considering two different energy storage approaches.
Miguel Ángel Reyes-Belmonte +2 more
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Health workers demand health coverage for migrants [PDF]
Canadian Medical Association Journal, 2019 Health workers rallied in 17 cities across Canada this week to demand the federal government close gaps in medical coverage for undocumented migrants. In a recent open letter, more than 1500 health professionals and organizations called for universal health care for all people living in Canada,
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InfrastructuresAirport-bound access and egress trips comprise a significant portion of total ground transportation trips, especially in regions served by large airports.
Vasileios Volakakis, Hani S. Mahmassani
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Proactive Coverage Area Decisions Based on Data Field for Drone Base Station Deployment
Sensors, 2018 Using the drone base station (DBS) to alleviate the network coverage supply-demand mismatch is an attractive issue. Found in DBS-assisted cellular mobile networks, the deployment of DBSs to cope with the dynamic load requirements is an important problem.
Bo Hu +4 more
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The Cost of Legal Restrictions on Experience Rating [PDF]
, 2020 We investigate the cost of legal restrictions on experience rating in auto and home insurance. The cost is an opportunity cost as experience rating can mitigate the problems associated with unobserved heterogeneity in claim risk, including mispriced ...
Barseghyan, Levon +3 more
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Vertiport Infrastructure Location Optimization for Equitable Access to Urban Air Mobility
InfrastructuresUrban air mobility (UAM) has recently emerged as a promising new transportation mode, with various potential use cases. Facility location problems are well studied and of significant importance for various transportation modes.
Vasileios Volakakis, Hani S. Mahmassani
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Insurance loss coverage under restricted risk classification: The case of iso-elastic demand [PDF]
, 2016 This paper investigates equilibrium in an insurance market where risk classification is restricted. Insurance demand is characterised by an iso-elastic function with a single elasticity parameter.
Angus S. Macdonald +6 more
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Demand and willingness-to-pay for bed nets in Tanzania: results from a choice experiment
Malaria Journal, 2017 Background Universal coverage campaigns for long-lasting insecticide-treated nets do not always reach the goal of one net for every two household members, and even when ownership of at least one net per household is high, many households may not own ...
Chris D. Gingrich +4 more
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Hybrid Satellite-Terrestrial Communication Networks for the Maritime Internet of Things: Key Technologies, Opportunities, and Challenges [PDF]
, 2021 With the rapid development of marine activities, there has been an increasing number of maritime mobile terminals, as well as a growing demand for high-speed and ultra-reliable maritime communications to keep them connected.
Chen, Yunfei +5 more
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The demand for homeowners insurance with bundled catastrophe coverages : Wharton project on managing catastrophic risks [PDF]
, 2001 In this paper, we estimate the demand for homeowner insurance in Florida. Since we are interested in a number of factors influencing demand, we approach the problem from two directions. We first estimate two hedonic equations representing the premium per
Grace, Martin F. +2 more
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