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Voltage dependence of the Ca2+ transient in endocardial and epicardial myocytes from the left ventricle of Goto Kakizaki type 2 diabetic rats
( Springer New York LLC , 2018 , Article)Diabetes mellitus is a major global health disorder and, currently, over 450 million people have diabetes with 90% suffering from type 2 diabetes. Left untreated, diabetes may lead to cardiovascular diseases which are a ... -
Voltage Independent Reactive Current Based Sensor for Static VAr Control Applications
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2023 , Article)The use of renewable energy-based converters is continuously increasing in modern power systems which inject voltage harmonics in the line. In this work, a novel, simple technique based on a binary (on/off) control of an ... -
Voltage Profiling and Control of a Sub-Transmission Network with Integrated Renewable Energy Sources-A Case Study
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2021 , Conference Paper)Traditional power generation methods are causing environmental issues. Some of the other drawbacks like line loading will increase the losses and the response time will be very high, which cannot be supporting the future ... -
Voltage sag mitigation employing dynamic voltage restorer with minimum energy requirements: Analysis and implementation
( Institution of Engineering and Technology , 2016 , Conference Paper)The objective of this paper is to design and implement an economical and efficient single phase dynamic voltage restorer (DVR) that compensates for voltage sag conditions. In this paper, different techniques of voltage sag ... -
Voltage sensorless current control of low power inverter-based distributed generation systems
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2014 , Conference Paper)The control of power electronic converters is subjected to several challenges as measurement sensors drift, malfunction in harsh environments, non-ideal grid, and performance degradation due to the delay of discrete control ... -
Voltage stability evaluation of real power transmission system using singular value decomposition technique
( IEEE , 2008 , Conference Paper)Voltage stability is an important factor that needs to be taken into consideration during the planning and operation of power systems in order to avoid voltage collapse and subsequently partial or full system blackout. ... -
Voltage/load Control Strategy for Smart Distribution Grids with a High Penetration of Renewable Energy Sources
( European Association for the Development of Renewable Energy, Environment and Power Quality (EA4EPQ) , 2016 , Article)The exponential increase of renewable energy sources (RESs) penetration in the power grid introduces the of voltage instability when RESs are integrated into medium and low voltage networks. This paper proposes a state-machine ... -
Voluntary disclosure in the annual reports of an emerging country: The case of Qatar
( Elsevier Ltd , 2009 , Article)This study sets out to examine empirically the determinants of voluntary disclosure in the annual reports of 25 listed firms of Doha Securities Market (DSM) in Qatar forming approximately 86% of the total firms incorporated ... -
Voluntary risk disclosure and values of FTSE350 firms: the role of an industry-based litigation risk
( Inderscience Publishers , 2021 , Article)There is conflicting research on whether litigation risk affects voluntary disclosure positively or negatively. This study thus aims to examine how litigation risk affects the voluntary disclosure of risk information. It ... -
VOPcPhO:P3HT composite micro-structures with nano-porous surface morphology
( Elsevier B.V. , 2017 , Article)In this paper, composite micro-structures of Vanadyl 2,9,16,23-tetraphenoxy-29H,31H-phthalocyanine) (VOPcPhO) and Poly (3-hexylthiophene-2,5-diyl) (P3HT) complex with nano-porous surface morphology have been developed by ... -
Vortex induced vibration energy harvesting using magnetically coupled broadband circular-array piezoelectric patch: Modelling, parametric study, and experiments
( Elsevier , 2023 , Article)Piezoelectric composites have become increasingly important in energy harvesting from vibration and, more recently, flow-induced vibration. The compatibility of piezoelectric devices has allowed tuning harvesters to the ... -
Voter's intention to use electronic voting systems
( IGI Global , 2017 , Article)Electronic government initiatives play a central role in opening doorsfor potential votersto participate in the political process by using electronic voting systems. Electronic voting is attracting more attention by ... -
The vowel system of Qatari Arabic: Evidence for peripheral/non-peripheral distinction between long and short vowels
( Cambridge University Press , 2023 , Article)Arabic has a vowel system with three long and three short monophthongs. One of the parameters that accounts for qualitative differences between long and short vowels across languages is tenseness/laxness of vowels located ... -
VRowser: A virtual reality parallel web browser
( Springer Verlag , 2018 , Conference Paper)In this paper, we propose VRowser, which is a virtual reality (VR) web browser that utilizes various visualization and interaction methods to support webpage content comparisons, allocation, grouping, and retrieval that ... -
Vulnerabilities and countermeasures in electrical substations
( Elsevier , 2021 , Article)The impending and continued threat of cyberattacks on modern utility grids has called for action from the different stakeholders of the electricity sector. This calls for a thorough investigation and review of the weaknesses ... -
Vulnerabilities and verification of cryptographic protocols and their future in Wireless Body Area Networks
( IEEE , 2012 , Conference Paper)In network security goals such as confidentiality, authentication, integrity and non-repudiation can be achieved using cryptographic techniques. Cryptographic techniques are techniques to hide information from unauthorized ... -
Vulnerabilities of the SARS-CoV-2 Virus to Proteotoxicity—Opportunity for Repurposed Chemotherapy of COVID-19 Infection
( Frontiers Media , 2020 , Article)The global pandemic of COVID-19 disease caused by infection with the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, has produced an urgent requirement and search for improved treatments while effective vaccines are developed. A strategy for ... -
Vulnerability and precarity of Palestinian women in the Naqab
( Taylor & Francis , 2021 , Article)Many studies have broadly addressed the status of the Naqab/Negev Bedouins in Israel, particularly the status of women. However, women from the West Bank and the Gaza Strip who are married to male Bedouin citizens of Israel ... -
Vulnerable newborn types: analysis of subnational, population-based birth cohorts for 541 285 live births in 23 countries, 2000–2021
( Wiley , 2023 , Article)Objective: To examine prevalence of novel newborn types among 541 285 live births in 23 countries from 2000 to 2021. Design: Descriptive multi-country secondary data analysis. Setting: Subnational, population-based birth ... -
VW's 'Defeat Devices' and Liability for Claims for Lost Emissions Tax Revenue
( Brill Academic Publishers , 2017 , Article)Volkswagen Group's utilisation of a 'defeat device' to produce inaccurate results for vehicle emissions tests in multiple consumer states, leads it to face potentially crippling fines, possible criminal liability, civil ...