The study suggests a better multi-objective optimization method called 2-Archive Multi-Objective Cuckoo Search (MOCS2arc). It is then used to improve eight classical truss structures and six ZDT test functions. The optimization aims to minimize both mass and compliance simultaneously.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHarnessing the potential of solar photovoltaic (PV) technology relies heavily on accurately estimating the model parameters of PV cells/modules using real current-voltage (I-V) data. Achieving optimal parameter values is essential for the performance and efficiency of PV systems, necessitating the use of advanced optimization techniques. In our endeavor, we introduce a multi-strategy improvement approach for the Runge Kutta (RUN) optimizer, a cutting-edge tool used for tackling this critical task in both single-diode and double-diode PV unit models.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLoad frequency regulation (LFR) is an indispensable scheme in planning electrical power production to provide consumers with stable, reliable and uninterrupted power. In the face of complicated power system (PS) structures with increasing and intricate power demand, new controllers that offer not only good performance, but also easy commissioning in practice are required. To this end, this research introduces an exponential PID (EXP-PID) controller as a new control scheme to ameliorate the LFR performance of PSs.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe RIME optimization algorithm is a newly developed physics-based optimization algorithm used for solving optimization problems. The RIME algorithm proved high-performing in various fields and domains, providing a high-performance solution. Nevertheless, like many swarm-based optimization algorithms, RIME suffers from many limitations, including the exploration-exploitation balance not being well balanced.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPoly(acrylic acid/Kryptofix 23-Dimethacrylate) superabsorbent polymer [P (AA/Kry23-DM) SAP] was synthesized by solution polymerization to remove Co, Ni, Cu, Cd, Mn, Zn, Pb, Cr, and Fe ions in water and improve the quality of the water. Kry23-DM cross-linker (1,4,7,13,16-Pentaoxa-10,19 diazo cyclohexene icosane di methacrylate) was synthesized using Kry23 and methacryloyl chloride. The characterization of the molecules was done by FTIR, TGA, DSC, and SEM techniques.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAim: The aim of this study was to evaluate the cardiometabolic risk factors including vitamin D levels according to the degree of obesity in adolescents.
Material And Methods: This is a retrospective cross-sectional study. A total of 363 overweight/obese adolescents aged between 11 and 18 years who were evaluated in our clinic from January 2012 to December 2015 were included in the study.
Decreased height of the eyelid or the narrowing of the lid is called ptosis. Ptosis has several causes. Malignancy-related conditions such as Horner's syndrome, which causes unilateral ptosis in the pediatric age group, and patients with malignancy receiving chemotherapeutic treatment, are often secondary to these drugs and ptosis is a clue of underlying diseases.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHermansky-Pudlak syndrome (HPS) is an autosomal recessive disease characterized with oculocutaneous albinism and platelet aggregation disorder. The clinical picture is highly variable and patients may present with different complaints., Ecchymoses usually develop in childhood; epistaxis, postoperative hemorrhage and gingival bleeding may be observed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: Cardiac involvement as pericarditis, myocarditis and valvular disease is common in juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). However, there are few studies concerning systolic and diastolic functions of the left ventricle in children with JIA. P wave dispersion is a sign for the prediction of atrial fibrillation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJuvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is the commonest cause of chronic inflammatory arthritis in childhood. Cardiac involvement as pericarditis, myocarditis and valvular disease is known to occur in patients with JIA (JIA), as it does in adults with rheumatoid arthritis. There are, however, few descriptions concerning systolic and diastolic functions of the left ventricle (LV) in children with JIA.
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