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Performance Investigation of Multifunctional On-Grid Hybrid Wind–PV System With OASC and MAF-Based Control

An observer-based adaptive speed control (OASC) and a multistage adaptive filter (MAF) based control structure are proposed for an on-grid hybrid wind–photovoltaic (PV) system to deal with the two major issues such as peak wind power extraction and mitigation of power quality problems, respectively. The OASC is an adaptive control alongside exhibiting robustness against uncertainties (structured and unstructured). The objective of peak wind power extraction is met through cascaded control, which includes an inner hysteresis current control and an outer speed control based on OASC. The proposed OASC includes a disturbance observer loop with backstepping control. Moreover, it incorporates a discontinuous projection law-based adaptive parameter estimation, thereby resulting in a sense of hybrid control implementation. The outer speed control loop provides the reference stator current to the inner loop retaining maximum power point tracking. For enhancement of system reliability, another renewable source (solar PV array) is integrated at the dc link. The connection between the hybrid system and the grid is established through an inverter incorporating the proposed MAF-based control. Herein, the effects of nonlinear balanced and unbalanced loads are addressed through the incorporation of vectorial approach for extracting fundamental positive sequence components from nonlinear load currents to realize harmonic-free fundamental reference currents for the grid. The proposed controls are simulated and compared with the conventional techniques. The control implementation and performance testing are carried out on the hybrid system built in the laboratory.
Physiological response of Prorocentrum lima (Dinophyceae) to varying light intensities

The benthic dinoflagellate Prorocentrum lima is among the most common toxic morphospecies with a cosmopolitan distribution. This study explored if strains from different environments and different morphotypes, isolated from three locations in the Atlantic Iberian Peninsula and two from the Mediterranean Sea, showed different responses to varying light regimes, after confirming that all strains belonged to the same ribotype. Growth rates and photosynthetic parameters such as F o , F v /F m , and rETR max were analysed with a Coulter counter, a water-PAM and a fast repetition rate fluorometer. The photosynthetic properties were investigated in a high light stress experiment using strains acclimated to low light (LL) and high light (HL). The highest growth rate was 0.23 day − 1 at 80 and 100 μ mol photons m − 2 s − 1 for strains Dn150EHU and Dn60EHU, originated from different locations. Under control conditions (18 ◦ C and 90 μ mol photons m − 2 s − 1 ), growth rate was on average 0.10 day − 1 . The HL stress exposure induced photodamage to all strains and the recovery period was not sufficiently long for full recovery of F v /F m . However, cells acclimated to HL showed a better recovery than the LL acclimated ones. Furthermore, some assumptions are discussed in relation to strains’ original location.
TITLE: Priorities for nutrition research in pediatric critical care

Background: Widespread variation exists in pediatric critical care nutrition practices, largely because of the scarcity of evidence to guide best practice recommendations. Objective: The objective of this paper was to develop a list of topics to be prioritized for nutrition research in pediatric critical care in the next 10 years. Methods: A modified three-round Delphi process was undertaken by a newly established multidisciplinary group comprising of 11 international researchers in the field of pediatric critical care nutrition. Items were ranked on a 5 point Likert scale. Results: Forty-five research topics (with a mean priority score>3.0/5) were identified within the following 10 domains: the pathophysiology and impact of malnutrition in critical illness; nutritional assessment: nutritional risk assessment and biomarkers; accurate assessment of energy requirements in all phases of critical illness; the role of protein intake; the role of pharmaco-nutrition; effective and safe delivery of enteral nutrition; enteral feeding intolerance: assessment and management; the role of parenteral nutrition; the impact of nutritional status and nutritional therapies on long term patient outcomes and nutritional therapies for specific populations. Ten top research topics (that received a mean score >4.0/5) were identified as the highest priority for research. Conclusions This paper has identified important consensus-derived priorities for clinical research in pediatric critical care nutrition. Using a Delphi method to achieve consensus, a multidisciplinary group of researchers generated 10 broad domains, and 10 top ranking topics, that we believe are high priority research areas for the next decade in the field of pediatric critical care nutrition. Answers to these questions will help to guide best practices in bedside nutrition delivery in the PICU, with the aim of optimizing patient outcomes. We hope this work will guide research resource allocation and promote a collaborative international research agenda in the field of pediatric critical care. The next step is to develop a core set of clinical and nutritional outcomes that must be reported in future nutritional studies.
Lateral Flow Assay: A World of Possibilities for the Diagnostic

