In this paper, Generalized Predictive Control (GPC) algorithm is applied to design automatic generation control (AGC) systems in deregulated and networked environment. The proposed AGC approach can be used to deal with the effects caused by power market and communication networks. Finally, the developed scheme is implemented in a two-area AGC system, and the simulation results show the effectiv...

The Gen-Probe APTIMA Combo 2 (AC2) is a Food and Drug Administration-cleared nucleic acid amplification test (NAAT) for the detection of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae from urine and urogenital swab specimens. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have recommended confirmation of positive NAAT results in low-prevalence populations. APTIMA CT (ACT) and APTIMA GC (AGC) a...

We study a class of matrices with rank-1 interconnection structure, and derive simple necessary sufficient condition for diagonal stability. The underlying Lyapunov function is used to provide conditions stability approximately interconnections. main result then leveraged as key step in larger analysis problem arising power systems control. Specifically, we the first theoretical automatic gener...

BACKGROUND Atypical glandular cells (AGC) identified on Pap tests may be markers for potentially significant pathology. OBJECTIVES Primarily, to correlate AGC findings at Groote Schuur Hospital (GSH, Cape Town, South Africa) with subsequent histological investigations and attempt to identify predictors of pathology relevant to the clinical management of women with a cytological diagnosis of A...

This paper presents a new simplified AGC model for deregulated power systems. New AGC model facilitates us to design the controller without considering bilateral contracts. And also concentrates only the load disturbances not on the contracted loads. New AGC in deregulated power system is modeled by modifying conventional model with inclusion of bilateral contracts. Bilateral contracts will all...

Every text has at least one topic and at least one genre. Evidence for a text’s topic and genre comes, in part, from its lexical and syntactic features—features used in both Automatic Topic Classification and Automatic Genre Classification (AGC). Because an ideal AGC system should be stable in the face of changes in topic distribution, we assess five previously published AGC methods with respec...

This paper formulates the automatic generation control (AGC) problem as a stochastic multistage decision problem. A strategy for solving this new AGC problem formulation is presented by using a reinforcement learning (RL) approach. This method of obtaining an AGC controller does not depend on any knowledge of the system model and more importantly it admits considerable flexibility in defining t...

This study concerns improvement of flexural stiffness/strength of concrete members reinforced with externally bonded, aluminum-glass fiber composite (AGC) beams. An experimental program, consisting of seven reinforced concrete slabs and seven reinforced concrete beams strengthened in flexure with AGC beams, was initiated under four-point bending in order to evaluate three parameters: the cross-...

ISSN 2041-6792 10.4155/CLI.10.5 © 2011 Future Science Ltd Amplification of the HER2 gene and/or overexpression of its encoded protein have been observed in a proportion of patients with advanced gastric cancer (AGC). Activity of trastuzumab, a humanized monoclonal antibody against HER2, has been investigated in preclinical AGC models, anecdotal case reports and a few pilot trials. More recently...

AIM to assess the incidence of HPV -DNA in women with ASC/AGC compared to patients with normal Pap smears. MATERIAL AND METHODS The study group consisted of 242 women (207 ASC and 35 AGC cases). The control group counted 200 age-matched women with negative Pap smears. Cervical samples collected from all the participants were tested for the presence of HPV-DNA using the Hybrid Capture-2 test. ...