Introduction: The African Union and United Nations agencies requested that children under five years and pregnant women be exempt from healthcare payment at the point of service.Indeed, this payment method is a financial barrier to healthcare access that the most vulnerable populations cannot overcome.Since Burkina Faso had not yet implemented supp
In this paper, an optimal PID controller is introduced for an antagonistic variable stiffness actuator (AVSA) based on Hammerstein models.A set of Hammerstein models is developed for the AVSA using the voltage difference method.For each stiffness level, Crutches linear and nonlinear Hammerstein models are identified using the least squares method.E
Abstract We consider quantum quench in large-N singlet sector quantum mechanics of a single hermitian matrix in the double scaling limit.The time dependent parameter is the self-coupling of the matrix.We find exact classical solutions of the collective field theory of the eigenvalue density with abrupt and smooth quench profiles which asymptote to
As an emerging paradigm in distributed power systems, microgrids provide promising solutions to local renewable energy generation and load demand satisfaction.However, the intermittency of renewables and temporal uncertainty in electrical load create great challenges to energy scheduling, especially for small-scale microgrids.Instead of deploying s
Atmospheric aerosol vertical distributions were measured above Svalbard, Bed Sheets Norway, in April 2011 during the Cooperative Investigation of Climate-Cryosphere Interactions campaign (CICCI).Measurements were made of the particle number concentration and the aerosol light absorption coefficient at three wavelengths.A filter sample was collected