Research on cooperative control strategy for high efficiency and energy saving in virtually coupled train sets based on two-layer optimization by JIANG Sidun, FENG Jianghua, ZHANG Zhengfang, SHI Ke, LUO Qinyang

“…The upper layer focuses on efficiency optimization, establishing an objective function aimed at facilitating efficient departures and stops, and employing a multi-objective genetic algorithm to generate key information for decision-making. …”
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Control of an autonomous wind energy conversion system based on doubly fed induction generator supplying a non-linear load by M. L’Hadj Said, M. Ali Moussa, T. Bessaad

“…This paper presents a variable speed constant frequency (VSCF) autonomous control system to supply isolated loads (linear or non-linear). …”
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Simplified Model Characterization and Control of an Unmanned Surface Vehicle by Aldo Lovo-Ayala, Roosvel Soto-Diaz, Carlos Andres Gutierrez-Martinez, Jose Fernando Jimenez-Vargas, Javier Jiménez-Cabas, Jose Escorcía-Gutierrez

“…Two models were built, one based on a transfer function matrix and another based on state variables, and from these models, two control strategies were developed. …”
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A topological analysis of p(x)-harmonic functionals in one-dimensional nonlocal elliptic equations by Goodrich Christopher S.

“…We consider a class of one-dimensional elliptic equations possessing a p(x)-harmonic functional as a nonlocal coefficient. As part of our results we treat the model case−M∫01u′(x)p(x)dxu′′(t)=λft,u(t), 0<t<1 $${-}M\left(\underset{0{}}{\overset{1}{\int }}{\left\vert {u}^{\prime }(x)\right\vert }^{p(x)}\ \mathrm{d}x\right){u}^{\prime \prime }(t)=\lambda f\left(t,u(t)\right)\text{,\hspace{0.17em}}0< t< 1$$ subject to the boundary datau(0)=0=u(1). …”
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Integrating Drone Truthing and Functional Classification of Remote Sensing Time Series for Supervised Vegetation Mapping by Giacomo Quattrini, Simone Pesaresi, Nicole Hofmann, Adriano Mancini, Simona Casavecchia

“…This study proposes an approach to enhance the efficiency of supervised vegetation mapping in complex landscapes, integrating Multivariate Functional Principal Component Analysis (MFPCA) applied to the Sentinel-2 time series with drone-based ground truthing. …”
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Strategies to scale up the technical, allocative and economic efficiency of major millet growing farmers in India – A primal system approach by Kannan Thomas Felix, K.B. Ramappa, Padma Lakshmi Govindarajan

“…Millet farming, a sustainable and economically viable option for farmers, providing resilience against climate variability and market fluctuations. Despite the increasing significance of millets in agriculture, there is a notable research gap concerning the efficiency of their cultivation and its impact on input demand and costs. …”
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Influences of intelligent predictive networks on thermal efficiency of radiative magnetohydrodynamics hybrid nanofluid flow considering heat absorption-generation aspects by Muhammad Habib Ullah Khan, Waqar Azeem Khan, Taseer Muhammad, Marei S. Alqarni, Hamid Qureshi, Iftikhar Hussain

“…The research on HNFs is on peak and results revealed the efficient heat transfer properties of these liquids which are working as primary agents for industrial use. …”
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PROBABILITY ANALYSIS ON LAST PLY FAILURE OF COMPOSITE LAMINATES BASED ON UNIVERSAL GENERATING FUNCTION METHOD by LIU ChengLong, ZHOU JinYu, QIU Rui, ZHUANG BaiLiang, HU Jian

“…In the complex operation of universal generating function, K-means clustering and like terms collecting techniques are used to reduce computational costs and improve efficiency. …”
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Analysis of Stream Function in a Powell-Eyring Fluid Flow with Couple-Stress Effect and Rotation by Rana Ghazi, Liqaa Zeki Hummady

“…In flow analysis, assumptions such as a low Reynolds number and a long wavelength approximation are used. The stream function and mechanical efficiency have closed form expressions devised. …”
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Some of the personal and functional characteristics of agricultural extension workers and their relation to the level of their performance in Babylon Province by Anhar M.A. Hassan, Majid K. Ali

