Volume 7, Issue 5

This issue presents a diverse collection of 20 interdisciplinary research papers that span various fields, including energy systems, manufacturing, healthcare, and information technology. The studies cover a wide range of topics, such as the application of deep learning in monitoring complex technical systems, the integration of solar PV systems into the grid, the effect of flexible knee orthosis on lateral thrust in knee osteoarthritis patients, the calibration of DEM parameters for modeling phosphate ore clogging, and the development of a self-adaptive routing algorithm for video transmission in vehicular ad-hoc networks. Additionally, the issue explores the design of cascade control systems for PV-powered microgrids, the automatic counting of passengers in train stations, the analysis of Morocco’s energy mix from 2010 to 2050, model order reduction techniques for sensor and actuator networks, artifact detection in EEG data using machine learning, the application of blockchain technology in retail and insurance sectors, and the prediction of lithium-ion battery state-of-health and remaining useful life using hybrid neural networks.
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Realization of Skillful Musical Saw Bowing by Industrial Collaborative Humanoid Robot
We have been studying the application of the musical saw, an unknown and advanced tool, to a cooperative humanoid robot for industrial use. A sound feedback system using mallet strike technique and the sound generated by the technique was constructed in the previous reports. The system enables tuning to a target frequency and control to…
Read MoreDeep Learning in Monitoring the Behavior of Complex Technical Systems
The article is devoted to the methods of monitoring and control of vibration processes occurring in the structure and units of complex and unique electromechanical equipment. The monitoring object is considered as a dynamic multidimensional information object, for the study of which analytical and numerical methods of modeling and simulation of multidimensional chaotic systems are…
Read MoreDesign of an Off-Grid Hybrid Energy System for Electrification of a Remote Region: a Case Study of Upper Blink Water Community, South Africa
Electrifying or connecting remote and isolated communities to the national grid is very difficult and expensive. This challenge is due to the geographic locations of these isolated communities and terrain that needs navigation when installing transmission lines to transmit power to the communities. This article presents a case study of the design of a hybrid…
Read MoreAn Improved Model to Analyze the Impact of Cyber-Attacks on Power Systems
In this paper, an improved model has been proposed for investigating the impact of cyber-attacks on power systems regarding frequency disturbances and voltage disruption while changing the load called ICAPS. The proposed ICAPS model is formulated by five different controllers, such as LFC, AGC, AGC-PID, AVR, and AVR-PID, implemented in two sets of the system…
Read MoreAssessing the Impact of Integrating Solar PV System using the Equal Area Criterion Method
The impact of previous energy crisis gives an insight into what happens when the oil price crashes. Μany countries were affected due the slow reaction in boosting the economic growth in key sectors such as oil-importing activities and the economic restructuring progress to face the challenges. But the present energy crisis resulting from the COVID-19…
Read MoreEffect of Knee Orthosis on Lateral Thrust in Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis
To examine the effects of wearing a flexible knee orthosis (FKO) on the lateral thrust in patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA) by changing the wearing pressure. This study was a cross-sectional study. Thirteen patients (mean age: 82.8 ± 7.5years with Kellgren Lawrence Stages I and II knee OA were included and prescribed FKO. Patient with…
Read MoreAnalysis of Layout Arrangement for CMOS Oscillators to Reduce Overall Variation on Silicon
This investigation demonstrates the analysis of various layout arrangements for oscillator (OSC) realized by CMOS technologies. Moreover, the analysis reveals that the serpentine style of OSC stages attains the minimum output variation on silicon. This investigation is firstly verified by post-layout simulations, comparing the variation with different kinds of layout arrangement for OSC designs, including…
Read MoreA Proposal of Code Modification Problem for Self-study of Web Client Programming Using JavaScript
In current societies, web application systems take central roles in computer systems. Thus, web client programming using JavaScript has increased values to add dynamic features and functions in web pages by well working with HTML and CSS. In this paper, as a new type of exercise problem for its self-study, we propose a code modification…
Read MoreSensitive Analysis in Holding and Penalty Costs for the Stochastic Sequencing Problem in Agile Manufacturing
In agile manufacturing, due to the desire to meet customer’s requirements, processing times are stochastic because operations could be done by robots or humans. This can cause several problems in scheduling the jobs, and it is necessary to select the dispatch rule with the least change in costs and times, to respond quickly to different…
