Power Quality Improvement by Unified Power Quality Conditioner Based on CSC Topology Using Synchronous Reference Frame Theory by Rajasekaran Dharmalingam, Subhransu Sekhar Dash, Karthikrajan Senthilnathan, Arun Bhaskar Mayilvaganan, Subramani Chinnamuthu

“…The reference current and voltage generation for shunt and series converter is based on phase locked loop and synchronous reference frame theory. The proposed UPQC-CSC design has superior performance for mitigating the power quality problems.…”
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Application of Gap Metric to LADRC Design in Multilinear Model of SDR by Hongfu Wang, Qinghua Zeng, An Wang, Zongyu Zhang

“…In this paper, under the LADRC frame, the gas generator system’s closed-loop stability of the SDR was analyzed and the range of compensation factors had been calculated, and then, the “gap factor” was introduced and the “cross-iteration” method was used to quickly map out the “compensation factor” in the multilinear model controller based on the variation of the zero-point position of the system and the gap metric between adjacent set points. …”
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Adaptive Fuzzy Path Tracking Control for Mobile Robots with Unknown Control Direction by Qifei Du, Lin Sha, Wuxi Shi, Liankun Sun

“…It is proved that all the signals in the closed-loop system are bounded, and the tracking error converges to a small neighborhood of the origin in a limited time. …”
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Comparison of retinal vascular abnormalities in the fellow eyes of children with Coats’ disease and normal subjects using ultra-widefield fundus fluorescein angiography by Shenshen Yan, Haixia Ji, Yuzhu Liu, Haicheng She, Haiying Zhou

“…Regarding the terminal vascular patterns, the proportion of loop pattern in fellow eye group was significantly higher than that in control eye group (p<0.001). …”
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Correlating 0νββ decays and flavor observables in leptoquark models by S. Fajfer, L. P. S. Leal, O. Sumensari, R. Zukanovich Funchal

“…Abstract In this paper, we investigate minimal scalar leptoquark models that dynamically generate neutrino Majorana masses at the one-loop level and examine their implications for low-energy processes. …”
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Robust H∞ Feedback Compensator Design for Linear Parabolic DPSs with Pointwise/Piecewise Control and Pointwise/Piecewise Measurement by Liu Yaqiang, Ren Zhigang, Jin Zengwang

“…By utilizing Lyapunov technique, mathematical inequalities, and integration theory, a sufficient condition based on LMI for the exponential stability of the corresponding closed-loop coupled system under an H∞ performance constraint is presented. …”
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Prescribed Performance Tracking Control for the Hypersonic Vehicle with Actuator Faults by Zhenghui Yang, Wentao He, Yushan He, Yaen Xie, Jun Li, Shuo Song

“…Specially, in consideration of the unknown actuator failures, the adaptive signals are designed to enhance the reliability of the closed-loop system. Finally, according to rigorous theoretical analysis and simulation experiment, the stability of the proposed controller is verified, and its superiority is exhibited intuitively.…”
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Evolution of intrinsic disorder in the structural domains of viral and cellular proteomes by Fizza Mughal, Gustavo Caetano-Anollés

“…A biphasic spectrum of disorder versus proteome makeup captured the dichotomy in the evolutionary trajectories of viral and cellular ancestors, one following reductive evolution driven by viral spread of molecular wealth and the other following expansive evolutionary trends to advance functionality through massive domain-forming co-option of disordered loop regions.…”
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Finite-Time Path-Following Control of Underactuated AUVs with Actuator Limits Using Disturbance Observer-Based Backstepping Control by MohammadReza Ebrahimpour, Mihai Lungu

“…The proposed cascaded closed-loop control scheme can be described in two separate steps: (1) A kinematic law based on a finite-time backstepping control (FTBSC) is introduced to transform the 3D path-following position errors into the command velocities; (2) The actual control inputs are designed in the dynamic controller using an adaptive fixed-time disturbance observer (AFTDO)-based FTBSC to stabilize the velocity tracking errors. …”
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A Sliding Mode Approach to Vector Field Path Following for a Fixed-Wing UAV by Luca Pugi, Lorenzo Franchi, Samuele Favilli, Giuseppe Mattei

