Prediction-Based Super Twisting Sliding Mode Load Frequency Control for Multi Area Interconnected Power Systems with State and Input Time Delays using Disturbance Observer

International audienceA shift in paradigm from dedicated to open communication channels in power systems have made them prone to constant and time varying delays. This paper tackles a novel load frequency control (LFC) problem in the presence of constant and time varying delays in state and control input under load disturbances. The presence of time delays can deteriorate the performance of the controller or even destabilize the system. The above problem is addressed through a prediction-based super twisting sliding mode control (ST-SMC) using a state and disturbance observer. The proposed design achieves finite time convergence of frequency and tie line power deviation. The said design is validated under ramp and random step disturbance, with nonlinearities like generation rate constraints and governor deadband, with an integration of renewable energy and also with IEEE 39 bus power system. The closed loop stability is proven thanks to candidate Lyapunov function and verified by simulations

Enhancing Data Storage Security in Cloud Computing Through Steganography

Abstract—in cloud computing data storage is a significant issue because the entire data reside over a set of interconnected resource pools that enables the data to be accessed through virtual machines. It moves the application software’s and databases to the large data centers where the management of data is actually done. As the resource pools are situated over various corners of the world, the management of data and services may not be fully trustworthy. So, there are various issues that need to be addressed with respect to the management of data, service of data, privacy of data, security of data etc. But the privacy and security of data is highly challenging. To ensure privacy and security of data-at-rest in cloud computing, we have proposed an effective and a novel approach to ensure data security in cloud computing by means of hiding data within images following is the concept of steganography. The main objective of this paper is to prevent data access from cloud data storage centers by unauthorized users. This scheme perfectly stores data at cloud data storage centers and retrieves data from it when it is needed

Programs by Extracting UML Class Diagram

The Unified Modeling Language (UML) has been accepted as a standard for modeling object oriented system. It helps the designer to understand a problem well by focusing on one aspects of a problem at a time. In this paper we present a novel approach in which reverse engineering is performed and we have chosen UML as the modeling language to achieve a representation of the implemented system. In this work we have considered java programs. After a brief introduction to the subject, we present some analyses which go beyond mere enumeration of methods and fields. We sketch a method which determines classes and their attribute, operation and relationship: generalization, aggregation, association and various kind of dependencies in form of a simple class diagram that can be understood by a programmer when inspecting the source code of a given java programs. To fully understand the behavior of a system, it is crucial to have efficient techniques to reverse static views of the system. In this paper, we focus on the reverse engineering to find UML class diagram from an object oriented system and analysis of its static behavior

Infectious mononucleosis due to epstein-barr virus infection in children: A profile from eastern India

Objective: The objective of this study is to delineate the clinical and laboratory profile of infectious mononucleosis due to Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection in children admitted to tertiary care teaching hospitals. Materials and Methods: Retrospective observational multicentric analysis of clinical and laboratory features of children between 1 month to 12 years with a diagnosis of infectious mononucleosis due to EBV infection confirmed by positive serology over a 12-month period after seeking approval from the Institutional Ethics Committee. Results: Out of 66 children screened, 53 were included in final analysis. The majority were aged between 5 and 8 years with male: female ratio of 1.2:1. Most presentations were during the monsoon months. The common clinical features were fever (100%), splenomegaly (86.7%), and cervical lymphadenopathy (73.5%) in contrast to the classical triad of fever, sore throat, and generalized lymphadenopathy described in the literature. There were no age differences in clinical findings except for generalized and cervical lymphadenopathy and hepatomegaly which were commoner in 9–12 years age band. Although the incidence of common findings matched with previously published studies, there were some notable differences. While frequencies of upper eyelid edema, epitrochlear lymphadenopathy, and splenomegaly were more, those of rash and sore throat were less. Lymphocytosis and presence of atypical lymphocytes were relatively less common in our series. All children recovered. Conclusions: This multicentric study on profiling childhood infectious mononucleosis, possibly first of its kind from Eastern India, has documented clinical and laboratory features associated with this condition. These data can serve as a reference for future studies

Horizontal transmission of novel H1N1/09 influenza virus in a newborn: Myth or fact?

Horizontal transmission of H1N1/09 virus infection is very common however; transmission through this route has not been reported in newborns. To our knowledge, this is the first case report of newborn who acquired infection of novel H1N1/09 virus horizontally through asymptomatic family members or hospital staff during epidemic period in Kolkata, India. Baby recovered without antiviral therapy but received antibiotic for bacterial co-infection

Acetylacetonato chelated ruthenium organometallics incorporating imine-phenol function: spectroscopic, structural, electrochemical and cytotoxicity studies

The heterogeneous phase reaction of Ru(η2-RL)(PPh3)2(CO)Cl, 1 with lithium acetylacetonate (Liacac) afforded the complexes of the type Ru(η1-RL)(PPh3)2(CO)(acac), 2 in excellent yield where η2-RL is C6H2O-2-CHNHC6H4R(p)-3-Me-5 and η1-RL is C6H2OH-2-CHNC6H4R(p)-3-Me-5 and R is H, Me, Cl. The chelation of acac is attended with the cleavage of Ru-O and Ru-Cl bonds and iminium-phenolato → imine-phenol prototropic shift. A sterically controlled change in rotational conformation is involved in the 1 → 2 conversion. The conversion is irreversible and the type 2 species are thermodynamically more stable than the carboxylate, nitrite and nitrate complexes of 1. The crystal structures of Ru(η1-MeL)(PPh3)2(CO)(acac), 2(Me) and Ru(η1-ClL)(PPh3)2(CO)(acac), 2(Cl) are reported. Spectral (UV-Vis, IR, 1H NMR) and electrochemical data of the complexes are also reported. The electronic structure and the absorption spectra of the complexes are scrutinized by the density functional theory (DFT) and time-dependent density functional theory (TD-DFT) analyses. The complexes were also screened in vitro for their antiproliferative properties against the MCF-7 breast cancer cell lines by using the MTT assay. Flow cytometric analysis showed that the complexes arrested the cell cycle in the sub G0 phase