A New Multilevel Inverter Topology for Grid-Connected Photovoltaic Systems by Muhammad Bilal Satti, Ammar Hasan, Mian Ilyas Ahmad

“…Multilevel inverters are one of the most promising classes of converters that offer a low THD. In this paper, we propose a new multilevel inverter topology with the motivation to improve all the three aforementioned aspects of performance. …”
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Investigating the effect of cold fluid flow direction used in the outer tube on heat transfer and hot fluid pressure drop in the inner tube by numerical method by Karrar A. Hammoodi, Rassol H. Rasheed, Seyyed Amirreza Abdollahi, Taher Yousefzadeh Adeli, Seyyed Faramarz Ranjbar, Amin Hadidi, Seyed Hossein Hashemimian, Pooya Pasha

“…This numerical research covers the improvement in efficiency of this kind of converter. In the current work, we selected thermal efficiency (performance evaluation criteria) as the performance index to better understand the efficiency of the intended spiral exchanger. …”
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Financial Early Warning System Model Combining Hybrid Semantic Hierarchy with Group Method of Data Handling Neural Network for Detection of Banks’ Risks by Guangju Li

“…A semantic hierarchy approach based on converting risk-related values and picking influential variables could be practical in risk detection. …”
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A Study on a Solar Simulator for Dye Sensitized Solar Cells by Kyoung-Jun Lee, Jeong-Hoon Kim, Ho-Sung Kim, Dongsul Shin, Dong-Wook Yoo, Hee-Je Kim

“…Irradiation factors, temperature and shadow effects are considered in dynamic link library block in PSIM which is linked to the external C routine. A 100 W converter is built to show the performance of a DSSC as the solar simulator controlled by a digital signal processor.…”
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The Digital Abutment Check: An Improvement of the Fully Digital Workflow by Sebastian Hinz, Daniel Ellmann, Christian Wegner, Wolfgang Bömicke, Tobias Bensel

“…In the present case, the preexisting maxillary removable complete denture was converted into a fixed immediate restoration using the fully digital workflow. …”
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Biophysical and spectroscopical insights into structural modulation of species in the aggregation pathway of superoxide dismutase 1 by Vijay Raj Tomar, Shilpa Sharma, Soumik Siddhanta, Shashank Deep

“…The removal of metal ions and disulfide bonds resulted in the dimers rapidly first converting to an extended monomers then coming together slowly to form non-native dimers. …”
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تطبیقات تقنیة التعریف بترددات الرادیو RFID فى مکتبات جامعة المجمعة بالمملکة العربیة السعودیة : دراسة حالة... by د. أسامة محمد عطیة خمیس

“…., the first is the case study as a primary tool to collect data on the application of projects related to RFID in the Majmaah University libraries, and the second is a field survey.The study concluded with a set of results, from the most important are: (i) the definition radio frequency techniques helped staff in shorten the borrowing procedures as well as the inventory, and facilitate the self-borrowing, (ii) the staff are committed to achieve the first self-study recommendations on the existence of an effective internal control system .This study recommends that there is a need to (i) convert all libraries at Majmaah University to be based on radio frequency RFID technology, (i) set a plan to train the staff to cope with the using of the definition of radio frequency RFID,…”
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Bio-convective Magnetohydrodynamic Flow of Tangent Hyperbolic Nanofluid over a Stretching Surface with Convective Heat and Slip Conditions by Utpal Jyoti Das, Nayan Mani Majumdar

“…The flow analysis's governing equations were converted into a non-dimensional relation by using the proper alteration. …”
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Robust Position Control of a Two-Sided 1-DoF Impacting Mechanical Oscillator Subject to an External Persistent Disturbance by Means of a State-Feedback Controller by Firas Turki, Hassène Gritli, Safya Belghith

“…Using some technical lemmas, we convert these BMIs into LMIs. Finally, some numerical results and simulations are given. …”
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Molecular self-assembly strategy tuning a dry crosslinking protein patch for biocompatible and biodegradable haemostatic sealing by Lisha Yu, Zhaodi Liu, Yong Zheng, Zongrui Tong, Yihang Ding, Weilin Wang, Yuan Ding, Zhengwei Mao

“…This strategy utilizes fibrinogen modified with hydrophobic groups to induce self-assembly into a hydrogel, which is converted into a dry patch. The protein patch enhances adhesion performance on the wet tissue through a dry cross-linking method and robust intra/inter-molecular interactions. …”
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Chromosome-level genome assembly and annotation of Japanese anchovy (Engraulis japonicus) by Shufang Liu, Le Wang, Ruixiang Wang, Huan Wang, Ang Li, Changting An, Zining Meng, Zhimeng Zhuang