Lateral Flow Assays (LFAs) are devices that have acquired a great popularity worldwide because of their ergonomic design; do not require refrigeration for storage. As well as, are easy to use, this facilitates its manipulation by non-specialized personnel; provide results in a short period, which is very advantageous in modern times. In addition, these tests can be acquired by people of low economic resources, due to their relatively low costs; they provide very reliable results and have great sensitivity and specificity; among many other positive properties. The LFA format consists of several components: 1) sample pad is the placement area of the sample; 2) conjugate pad contains the component of interaction with the positive sample associated with the reporter labels; 3) nitrocellulose membrane chemically treated to produce a test line and/or control line, which are the indicators of a positive or negative sample. The reporter labels are varied: colloidal gold, enzymes, colored latex beads, quantum dots, carbon nanoparticles and their use depends on the requirements of each test in particular. This review focuses on the general aspects of these rapid tests of great utility in multiple areas of life such as: clinical diagnosis, veterinary, agriculture, biowarfare, food analysis, environmental health and safety, industrial testing, as well as in new areas that have arisen more recently, such as molecular diagnostics and theranostics at the level, supported with the research out by Vaitukaitis which are great in the on
Performance Evaluation of Android Pattern Authentication Systems

: Mobile security is critical today as the usage of mobile devices has been increasing; consequently mobile security becomes more crucial. People are frequently using mobile devices for secure storage of their sensitive data like social security numbers, credit card numbers. If these devices are not handled securely, anyone can access the mobile devices by hacking the authentication passwords. Pattern locking systems are commonly exercised for validating a user for mobile access. But these systems are not safe, and are subjected to pre-computation attacks like dictionaries, rainbow tables and brute-force attacks. Android Kit Kat and Lollipop pattern authentication systems are vulnerable to pre-computations since they use SHA-1 unsalted hashes. The latest versions of Android like Marshmallow utilize SCRYPT hashes and salts for authenticating the users; they need additional hardware support such as TEE (Trusted Execution Environment) and Gatekeeper functionality. Therefore this research presents an alternative representation for mobile patterns using elliptic curves, and proposes three algorithms based on this ideology to make the pattern passwords strong against these attacks without using additional hardware. Security analysis regarding SAC (Strict Avalanche Criterion) and brute-force search space is also presented in this paper. Executions times are analyzed after the implementation of the three proposed methods.
Dynamic Heterogeneous Crowd Behaviour Detection Framework for Evacuation Plan during Emergency Situation

Summary The crowd of people consist of various vital information that portrayed through their behaviour inside the group. Usually, the group of people mixed male and female, elderly, kids, adult and even baby. Its made the group is heterogeneous in term of agent composition. Studying the crowd is very important to make a plan and come up with proper action immediately. This research proposed a new frameworkthat combines emotion, aggression and response of the crowd. Afterwards,density-based counting which able to determine the estimated number of groupand determine how many evacuation routes that possibly created. The result ofexperiments shown that emotional face detection, such as smile successfullyconducted while the crowd counting still needs to be improved further. However,the overall framework depicts a great result to come up with an excellentevacuation plan. We believe the result of this research thought can bring a predictive plan for safety evacuation toward people.
E ﬀ ect of Wine Lees as Alternative Antioxidants on Physicochemical and Sensorial Composition of Deer Burgers Stored during Chilled Storage