“…The algorithm exploits the banking dynamics and generates reference signals for the inner-loop aileron control. A MATLAB&Simulink^® simulation environment is used to verify the performance and robustness of the compared guidance algorithms. …”
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Dynamic Model of MR Dampers Based on a Hysteretic Magnetic Circuit by Pengfei Guo, Jing Xie, Xinchun Guan

“…The damping force in the high-frequency case obviously lags behind the coil current, which exhibits a hysteresis loop in the current-force plane. The lag of damping force even exists in a low-frequency varying magnetic field and becomes more severe in the presence of eddy currents.…”
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Homeomorphism Mapping Based Neural Networks for Finite Time Constraint Control of a Class of Nonaffine Pure-Feedback Nonlinear Systems by Jianhua Zhang, Quanmin Zhu, Yang Li, Xueli Wu

“…Because of using the finite time adaptive law to training weights of neural networks, the closed-loop error system signals are in assurance of bounded in finite time. …”
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Presenting a Management Model for a Multiobjective Sustainable Supply Chain in the Cellulosic Industry and Its Implementation by the NSGA-II Meta-Heuristic Algorithm by Meisam Mehri Charvadeh, Shademan Pourmousa, Ajang Tajdini, Abbas Tamjidi, Vahidreza Safdari

“…This research is one of the few studies that has considered the sustainable closed-loop supply chain of cellulosic-based products (paper and corrugated board) in the model and has considered it at all levels of the chain. …”
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Biology-Inspired Robust Dive Plane Control of Non-Linear AUV Using Pectoral-Like Fins by Subramanian Ramasamy, Sahjendra N. Singh

“…It is shown that in the closed-loop system, all the harmonic components of order up to k of the tracking error are suppressed. …”
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A Novel Series Connected Batteries State of High Voltage Safety Monitor System for Electric Vehicle Application by Qiang Jiaxi, Yang Lin, He Jianhui, Zhou Qisheng

“…By the help of hardware-in-loop system, the equivalent models integrated in the high voltage safety controller are validated, and the online electric parameters monitor strategy is analyzed and discussed. …”
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Modified Droop Method Based on Master Current Control for Parallel-Connected DC-DC Boost Converters by Muamer M. Shebani, Tariq Iqbal, John E. Quaicoe

“…Unlike the conventional droop method, the current feedback signal (master current) for one of the parallel-connected converters is used in the inner loop controller for all converters to avoid any differences in the time delay of the control loops for the parallel-connected converters. …”
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Adaptive Fixed-Time Trajectory Tracking Control for Underactuated Hovercraft with Prescribed Performance in the Presence of Model Uncertainties by Mingyu Fu, Tan Zhang, Fuguang Ding, Duansong Wang

“…Finally, all tracking errors of the closed-loop system are uniformly ultimately bounded and fixed-time convergent. …”
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An Improved Direct Torque Control with an Advanced Broken-Bar Fault Diagnosis for Induction Motor Drives by Oualid Aissa, Abderrahim Reffas, Hicham Talhaoui, Djamel Ziane, Abdelhakim Saim

“…A neural switching table is then proposed to achieve the interface inverter control. Besides, a closed-loop broken-bar fault detection strategy based on the Hilbert technique (HT) with the discrete wavelet transform (DWT) and ANNs is proposed. …”
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Circular RNA-EPHB4 As A Potential Biotarget In Colorectal Cancer: A Preliminary Analysis by Siti Nurmi Nasir, Muhiddin Ishak, Nurul Syakima Ab Mutalib, Rahman Jamal, Nadiah Abu

“…Circular RNAs (circRNAs) are characterized by the absence of covalently closed-loop structures at the 3′ and 5′ ends. Recent studies have shown that circRNAs are abnormally expressed in tumor tissues. …”
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Investigating Equations Used to Design a Very Small Normal-Mode Helical Antenna in Free Space by Dang Tien Dung, Quoc Dinh Nguyen, Do Quoc Trinh, Yoshihide Yamada

“…Electrical performances of NMHA can be expressed by a combination of a short dipole and small loops. Applicability of equations for a short dipole and a small loop to very small normal-mode helical antennas such as antennas around 1/100 wavelengths was not clear. …”
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