“…Abstract The Japanese anchovy (Engraulis japonicus), a finfish with the largest biomass of a single species in the Yellow and East China Seas, plays an important pivotal role in converting zooplanktons into high trophic fish in the food web. …”
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SRM power density improvement utilising rotor conducting screens and DC‐link voltage boosting for EV applications by Aly A. Abdel‐Aziz, Khaled H. Ahmed, Ahmed M. Massoud, Barry W. Williams

“…A double arm common switch converter with a DC‐link voltage‐boosting capacitors is deployed. …”
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Enhancing performance and mitigating overheating in flat plate solar collectors: A UV-selective coating approach-experimental analysis by H Alkhatib

“…Among the key components of solar heating systems is the Flat Plate Solar Collector (FPSC), which captures and converts solar radiation into heat for various applications. …”
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Memristor-Based Canonical Chua’s Circuit: Extreme Multistability in Voltage-Current Domain and Its Controllability in Flux-Charge Domain by Han Bao, Tao Jiang, Kaibin Chu, Mo Chen, Quan Xu, Bocheng Bao

“…As a result, the initial condition-dependent dynamics in the voltage-current domain is converted into the system parameter-associated dynamics in the flux-charge domain, which is confirmed by numerical simulations and circuit simulations. …”
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Hypoxia-induced conversion of sensory Schwann cells into repair cells is regulated by HDAC8 by Nadège Hertzog, Mert Duman, Maëlle Bochud, Valérie Brügger-Verdon, Maren Gerhards, Felicia Schön, Franka Dorndecker, Dies Meijer, Robert Fledrich, Ruth Stassart, Devanarayanan Siva Sankar, Jörn Dengjel, Sofía Raigón López, Claire Jacob

“…Abstract After a peripheral nerve injury, Schwann cells (SCs), the myelinating glia of the peripheral nervous system, convert into repair cells that foster axonal regrowth, and then remyelinate or re-ensheath regenerated axons, thereby ensuring functional recovery. …”
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Deadbeat Control of a Modified Single-Phase Five-Level Photovoltaic Inverter with Reduced Number of Switches by Mohsen Ghorbanali Afjeh, Mojtaba Babaei, Mohsen Alizadeh Bidgoli, Amir Ahmarinejad

“…The proposed PV inverter is implemented without clamping diodes and transformers, which leads to a decrement in size and, consequently, the weight of the converter. In addition, for the proposed topology, space vector pulse width modulation (SVPWM) is deployed that reduces the complexity of multilevel modulation. …”
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Improvement of Landfill Leachate Biodegradability with Ultrasonic Process by Mahvi Amirhossein, Roodbari Aliakbar, Nabizadeh Nodehi Ramin, Naseri Simin, Dehghani Mohammadhadii, Alimohammadi Mahmood

“…A promising alternative to complete oxidation of biorecalcitrant leachate is the use of ultrasonic process as pre-treatment to convert initially biorecalcitrant compounds to more readily biodegradable intermediates, followed by biological oxidation of these intermediates to biomass and water. …”
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Millimeter-scale radioluminescent power for electronic sensors by Averal N. Kandala, Sinan Wang, Joseph E. Blecha, Yung-Hua Wang, Rahul K. Lall, Ali M. Niknejad, Youngho Seo, Michael J. Evans, Robert R. Flavell, Henry F. VanBrocklin, Mekhail Anwar

“…We describe the potential to address the sensor energy requirement in a two-step process by first converting alpha radiation into light, which can then be translated into electrical power through a photovoltaic harvester circuit protected by a clear sealant. …”
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Toward Accurate Physics‐Based Specifications of Neutral Density Using GNSS‐Enabled Small Satellites by Eric K. Sutton, Jeffrey P. Thayer, Marcin D. Pilinski, Shaylah M. Mutschler, Thomas E. Berger, Vu Nguyen, Dallas Masters

“…With this in mind, we provide an initial method for converting precision orbit determination solutions from global navigation satellite system enabled CubeSats into timeseries of thermospheric mass density. …”
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Effect of Microwave Heating on the Dielectric Properties and Components of Iron-Fortified Milk by Xiao-shu Tang, Da-ming Fan, Feng Hang, Bo-wen Yan, Jian-xin Zhao, Hao Zhang

“…The results show that the iron of ionic form has greater influence to convert microwave to heat energy and the effect of microwave absorption properties was greater for ferrous chloride than for ferrous gluconate at high concentration. …”
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