: Wine lees from two grape varieties ( Vitis vinifera L. Cv. “verdejo” and “palomino”) were studied as natural preservatives in deer burgers compared with the traditional additive sodium ascorbate. Burgers packed in modiﬁed atmosphere packaging and stored in refrigeration were analyzed at 0, 4, 8, and 12 days. The addition of lees (2.5% and 5%) produced a reduction of pH and variations in color (L* and a*), higher antioxidant capacity and phenolic content, lower lipid and protein oxidation, and the inhibition of psychotrophic aerobic bacteria and enterobacteria during the storage time. Likewise, burgers with lees kept the aldehydes concentration (volatile compounds indicators of lipid oxidation) over storage time, while esters, acids, and other compounds, previously present in lees, increased. These changes provided new odor and taste attributes like wine, bakery, and raisin notes. Therefore, the addition of wine lees had an antioxidant and antimicrobial e ﬀ ect and produced new sensory attributes in deer burgers. and A.S. ; methodology, M.A., M.L. -V. , M.S.P.-C. , M.C. D. -M. , M.E. A. , and A.S. ; investigation, M.A., M.S.P.-C. , M.C. D. -M. , M.E. A. , and A.S. ; data curation, M.A., M.L. -V. , M.S.P.-C. , M.C. D. -M. , M.E. A. , and A.S. ; writing-original draft, M.A.; writing—review and editing, M.S.P.-C. , M.C. D. -M. , M.E. A. , and A.S. ; visualization, M.A. and A.S. ; supervision, M.S.P.-C. and A.S. ; project administration, M.S.P.-C. ; funding acquisition, M.S.P.-C. ; resources,
Apolipoprotein A-I Milano and 1-Palmitoyl-2-oleoyl phosphatidylcholine Complex (ETC-216) Protects the In Vivo Rabbit Heart from Regional Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury

Ex vivo studies demonstrated that a synthetic HDL comprised of a complex of recombinant apolipoprotein A-I Milano and 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl phosphatidylcholine protects the isolated rabbit heart from reperfusion injury. Therefore, we sought to determine if a pharmaceutical preparation of this complex, ETC-216, was cardioprotective in an in vivo model of left anterior descending artery (LAD) occlusion and reperfusion. Initially, ETC-216 (100 mg/kg) was tested in acute (one treatment) and chronic (two-treatments) IV administrations. ETC-216-treated rabbits developed smaller infarcts expressed as percent of area at risk (p<0.01) compared to vehicle treatments. No differences were noted between chronic and acute administration. Therefore next, ETC-216 (10, 3 or 1 mg/kg) or equivalent vehicle volumes were acutely infused. Compared to vehicle, ETC-216 reduced infarct size as a percent of the area at risk at 10 (p<0.0005) and 3mg/kg (p< 0.05). No significant differences occurred at 1 mg/kg. To determine if ETC-216 could protect the heart after initiation of ischemia, the synthetic HDL (10 mg/kg) was infused intravenously beginning 5 minutes prior to the end of 30 minutes of LAD occlusion. Infarct size as percent of the area at risk was 31.6 ± 3.0 (ETC-216) versus 49.5 ± 2.5 (vehicle), (p<0.001); and as percent of left ventricle was 19.7±1.6 (ETC-216) versus 34.1±2.3 (vehicle) (p<0.0005). Electron microscopy demonstrated that ETC-216 prevented irreversible cardiac damage as assessed by mitochondrial granulation and sarcomere contraction band formation. These findings suggest ETC-216 reduces reperfusion injury and may have utility for coronary artery revascularization procedures. determine if the cardioprotective effects could be observed in an in vivo model of regional ischemia reperfusion injury in the rabbit heart.
Method for division of urban load power supply district based on cluster analysis

