This paper discusses the circuit theory aspects of power factor correction in switching converter circuits. The discussion begins with an examination of the requirement of power factor correction in dc=dc converters. Using the concept of zero-order converter circuits, su cient conditions for a dc=dc converter circuit to provide power factor correction are derived. The duality principle is appli...

BACKGROUND Regions in the vasculature exposed to steady laminar flow have a lower likelihood for atherosclerosis than regions exposed to disturbed flow with low shear stress. We previously found that laminar flow of short duration inhibited tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha-mediated proinflammatory signaling in cultured endothelial cells (ECs). However, mechanisms responsible for the atheroprot...

OBJECTIVE Atheroprotective blood flow induces expression of anti-inflammatory Krüppel-like factor 2 (KLF2) and activates antioxidant transcription factor nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (Nrf2) in vascular endothelium. Previously, we obtained KLF2-induced gene expression profiles in ECs, containing several Nrf2 target genes. Our aim was to investigate the role of KLF2 in shear stress...

BACKGROUND The generation of thrombin is a critical process in the formation of venous thrombi. In isolated plasma under static conditions, phosphatidylserine (PS)-exposing platelets support coagulation factor activation and thrombin generation; however, their role in supporting coagulation factor binding under shear conditions remains unclear. We sought to determine where activated factor X (F...

We present a new shear estimator for weak lensing observations which properly accounts for the effects of a realistic point spread function (PSF). Images of faint galaxies are subject to gravitational shearing followed by smearing with the instrumental and/or atmospheric PSF. We construct a ‘finite resolution shear operator’ which when applied to an observed image has the same effect as a gravi...

Current measurements of the weak lensing signal induced by large scale structure provide useful constraints on a range of cosmological parameters. However, the ultimate succes of this technique depends on the accuracy with which one can correct for the effect of the Point Spread Function (PSF), in particular the correction for the PSF anisotropy. With upcoming large weak lensing surveys a prope...

Abstract. While the wind farm parameterization by Fitch et al. (2012) in Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model has been used evaluated frequently, explicit wake (EWP) Volker (2015) is less well explored. The openly available high-frequency flight measurements from Bärfuss (2019a) provide an opportunity to directly compare simulation results EWP scheme with situ measurements. In doing so,...