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A.M.O.R.C. --- mind control techniques --- the Rosicrucian order

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cults --- cults in America --- conversion --- cult recruitment --- cult conversion --- thought reform --- mind control techniques --- defensive belief systems --- cults and society --- apocalyptic cults --- the New Age movement --- UFO mythology --- the Anticult movement --- cults and traditional religions --- traditional theology --- religious intolerance --- the Branch Davidians --- mass Unification

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Control system engineering is a multidisciplinary discipline that applies automatic control theory to design systems with desired behaviors in control environments. Automatic control theory has played a vital role in the advancement of engineering and science. It has become an essential and integral part of modern industrial and manufacturing processes. Today, the requirements for control precision have increased, and real systems have become more complex. In control engineering and all other engineering disciplines, the impact of advanced mathematical and computational methods is rapidly increasing. Advanced mathematical methods are needed because real-world control systems need to comply with several conditions related to product quality and safety constraints that have to be taken into account in the problem formulation. Conversely, the increment in mathematical complexity has an impact on the computational aspects related to numerical simulation and practical implementation of the algorithms, where a balance must also be maintained between implementation costs and the performance of the control system. This book is a comprehensive set of articles reflecting recent advances in developing and applying advanced mathematics and computational applications in control system engineering.

Technology: general issues --- doubly fed induction generator --- PI tuning --- LCL-filter --- passive damping --- advanced metaheuristics --- Bonferroni–Dunn and Friedman’s tests --- resistance spot welding --- dynamic resistance model --- adaptive control --- energy savings --- adaptive disturbance rejection controller --- hybrid systems --- state constraint --- worm robot --- bio-inspired robots --- Streeter–Phelps model --- fractional-order control --- high observers --- river monitoring --- 3 DOF crane --- convex systems --- fault-tolerant control --- robust control --- qLPV systems --- Takagi–Sugeno systems --- chaos --- synchronization --- FPGA --- UDS --- distillation column heating actuator --- Buck-Boost converter --- Takagi–Sugeno model --- fuzzy observer with sliding modes --- nonlinear optimization --- turbulent flow --- friction factor --- pipe roughness --- minor losses --- PID control and variants --- Intelligent control techniques --- neural control --- brushless DC electric motors --- sensors and virtual instruments --- analysis and treatment of signals --- n/a --- Bonferroni-Dunn and Friedman's tests --- Streeter-Phelps model --- Takagi-Sugeno systems --- Takagi-Sugeno model

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This Special Issue compiles 11 scientific works that were presented during the International Symposium on Thermal Effects in Gas Flow in Microscale, ISTEGIM 2019, held in Ettlingen, Germany, in October 2019. This symposium was organized in the framework of the MIGRATE Network, an H2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie European Training Network that ran from November 2015 to October 2019 (www.migrate2015.eu). MIGRATE intends to address some of the current challenges in innovation that face the European industry with regard to heat and mass transfer in gas-based microscale processes. The papers collected in this book focus on fundamental issues that are encountered in microfluidic systems involving gases, such as the analysis of gas–surface interactions under rarefied conditions, the development of innovative integrated microsensors for airborne pollutants, new experimental techniques for the measurement of local quantities in miniaturized devices and heat transfer issues inside microchannels. The variety of topics addressed in this book emphasizes that multi-disciplinarity is the real common thread of the current applied research in microfluidics. We hope that this book will help to stimulate early-stage researchers who are working in microfluidics all around the world. This book is dedicated to them!

Research & information: general --- femtosecond laser micromachining --- high order harmonic generation --- de laval gas micro nozzle --- attosecond science --- thermal effects --- substrate conductivity --- absorptive heating --- evaporative cooling --- vapor pressure difference --- reduced model --- LMTD method --- conjugate heat transfer (CHT) --- compressible fluid --- maldistribution --- gas-surface interaction --- thermal accommodation coefficient --- vacuum --- experimental study --- optical signals monitoring --- air-water flows --- slug velocity --- slug frequency --- rarefied gas --- accommodation coefficient --- molecular dynamics (MD) simulation --- Ar-Au interaction --- He-Au interaction --- mixing rules --- ab-initio potentials --- micro channel --- wire-net perturbators --- s-shaped perturbators --- high-temperature heat exchangers --- surface scanning optics --- Raman --- near infrared --- middle infrared imaging --- scanning --- multimodal spectroscopy --- local reaction control techniques --- microchannel --- cryogenics --- MATLAB® --- numerical thermal analysis --- cryocooler --- regenerator --- optimization --- ANSYS Fluent --- slip velocity --- channel flow --- molecular tagging velocimetry --- metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS)-based fluorescence sensing --- light emitting diode (LED)-induced fluorescence --- SU-8 2015 waveguide --- silicon fluidic cell --- 3,5-diacetyl-1,4-dihydrolutidine (DDL) --- femtosecond laser micromachining --- high order harmonic generation --- de laval gas micro nozzle --- attosecond science --- thermal effects --- substrate conductivity --- absorptive heating --- evaporative cooling --- vapor pressure difference --- reduced model --- LMTD method --- conjugate heat transfer (CHT) --- compressible fluid --- maldistribution --- gas-surface interaction --- thermal accommodation coefficient --- vacuum --- experimental study --- optical signals monitoring --- air-water flows --- slug velocity --- slug frequency --- rarefied gas --- accommodation coefficient --- molecular dynamics (MD) simulation --- Ar-Au interaction --- He-Au interaction --- mixing rules --- ab-initio potentials --- micro channel --- wire-net perturbators --- s-shaped perturbators --- high-temperature heat exchangers --- surface scanning optics --- Raman --- near infrared --- middle infrared imaging --- scanning --- multimodal spectroscopy --- local reaction control techniques --- microchannel --- cryogenics --- MATLAB® --- numerical thermal analysis --- cryocooler --- regenerator --- optimization --- ANSYS Fluent --- slip velocity --- channel flow --- molecular tagging velocimetry --- metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS)-based fluorescence sensing --- light emitting diode (LED)-induced fluorescence --- SU-8 2015 waveguide --- silicon fluidic cell --- 3,5-diacetyl-1,4-dihydrolutidine (DDL)

