An Optimal Adaptive Control of DC-Microgrid with the Aim of Accurate Current Sharing and Voltage Regulation According to the Load Variation and Gray-Wolf Optimization by Muhammad Hammad Saeed, Sajid Iqbal, Madni Sohail, Usman Akram

“…The droop control method is one of the most common methods used in DC microgrids. One of the main challenges in the droop control method is that it is not possible to share the current and regulate the voltage at the same time in this method. …”
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TRANSLATING MOCHTAR LUBIS’S SHORT STORY “KULI KONTRAK” INTO ENGLISH: A NOVICE TRANSLATOR’S AUTOETHNOGRAPHY by Novita Dewi

“… This article is of reflection category exploring the common mistakes often occur in translating Indonesian literary texts into English by a non-native speaker of English. …”
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Three Waves of Populism in Latin America by O. V. Varentsova

“…This article presents common characteristics of Latin American populist regimes that emerged in different historical periods which help identify the origins as well as distinctive features of Venezuelan and Bolivian political regimes. …”
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Employment of Social Workers in the Public Sector: Current Situation, Challenges and Future Prospects by kamil Alptekin, Selami Topuz, Murat Öz

“…In order to address the employment issue, there is a need for new and regulatory mechanisms to be put in place in the social work profession and education, which will be built with a common sense that is critically filtered. Social workers should boldly appear in areas that have not yet been officially defined such as school social work, industrial social work, international social work, and take active roles in advocacy, public opinion formation and lobbying activities to address the issue. …”
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Simulation of IoT Smart Home Network with Decision Making Based on MajorDoMo Platform by U. A. Vishniakou, ChuYue Yu

“…The structure of the MajorDoMo platform is given, its functions are described, and commands for decision support are considered. The use of product rules is proposed as a decision-making model. …”
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Controlling Transformer Magnetizing Offset Current in Isolated Phase-Shift Full-Bridge Converters Using a Luenberger Observer by Angelika Neumann, Sönke Meynen, Ahmad Rahmoun, Daniel Ziegler, Thomas Kirchartz

“…First, caused by the change of duty cycle due to output power regulation and second caused by initial manufacturer tolerances of devices. In contrast to common methods the novel control scheme uses a Luenberger observer to estimate the magnetizing current requiring only simple measurement of transformer voltages without additional and lossy auxiliary networks. …”
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Tropical Fowl Mite, Ornithonyssus bursa (Berlese) (Acari: Macronyssidae) by Harold A. Denmark, Harvey L. Cromroy

“… The tropical fowl mite, commonly found on birds, has become a pest to man in areas of high bird populations or where birds are allowed to roost on roofs, around the eaves of homes, and office buildings. …”
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Research progress of clinical intervention for apnea in extremely and very preterm infants (极早和超早产儿呼吸暂停临床干预方法进展) by LU Lijun (陆丽君), FENG Xuemo (冯雪茉), LU Yunhong (卢运红)

“…Neonatal apnea is more common in extremely or very preterm infants. Influenced by a variety of comprehensive factors such as hypoplasia of receptors, electrolyte disorder, bacterial and viral infection, it is easy to lead to cerebral ischemia and hypoxia and other complications in neonates, which is the main cause of neonatal death. …”
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Diagnosing and Managing LADA: A Review of the Overlooked Diabetes Subtype by Maciej Wojszczyk, Julia Kulbacka, Karol Dziedzic, Filip Arczewski, Michalina Wójcikiewicz, Marta Chuncia-Ileczko, Julia Kacperczyk, Witold Czyż, Piotr Pasek, Julia Ryniecka

“…It is estimated that LADA affects between 4% and 12% of adults initially diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, making it a more common disease entity than previously thought. This paper examines current data on the epidemiology, pathogenesis, genetic factors and diagnostic criteria of LADA. …”
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Ductile–Brittle Transition Temperature of Epoxy Asphalt Concrete of Steel Bridge Deck Pavement Based on Impact Toughness by Shunxian Zhang, Wen Nie, Aimin Sha, Weixiong Li, Wei Jiang

“…To solve the common low-temperature cracking problem of epoxy asphalt concrete pavement on the steel bridge deck, based on the principle of fracture mechanics and energy method, this paper puts forward the impact toughness as the evaluation index of crack resistance of epoxy asphalt concrete and verifies the feasibility of this index through theoretical analysis and experiment. …”
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Emerging Norovirus GII.12 infection in 2010 in Northern Taiwan by Chi-Neu Tsai, Yu-Chung Chang, Hsun-Ching Chao, Yi-Hsiang Hsu, Yuan-Hung Wang, Shih-Yen Chen

