Considering the control difficulties of a hydro-viscous soft start(HVSS) device of a belt conveyor,a fuzzy-immune control algorithm was derived.A fuzzy-immune PID controller was designed based on immune feedback regul...Considering the control difficulties of a hydro-viscous soft start(HVSS) device of a belt conveyor,a fuzzy-immune control algorithm was derived.A fuzzy-immune PID controller was designed based on immune feedback regulations and adaptability of the fuzzy logic inference.Using MATLAB software,we simulated the controller and compared the HVSS device with a conventional PID controller and a fuzzy PID controller.The simulation results show that the controller is not only very reliable as a PID controller,robust and requires only a short adjustment time of fuzzy control,but possesses also capacity of global optimization of the immune algorithm.To verify our theoretical analysis and simulation,a HVSS test-bed was developed.The experimental results demonstrate that the fuzzy-immune PID controller managed to start the belt conveyor softly and to follow an S-shaped curve while the output speed correctly followed the preset speed with only small fluctuations in speed.展开更多
Graduate students and scientists who spend long hours in the laboratory pipetting solutions and slogging through other repetitive,tedious procedures may feel like robots.But starting in the fall of 2023,researchers at...Graduate students and scientists who spend long hours in the laboratory pipetting solutions and slogging through other repetitive,tedious procedures may feel like robots.But starting in the fall of 2023,researchers at one university,Carnegie Mellon University(CMU)in Pittsburgh,PA,USA,will be able to delegate the work to actual robots.The university is building a“cloud lab,”a 40 million USD scientific facility that is almost fully automated[1].展开更多
Context: The biochemical assessment is a real-time indicator of the state and evolution of an infection. Among other things, it makes it possible to determine the right moment when it becomes necessary to start or cha...Context: The biochemical assessment is a real-time indicator of the state and evolution of an infection. Among other things, it makes it possible to determine the right moment when it becomes necessary to start or change a treatment. Objective: The objective of this study is to present the Biological profile of People Living with HIV starting AntiRetroViral treatment in Kinshasa in the era of Dolutegravir. Methods: The present study is a descriptive cross-sectional to determine the biological profile of People Living with HIV (PLHIV) starting AntiRetroViral Treatment (ART). The patient inclusion period was from October 4, 2021 to February 15, 2022. Sixteen centers were included. A sample of 5 ml of blood was taken in a tube with EDTA. Patients were randomly included consecutively in the centers during consultations. The population was made up of adults aged over 18, infected with HIV and starting ART. The parameters of interest retained for the present study were: sex, age, hemoglobin level, blood sugar, urea, creatinine, transaminases, total cholesterol, triglycerides, proteins total, as well as amylase. Results: 119 patients were included in this study in accordance with the inclusion criteria;67 (56.3%) are female, giving a sex ratio of 1.29 in favor of women. The average age of the patients is 39.87 ± 12.36 years. The most represented age group is that of 36 to 45 years with 37 patients (31.9%). The mean values of the biological parameters of the patients at the start of ART are as follows: 31.61 ± 20.71 IU/L for ALT/SGPT, 25.81 ± 19.96 IU/L for AST/SGOT, 79.35 ± 49.49 IU/L for Amylase, 108.13 ± 62.17 mg/dl for Total Cholesterol, 2.77 ± 1.27 mg/dl for Creatinine, 72.53 ±22.23 mg/dl for Glycaemia, 10.30 ± 2.33 g/dl for Hemoglobin, 7.91 ± 1.75 g/dl for Total Protein, 131.23 ± 68.80 mg/dl for Triglycerides, and 33.61 ± 26.27 mg/dl for Urea. Conclusion: Mean values of PLHIV are, for the most part, within the normal range. The average creatinine is higher than the normal average value while the average total cholesterol is below the limit values.展开更多
基金National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.U2037601,51821001)Key Basic Research Project of the National Basic Strengthening Plan,China(No.2022-xxxx-ZD-093-xx)。
文摘Considering the control difficulties of a hydro-viscous soft start(HVSS) device of a belt conveyor,a fuzzy-immune control algorithm was derived.A fuzzy-immune PID controller was designed based on immune feedback regulations and adaptability of the fuzzy logic inference.Using MATLAB software,we simulated the controller and compared the HVSS device with a conventional PID controller and a fuzzy PID controller.The simulation results show that the controller is not only very reliable as a PID controller,robust and requires only a short adjustment time of fuzzy control,but possesses also capacity of global optimization of the immune algorithm.To verify our theoretical analysis and simulation,a HVSS test-bed was developed.The experimental results demonstrate that the fuzzy-immune PID controller managed to start the belt conveyor softly and to follow an S-shaped curve while the output speed correctly followed the preset speed with only small fluctuations in speed.
文摘Graduate students and scientists who spend long hours in the laboratory pipetting solutions and slogging through other repetitive,tedious procedures may feel like robots.But starting in the fall of 2023,researchers at one university,Carnegie Mellon University(CMU)in Pittsburgh,PA,USA,will be able to delegate the work to actual robots.The university is building a“cloud lab,”a 40 million USD scientific facility that is almost fully automated[1].
文摘Context: The biochemical assessment is a real-time indicator of the state and evolution of an infection. Among other things, it makes it possible to determine the right moment when it becomes necessary to start or change a treatment. Objective: The objective of this study is to present the Biological profile of People Living with HIV starting AntiRetroViral treatment in Kinshasa in the era of Dolutegravir. Methods: The present study is a descriptive cross-sectional to determine the biological profile of People Living with HIV (PLHIV) starting AntiRetroViral Treatment (ART). The patient inclusion period was from October 4, 2021 to February 15, 2022. Sixteen centers were included. A sample of 5 ml of blood was taken in a tube with EDTA. Patients were randomly included consecutively in the centers during consultations. The population was made up of adults aged over 18, infected with HIV and starting ART. The parameters of interest retained for the present study were: sex, age, hemoglobin level, blood sugar, urea, creatinine, transaminases, total cholesterol, triglycerides, proteins total, as well as amylase. Results: 119 patients were included in this study in accordance with the inclusion criteria;67 (56.3%) are female, giving a sex ratio of 1.29 in favor of women. The average age of the patients is 39.87 ± 12.36 years. The most represented age group is that of 36 to 45 years with 37 patients (31.9%). The mean values of the biological parameters of the patients at the start of ART are as follows: 31.61 ± 20.71 IU/L for ALT/SGPT, 25.81 ± 19.96 IU/L for AST/SGOT, 79.35 ± 49.49 IU/L for Amylase, 108.13 ± 62.17 mg/dl for Total Cholesterol, 2.77 ± 1.27 mg/dl for Creatinine, 72.53 ±22.23 mg/dl for Glycaemia, 10.30 ± 2.33 g/dl for Hemoglobin, 7.91 ± 1.75 g/dl for Total Protein, 131.23 ± 68.80 mg/dl for Triglycerides, and 33.61 ± 26.27 mg/dl for Urea. Conclusion: Mean values of PLHIV are, for the most part, within the normal range. The average creatinine is higher than the normal average value while the average total cholesterol is below the limit values.