637 research outputs found
Learning Exact Topology of a Loopy Power Grid from Ambient Dynamics
Estimation of the operational topology of the power grid is necessary for
optimal market settlement and reliable dynamic operation of the grid. This
paper presents a novel framework for topology estimation for general power
grids (loopy or radial) using time-series measurements of nodal voltage phase
angles that arise from the swing dynamics. Our learning framework utilizes
multivariate Wiener filtering to unravel the interaction between fluctuations
in voltage angles at different nodes and identifies operational edges by
considering the phase response of the elements of the multivariate Wiener
filter. The performance of our learning framework is demonstrated through
simulations on standard IEEE test cases.Comment: accepted as a short paper in ACM eEnergy 2017, Hong Kon
Stability of a high Mach number flow in a channel
Modal instabilities in a flow through a channel at high Reynolds and Mach
numbers are studied for three-dimensional perturbations. In addition to the
Tollmien-Schlichting modes, there exist higher modes in a channel flow that do
not have a counterpart in the incompressible limit. The stability
characteristics of these higher modes, obtained through numerical calculations,
are compared with boundary layer and Couette flows that have been previously
studied. The dominant higher mode instabilities in a channel flow are shown to
be viscous in nature, in contrast to compressible boundary layer modes. For
general compressible bounded-domain flows, a necessary condition for the
existence of neutral modes in the inviscid limit is obtained. This criterion is
used to construct a procedure to determine a critical value of Mach number
below which the higher modes remain stable. This criterion also delineates a
range of angles of inclination of the wave number with respect to the flow
direction which could go unstable at a specified Mach number. Asymptotic
analysis is carried out for the lower and upper branch of the stability curve
in the limit of high Reynolds number. A common set of relations are identified
for these exponents for the upper and lower branch for the continuation of the
Tollmien-Schlichting modes and the compressible modes. The scalings for the
Tollmien-Schlichting modes are identical to those for an incompressible flow.
The scalings for the finite wave number modes are different; the wave speed
scales as \mbox{Re}^{-\frac{1}{3}} for the lower branch and
\mbox{Re}^{-\frac{1}{5}} for the upper branch, where \mbox{Re} is the
Reynolds number. The asymptotic analysis shows that the stability boundaries
for three-dimensional perturbations at high Reynolds numbers can be calculated
from the strain rate and the temperature of the base flow at the wall.Comment: 59 pages, 10 figure
Information Theoretically Optimal Sample Complexity of Learning Dynamical Directed Acyclic Graphs
In this article, the optimal sample complexity of learning the underlying
interaction/dependencies of a Linear Dynamical System (LDS) over a Directed
Acyclic Graph (DAG) is studied. The sample complexity of learning a DAG's
structure is well-studied for static systems, where the samples of nodal states
are independent and identically distributed (i.i.d.). However, such a study is
less explored for DAGs with dynamical systems, where the nodal states are
temporally correlated. We call such a DAG underlying an LDS as \emph{dynamical}
DAG (DDAG). In particular, we consider a DDAG where the nodal dynamics are
driven by unobserved exogenous noise sources that are wide-sense stationary
(WSS) in time but are mutually uncorrelated, and have the same {power spectral
density (PSD)}. Inspired by the static settings, a metric and an algorithm
based on the PSD matrix of the observed time series are proposed to reconstruct
the DDAG. The equal noise PSD assumption can be relaxed such that
identifiability conditions for DDAG reconstruction are not violated. For the
LDS with WSS (sub) Gaussian exogenous noise sources, it is shown that the
optimal sample complexity (or length of state trajectory) needed to learn the
DDAG is , where is the number of nodes and is the
maximum number of parents per node. To prove the sample complexity upper bound,
a concentration bound for the PSD estimation is derived, under two different
