Abstract: In this paper, the charging loads of electric vehicles were controlled to avoid their impact on distribution networks. A centralized control algorithm was developed using unbalanced optimal power flow calculations with a time resolution of one minute. The charging loads were optimally reallocated using a central controller based on non-linear programming. Electric vehicles were rechar...

We have demonstrated that the human eosinophil-derived neurotoxin (EDN, RNase 2), a rapidly evolving secretory protein derived from eosinophilic leukocytes, mediates the ribonucleolytic destruction of extracellular virions of the single-stranded RNA virus respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). While RNase activity is crucial to antiviral activity, it is clearly not sufficient, as our results sugges...

As Distribution Systems are growing large and being stretched too far, electric utilities and end users of electric power are becoming increasingly concerned about meeting the growing electric demand. Hence efforts have been made by electric utilities to reduce the losses in the distribution system. In this dissertation work, Network Reconfiguration and Optimal Distributed Generation placement ...

This paper presents an o -line algorithm for routing permutations on expanded delta networks (EDNs) with restricted access. Restricted access means that the number of elements to be permuted may exceed the number of inputs to the EDN. For every N -element permutation on an M -input EDN, the algorithm computes a routing that takes exactly 3N=M passes (assuming M divides N). On a certain class of...

We propose a number of techniques for securing finite state machines (FSMs) against fault injection attacks. The proposed security mechanisms are based on physically unclonable functions (PUFs), and they address different fault injection threats on various parts of the FSM. The first mechanism targets the protection of state-transitions in a specific class of FSMs. The second mechanism addresse...

Eosinophil granule proteins are deposited in cutaneous lesions in many human diseases, but how these proteins contribute to pathophysiology is obscure. We injected eosinophil cationic protein (ECP or RNase 3), eosinophil-derived neurotoxin (EDN or RNase 2), eosinophil peroxidase (EPO), and major basic protein-1 (MBP1) intradermally into guinea pig and rabbit skin. ECP and EDN each induced disti...

Recent publications have highlighted the chemotactic activities of antimicrobial proteins derived from the granules of neutrophils and basophils. Eosinophil granules also contain antimicrobial proteins. One of them is eosinophil-derived neurotoxin (EDN), a protein belonging to the ribonuclease A (RNase A) superfamily, which has recently been found to have antiviral activity in vitro. We found t...

The electric utility industry is moving towards a deregulated, competitive environment where utilities must have accurate information about system performance to ensure that maintenance money are spent wisely and that customer expectation are met. To measure system performance, the electric utility industry has developed several performance measure of reliability. These reliability indices incl...

With the large-scale production of plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs), a new entity, the PEV fleet aggregator manages charging and discharging processes of the vehicles. The main objective of an individual aggregator in interaction with electricity markets is maximizing its profit. In this paper, the performance of this aggregator in day-ahead and real-time electricity markets, considering (a) cu...