This thesis is intended to be a succinct and rather informal presentation of some of my most recent work, which has been done in collaboration with several other people. In particular this thesis concentrates on our contributions to the study of incomplete information in the context of data interoperability. In this scenario data is heterogenous and decentralized, needs to be integrated from se...

A functional polymorphism of the brain-derivedneurotrophic factor (BDNF Val66Met) has been reported to affectmemory-related hippocampal activity. Apolipoprotein E (ApoE)gene polymorphism is known to be associated with Alzheimerdisease (AD), dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB), and Pick disease(PiD). We tested the hypothesis that BDNF Val and ApoE e4alleles confer susceptibil...

because of both the global energy crisis and the necessary improvement of energy efficiency in buildings, one of the largest sectors of energy consumption and greenhouse gases emissions, a strategy allowing managing energy resources is proposed. Its aim is reducing energy consumption and promoting the use of renewable energy, while ensuring thermal comfort, when heating "multi-energy" buildings...

In the modern optimization context, this paper introduces an optimal PID-based control strategy for a two-tank installation, namely ASTANK2. The process model was identified by using raw and spline smoothed measured data, respectively. Two PID controller configurations, standard (regular) one (PID-R) non-standard (PID-N), were considered each type of model, resulting in four regulators. tuning ...

The present paper focuses on using fuzzy logic as a useful tool to manage energy resources in buildings and to reduce their energy impact. To that purpose, one requires the design and the implementation of efficient and readily adaptable control schemes. As everyone knows, fuzzy logic allows taking advantage of the flexibility offered by linguistic reasoning. With this kind of approaches, both ...

Brushless DC (BLDC) motors are commonly used in applications that require high reliability, high efficiency and high power-to-volume ratio such as industrial automations, manufacturing, robotics and aerospace. The speed of a brushless dc motor can be controlled in a closed loop by measuring the actual speed of the motor.PI (Proportional Integral), PID (Proportional Integral Derivative) and fuzz...

The combination of decentralized and networked control where control loops are closed through a network is defined as Decentralized Networked Control System (DNCS). In this paper, we introduce a general framework that converts a generic decentralized control configuration of non-networked systems to the general setup of Networked Control Systems (NCS). An observer-based decentralized control me...

Static Synchronous Compensator (STATCOM) is a device capable of solving the power quality problems at the power system. These problems happen in milliseconds and because of the time limitation, it requires the STATCOM that has continuous reactive power control with fast response. In this way, optimal exploitation of STATCOM by classical controllers has been a controversial issue in reputable jo...

Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) is a clinical syndrome comprising a spectrum of infectious and inflammatory diseases of the upper female genital tract. The diagnosis of pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) can include any combination of endometritis, salpingitis, tubo-ovarian abscess, or pelvic peritonitis.[1] Each of these disease processes is characterized by ascending spread of organisms from...