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Perennial vs Annual Energy Crops-SWOT Analysis (Case Study: Greece)
Annoula Paschalidou, Michael Tsatirisb, Kiriaki Kitikidou
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Index: 10.183x/A0708010111

The EU biobased economy needs sustainable biomass supply for multiple uses: pharmaceuticals, food, feed, biobased materials and bioenergy. The yielding potential of the energy crops (annual and perennial) has to be as effiecient as possible in order to minimize the competition for land. For the last two decades several perennial and annual energy crops have been cultivated for biofuel production at a European level. The main advantage of the annual energy crops is that agronomic management can be easily adapted from more traditional cultivation practices since they can easily fit in current (rotation) farming systems. On the other hand, perennial energy crops are being specifically developed for biomass production. Moreover, their great production potential lies in their low production costs, suitability to marginal and erosive lands, relative low water needs, low nutrient and agrochemical requirements, and positive environmental benefits. This paper aims to discuss the most..........

Author Keywords:- Biofuel, Energy crops, Annual, Perennial, Miscanthus, Cardoon, Switchgrass, Sunflower, Kenaf, Rapeseed, Sorghum, SWOT analysis

e-ISSN: 2319-183X, p-ISSN: 2319-1821 Source Type: Journal Original Language: English
Document Type: Article Number of pages: 01

Bioclimatic analysis based on the climate of Greece, in order to minimize energy consumption in buildings
Sofia Giannarou, Michael Tsatiris, Kyriaki Kitikidou
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Index: 10.183x/B0708011215

Bioclimatic Design aims to design buildings, based on the local microclimate of the area, by utilizing the energy of the sun and other sources of the environment, as well as the various natural phenomena of the climate. The result is a reduction in energy consumption in the building sector while at the same time providing thermal comfort to building users. In this study, bioclimatic analysis of regions of Greece with different climatic characteristics is performed. According to KENAK 2017, the Prefectures of Greece are classified in four different Climatic Zones A, B, C and D. The bioclimatic analysis is implemented by using the bioclimatic charts of the buildings that were first used by the brothers Victor & Aladar Olgyay. With the help of the required climatic data from the National....

Author Keywords:- bioclimatic chart analysis, passive solar heating, passive cooling, thermal comfort, climate.

e-ISSN: 2319-183X, p-ISSN: 2319-1821 Source Type: Journal Original Language: English
Document Type: Article Number of pages: 02

Cognitive Performance of Student's Assessment by Resting-State EEG Analysis
K. Prahlad Rao, Mohammed Ahmed Hanash, Mukhtar M Alansari
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Index: 10.183x/C0708011619

Cognitive skills are driven by neural mechanism of the brain in individuals. In particular, it is very important to know the cognitive level of students that may help to adapt effective method of teaching in classrooms. We measured EEG signals from select group of student's scalps by stimulating the cortex from specific mathematical tasks. The signals were analyzed by ERSP (Event Related Spectral Perturbation), ITC (Inter-trial Coherence) methods and visualized for resting-state EEG. The results show that the frontal region of the brain is activated during arithmetic calculations. It is also observed that the neurons are networked together and will not have dominant amplitudes in EEG signals indicating that the resting-state EEG analysis could reveal cognition level in the participants...........

Author Keywords:- EEG; Cognition; Neuronal network; Brain lobes.

e-ISSN: 2319-183X, p-ISSN: 2319-1821 Source Type: Journal Original Language: English
Document Type: Article Number of pages: 03

Series - 1 (December 2018)