Abstract: By using the concept of parameter varying (C,A)-invariant subspace and parameter varying unobservability subspace, this paper investigates the problem of fault detection and isolation in linear parameter varying (LPV) systems. The so called detection filters approach, formulated as the fundamental problem of residual generation (FPRG) for linear time invariant (LTI) systems is extende...

The aim of this note is to extend the notion of invariant subspaces known in the geometric control theory of the linear time invariant systems to the linear parameter-varying (LPV) systems by introducing the concept of parameter-varying invariant subspaces. For LPV systems affine in their parameters, algorithms are given to compute many parameter varying subspaces relevant in the solution of st...

To assess the hypothesis that gap junctions (GJs) participate on leukocyte-endothelium interactions in the inflammatory response, we compared leukocyte adhesion and transmigration elicited by cytokine stimulation in the presence or absence of GJ blockers in the hamster cheek pouch and also in the cremaster muscle of wild-type (WT) and endothelium-specific connexin 43 (Cx43) null mice (Cx43e(-/-...

BACKGROUND Different strategies of ritonavir-boosted lopinavir monotherapy have been explored; however, data regarding salvage therapy among HIV-infected patients who failed nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NRTI) and non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI) is still limited. METHODS A prospective study was conducted among HIV-infected patients who failed NNRTI-based a...

The paper explores the utilization of the nonlinear realization theory to address the problem of transforming linear parameter-varying input-output (LPV-IO) equations into a state-space form with static dependence on the so-called scheduling parameter. The necessary and sufficient solvability conditions are given, and three additional subclasses of LPV-IO equations are suggested that are guaran...

This paper studies the induced L2-norm problem for switched linear parameter varying (LPV) systems using a blending method. For a switched LPV system where the parameters are grouped into slow-varying and fast-varying parameters, the blending method is used to construct blended Lyapunov functions based on the multiple Lyapunov functions conditions in terms of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs). ...

This paper reviews the results obtained so far with the newly developed tomographic technique, which probes the velocity field across the atmosphere of long-period variable (LPV) stars. The method cross-correlates the optical spectrum with numerical masks constructed from synthetic spectra and probing layers of increasing depths. This technique reveals that the line doubling often observed in L...

CONTEXT Host of vaginoplasty techniques have been described. None has been successful in developing normal vagina. Laparoscopic peritoneal vaginoplasty (LPV) is performed in Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser syndrome (MRKHS) culminating in normal vagina. AIMS This study aims to confirm normal development of neovagina by anatomical and functional parameters of histology, cytology, and ultrasonogr...

This paper shows a strategy to carry out a wind turbine LPV (Linear Parameter Varying) and MIMO (Multivariable Input and Multivariable Output) model from a family of LTI (Linear Time Invariant) models. The family of LTI models is obtained from a linearization process in different operational points of the wind turbine model in GH Bladed. The procedure is valid for any family of LTI models obtai...

In this paper a systematic modeling and control approach for flow problems is considered. A nonlinear Galerkin model is obtained from the partial differential equations (PDEs) describing the flow; and a Linear Parameter Varying (LPV) model is constructed to approximate the Galerkin model, where the parameter variation of the LPV model is controller by an adaptation mechanism. The LPV model is t...