Read MoreFrequency Oscillation Suppression of Interlinked Solar PV-Thermal Power System using HVDC Link
This paper looks for the merging of solar PV power plant with thermal power generation and interlinked through tie-lines approaching into an interlinked PV-Thermal model for the design and analysis of load frequency controllers. Moreover, the different models of controllers are also proposed and tested to regulate the frequency of PV-Thermal interlinked system for a…
Read MoreDEM models Calibration and Application to Simulate the Phosphate Ore Clogging
In different areas of industry (mining, food processing, pharmaceutical, manufacturing…), the problem of grain, aggregate and clusters flow arises during the handling activities especially loading and unloading. Thus, the study and control of the parameters that govern the flow of the granular medium and its interaction with its environment are key parameters to achieve the…
Read MoreA Self-Adaptive Routing Algorithm for Real-Time Video Transmission in VANETs
Given the strict Quality of Experience (QoE) and Quality of Service (QoS) criteria for video transmission, such as delivery ratio, transmission delay, and mean opinion Score (MOS), video streaming is one of the hardest challenges in Vehicular Ad-Hoc Networks (VANETs). Additionally, VANET attributes, including environmental impediments, fluctuating vehicle density, and highly dynamic topology, have an…
Read MoreA DC Grid-Connected PV Microgrid Regulated via Digital and MBPC Cascade Control Strategies
The current paper focuses on the design of cascade control systems employed in photovoltaic (PV) powered microgrids (MG), which have been well received in remote agricultural farms in Ecuador. The study case is composed of a three-phase inverter powered by a DC-DC converter fed by a PV array and its control system. To simulate the…
Read MoreAutomatic Counting Passenger System using Online Visual Appearance Multi-Object Tracking
In recent years, people-counting problems have increased in popularity, especially in crowded indoor spaces, e.g., public transport. In peak hours, trains move significant numbers of passengers, producing delays and inconveniences for their users. Therefore, analysing how people use public transport is essential to solving this problem. The current analysis estimates how many people are inside…
Read MoreLong-term Bottom-up Modeling of Renewable Energy Development in Morocco
Renewable energy is an essential source of green growth for countries facing a shortage of fossil fuels. They offer a sustainable, inexhaustible, carbon-free solution to the future energy dependency of nations. Morocco, which has no traditional energy resources, depends entirely on the international primary energy market to meet its growing demand. For this reason, Morocco…
Read MoreModel Order Reduction and Distribution for Efficient State Estimation in Sensor and Actuator Networks
We present in this contribution the distribution of a global multi-input-multi-output system in a sensor and actuator network. Based on controllability and observability, the global system is decentralized and the system properties are preserved as a result. This results in multiple decentralized local single-input-single-output systems with the same system order as the global system. As…
Read MoreDetection of Event-Related Potential Artifacts of Oddball Paradigm by Unsupervised Machine Learning Algorithm
Electroencephalography (EEG) is one of the most common and benign methods for analyzing and identifying abnormalities in the human brain. EEG is an incessant measure of the activities of the human brain. In contrast, when the measurement of EEG is bounded by time and the EEG is synchronized to an exterior stimulus, is known as…
Read MoreBlockchain Applications in Suning and PingAn
The emergence of blockchain technology has facilitated the digital transformation of many businesses and thereby increased the competitiveness of China in the global market. As a cutting-edge technology, Blockchain has significantly influenced the practices across all business sectors. Focusing on the retail and insurance sectors, this paper analyzes the blockchain technology applications in two companies…
Read MoreAssociation Rules for Knowledge Discovery From E-News Articles: A Review of Apriori and FP-Growth Algorithms
Owing to technological development, the internet has become the world’s largest platform where an unaccountable amount of e-news information is freely available to use. Most of the time, e-newspaper readers have to examine the massive collection of e-news articles to locate necessary information relevant to them. Massive semi-structured and unstructured texts usually mislead the readers…
Read MoreHybrid Neural Network Method for Predicting the SOH and RUL of Lithium-Ion Batteries
The use of a battery to power an electrical or electronic system is accompanied by battery management, i.e. a set of measures intended to preserve it for preventative maintenance, thus the cost reduction. This management is generally based on two key parameters, the (remaining useful life) RUL and the (State-of-health) SOH, which relate respectively to…
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