The burn-in test of three-phase UPS by energy feedback method
In the burn-in test of three-phase online uninterruptible power supply (UPS) system, RLC is usually used as a load in the conventional method. For saving energy and decreasing the test cost of UPS, the energy feedback method is proposed to apply the test of the online UPS. In this method, the utility system is used instead of a load. A voltage regulator is used in parallel operation to turn back the energy, which was dissipated in conventional method, to the utility system. The values of real power and reactive power in the output of UPS can be regulated in the proposed method to imitate various loads. From the experimental results, the efficiency of saving energy is more than 85% near half-load and will be higher while the load increases.<<ETX>>
Active load for burn-in test of buck-type DC-DC converter with ultra-low output voltage
In this paper, a nonisolated single-stage active load for burn-in test of the buck-type DC-DC converter with ultra-low output voltage is presented herein so as to realize energy recycling. The detailed illustration of this converter, together with some simulation experimental results, is provided to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed scheme.
Human reproduction: irrational but in most cases morally defensible
While I am inclined to agree that in most cases a choice to become pregnant and bring to birth a child is an irrational choice, unlike Professor Hayry,1 I believe that choosing to do so is far from being necessarily immoral. In fact I will argue that it is often these irrational (but morally defensible) choices which make human life the valuable commodity many of us believe it is.

Hayry argues that not only is the choice to have children always an irrational choice, but also it is necessarily an immoral choice. Thus, for Hayry “human reproduction is fundamentally immoral”.1 He claims it is important to point out to prospective parents that their urge to have children is irrational. From this, he argues, it follows that once this is accepted the use of advance technologies to assist conception should be reassessed, and furthermore, the irrationality and immorality of having children should become a legitimate part of guidance given to those expressing a wish to have children.

According to Hayry the reason it is irrational and immoral to choose to bring to birth a child is that “having a child can always realistically lead to the worse possible outcome, when the alternative is not having a child”.1 He argues that when people consider having children they are faced with the choice between deciding not to have children and thus harming or benefiting no-one (this, it is argued has a value of zero), or having children where this life may be good or bad, and thus the value of this choice can be …