The division of urban power supply district is an essential issue in the medium voltage distribution network plan. This study develops a method for division of an urban load power supply district, integrating the open source data into the distribution network planning, at first, raw georeferenced point of information data is crawled by crawler program based on location retrieval service interface (Place API), the buildings' data of the planned urban district is extracted and power load estimation are introduced in detail, the dataset of the low-voltage load spatial distribution is set-up; secondly, the clustering algorithm selects both the local density of samples ρ i and the distance between samples δ i as criteria to form the clusters, cluster centres are recognised from the binary pair in `decision map', as load density peaks. Thirdly, the spatial distribution dataset of the low-voltage users is taken as the data points in the clustering algorithm; the result of clusters corresponds to division in the power distribution with certain capability. Consequently, the methodologies proposed are verified on one example district of ~71.7587 hectares, the division scheme can provide theoretical guidance for the location and sizing of power distributors in the urban distribution network.
STATE, UNION AND UNAUTHORIZED MIGRANTS A case study of deportation policy in Sweden

During the 1990s the number of unauthorized migrant workers increased in Sweden. The Building Workers’ Union (BWU) reacted restrictively to this change. The political objective of the BWU was to preserve the existing institutions in immigration policy. To achieve this end, the Union cooperated with the police to detect unauthorized migrants. The Union became in fact an integral part of the internal migration control that the police performed. The restrictive reaction of the Union created the “illegal” migrant in the construction sector as a political problem in Sweden. This political problem did not exist in Sweden before the 1990s.
"A 13-year old girl with pancytopenia at the presentation of a Borrelia hispanica infection: a case report and review of the literature." Référence bibliographique

Background: It is not uncommon that a child with a febrile illness of unknown etiology is admitted to the hospital. When the complete blood count reveals a pancytopenia, the diagnostic process can be a real challenge. Case presentation: A 13-year girl of Arab-Berber descent presented with abdominal pain and fever after a holiday in northwestern Morocco. A complete blood count revealed a pancytopenia and blood smear test results revealed spirochetes. Borrelia hispanica was identified by sequencing the 16S ribosomal ribonucleic acid gene. Our patient was treated with tetracyclines and during this treatment we saw full clinical and hematological recovery. Conclusions: Borrelia hispanica is a known cause of tick-borne relapsing fever and is transmitted to humans through the bite of soft ticks of the genus Ornithodoros ( Alectorobius ). Although the link between tick-borne relapsing fever and thrombocytopenia has been documented, there are only a few case reports of tick-borne relapsing fever presenting with pancytopenia. To the best of our knowledge, there is no previous report of Borrelia hispanica presenting with pancytopenia.
Bycatch in Marine Fisheries

—A review of the significant contributions in the peer-reviewed literature indicates that the discarding of marine fish known as bycatch remains one of the most significant problem facing fisheries manag- ers. Bycatch has negative affects on marine biodiversity, is ripe with ethical and moral issues surrounding the waste of life from increased juvenile fish mortality, hinders commercial profitability and recreational satisfaction, increases management costs, and results in socio-cultural problems and conflicts. While appearing to have a simple conservation engineering solution, reducing or eliminating bycatch in marine fishing operations given the presently existing regu- lated open access management environment is demonstrated to actually be so complex that its effects can appear to be counter-intu-itive.
Mathematics educators’ perspectives on outcome-based education: Alignment with the learning paradigm of tertiary education in the Philippines

This study utilized a mixed methods research approach to explore the perspectives of Mathematics educators about Outcome Based Education, or OBE, in Isabela, Phillipines. Forty-seven educators from twenty-two higher education institutions were selected. Data was gathered from true-false and open questions, personal interviews and the review of documents. Descriptive statistical and thematic analysis was used on these data sources. The ﬁndings of the research revealed that most of educators that took part in the research did not have su ﬃ cient knowledge about OBE. This let to them failing to comply with the OBE premises and principles. The perspectives and attitudes of the educators also showed that they could not currently get away from using conventional non-outcome-based practices. They therefore ﬁnd it di ﬃ cult to constructively align the curriculum and assessment in their courses with the attainment of desired outcomes for their students. A training program was designed as part of this research to overcome these issues.
Eye-tracking of to in anxiety: A meta-analytic study