sampling strategies. A matching min-max lower bound using generalized Fano's
inequality also is provided, thus showing the order optimality of the proposed
algorithm.Comment: 27 page
Treponema pallidum, the syphilis spirochete: making a living as a stealth pathogen
The past two decades have seen a worldwide resurgence in infections caused by Treponema pallidum subsp. pallidum, the syphilis spirochete. The well-recognized capacity of the syphilis spirochete for early dissemination and immune evasion has earned it the designation 'the stealth pathogen'. Despite the many hurdles to studying syphilis pathogenesis, most notably the inability to culture and to genetically manipulate T. pallidum, in recent years, considerable progress has been made in elucidating the structural, physiological, and regulatory facets of T. pallidum pathogenicity. In this Review, we integrate this eclectic body of information to garner fresh insights into the highly successful parasitic lifestyles of the syphilis spirochete and related pathogenic treponemes
Evaluation of Taro (Colocasia esculenta L.) Cultivars for Growth, Yield and Quality Attributes
A study on varietal evaluation in taro for growth, yield and quality attributes was carried out in a replicated experiment and morphological and chemical analysis was done. Significant differences were recorded for all the characteristics studied. 'Panchmukhi' recorded highest plant height (179.33cm), petiole length (153.11cm), petiole breadth (13.87mm) and leaf size (3095.67cm2), LAI (1.14), corm length (152.41mm) and breadth (107.77mm), average corm weight (1500.00g) and corm yield (20.00t/ha). 'C-3' recorded maximum (15.00) petiole number and cormel length (85.93mm). Cormel yield (15.29t/ha), total yield (25.92t/ha) and number of cormels per plant (30.33) was found to be maximum in cv. White Gouriya. 'ML-2' recorded maximum (7.33) number of side shoots. Highest average cormel weight (72.85g) was maximum in cv. Arcol-7, and 'Arcol-5' recorded maximum (67.43mm) cormel breadth; the least blight incidence percentage (8.00) was recorded in 'Nayabungalow'. As for biochemical constituents, 'Nainital' recorded the highest (5.85%) total sugars, 'Kandha-5' exhibited the highest (34.67%) starch content and 'Nadia Local' with showed highest levels of oxalic acid (1.05mg/100g). Highest dry matter content (27.50%) was recorded in cvs. KCA-1 and Panchmukhi, while the highest moisture percentage (82.83) was recorded in 'IG Coll-5'
The complex relationship between iron status and anemia in pregnant and postpartum women in India: analysis of two Indian study cohorts of uncomplicated pregnancies
Low hemoglobin is widely used as an indicator of iron deficiency anemia in India and other low-and-middle income counties, but anemia need not accurately reflect iron deficiency. We examined the relationship between hemoglobin and biomarkers of iron status in antenatal and postnatal period. Secondary analysis of uncomplicated singleton pregnancies in two Indian study cohorts: 1132 antenatal women in third trimester and 837 postnatal women 12–72 h after childbirth. Associations of hemoglobin with ferritin in both data sets, and with sTfR, TSAT, and hepcidin in the postnatal cohort were examined using multivariable linear regression. Multinomial logistic regression was used to examine the association between severity of anemia and iron status. Regression models were adjusted for potential confounders. Over 55% of the women were anemic; 34% of antenatal and 40% of postnatal women had low ferritin, but 4% antenatal and 6% postnatal women had high ferritin. No evidence of association between hemoglobin and ferritin was observed (antenatal: adjusted coefficient [aCoef] −0.0004, 95% confidence interval [CI] −0.001, 0.001; postnatal: aCoef −0.0001, 95% CI −0.001, 0.001). We found a significant linear association of hemoglobin with sTfR (aCoef −0.04, 95% CI −0.07, −0.01), TSAT (aCoef −0.005, 95% CI −0.008, −0.002), and hepcidin (aCoef 0.02, 95% CI 0.02, 0.03) in postnatal women. Likelihood of low ferritin was more common in anemic than non-anemic women, but high ferritin was also more common in women with severe anemia in both cohorts. Causes of anemia in pregnant and postpartum women in India are multifactorial; low hemoglobin alone is not be a useful marker of iron deficiency
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