What is the main advantage of using observer based fault tolerant controller(FTC) for sensor fault tolerance?

I am working on FTC for handling sensor faults in the system. I have read about observer-based FTC schemes which use error threshold-based logic between the states and estimated states. If a...

10 January 2021 5,771 2 View

Can a luenberger observer (even a modified version) be effective for a nonlinear affine system?

I want to know whether a luenberger observer or a modified form of it be effective for estimating the states of a system of the following forms: 1. x_dot = f(x,u,d); y = x 2. x_dot = f(x,u); y =...

20 December 2020 1,392 4 View

Is there any software for calculating hit bias (HB), missed precipitation (MP), and false precipitation (FP)?

I have a time series of two rainfall products. For error decomposition analysis, I have to calculate HB, MB and FB. Is there any software for calculating these variables.

27 November 2020 980 2 View

I'm looking for cell culture models for Alzheimer's by targeting amyloid beta peptide, tau protein, bace 1 enzyme ; can anyone give me details please?

I want to target particular protein/peptide/enzyme by cell culture methods. I would also like to know screening methods for cell cultures to analyse and diagnose the drug effect on particular...

24 November 2020 7,255 5 View

Can someone help me in designing off-MPPT mode in a Standalone DC Microgrid?

I am working on voltage control of a Standalone DC Microgrid consisting of Single PV source, a battery and loads. The PV is interfaced through Buck converter to the DC bus, the battery is...

01 October 2020 7,071 2 View

How to scale the time frame of battery operation in MATLAB?

How can we make the rating of a battery in MATLAB/Simulink to Amp-sec instead of Amp-hour? I have tried with reducing the factor of 3600 to 1 inside the battery block. Is this approach completely...

03 July 2020 4,017 4 View

Why a colorimetric assay is usually not in green?

Various colorimetric assays we use are blue/purple/pink/red but not in green shades. Is there any particular reason for this?

30 May 2020 5,834 1 View

Can someone suggest me a good resource to get the information on design of Adaptive controllers like Model Reference Adaptive Control in MATLAB?

Please suggest me a good source to learn the design of adaptive controllers like MRAC. Resources related to the implementation on MATLAB platform and for Power electronic converter systems would...

01 May 2020 7,422 3 View

What are some physical methods to determine binding affinity of a protein?

What are various options available while determining the binding affinity of a protein to it's target? In my case the target is also a protein. Are there any standard physical methods to...

09 March 2020 8,053 8 View

How to calculate setup time and hold time of a memory circuit in CADENCE Spectre Simulator?

Dear all, How to calculate setup time and hold time of a memory circuit in CADENCE Spectre Simulator?. We have designed Content Addressable Memory (CAM) using 45 nm technology in CADENCE Spectre...

05 January 2020 9,460 3 View

How COVID-19 has affected mental health?

The pandemic has led to depression and anxiety and its negative effects shouldn't be ignored. However, it has also led some people to become more resilient! What do you think? Thank you.

21 February 2021 4,733 19 View

Can medicinal plants really play an inherent rule in the COVID-19 tackle?

Numerous scientific reports cited plant extracts with potential antiviral activity and even anti-COVID-19? Why these findings are neglected? I remember very well the warning released by the WHO to...

17 February 2021 2,141 9 View

How can I interpret a ratio variable?

Dear colleagues, I am running a regression in which I have the following regression FoodExp = 67.04 DepRatio +.....e My interest is in the interpretation of the coefficient on the dependency...

16 February 2021 2,058 2 View

Patients with chronic kidney disease could get COVID-19 vaccine?

04 February 2021 278 4 View

Can anyone help to convert ODK XLS into XML?

We want to conduct a verbal autopsy using WHO adult VA updated tools in ODK. The current version of WHO adult verbal autopsy tools is v1.5.3. I have successfully converted VA ODK-XLS v1.4 into XML...

03 February 2021 844 2 View

Is Juniper Publisher ( Journal of Gynecology and Women's Health) a good journal to publish my paper?

Dear colleagues, Do you have any knowledge about Juniper Publishers? Have any of you published in the Journal of Gynecology and Women's Health ( ISSN: 2474-7602, Impact Factor: 0.621 (2017-18))? I...

21 January 2021 9,362 4 View

How the WHO reacted with covid -19in 2021?

Who is now working very hard with return of America to its active membershipnow WHO is concentrating on vaccinations,here are some activities, provides summary tables of COVID-19 vaccine...

20 January 2021 9,593 8 View

How has Artificial Intelligence impacted Healthcare?

The evolution of Artificial Intelligence is influencing healthcare. With the production of applications such as AI-based biomedical applications, and medical AI systems, etc. Without a doubt, AI...

20 January 2021 3,971 11 View

Can you suggest literature studying the conditions information and evidence can influence manager decisions in social impact sectors?

I am working on improving the use of digital innovations at scale globally. Most of the innovations I work with provide relevant knowledge on improving the performance of projects, programs, and...

16 January 2021 1,120 5 View

Does use of hand sanitizer negatively impact the skin microbiome?

Hello, Most hand sanitizers contain 60-80% alcohol. Alcohol destroys organisms including bacteria, fungi, protists, and enveloped viruses by breaking down the plasma membrane. In recent...

16 January 2021 6,923 11 View