“…In this study, we reported novel variant NoV GII.12 outbreaks in 2010, Taiwan with their genomic analysis and clinical manifestations compared to GII.4 infections.There were 30.5% (29 out of 95 cases) with NoV infection. The most common genotype was GII.4 (22, 75.9%) followed by GII.12 (5, 17.2%) and GII.3 (2, 6.9%). …”
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A REAL TIME FACE RECOGNITION SYSTEM USING ALEXNET DEEP CONVOLUTIONAL NETWORK TRANSFER LEARNING MODEL by LAWRENCE O. OMOTOSHO, IBRAHIM K. OGUNDOYIN, JOSHUA O. OYENIYI, OLUWASHINA A. OYENIRAN

“…In deep learning, transfer learning is a method of using a neural network model that is first trained on a problem similar to the problem that is being solved. The most commonly used face recognition methods are mainly based on template matching, geometric features based, algebraic and deep learning method. …”
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Trauma Induced Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Disease of the Lumbar Spine by Indrit Greca, Jihad Ben Gabr, Andras Perl, Stephanie Bryant, Dan Zaccarini

“…CPPD is known to affect the elderly population and commonly manifests as inflammation of knees, hips, and shoulders. …”
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Giant gastric leiomyoma excision using endoscopic submucosal dissection with dental floss clip traction technique: a case report by Jiwen Deng, Zhaohui Liu, Dayong Sun

“…The combination of dental floss and tissue clip traction techniques is commonly used for resecting mucosal lesions but is rarely reported for submucosal tumors. …”
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Expanding the Phenotype of Congenital Glucocorticoid Deficiency: An Iranian Patient with Cholestasis due to Pathogenic Variants in the MC2R Gene by Shohreh Maleknejad, Setila Dalili, Ameneh Sharifi, Afagh Hassanzadeh Rad, Reza Bayat, Bahareh Rabbani, Nejat Mahdieh

“…The prevalence of c.560delT and c.676G > C between Iranian populations suggests these variants may be common. The high frequency of c.560delT could be attributed to a founder effect.…”
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The role of PM2.5 exposure in lung cancer: mechanisms, genetic factors, and clinical implications by Chi-Yuan Chen, Kuo-Yen Huang, Chin-Chuan Chen, Ya-Hsuan Chang, Hsin-Jung Li, Tong-Hong Wang, Pan-Chyr Yang

“…Abstract Lung cancer is one of the most critical global health threats, as the second most common cancer and leading cause of cancer deaths globally. …”
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Use of Rubber Mat to Improve Deformation Behaviors of Ballastless Tracks Laid on Bridges by Weiqi Zheng, Xingwang Sheng, Hongqiang He, Hongyi Xu, Ying Yang

“…In this work, rubber mats commonly used in metro traffic were employed in ballastless tracks laid on bridges to improve their deformation behaviors. …”
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Effects of the Predominant Pulse on the Inelastic Displacement Ratios of Pulse-Like Ground Motions Based on Wavelet Analysis by Guochen Zhao, Jingzhou Zhu, Xingji Zhu, Longjun Xu

“…Besides, the effects of five commonly used parameters (PGV, PGD, PGV/PGA, Arias intensity Ia, and soil condition) on the inelastic displacement ratios of pulse-like ground motions and their relations to the pulse period and the pulse intensity are studied. …”
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Molecular and Biochemical Characterization of the Greek Pepper ( Capsicum annuum ) Cultivars ‘Florinis’ and ‘Karatzova’ by Niki Mougiou, Foteini Trikka, Sofia Michailidou, Mariana Pantoura, Anagnostis Argiriou

“…Such an analysis could be used for the discrimination of pepper cultivars sharing common morphological traits ensuring the unique identity of each cultivar and protecting farmers and consumers from fraud.…”
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Fatigue crack growth of aluminium alloy 7075-T651 under non-proportional mixed mode I and II loads by Xiaobo Yu, Ling Li, Gwenaelle Proust

“…It was found that under most of the non-proportional mixed mode load cases, the direction of the deviated crack path could not be reasonably predicted using the commonly accepted maximum tangential stress criterion. …”
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