Objective : Attention biases for threat may reflect an early risk marker for anxiety disorders. Yet questions remain on the direction and time-course of anxiety-linked biased attention patterns in youth. A meta-analysis of eye-tracking studies of biased attention for threat was used to compare the presence of an initial vigilance towards threat and a subsequent avoidance in anxious and non-anxious youth. Method: Pubmed, Psycharticles, Medline, Psychinfo, and Embase were searched using anxiety, children and adolescent, and eye-tracking-related key terms. Study inclusion criteria were: studies including participants ≤18 years; reported anxiety using standardised measures; measured attention bias using eyetracking with a free-viewing task; comparison of attention towards threatening and neutral stimuli; and available data to allow effect size computation for at least one relevant measure. A random effects model estimated between- and within-group effects of first fixations toward threat and overall dwell time on threat. Results: Thirteen eligible studies involving 798 participants showed that neither youth with or without anxiety showed significant bias in first fixation to threat versus neutral stimuli. However anxious youth showed significantly less overall dwell time on threat versus neutral stimuli than non-anxious controls (g=-0.26). Conclusion: Contrasting with adult eye-tracking data and child and adolescent data from reaction time indices of attention biases to threat, there was no vigilance bias towards threat in anxious youth. Instead anxious youth were more avoidant of threat across the time-course of stimulus viewing. Developmental differences in brain circuits contributing to attention deployment to emotional stimuli and their relationship with anxiety are discussed.
Economic Analysis of Organic Rankine Cycle Using R123 and R245fa as Working Fluids and a Demonstration Project Report

The organic Rankine cycle (ORC) is a popular technology used in waste heat recovery and low-grade heat utilization, which are two important measures to solve the problems brought by the energy crisis. The economic performance of ORC system is an important factor affecting its application and development. Therefore, the economic analysis of ORC is of great significance. In this study, R123 and R245fa, two frequently-used working fluids during the transition period, were selected for calculating and analyzing the economic performance of an ORC used for recovery of waste heat with a low flow rate and medium-low temperature. Five traditional economic indicators, namely total cost, net earnings, payback period, return on investment, levelized energy cost, and present value of total profit in system service life, which is a relatively new indicator, were used to establish the economic analysis model of ORC. The variation effects of evaporation temperature, condensation temperature of working fluid, flue gas inlet temperature, and mass flow rate of flue gas on the above six economic indicators were analyzed. The results show that the optimal evaporation temperature of R123 is 125 °C, the optimal condensation temperature is 33 °C, and the optimal heat source temperature is 217 °C. For R245fa, the optimal evaporation temperature is 122 °C, the optimal condensation temperature is 27 °C, and the optimal heat source temperature is 177 °C. The economic performance of an ORC demonstration project was reported and used for comparison with the estimation and analysis. It was found that the single screw expander has an excellent economy performance, which greatly reduces the proportion of expander cost in the ORC system.
Self Efficacy as Predictor of Organizational Commitment among Revenue Personnel

Organizational commitment is becoming increasingly recognized in industrial/organizational literature. Self efficacy beliefs affect performance in a wide spectrum of life including the work place. The aim of the present study was to explore the relationship between self efficacy and organizational commitment and to find out the extent to which self efficacy significantly predicts organizational commitment among revenue personnel. It was hypothesized that the relationship between self efficacy and organizational commitment will be positive and that self efficacy will significantly predict organizational commitment. For this purpose, a sample of one hundred revenue personnel, in the age range of thirty to forty years were incidentally selected from Lucknow and other nearby cities and districts of India. The minimum job experience of the participants was five years. Self efficacy was measured using the Generalized self efficacy scale by Schwarzer and Jerusalem (1995). The organizational commitment scale developed by Khan and Mishra [2002], was used to measure the commitment of employees towards their organization. Pearson product moment correlation analysis and regression analysis was conducted on the obtained data. Results reveal a positive and significant relationship between self efficacy and organizational commitment[r=0.356][ p value 0.01]. A positive significant relationship was also found between self efficacy and the three sub scales of organizational commitment namely affective commitment, continuance commitment and normative commitment. Further, the regression analysis revealed that self efficacy significantly predicts organizational commitment among revenue personnel.