In this paper we present our Visual Studio C++ (VSC) programming environment (PE) used for SONAR signal processing and acoustic imaging. Proposed PE is implemented in combination with fast C and flexible MATLAB programming tools. SONAR imaging techniques are executed in a fast manner, by implementing them in C. With MATLAB's External Interfaces we achieve the flexibility through access to a lar...

Nocebo effects can be acquired by verbal suggestion, but it is unknown whether they can be induced through observational learning and whether they are influenced by factors known to influence pain perception, such as pain anxiety or pain catastrophizing. Eighty-five female students (aged 22.5 ± 4.4 years) were randomly assigned to one of three conditions. Participants in the control condition (...

At present, power electronics-based technologies are widely penetrating the power systems in an effort towards “smart-oriented” operational systems. Voltage-sourced converters (VSCs) are such power electronics-based technologies that currently seem rather to preponderate in many promising applications including FACTs, HVDC grids, DGs and VSDs. VSCs are found in a plethora of structures ranging ...

Strong coupling plays a significant role in influencing chemical reactions and tuning material properties by modifying the energy landscapes of systems. Here we study effect vibrational strong (VSC) on supramolecular organization. For this purpose, rigid-rod conjugated polymer known to form gels was strongly coupled together with its solvent microfluidic IR Fabry–Perot cavity. Absorption fluore...

This paper investigates the relationship between frequency support by voltage-source converter based high-voltage direct current (VSC-HVDC) systems and deloaded wind power operation considering stability constraints. The is incorporated as additional constraints in optimal flow (OPF) analysis. reserve capacity of plants should be provided for support, which requires output suppression during st...

Three-phase three-wire Distribution Static Compensator (DSTATCOM) with Photovoltaic (PV) array or battery operated DC-DC boost converter is proposed in this paper. The proposed DSTATCOM consists of a three-leg Voltage Source Converter (VSC) with a DC bus capacitor and it provides continuous reactive power compensation, source harmonic reduction and load compensation throughout the day. With the...

High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) systems offer distinct advantages for the integration of offshore wind farms to inland grid system. HVDC transmission system based on Voltage Source Converter (VSC) enables multi-terminal use HVDC for the integration of large-scale wind power in the North Sea. That network requires a special formulation for power flow analysis as opposed to the conventional me...

This paper focuses on a new controller design for both AC output voltage and DC voltage sides of a 3-level voltage source converter (VSC) of STATCOM based on complex transfer function. With this approach, the current regulator control with two-input two-output for the AC side of VSC can be represented by a complex transfer function with single-input single-output. In addition, the complex pole-...

Multi-timescale interaction of power electronics devices, including voltage source converter (VSC), has made the stability and analysis high penetrating renewable systems very complicated. In this paper, impedance model is used to analyze multi-timescale characteristics VSC. Firstly, VSC are investigated based on Bode plots. It found that slow-timescale (within DC-link control scale) fast-times...

Halitosis can be a crippling social problem, and standard dental treatments and mouthwashes often provide only temporary relief. The mouth is home to hundreds of bacterial species that produce several fetid substances as a result of protein degradation. Volatile sulfur compound (VSC)-producing bacteria colonizing the lingual dorsum have recently been implicated in the generation of halitosis. D...