This paper presents an approach for teaching and learning dc-dc converter design using MathCAD. MathCAD provides advantages that greatly improve teaching and learning process especially when long and complicated design equations are involved such as those found in dc-dc converters. A design example using Excel is presented and then compared with the same example using MathCAD. Experience learne...

Step-up dc-dc converters have to cope with extremely low input voltages when used in combination with energy harvesting sources like thermogenerators, inductive generators or solar cells. The presented dc-dc converter is characterized by a high efficiency, up to 70 % in the input voltage range between 200 mV and 500 mV, and a minimum start-up voltage of 70 mV. It can deliver an output power of ...

Abstract We prove that the hydrodynamic pressure p associated to velocity $$u\in C^\theta (\Omega )$$ u ∈ C θ ( Ω ) , $$\theta \in (0,1)$$ 0 <mml...

Intrathymic expression of endogenous mouse mammary tumor virus (MMTV)-encoded superantigens (SAg) induces the clonal deletion of T cells bearing SAg-reactive T-cell receptor (TCR) Vbeta elements. However, the identity of the thymic antigen-presenting cells (APC) involved in the induction of SAg tolerance remains to be defined. We have analyzed the potential of dendritic cells (DC) to mediate th...

In this paper, first we define the notion of involutive operator on bounded involutive equality algebras and by using it, we introduce a new class of equality algebras that we called it a tense like equality algebra. Then we investigate some properties of tense like equality algebra. For two involutive bounded equality algebras and an equality homomorphism between them, we prove that the tense ...

We present DC* (Double Clustering with A*) as an information granulation method specifically suited for deriving interpretable knowledge from data. DC* is based on two main clustering stages: the first is devoted to compressing multi-dimensional data into few prototypes that grab the main relationships among data; the second is aimed at finding a proper fuzzy granulation of each input feature s...

Bone marrow (BM)-derived dendritic cells (DC) are the most potent known antigen (Ag) presenting cell in vivo and in vitro. Detailed analysis of their properties and mechanisms of action requires an ability to produce large numbers of DC. Although DC have been isolated from several rat tissues, including BM, the yield is uniformly low. We describe a simple method for the propagation of large num...

That the large-scale integration of new renewables requires a substantial increase in transmission capacity seems to be an undoubted fact today. As new rights-of-way for transmission lines are increasingly difficult to obtain, alternatives are discussed to increase transmission capacity within the existing rights-of-way. One possibility to do so is the conversion of existing AC lines to DC. In ...