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DC/DC Buck Power Converter as a Smooth Starter for a DC Motor Based on a Hierarchical Control

Abstract: In this paper a smooth starter, based on a dc/dc Buck power converter, for the angular velocity trajectory tracking task of a dc permanent magnet motor is presented. To this end, a ...
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Digital Supply Chain Management and Technology to Enhance Resilience by Building and Using End-to-End Visibility During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Abstract: In practice, an increased interest into end-to-end visibility as a future-oriented driver and capability of resilient supply chains can be observed. However, the research in this area is in ...
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An Overview of Internet of Things (IoT) and Data Analytics in Agriculture: Benefits and Challenges

Abstract: The surge in global population is compelling a shift toward smart agriculture practices. This coupled with the diminishing natural resources, limited availability of arable land, increase in ...
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25% - Efficiency flexible perovskite solar cells via controllable growth of SnO

Abstract: High power conversion efficiency (PCE) flexible perovskite solar cells (FPSCs) are highly desired power sources for aerospace crafts and flexible electronics. However, their PCEs still lag ...
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U-Net and Its Variants for Medical Image Segmentation: A Review of Theory and Applications

Abstract: U-net is an image segmentation technique developed primarily for image segmentation tasks. These traits provide U-net with a high utility within the medical imaging community and have ...
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Adaptive Fuzzy Neural Network Command Filtered Impedance Control of Constrained Robotic Manipulators With Disturbance Observer

Abstract: This article proposes an adaptive fuzzy neural network (NN) command filtered impedance control for constrained robotic manipulators with disturbance observers. First, barrier Lyapunov ...
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Dermatologist-Level Classification of Skin Cancer Using Cascaded Ensembling of Convolutional Neural Network and Handcrafted Features Based Deep Neural Network

Abstract: Skin cancer is caused due to unusual development of skin cells and deadly type cancer. Early diagnosis is very significant and can avoid some categories of skin cancers, such as melanoma and ...
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Reconfigurable Low-Threshold All-Optical Nonlinear Activation Functions Based on an Add-Drop Silicon Microring Resonator

Abstract: The realization of optical nonlinear activation functions (NAFs) is essential for integrated optical neural networks (ONNs). Here, we propose and experimentally demonstrate a photonic method ...
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A Non-Inverting High Gain DC-DC Converter With Continuous Input Current

Abstract: High gain DC-DC converters are increasingly being used in solar PV and other renewable generation systems. Satisfactory steady-state and dynamic performance, along with higher efficiency, is ...
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Resilient Cooperative Output Regulation for Nonlinear Multiagent Systems Under DoS Attacks

Abstract: The resilient cooperative output regulation problem for a class of uncertain nonlinear multiagent systems (MASs) under denial-of-service (DoS) attacks is addressed in this article. This is ...
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Magnetic Levitation for Soft-Tethered Capsule Colonoscopy Actuated With a Single Permanent Magnet: A Dynamic Control Approach

Abstract: The present letter investigates a novel control approach for magnetically driven soft-tethered capsules for colonoscopy—a potentially painless approach for colon inspection. The focus of ...
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Corporate-Feed Slotted Waveguide Array Antenna in the 350-GHz Band by Silicon Process

Abstract: A corporate-feed slotted waveguide array antenna with broadband characteristics in terms of gain and reflection in the 350-GHz band is proposed. To improve the etching accuracy of the thin ...