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Short-term load forecasting plays a crucial role in managing the energy consumption of buildings in cities. Accurate forecasting enables residents to reduce energy waste and facilitates timely decision-making for power companies' energy management. In this paper, we propose a novel hybrid forecasting model designed to predict load series in multiple households. Our proposed method integrates multivariate variational mode decomposition (MVMD), the whale optimization algorithm (WOA), and a temporal fusion transformer (TFT) to perform one-step forecasts. MVMD is utilized to decompose the load series into intrinsic mode functions (IMFs), extracting characteristics at distinct scales. We use sample entropy to determine the appropriate number of decomposition levels and the penalty factor of MVMD. The WOA is utilized to optimize the hyperparameters of MVMD-TFT to enhance its overall performance. We generate two distinct cases originating from BCHydro. Experimental results show that our method has achieved excellent performance in both cases. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Although China has witnessed the rapid growth of public administration (PA) education during recent decades, few studies have focused on the practical issues of lower-level tertiary PA education, namely, PA programs in vocational colleges. The methods that vocational PA programs can apply to improve educational quality are a theoretical gap since vocational PA education differs from university PA education. This article introduces the background and summarizes the characteristics and problems of vocational PA education. Based on the authors' experience and the application of the Degree Qualifications Profile from other vocational programs, this article proposes a new method for comprehensively developing a curriculum. This method acts as a guideline and helps resolve the uncertainty of vocational PA programs.

While the concept of public space is frequently referenced, its definition is ambiguous. Current studies have attempted to clarify the definitions of public space. However, the supposed definitions of public space are usually contradictory upon further inspection. This article argues that epistemological assumptions are the main reason for these logical problems. The entity view, the preference for a real definition, and the concentration on "space in plan" should be changed. Inspired by Wittgenstein's epistemology, this article proposes a framework for defining public space, which will help administrators flexibly and consistently identify the public nature of diverse semipublic spaces. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Although China has witnessed the rapid growth of public administration (PA) education during recent decades, few studies have focused on the practical issues of lower-level tertiary PA education, namely, PA programs in vocational colleges. The methods that vocational PA programs can apply to improve educational quality are a theoretical gap since vocational PA education differs from university PA education. This article introduces the background and summarizes the characteristics and problems of vocational PA education. Based on the authors' experience and the application of the Degree Qualifications Profile from other vocational programs, this article proposes a new method for comprehensively developing a curriculum. This method acts as a guideline and helps resolve the uncertainty of vocational PA programs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A heterojunction of Cu 2 O and Cr-doped SrTiO 3 (SrTi 1- x Cr x O 3 ) was designed for selective photocatalytic isopropanol (IPA) oxidation under visible light irradiation. The photocatalytic oxidation of IPA was measured in a fixed-bed reactor. Cr dopants can increase the light absorption and improve the activity of the catalyst. The formation of the Cu 2 O/SrTi 1- x Cr x O 3 heterojunction can further broaden the absorption range of lights and dramatically increase the photocatalytic activity for selective oxidation of IPA. The 3% Cu 2 O/SrTi 0.99 Cr 0.01 O 3 catalyst can fully convert ∼1000 ppm IPA under illumination in 2 h. The selectivity of acetone is ∼100%. The yield is 83 and 4 times higher than that using SrTiO 3 and SrTi 0.99 Cr 0.01 O 3 as catalysts, respectively. By measuring the ultraviolet-visible absorption spectra and Mott-Schottky plots, we obtained the band structure of the heterojunction, which shows that the conduction and valence bands of Cu 2 O are higher than those of SrTi 1- x Cr x O 3 , therefore facilitating the separation and transfer of photogenerated electrons and holes. In addition, electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy and radical trapping tests reveal that the generation of hydroxyl and superoxide leads to photocatalytic oxidation of IPA by the heterojunction photocatalyst.