OBJECTIVE Axon reflex-mediated neurogenic vasodilatation in response to cutaneous heating may reflect early, pre-clinical small fibre dysfunction. We aimed to evaluate the distribution of the vascular flare area measured by laser doppler imaging ("LDI(FLARE) area") in type 1 diabetes and in healthy volunteers. RESEARCH AND METHODS Concurrent with clinical and electrophysiological examination ...

The recent rapid increase in applications of DSP has generated a need for technical personnel with a DSP background. Until recently, most DSP education has been at the graduate level, so many practicing engineers are developing a need for additional DSP education. At Georgia Tech we are delivering an online continuing education course that is targeted at these engineers. The 12-week course is c...

The planning and operational issues of distribution systems have attracted more and more attentions from researchers with the development of Smart Grids. A new integrated planning model of distribution systems and the solution methods are proposed in this paper to investigate the way of improving the economy and reliability of distribution system planning by making full use of distributed gener...

This paper presents an overview of the activities of the CIGRE/CIRED C6.25/B5 Joint Working Group (JWG), focusing on the control and automation systems for the future electric networks. This JWG is mainly focus to evaluate the level of automation and control necessary to better manage distribution networks with large penetrations of Distributed Energy Resources (DERs), as seen from the both the...

The paper presents two rapid control prototyping applications: velocity control of a DC motor and adaptive system identification and control of an automotive alternator. The control algorithms for the applications run on a TMS320F2812 DSP. Once the desired functionality has been captured and simulated, using MATLAB/Simulink/Embedded Target for Texas Instruments (TI) C2000 DSP environment can be...

OBJECTIVE Reduced heart rate variability (HRV) is classically viewed as an early phenomenon in diabetic sensorimotor polyneuropathy (DSP). We aimed to determine the characteristics of HRV across the spectrum of clinical DSP in type 1 diabetes. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Eighty-nine diabetic subjects and 60 healthy volunteers underwent assessment of RR interval variation (RR(var)) during deep...