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In recent years, power converters have played an important role in power electronics technology for different applications, such as renewable energy systems, electric vehicles, pulsed power generation, and biomedical sciences. Power converters, in the realm of power electronics, are becoming essential for generating electrical power energy in various ways. This Special Issue focuses on the development of novel power converter topologies in power electronics. The topics of interest include, but are not limited to: Z-source converters; multilevel power converter topologies; switched-capacitor-based power converters; power converters for battery management systems; power converters in wireless power transfer techniques; the reliability of power conversion systems; and modulation techniques for advanced power converters.

History of engineering & technology --- current source converter --- power decoupling --- power ripple --- computational complexity --- direct power control --- finite control set model predictive control --- PI controllers --- space vector modulation --- three-level T-type inverter --- input current ripple --- voltage multiplier --- shoot through state --- quasi-switched boost inverter --- Z-source inverter --- transformerless --- SEPIC converter --- single phase --- cascaded H-bridge inverter --- three-phase inverter --- Z-source network --- quasi-switched-boost network --- shoot-through --- quasi-z-source inverter --- grid-tied --- leakage current --- power efficiency --- counter-based --- one-comparator --- PWFM --- PWM --- PFM --- dc converter --- full bridge converter --- zero voltage operation --- multilevel inverter --- Pulse Width Modulation --- minimal number of commutations --- state machine --- Neutral Point Clamped Converter --- power converters --- EMI --- intelligent control --- classical gate driver --- interference sources --- carrier-based pulse width modulation --- offset function --- switching loss reduction --- H-bridge five-level inverter --- electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) --- switching model power supply (SMPS) --- conducted emission --- parametric modeling method --- vector fitting algorithm --- full-power testing --- high-power --- individual phase --- operation test --- static synchronous compensator (STATCOM) --- bidirectional DC/DC converter (BDC) --- dual mode operation --- current sharing --- multiplexed modulation --- low-voltage and high-current --- Lyapunov algorithm --- current sharing control --- confluence plate --- state feedback linearization --- grid-connected inverter --- LCL filter --- inductive power transfer (IPT) --- three-bridge switching --- constant current (CC) --- constant voltage (CV) --- fixed frequency --- fractional order elements --- high-frequency switching --- wireless power transmission --- active balance circuit --- bi-directional converter --- lithium battery --- series-connected battery --- fast charging --- motor drives --- full-bridge Buck inverter --- DC motor --- mathematical model --- differential flatness --- time-varying duty cycle --- circuit simulation --- experimental validation --- current source inverter --- common-mode voltage --- diode clamped multilevel inverter --- flying capacitor multilevel inverter --- cascade H bridge multilevel inverter --- total harmonic distortion --- PWM control techniques --- PSCAD/MULTISIM simulation --- model predictive control (MPC) --- neutral-point clamped (NPC) inverter --- disturbance observer --- parameter uncertainty --- stability analysis --- power factor adjustment --- matrix rectifier --- peak-current-mode (PCM) control --- boost converter --- stability --- parameter perturbation --- target period orbit tracking --- space-vector pulse-width modulation --- common-mode voltage elimination --- quasi-switched boost --- impedance network --- add-on pulse charger --- quick charge --- pulse charging --- Li-ion battery --- full bridge (FB) --- modular multilevel dc-dc converters (MMDCs) --- zero-voltage switching (ZVS) --- zero-current switching (ZCS) --- Photovoltaics --- Z-Source --- Current-fed --- Medium-Frequency --- Power-Imbalance --- harmonic --- RPWM --- selective voltage harmonic elimination --- single-phase inverter --- n/a