Dopamine cells, for example, are involved in the brain's reward systems, generating feelings of pleasure.

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The turbines passed a G59 test last week, which looks at safety standards required for the connection of a generating plant to existing distribution systems.

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In Arkansas, wind shears and unstable weather conditions suitable for forming super cells, extremely large cloud systems capable of generating powerful tornadoes, were approaching Little Rock.

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Micro-grids are independent controllable and defined systems including electric generating and consuming assets that can be connected to or disconnected from the larger power grid, and they are becoming more popular.

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Consumers have installed more than 140, 000 solar energy systems, with a generating capacity of 1.5 gigawatts, in the state to date, according to Vote Solar, a San Francisco-based non-profit.

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Eighty-one Sulabh toilets linked to biogas plants are generating energy and fertilizer, and some systems have health care facilities.

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He also noticed that CRM systems seemed to focus more on generating reports than relationships.

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Unlike traditional "centralized" systems, distributed energy relies on small power-generating technologies like solar panels or ultra-efficient natural-gas turbines built near the point of energy consumption to supplement or displace grid-distributed electricity.

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Generating apples-to-apples comparisons among so many components and systems is tedious work.

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