In this chapter an electrical circuit with switches is modeled as a switched differential algebraic equation (switched DAE), i.e. each mode is described by a DAE of the form Ex′ = Ax+Bu where E is, in general, a singular matrix and u is the input. The resulting time-variance follows from the action of the switches present in the circuit, but can also be induced by faults occurring in the circui...

In this paper, we study a multi-dimensional backward stochastic differential equation with jumps (BSDEJ) that has non-Lipschitz generator and unbounded random time horizon. For any p ∈ (1,∞), we show that the BSDEJ with a p-integrable terminal condition admits a unique L-type solution.

Introduction A vertical jump is a movement that is used in a plethora of sports. The primary goal of a vertical jump is normally to reach the greatest possible height. Other goals could include hitting an object such as a football or a tennis ball, intercepting the path of an object such as a basketball or volleyball etc. Because of the frequent use and the importance of the vertical jump in ma...

The passively clamped quasi-resonant dc-link (PCQRL) inverter basic topology and other quasi-resonant inverters have been shown to be only partially compatible with pulsewidth modulation (PWM), due to a minimum dwell time created by the clamping mode in the inverter operation. This paper addresses this kind of modulation nonlinearity, employing the space-vector approach as a modeling tool. Clos...

In this paper, a DC-DC resonant converter with high voltage gain and small size is studied. To reduce the size and weight of this converter, the operating frequency should be as high as possible. In this research, the frequency changes from 120 to 200 kHz. Due to the high operating frequency, it is necessary to reduce the switching losses using soft switching methods. Resonant converters are su...

In this paper, a DC-DC resonant converter with high voltage gain and small size is studied. To reduce the size and weight of this converter, the operating frequency should be as high as possible. In this research, the frequency changes from 120 to 200 kHz. Due to the high operating frequency, it is necessary to reduce the switching losses using soft switching methods. Resonant converters are su...

The beneets of the eeective creation of Information Extraction (IE) in the last ten years, driven by the ARPA TIPSTER programme and the associated MUC evaluations, have been enormous, but it must now be time to ask what research issues face the systems we have built and what we should do next. We suggest that there are two classes of important research issues: those requiring detailed comparati...

We report on a newly discovered cockroach (Saltoblattella montistabularis) from South Africa, which jumps and therefore differs from all other extant cockroaches that have a scuttling locomotion. In its natural shrubland habitat, jumping and hopping accounted for 71 per cent of locomotory activity. Jumps are powered by rapid and synchronous extension of the hind legs that are twice the length o...