“…<br />  The researcher recommended that the Directorates responsible for training the staff in order to prepare them and raise the efficiency of their job performance in preparing training courses on the content of their material in the fields of extension work carried out by the workers in agricultural extension taking into consideration the variables that showed a relationship of significant correlation in the preparation of training courses.…”
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Development of a Functional Yogurt Containing Probiotics and Phenolic Compounds of Coffee Encapsulated in Alginate Beads by Aurora Viridiana Toalá-Gómez, Claudia Mendoza-Avendaño, Maria Celina Lujan-Hidalgo, Miguel Angel Ruiz-Cabrera, Alicia Grajales-Lagunes, Enna Berenice Estudillo-Diaz, Lucia Maria Cristina Ventura Canseco, Gabriela Palacios-Pola, Miguel Abud-Archila

“…The research considered variables such as alginate concentration (1.5% and 3%), crosslinking time (8 and 20 min), and the inclusion of chitosan. …”
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Pneumatic Compliant End-effector Using Multi-compensation Integrated Nonlinear Active Disturbance Rejection Control by ZHANG Shuzhong, WU Qianxin, DAI Fuquan, WANG Yabing, ZHANG Gong

“…These voltages are used to design mid-position compensation, reducing the dead zone’s impact on control performance. LuGre friction model compensation: Friction data is collected under varying cylinder speeds. …”
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Soret-Dufour driven unsteady MHD bioconvective tetra-hybrid nano-additives over rotating disks with varying thermophysical property by Amudhini M, Poulomi De

“…It also found that skin friction decreases by 35 % with increase in variable viscosity parameter and Nusselt number increases by 11 % and 32 % with increase in nanoparticle volume fraction and thermal conductivity parameter respectively. …”
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Free vibration analysis of graphene-reinforced FGM microplates under different boundary conditions by Nguyen Van Loi, Chu Thanh Binh

“…The microplate is made from functionally graded material (FGM) and reinforced with graphene nanoplatelets (GPLs). …”
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A New Unconditionally Stable Method for Telegraph Equation Based on Associated Hermite Orthogonal Functions by Di Zhang, Fusheng Peng, Xiaoping Miao

“…The present paper proposes a new unconditionally stable method to solve telegraph equation by using associated Hermite (AH) orthogonal functions. Unlike other numerical approaches, the time variables in the given equation can be handled analytically by AH basis functions. …”
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A functional data analysis approach for modelling frequency‐modulated tonal sounds in animal communication by Maria Silvia Labriola, Petra Oswine Pammer, Giulia Pedrazzi, Giancarlo Giacomini, Giovanna Jona Lasinio, Daniela Silvia Pace

“…Estimated functional coefficients of the regression model suggested that different contextual factors have a significant effect on the FM patterns of SWs. …”
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Investigation of Withdrawal, Controlling Difficulty, Disorder in Functionality, and Social Isolation in Problematic Internet Use in Adolescents by Sema Bayraktar, Merve Boşat Sönmez

“…In addition, the study determined that the relationship between impairment of functioning and social Isolation was significant. When the coefficients related to path analysis were tested, it was found that the effect of impairment of functioning on deprivation was not statistically significant, whereas the effect of control difficulty and social isolation on deprivation was statistically significant. …”
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Real-Time Estimation Methods for the Frequency Support Function Based on a Virtual Wind Turbine by Bo-Hyun Woo, Ye-Chan Kim, Seung-Ho Song

“…As a result, wind turbines are now required to provide frequency support functions. To enable accurate analysis of the operational characteristics of wind turbines equipped with such control functions, this study proposes a virtual wind turbine model that estimates the operating point of a wind turbine in real-time under the assumption that frequency support functions are not performed. …”
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The Association between Physical Activity and Cognitive Function: Data from the China Health and Nutrition Survey by Qiankun Huang, Jing Zhao, Weiqing Jiang, Wenfeng Wang

“…The association between the variables and the cognitive function score was expressed as β coefficient with 95% confidence intervals (CIs). …”
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Depth-dependent contributions of various vascular zones to cerebral autoregulation and functional hyperemia: An in-silico analysis. by Hadi Esfandi, Mahshad Javidan, Rozalyn M Anderson, Ramin Pashaie

“…However, temporal alterations in capillary diameter contribute moderately to cerebral autoregulation and minimally to functional hyperemia. In addition, hemodynamic analysis shows that while hemodynamics within capillaries remain relatively stable across all cortical depths throughout the entire autoregulation range, significant variability in hemodynamics can be observed within the first few branch orders of precapillary arterioles or transitional zone vessels. …”
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