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How can you keep your basement from flooding?

  Basement flooding can be a horrifying sight, and it can happen at any time in Toronto due to sudden or unexpected rainfall. It is possible to prevent basement flooding by taking preventative measures. How does basement flooding occur? There are various factors that can lead to basement flooding, including leaks in foundations or basements, a poor drainage system, and a blockage in the main sewer line. Besides rainwater, backflow of sewer water, and a failed sump pump, other factors can lead to water accumulation in the basement. Furthermore, if there are cracks in walls or windows, or if debris accumulates over eavestroughs and downspouts, the water can be prevented from flowing into the drainage system. What can you do to prevent your basement from flooding? Flooding can be prevented by taking several steps before it occurs. Several of these require little effort, while others require a professional touch.  Keep your drains clean, seal cracks in walls and windows, and repair weepin
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Economic performance assessment of three renovated multi-family buildings with different HVAC systems

  Highlights • Generative Adversarial Network is used to generate building electric load. • The generated load could capture both the general trend and stochastic dynamics. • The proposed approach was tested using real smart meter data. • Potential applications include electric load generation, anonymization, and anomaly detection. Abstract Building electrical load profiles can improve understanding of building energy efficiency, demand flexibility, and building-grid interactions. Current approaches to generating load profiles are time-consuming and not capable of reflecting the dynamic and stochastic behaviors of real buildings; some approaches also trigger data privacy concerns. In this study, we proposed a novel approach for generating realistic electrical load profiles of buildings through the Generative Adversarial Network (GAN), a machine learning technique that is capable of revealing an unknown probability distribution purely from data. The proposed approach has three main step
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The Top 10 Tips for Healthy Winter Skin

  Winter can wreak havoc on your skin, and it can feel like there’s no escape: Cold, blustery conditions outside leave your skin red and raw, while indoor heat zaps moisture from the air and from your skin. Even the things that make winter wonderful, such as sitting by a roaring fire, can dry your skin , as the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) notes. And although a hot shower can warm you up, hot water strips skin of its natural oils, according to the University of Tennessee Medical Center. Happily, there are many ways to combat the causes of dry skin and keep yourself moist and supple all season long, including some easy changes to your everyday routine. Read on for 10 simple, dermatologist-approved tips for glowing winter skin. Top 10 Tips for Healthy Winter Skin 1. Invest in a Humidifier to Maximize Moisture “In the cooler winter months, the outdoor air typically holds onto less water and is drier and colder,” says Naissan O. Wesley, MD, a board-certified dermatologist based in
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Pandemic Medical Innovations Leave Behind People With Disabilities

  Divya Goel, a 35-year-old deaf-blind woman in Orlando, Florida, has had two telemedicine doctors’ appointments during the pandemic. Each time, she was denied an interpreter.  Her doctors told her she would have to get insurance to pay for an interpreter, which is incorrect: Under federal law, it is the physician’s responsibility to provide one. Goel’s mother stepped in to interpret instead. But her signing is limited, so Goel, who has only some vision, is not sure her mother fully conveyed what the doctors said. Goel worries about the medical ramifications — a wrong medicine or treatment — if something got lost in translation. “It’s really, really hard to get real information, and so I feel very stuck in my situation,” she signed through an interpreter. Telemedicine, teleworking, rapid tests, virtual school, and vaccine drive-thrus have become part of Americans’ routines as they enter Year 3 of life amid covid-19. But as innovators have raced to make living in a pandemic world safer,
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