MicroRNAs are non-coding RNAs. Studies have shown that miRNAs are expressed aberrantly in stroke. MiR-1 enhances ischemic damage, and previous study has demonstrated that reduction of miR-1 level has neuroprotective effect on Middle Cerebral Artery Occlusion(MCAO). Since apoptosis is one of the important process in neural protection, possible effect of miR-1 on this pathway has been tested in t...

Smart grids are expected to scale over millions of users and provide numerous services over geographically distributed entities. Moreover, smart grids are expected to contain controllable local systems (CLS) such as fridges or heaters that can be controlled using the network communication technology of the grid. Security solutions that prevent harm to the grid and to its stakeholders from CLS a...

This paper addresses the conditions for robust stabilization of a class of uncertain switched systems with delay. The system to be considered is autonomous and the state delay is time-varying. Using Lyapunov functional approach, restriction on the derivative of time-delay function is not required to design switching rule for the robust stabilization of switched systems with time-varying delays....

The stability of discrete-time systems with time varying delay in the state can be analyzed by using a discrete-time extension of the classical Lyapunov-Krasovskii approach. In the networked control systems domain a similar delay stability problem is treated using a switched system transformation approach. The paper aims to establish a relation between the switched system transformation approac...

ion, encapsulation, and information hiding. These can be difficult concepts to apply, especially for those accustomed to a structured or functional approach. The guidelines can be especially helpful for those who begin using Ada with no experience in design or those with only programming experience in assembler languages. The guidelines can also be used as an important part of design and code r...